Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Is SVG Back? What Is the Future of Vector Graphics?

Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Eric Rowell

With the recent announcement that IE9 will fully support SVG (scalable vector graphics), it made me wonder if the image format might make a comeback. The purpose of this post is to define the SVG format, explain why it never went main stream, and explore the consequences of Microsoft’s recent announcement.

Tags: IE6, Microsoft, svg, vector graphcis
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Search vs. Email Hot Air Balloons

Posted on April 15th, 2010 by Eric Rowell

When looking at how people use the internet, it’s interesting to consider the ratio of search engine use to email use for the most popular search engine and email providers, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. To illustrate the concept, I chose to represent each company as a hot air balloon. The balloon represents search engine reach, while the basket represents email reach. The more search (more air) that a corporation has, the higher it will lift. The more email (more weight) that a corporation has, the lower it will fall.

Tags: air, balloons, Email, Google, hot, Microsoft, search, vs, Yahoo
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Office Communicator, Office Talk, and the Future of Social Networking

Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Eric Rowell

According to Microsoft Labs, the software giant is further exploring its role in social networking by unveiling its latest experiment, Office Talk. What is Office Talk and what does it mean for the future of Microsoft?

Tags: communicator, micro blogging, Microsoft, office, office talk, officetalk, outlook, Social Networking
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Google vs. Microsoft in the Race for Cloud Computing Dominance

Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Eric Rowell

With Google’s recent acquisition of DocVerse, a product that allows real-time online sharing and simultaneous group editing of PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents, it’s becoming more and more apparent that not only are Google and Microsoft moving towards cloud computing, but they are in fact trying to take the whole pie for themselves.

Tags: cloud computing, Google, google apps, google chrome os, Microsoft, microsoft office, office 2010
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Microsoft & Yahoo Team Up Against Google

Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Eric Rowell

We all knew it was coming. It’s now official that Microsoft will power Yahoo Search and search ads. Today both European Union and US Department of Justice have both legally approved the alliance that will see the software giant acquire the internet search and search advertising businesses of Yahoo!.

Tags: alliance, Bing, Google, live, Microsoft, team, Yahoo
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