[ Sina ]云计算时代来临微软的下一个十年何去何从？ 　　杨国强 　　分久必合，合久必分。 　　技术的发展也应了这句古话，总是螺旋上升的。早期的大型机时代，大型机集中了所有计算；而到了PC时代，计算能力则分布在每一台PC上；即将进入以“云计算”为代表的互联网时代之后，计算能力又将走向集中。 　　分布式计算的PC时代，创造了微软；集中式计算的“云时代”，创造了谷歌。与谷歌试图将所有计算和应用搬到“云”里不同，微软提出“云-端计算”的平衡理念：“云”和终端都将承担一部分计算和应用。 　　微软提出...

Since 1991, the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) has been Microsoft’s premier gathering of leading-edge developers and architects. Attend the PDC to understand the future of the Microsoft platform and to exchange ideas with fellow professionals...

If you've been watching CNN's election coverage lately (and we think you have), then you've probably seen anchor John King tripping the light fantastic on the channel's Magic Wall touchscreen . Apparently, Microsoft has come up with its own version of...

The FastCGI support in IIS enables popular application frameworks that support FastCGI protocol to be hosted on the IIS web server in a high-performance and reliable way. FastCGI provides a high-performance alternative to the Common Gateway Interface...

[ On10 ] Today, the WorldWide Telescope has been made available to the general public. You may remember the WorldWide Telescope as the technology that made Scoble cry , but even without that hype, the project stands on its own as an amazing platform for...

We are donating! 1M RMB from MS China, 139 employees donated personally in 14 minutes and counting... From: Ya-Qin Zhang & Eugenio Beaufrand Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:22 To: GCR FTE (SMSG+RD) Subject: Update #2 -- Greater China Region Hi everyone...

The beta of WPF 3.5 SP1 is now live. This is way more than a service release, even if it's named as such. there are more new WPF features between 3.5 -> SP1 than there were between 3.0 -> 3.5. The best all-up run-down of all the features (WPF, ASP...

Getting Started with Silverlight Using Microsoft's Silverlight Control in a Web Site Understanding Silverlight's createObject and createObjectEx Methods Silverlight XAML Primer 1: Exploring Canvases Silverlight XAML Primer 2: Rectangles, Ellipses, Lines...

No Microsofties were hurt and all Microsoft offices continue business today. But we lost at least 9219 souls and counting. My worse nightmare is that it would reach 6 figures when our troops finally clear out the ground zero. Scobleizer and countless...

This is really cool because BBC Radio 1's always been my fav radio channel for music. Now, BBC.co.uk is visualizing the Radio 1's Big Weekend live pictures using, you got it, Deep Zoom . You need to see for your self: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend...

Game creation is now officially accessible to everyone. You don’t have to be a physics major or hard-core coder to create your own personalized game using the Popfly Game Creator. In fact, you can create your first game in three easy steps through Popfly...

On Wednesday, May 7, Microsoft and The Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY) Consortium ( www.daisy.org ) will announce the general availability of the new “Save as DAISY XML” add-in for Microsoft Office Word. This free, downloadable XML-based...

REDMOND, Wash., May 3, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). PressPass | Microsoft and Yahoo! News Archive TechCrunch | New York Times | Scobleizer | P-I Full text...

Microsoft released Expression Studio 2 on Thursday, giving multimedia designers a toolset that includes support for its Silverlight technology in all the suite's products. More »

The CBS crime drama features Photosynth, new software that stitches together a large collection of photos of a place or an object and turns them into 3-D images, viewable from any angle. Microsoft Photosynth: What is it? USA Today Article: 'CSI' Sleuths...

The Democratic National Convention Committee announced Monday that Microsoft will be the "official software and HD Web content provider" for the convention, which runs August 25-28 in Denver. More