It shocks me as a devoted Firefox user to say this, but Internet Explorer 9 could very well leapfrog the competition in the race of next-generation of web browsers in 2010 thanks to a groundbreaking platform-wide implementation of a hardware-accelerated renderer that I think is quite literally “a free upgrade for the web”.What makes IE9’s [...]
In my casual scavenging of trademark applications at the USPTO, a new trademark filed this week has revealed an interesting new project from the Microsoft Office Labs group that appears will help people familiarize themselves with the Ribbon user interface with a game inspired by the “Hero” franchise. No, I’m not kidding.Trademark serial number 77872539 [...]
It’s day two of the three day Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2009 and keynoting today is Scott Guthrie, Kurt DelBene and Steven Sinofsky where the focus is said to be all things Silverlight, Internet Explorer, Windows and Office.Join Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Kip Kniskern, Paul Thurrott, Rafael Rivera, Tom Warren and I in our [...]
It’s the the first day of Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference 2009 is just getting underway and to kick things off is a keynote by Ray Ozzie – Chief Software Architect & Bob Muglia – President of Server and Tools. The focus of this keynote is believed to be the best thing since sliced bread, cloud [...]
As the public Microsoft Office 2010 beta approaches (build 14.0.4514.1007 if you’re playing along), the Office online companion website set to take center stage on Microsoft’s recently acquired Office.com has also undergone a radical redesign.In my opinion, the Office online site has long been under-appreciated by both novice and power-users alike for its vast library [...]