Force feedback is growing up. Any one who has ever played a game system like the Microsoft Xbox360 or Nintendo Wii knows what the controller with a rumble pack feels like. You get the sensation of actually driving over a curb when you play a racing game. You can feel [...]
I think one of the bigger problems with becoming a software behemoth is that the billions of dollars you spend on R&D spawn lots of pieces that do not get a lot of press. Such is the case with Microsoft's Workflow Foundation. If you are not familiar with the concept [...]
For many of us that have grown up using MS Office, the thought of using an online office tool from a third party vendor is a bit scary. I have been using Word, Excel and PowerPoint for so many years that the only way I can remember not using them [...]
I have always loved the end of a year and the fresh start for the next. Yea, I know it is an artificial construct and the rocks and trees could care less, but it means something to me, and evidently a few others as well. I love writing these posts [...]
Plastic Sheet Offers Wireless Connectivity The University of Tokyo has something promising in development; a plastic sheet that allows electronic devices to communicate wireless when placed upon it. This plastic sheet is actually fabricated on an ink jet printer in total, but the breakthrough here is in energy needed to [...]
Business Software Alliance increasingly targets small companies in software piracy suits – that means you! You probably have not heard of Business Software Alliance, so it might be good to understand that their clients are companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec. The service they provide is to be a [...]
Dell has just announced they will start selling Google's enterprise search appliance offerings. The Google Mini, aimed at small to mid-range companies or web sites and the Google Search Appliance aimed at the upper echelon on corporate IT and high document web sites. Google has been selling the appliances for [...]
Is Microsoft Office in danger of losing its monopoly on the business tools category? Yet another company, Live Documents, has come out and announced an impending challenge to Office. For more than a decade, business users have become accustomed to Word, Excel and PowerPoint being the staple tools of choice. [...]