The News Review:
- Microsoft rolls out Vista hardware
- Avaya to Add VoIP to Google Apps
- The Secret Life of SuperFetch
- Why ffice 2.0 Matters
- Here’s how older workers can bounce back into the job market -…
Microsoft rolls out Vista hardware
Denver Post – Feb 24, 2007
Now comes the hardware. The Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000 combines a Bluetooth keyboard with Microsoft’s first rechargeable mouse. Both can work up to 30 feet from the USB transmitter in the computer. The $150 unit was designed for Vista but it works with Windows XP. Dedicated keys call up the Windows Vista start menu the Windows Live instant-messaging system and Windows “gadgets” – desktop programs that offer weather news calendars and other functions. The keyboard featuring a thin curved design is geared to multimedia use… And the small right button can be used to magnify a portion of the screen – ideal for reading the fine print in user agreements. Miller The New York TimesPowerPoint goes wireless If the Three Stooges were around in the age of PowerPoint one can only imagine the result. But a small piece of hardware from NewSoft can allow any threesome of presenters to get through a meeting with nary an eye-gouge. The NewSoft WMS100 Image Wireless Projector Adaptor connects to any VGA-compatible projector. With the included software called Presto up to three computers can control a presentation and capture and display their own screens at any time. The device itself ($280 at www.
Avaya to Add VoIP to Google Apps
PC World – Feb 24, 2007
The software which costs US$50 per user per year includes word processing and spreadsheet applications calendar e-mail instant messaging as well as guaranteed uptime IT management tools and technical support. The new product is similar to earlier iterations of Google Apps for the consumer and education space but is targeted at small businesses that need low-cost office software. The product is widely seen as a challenger to Microsoft’s ffice which includes Microsoft Word Excel utlook and PowerPoint and which has long been the dominant productivity suite in the enterprise. Avaya plans to add tight integration of its VIP technology with platforms like Google Talk and to offer subscribers a single in-box for voice e-mail IM and faxes. The company also envisions features to enable subscribers to share contacts alerts and online status (or “presence”) information Avaya said. The new products might allow a manager with a distributed mobile workforce to quickly determine who is online and offline or a company with manufacturing facilities in China to use Google Talk for long distance calls but also use dedicated voice and data from Avaya for customer contacts the company said. Avaya is currently working with Google using APIs for Google Apps Premier to build the functionality.
The Secret Life of SuperFetch
InfoWorld – Feb 24, 2007
Measuring the second part – how SuperFetch impacts the system – is a bit trickier. Here I used another tool of my design (DMS Clarity Studio) to generate a scripted productivity workload spanning Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint and Internet Explorer. With the service enabled Startup times – as measured by the fficeBench test script – were cut in half this after multiple “training” runs to allow SuperFetch to map the usage pattern (i. “I run ffice after booting”).
Why ffice 2.0 Matters
WebProNews – Feb 24, 2007
0 landscape and its challenges and opportunities within SMB and enterprise adoption and the monetization of services. 0 will be held from 8:00 a. at the Microsoft Conference Center Building 1 1065 La Avenida Street Mountain View CA.
Here’s how older workers can bounce back into the job market -…
marketwatch.com – Feb 24, 2007
Most impressively retired people spend an average of nine hours online at home each week. More folks are finding out that you don’t have to be a nimble-fingered whiz at math — or any other discipline — to confront your fears and learn all you need to know about the computer. What you do need are three abilities: The ability to operate a basic computer by typing on a keyboard; manipulating a small device known far and wide as the mouse that controls the movement of the cursor on the computer monitor; and navigating the files and menu systems on a Mac or PC. The ability to operate Microsoft ffice programs especially Word (a word-processing program which enables you to create and edit basic documents) Excel (which enables you to create and edit spreadsheets) and PowerPoint (which enables you to create presentations). The ability to use essential Internet skills such as employing e-mail (which enables you to send and receive messages around the world in an instant) Web browsing (which enables you to navigate Web pages on the Internet) and searching for information on the Web. More good news: There are plenty of places that are well equipped with machines and manpower that are devoted to helping you learn at low or no charge. The primary sources would be friends relatives and instructors… More folks are finding out that you don’t have to be a nimble-fingered whiz at math — or any other discipline — to confront your fears and learn all you need to know about the computer. What you do need are three abilities: The ability to operate a basic computer by typing on a keyboard; manipulating a small device known far and wide as the mouse that controls the movement of the cursor on the computer monitor; and navigating the files and menu systems on a Mac or PC. The ability to operate Microsoft ffice programs especially Word (a word-processing program which enables you to create and edit basic documents) Excel (which enables you to create and edit spreadsheets) and PowerPoint (which enables you to create presentations). The ability to use essential Internet skills such as employing e-mail (which enables you to send and receive messages around the world in an instant) Web browsing (which enables you to navigate Web pages on the Internet) and searching for information on the Web. More good news: There are plenty of places that are well equipped with machines and manpower that are devoted to helping you learn at low or no charge. The primary sources would be friends relatives and instructors. As Harvard Business School Prof.