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Microsoft Announces Surface: New Family of PCs for Windows

By Guest PostJune 18, 2012Technologyarm processor, aspect ratio, hollywood, human computer interface, Microsoft, microsoft stores, oems, pc, surface, usb port, vapormg, windows, windows 8, windows rt

Microsoft-made hardware to be available starting with release of Windows 8 and Windows RT.

LOS ANGELES — June 18, 2012 — Today at an event in Hollywood, Microsoft unveiled Surface: PCs built to be the ultimate stage for Windows. Company executives showed two Windows tablets and accessories that feature significant advances in industrial design and attention to detail. Surface is designed to seamlessly transition between consumption and creation, without compromise. It delivers the power of amazing software with Windows and the feel of premium hardware in one exciting experience.

Advances in Industrial Design

Conceived, designed and engineered entirely by Microsoft employees, and building on the company’s 30-year history manufacturing hardware, Surface represents a unique vision for the seamless expression of entertainment and creativity. Extensive investment in industrial design and real user experience includes the following highlights: (more…)

New Dye Will Lead To More Efficient Solar Energy Technology

By Guest PostDecember 25, 20111 commentScienceahmed el shafei, cellular phones, dsscs, dye sensitized solar cells, dyes, electrolyte, energy from light, facades, free electrons, laptop computers, mp3 players, nanoporous semiconductors, ncsu 10, north carolina state university, sensitizer, skylights, solar cells, solar light, Technology, tio2, titanium dioxide, windows

A North Carolina State University invention has significant potential to improve the efficiency of solar cells and other technologies that derive energy from light.

Dr. Ahmed El-Shafei’s research group invented a new “sensitizer,” or dye, that harvests more ambient and solar light than any dyes currently on the market for use in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). (more…)

Travelers and Shoppers Get A Picture Perfect Holiday

By Guest PostDecember 12, 2011Technologyairports, brooke burke charvet, dallas love field airport, epson printers, free holiday photos, free photo kiosks, fun, Microsoft, ray jones, santa, santa claus, santa in the airport, shopping malls, southwest airlines, US, west texas, windows

*Windows and Southwest Airlines team up to offer free holiday photos at select airports and shopping malls across the country.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 12, 2011 — The holiday rush can be overwhelming. With shopping, traveling and holiday parties galore, people run around like crazy and still don’t have enough time to do everything they’d like with friends and family.

But with a little help from Santa, Windows and Southwest Airlines are hoping to relieve that stress and bring families some holiday cheer this season. With A Picture Perfect Holiday, Microsoft and Southwest Airlines are partnering to offer free holiday photos in convenient locations for the second year in a row. (more…)

Developers Tune In to Microsoft’s Channel 9

By Guest PostSeptember 10, 2011Media, TechnologyBill Gates, bill hill, channel 9, channel 9 formula, channel 9 live, cockpit channel, coding4fun, developer and platform evangelist, dpe, Entertainment, halloween videos, jeff sandquist, laura foy, Microsoft, new york times, pdc, professional developers conference, scott guthrie, Twitter, united airlines flights, visual studios, Wall Street Journal, windows, YouTube

*Channel 9 has been broadcasting from inside Microsoft’s labs and offices since 2004, giving a large community of developers an insider’s view of the people behind the company’s products and technologies.*

REDMOND, Wash – Passengers on United Airlines flights have long turned their in-flight entertainment dials to Channel 9 to hear what’s happening in the cockpit. For more than seven years, developers have had a similar opportunity to get inside the mind of Microsoft.

Microsoft’s Channel 9 – named for United’s cockpit channel – has been broadcasting since 2004 from inside the company’s offices and labs. Be it quirky Halloween videos that get hundreds of thousands of hits or hour-long interviews with the company’s most talented engineers, Channel 9 pulls back the curtain at Microsoft to reveal its human side. (more…)

Got Product Questions? Microsoft Has Answers – More Than 500,000 per Day

By Guest PostApril 4, 2011Technologyafrica, barbara winter, community stars, emea, Europe, florian eichinger, internet explorer, microsoft answers, microsoft answers site, microsoft consumer products, microsoft most valuable professional, microsoft product, middle east, mvp, office, ronnie vernon, windows, windows 7

*Every day more than half a million people visit Microsoft Answers to get their burning Microsoft product questions answered. The company’s recently refreshed question-and-answer forum brings together consumers, experts and technical enthusiasts into a single online community.*

REDMOND, Wash. – April 4, 2011 – Ever since he retired in 2005, Ronnie Vernon’s time has been his own. The former heavy equipment instructor gets to spend his days doing exactly what he likes to do. So each morning he fires up his computer, heads to the Microsoft Answers site, and settles in for a long day answering questions about Windows.

Vernon can’t quite explain why he spends up to 12 hours a day offering strangers tech support. “Over the years I’ve tried to figure out why people do what they do with volunteering, but I never came up with a good explanation,” said Vernon, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) community leader recognized by Microsoft for actively sharing his real world technical expertise with consumers. “Basically, you have some knowledge, you see some people who have problems, and you just like to help.” (more…)

Attention Shoppers: Make Your Holidays Bright with Great Gifts & Deals from Microsoft

By Guest PostNovember 29, 2010Technologycovenant, gift, halo reach, holiday, kinect, kinect for xbox 360, Microsoft, science fiction, windows, windows phone, year 2552

*From Kinect to Halo: Reach, from Windows Phone to Windows Live and Binging everything in between — a tour of some of Microsoft’s most popular gifts and holiday shopping tools.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 29, 2010 – With the holiday shopping season now in full swing, it’s time to take stock. Gift list? Check. Special deals? Check. Fun, futuristic gifts for the whole family? Check. Microsoft has you covered. Get a closer look at some of Microsoft’s most recent products and services to help make your holidays shine brightly this year. (more…)

Microsoft Offerings Help Overcome Holiday Overload

By Guest PostNovember 24, 2010Technologyben rudolph, bing, black friday, brooke burke, Facebook, happy holidays, lisa gurry, Microsoft, oprah winfrey, thanksgiving, windows

*With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, Microsoft has been partnering with celebrities to promote Bing as a cure for holiday overload. The company is also showcasing new PCs as gift ideas and partnering with Southwest Airlines to offer travelers a free holiday photo with Santa.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 24, 2010 – As Black Friday looms, Microsoft is trying to help consumers survive the holiday crunch through high-tech gift ideas, a stress-free shopping experience, and even a chance to meet St. Nick himself.

The day after Thanksgiving has long marked the start of the holiday shopping season, and Black Friday has become the busiest shopping day of the year. Microsoft has been busy trying to get out the word that Bing can help shoppers “cut through the clutter this holiday season,” said Lisa Gurry, director of marketing. (more…)

Mac Meets PC With New Office Release

By Guest PostOctober 26, 20101 commentTechnologyapple, calif, cupertino, eric wilfrid, laptop, mac, mac 2011, mac versus pc, microsof, microsoft office for mac, outlook, pc, powerpoint presentation, windows

*Microsoft launches Office 2011 for Mac today, bringing Mac users the latest versions of the company’s productivity software. The release is the latest effort from the Office for Mac team, which has been delivering Microsoft software to the Mac for 13 years*

REDMOND, Wash. – Oct. 26, 2010 – Roughly eight miles separate Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., but some might assume the gap is greater. PC is PC, Mac is Mac, and never the twain shall meet, right?

Eric Wilfrid doesn’t buy it. (more…)

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