Microsoft Announces 2010 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners

By Guest PostJune 23, 2010TechnologyMicrosoft, microsoft worldwide partner conference

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of its 2010 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards honor Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners for delivering exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year. Award winners and finalists were chosen from nominations from around the world. Winners and finalists will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, the company’s premier annual event for industry partners, July 12–15 in Washington, D.C.

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Chevrolet and Microsoft Advertising Rev Up the Test-Drive Experience for New Chevrolet Volt

By Guest PostJune 22, 2010Technologychevrolet, chevrolet volt, kinect, Microsoft, microsoft advertising, microsoft pivot technology, msn, msn autos, multiscreen, multiscreen ad campaign, starcom, windows phone 7, xbox 360, xbox live

Chevrolet is the first automaker to launch a multiscreen ad campaign that allows consumers to “kick the tires” virtually using Kinect for Xbox 360.

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Videoconferencing with family members enriches the lives of nursing home residents

By Guest PostJune 22, 20101 commentTechnologyamerica, chang gung university, journal of clinical nursing, msn, school of nursing, skype, taiwan, videoconferencing, yun-fang tsai

Nursing home residents who used videoconferencing to keep in touch with family members felt it enriched their lives, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

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Top 7 Reasons to Try Office 2010

By Guest PostJune 18, 2010Technologyexcel, Facebook, linkedIn, microsoft office 2010, MySpace, office 2010, onenote, outlook, powerpoint, ribbon, skydrive, social connector, web apps in windows live, windows live

At the office, at home, at school, or on the go, customers tell us their lives never stop moving. So we’ve listened and responded with Microsoft Office 2010, which delivers simple and timesaving tools that help you keep up with your busy schedule, no matter where you are.

With Office 2010, you can express ideas, solve problems, connect with others and create amazing work in ways that will surprise you.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide

By Guest PostJune 16, 20103 commentsTechnologyamazon acer, asus, best buy, click-to-run, comscore tech metrix, dell, fnac, harvey norman, hp, lenovo, Microsoft, microsoft corp., microsoft office 2010, microsoft office beta program, microsoft project 2010, microsoft visio 2010, office 2010, office home and business 2010, office home and student 2010, office professional 2010, one note 2010, pc world, product key card, Samsung, sony, stephen elop, Technology

*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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*Chevrolet is the first automaker to launch a multiscreen ad campaign that allows consumers to “kick the tires” virtually using Kinect for Xbox 360.*

Chevrolet is the first automaker to launch a multiscreen ad campaign that allows consumers to “kick the tires” virtually using Kinect for Xbox 360.