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Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide

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*Millions of beta users help Microsoft deliver the best experience for getting things done across the PC, phone and browser.*

NEW YORK — Today (June 15, 2010), Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010. Consumers can now purchase Office 2010 at more than 35,000 retail stores across the globe, such as Best Buy, Fnac, Harvey Norman and PC World; through online retailers, including Amazon.com; and direct from Microsoft at Office.com.

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Online ads can get too close for comfort says new study

By Guest PostJune 16, 2010Technologyavi goldfarb, catherine tucker, google adsense, marketing science, MIT, pop-up graphics, rotman school of management, sloan school of business, university of toronto, web advertising

Trying to have an impact in the brave new world of web advertising?

You could match an ad to a web page’s content – such as putting a car ad on an auto consumer website. Or, you could make it stand out with eye-catching pop-up graphics and video.

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‘Kinect for Xbox 360’ is Official Name of Microsoft’s Controller-Free Game Device

By Guest PostJune 14, 2010Technologycirque du soleil, cnet, controller-free game device, electronic entertainment expo, galan center, gizmodo, josh lowensohn, kinect, los angeles, marc whitten, matt buchanan, Microsoft, mike delman, project natal, prototype, Technology, xbox 360, xbox live

*Formerly called “Project Natal,” Kinect was revealed Sunday evening in a Cirque du Soleil performance on the eve of the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.*

LOS ANGELES – Microsoft today unveiled Kinect for Xbox 360, a controller-free gaming device that Microsoft is positioning as an entirely new way to experience entertainment in the living room.

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State of Florida Leverages Microsoft Cloud Solution for Census Count

By Guest PostJune 11, 2010Technologybing, census count, cloud solution, dean cannon, florida, floridians, gail thomas-flynn, house of representatives, Microsoft, microsoft silverlight, myfloridacensus, state and local government, u.s. census bureau, web-based application, windows azure

*Built on Windows Azure, MyFloridaCensus.gov helps Floridians identify homes, neighborhoods and communities for 2010 census.*

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House of Representatives is making one final push over the next month for its state residents to be counted in the 2010 Census, through its MyFloridaCensus (https://www.myfloridacensus.gov) website and Web-based application.

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Violent Video Games May Increase Aggression in Some But Not Others, Says New Research

By Guest PostJune 10, 20101 commentTechnologyagreeableness, american psychological association, asthma attacks, behavior problems, christopher j. ferguson, cognitive skills, commercial video games, conscientiousness, diabetes, diabetes treatment, Europe, extraversion, five-factor model, neuroticism, openness, pain, pain management, pamela kato, patrick markey, perfect storm, personality trait, psychological model, psychotherapy, review of general psychology, Social networking, t. atilla ceranoglu, texas a&m international university, therapy, united states, violent video games

*Bad effects depend on certain personality traits; games can offer learning opportunities for others*

WASHINGTON – Playing violent video games can make some adolescents more hostile, particularly those who are less agreeable, less conscientious and easily angered. But for others, it may offer opportunities to learn new skills and improve social networking.

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Tech Student Projects Already Changing World

By Guest PostJune 8, 20102 commentsEducation, Technologycollege projects, imagine cup, imagine cup competition, polarvision, polarvision monitor, water monitoring system, worldwide finals

A student team from Russia will take technology that is already monitoring the health of a national park to the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in July.

REDMOND, Wash. — Two months ago, fish started dying in the rivers and streams of Russia’s Zyratkyl National Park. Perplexed park officials wanted to know why, so they turned to a new water monitoring system called Polarvision. (more…)

Microsoft Brings Developers and Designers Closer Together With Expression Studio 4 Release

By Guest PostJune 7, 2010Technologyanvil digital, blend and sketchflow, copia, cynergy, designers, developer division, developers, ereaders, expression studio 4, h.264, internet week, Microsoft, microsoft .net, microsoft corp., microsoft expression blend, miguel carrasco, new york 2010, s. soma somasegar, silverlight, vc-1, visual studio, windows® phone 7

Today at Internet Week New York 2010, Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Expression Studio 4. The newest version of Microsoft’s professional suite of design tools, Expression 4 distinguishes itself by enabling designers and developers to collaborate and create dynamic applications using their existing skills and current toolset.

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Kentucky Department of Education Chooses Microsoft Live@edu

By Guest PostJune 4, 2010Technologychuck austin, cloud-based e-mail, kentucky department of education, microsoft exchange server, microsoft live@edu, office of education technology, sig Behrens, terry holliday, u.s. education

The Kentucky Department of Education has selected Microsoft Live@edu to bring 21st century communications and collaboration tools to more than 700,000 students, faculty and staff statewide.

The cloud-based service has already been rolled out to more than half a million people in one of the largest cloud deployments and fastest migrations of all time. The state expects to avoid $6.3 million in operational costs over four years by moving to the cloud with Live@edu.

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