The News Review:
- Microsoft Sees Google’s Point
- HostMySite.com Web Hosting Firm Sponsors Windows Server 2008 Launch
- Flying Vole hovers over Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft Sees Google’s Point
Motley Fool – Feb 29, 2008
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HostMySite.com Web Hosting Firm Sponsors Windows Server 2008 Launch
TheHostingNews.com – TheHostingNews.com (press release) – Feb 29, 2008
com web hosting provider for small and medium-sized businesses attended and sponsored the recent launch of Windows Server 2008 at the the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Chief Executive fficer of Microsoft Steve Ballmer and Tom Brokaw of the NBC Nightly News addressed a capacity crowd estimated at nearly 7000 attendees at the Partner Pavilion with an unknown number of people included in an overflow crowd. The Los Angeles event was the kickoff of over 200 worldwide events celebrating the launch of Windows Server 2008 Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. In addition to the keynote address the launch event featured Breakout Sessions Hands n Labs Microsoft and Partner Pavilions Chalk Talks and Ask the Experts. Attendees experienced an overall presentation that included 3 dimensional powerpoint slides 6 or more video cameras wall projections along with a steady cam throughout the event. The preliminaries were conducted by longtime anchor and managing editor of the NBC Nightly News Tom Brokaw who examined the rapid changes in technology over the past few years and dispensed with personal anecdotes… The Los Angeles event was the kickoff of over 200 worldwide events celebrating the launch of Windows Server 2008 Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. In addition to the keynote address the launch event featured Breakout Sessions Hands n Labs Microsoft and Partner Pavilions Chalk Talks and Ask the Experts. Attendees experienced an overall presentation that included 3 dimensional powerpoint slides 6 or more video cameras wall projections along with a steady cam throughout the event. The preliminaries were conducted by longtime anchor and managing editor of the NBC Nightly News Tom Brokaw who examined the rapid changes in technology over the past few years and dispensed with personal anecdotes. Brokaw offered “The test of our place in this world is not yet complete after all we don’t want to become Easter Island. What I believe in my heart and in my mind is that it will do us little good to wire the world if we short circuit our consciousness and our souls – if we shortchange our potential to use this technology to advance mankind.
Flying Vole hovers over Visual Studio 2008
Inquirer – Feb 29, 2008
Although we had to make our excuses and leave early to do our other chattingsin ld London Town we were given two things in a big Microsoft plastic bagbefore we became the dear departed. ne was a toy helicopter and the other was an unlocked version of VisualStudio 2008. Naturally we tried to combine the two in an unlikely shot ? the unlikely shotbeing the Flying Vole flying over Visual Studio 2008. Apologies for the blurring ? our camera is obviously not sharp enough tocapture the front fields and the back all at once! Also flying the toyhelicopter was a bit of a mare… Although we had to make our excuses and leave early to do our other chattingsin ld London Town we were given two things in a big Microsoft plastic bagbefore we became the dear departed. ne was a toy helicopter and the other was an unlocked version of VisualStudio 2008. Naturally we tried to combine the two in an unlikely shot ? the unlikely shotbeing the Flying Vole flying over Visual Studio 2008. Apologies for the blurring ? our camera is obviously not sharp enough tocapture the front fields and the back all at once! Also flying the toyhelicopter was a bit of a mare.