The News Review:
- Enterprise Desktop | Randall C. Kennedy | May 2007 | InfoWorld
- Microsoft Building pen Source Bridge to China
- Super slim and super fast
Enterprise Desktop | Randall C. Kennedy | May 2007 | InfoWorld
InfoWorld – May 25, 2007
” Take the case of the “Longhorn Reloaded” project. These poor souls are so tortured by Microsoft’s decision to abandon portions of the original Windows “Longhorn” vision that they’ve taken it upon themselves to “complete” Microsoft’s work by delivering a rogue version of the Windows S they believe “Longhorn” could have become. Setting aside for the moment the legal ramifications of redistributing Microsoft intellectual property without the company’s consent (always a bad idea) the most pressing question has to be: Why? Why resurrect the unfinished code base of a BETA S (LHR as they call it is based on the WinHEC 2004 pre-release build 4074) that Microsoft shelved over 3 years ago?The folks involved in the LHR project seem to believe that Microsoft abandoned the “Longhorn” effort prematurely and that the product they delivered last year – Windows Vista – is a mere shadow of the original vision. However my recollection is that Microsoft “reset” the project because the original code base had become unfeasible. Key technologies like the perpetually-delayed Windows File System (WinFS) never worked quite right and soon became obviated by advancements in traditional file-based indexing and searching. Microsoft’s client team also wanted to take advantage of the more robust kernel architecture developed for Windows Server 2003 – a smart move that laid the foundation for many of the hardening and security features of Vista. Still there are some true believers that will never forgive Microsoft for choosing expediency – not to mention the very real need to actually ship a finished product this decade – over high concept… This caused Vista to stop the “dwm” service and render the entire script workload – the application windows dialogs animations and transitions – using the older non-GPU-accelerated model. As I suspected the battery consumption for the non-Aero scenario was within 1-2% of the consumption with Aero enabled. In other words disabling Aero had little or no measurable impact on battery consumption under Windows Vista Ultimate when running a mix of common business productivity (Internet Explorer Word Excel and PowerPoint) applications. So much for that myth. Posted by Randall C.
Microsoft Building pen Source Bridge to China
sys-con.com – May 25, 2007
Everyone wants to use their data in slightly different ways. That’s why we are enabling customers to pick from whatever format they want to use with their ffice documents – whether it’s DF pen XML PDF or new standards like UF. ‘ Microsoft also announced the beta release of DF-XML translation tools for XP and Excel and PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 as part of its 10-month-old pen XML Translator project started after an DF-embracing Massachusetts and its ilk bent Microsoft’s fingers back to its wrist.
Super slim and super fast
Asiane – May 25, 2007
With uGo the Z720 can actually detect which part of the world you are in to display the city’s landmark and adjust the time automatically. uTrack is a great feature for people who tend to lose their phones – it automatically sends an SMS to a predetermined number when it detects that the SIM card has been changed. So watch out phone snatchers!Workaholics can view Microsoft Word Excel Powerpoint and PDF files on the go. And Internet addicts will be happy to know that the Z720′s main menu has a Google icon that leads you to the Google mobile search and Gmail pages and an RSS update feature. The Z720′s performance was generally good. The LCD screen is also bright and vibrant – a real pleasure to look at especially when coupled with its generous dimensions. Voice quality was excellent over the handset but the speakerphone sounded rather tinny.