The News Review:
- Microsoft Goes Facebook on Its Employees
- Microsoft’s first development kit for Open XML
- The iPhone is coming. What now?
- Samsung debuts Omnia – everything you wish for in your mobile
Microsoft Goes Facebook on Its Employees
eWeek – Jun 11, 2008
The network is called TownSquare and while the project will exist at Microsoftinternally the company will use it as the basis for future feature functionalityin the next version of the SharePoint collaboration software Bram Papermanprogram manager for Office Labs in the United States told eWEEK June 11. The benefit is obvious for a company of Microsoft’s size even if the in-houseproject is a little curious. Microsoft the software power at this show saidit.
Microsoft’s first development kit for Open XML
Heise Online – Jun 11, 2008
The SDK allows you to search create check and modify documents. In addition there are functions to remove comments and other “personal data” from documents in Open XML as well as in Office Open XML aka OOXML. Microsoft says that this interface can be used with all languages supported by.
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The iPhone is coming. What now?
Globe and Mail – Jun 11, 2008
If you see someone you know is six blocks away you can send a message and invite them to lunch. I think we’re also going to be writing a lot about the privacy issues of GPS very soon as well. 
Bryon White from Toronto writes: The iPhone has some Microsoft software capabilities and supports Word Excel PowerPoint much like the Palm phones do.
Samsung debuts Omnia – everything you wish for in your mobile
Al-Bawaba – Jun 11, 2008
Bringing a PC environment to MobileThe new Samsung Omnia allows users to switch seamlessly between Microsoft Outlook email and productivity applications that replicate the look and feel of their PC – with a stroke of their finger. Based on the most up to date Windows Mobile 6. 1 Professional operating system Samsung Omnia gives users a mobile extension to their PC experience with access to MS Office documents such as PowerPoint Excel and Word. Users can also send and receive email and manage their appointments in Outlook while on the go. The Windows Mobile 6. 1 Professional operating system means users can download additional programs as they would on their PC and customize it for their individual needs. For ease of navigation an optical mouse similar to those on laptop computers offers improved usability and one-handed control.