Honestly speaking its a Juggernaut for the firms engaged in cloud computing business. Microsoft office which is now installed on over a billion computers and with 45 million users are paying for Microsoft cloud services, Office 365 aims to combine both Office + Cloud to give you an incredible productivity combination online. Office 365 also has features for small businesses and enterprises more on this can be viewed on the video below:
Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft’s only product which has saved its pride is Office and with Office 365, Microsoft might just have got itself another product extension to boast on.

Microsoft Office 365 is all set to be released in June 2011 , you try the beta version at office365.com.

I was so frustrated with this junk that I searched around for people who have gone through what I am going through and I found this amazing video that just made my day. If you are using Windows Vista then this video its a must watch for you:

The devices, which are available for pre-order but won’t hit shelves until September 15, are priced at $219.99 for the 16 gigabyte version and $289.99 for the 32 gigabyte version. Comparable iPod Touch players are priced at $299 and $399 respectively.

A 16-gigabyte player typically holds about 4,000 songs.

Microsoft’s new Zune HD is slimmer than previous version and has a touch screen for the first time. The range comes in five colors and has a built-in radio receiver, Wi-Fi, and can display high-definition video to a big screen.

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Watch the Spy video depicting the Slick Gadget features:

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The security hole relates with text messaging as a hacker can run a malicious code from text messaging as the phone has to process the data that comes with them.
A similar flaw was found in Google’s Android oeprating system for mobile phones, but the company says that it has now been fixed through action by the carriers.Microsoft said that it is working on an update for its Windows Mobile operating system – now renamed Windows Phone – and that it will distribute it once it is ready.

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Apple would take every step to discourage its sales.Pre programmers who were happy to exploit the hole were not only disappointed but Pre also lost one of its strongest feature.

However in another tale of events between the Apple and the Microsoft, Microsoft’s ads which show mac as an expensive and a lavish item not for common people ,Microsoft recieved a call from Apple’s legal office on removing these portions ads.Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, claimed that this campaign has rattled Apple. “All of our research shows that our ‘I’m a PC’ ads, [which] talk dramatically about the price of Macintoshes, work quite effectively,” he said. “We’ve gained market share quite effectively against Apple over the past six to nine months.”

Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he? But his colleague Kevin Turner reported that “two weeks ago we got a call from the Apple legal department saying, ‘Hey, you need to stop running those ads, we lowered our prices.’ They took like $100 off or something. It was the greatest single phone call that I’ve ever taken in business.” So, Turner went on, “we’re just going to keep running them and running them and running them.”
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The comparison is straight where Pre has a small share in smartphone industry compared to Apple iPhone , and Apple has a small share in the Computer industry compared to Microsoft.
On one hand Apple tries to discourage its competitor pre it recieves the same response ftom the Microsoft .

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Cloud Computing

Windows Azure , is basically a software for developers where you keep/store the life cycle of your application you are developing online. Not only this it would also provide features such as version control and help a developer in better analysis of the application . Windows Azure would provide an integrated platform combining visual studio,the cloud or the fabric and would incorporate all the necessary API which a developer can use and download it as an SDK and then upload the application into the cloud.

for more info Windows Azure offical Site

Download Windows Azure SDK

Register to use Windows Azure

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The World of web is dominated by Google ( I am a Google Fan while some belive Google wants to take over our minds @#!) and the momentum is now shifting to the web. The emergence of Bing and now online Microsoft Office indicate this that big corporations are realising the importance of web.

But there is another side of the coin and that relates to security and this is where most of the research and time Microsoft would have to give to make online Microsoft Office a success.

Analysts have mostly given the thumbs up to Microsoft for moving some of its applications to the web, even if it might cost them dearly.The Wall Street Journal has estimated that offering free online software could “put at risk as much at $4bn (£2.46bn) in revenue”..as quoted by BBC

Microsoft will also host one Internet business version of Office at its own data centers, charging companies a yet-to- be-announced fee. Companies with premium service contracts will have the choice of running a second Web-based version from their own data centers at no extra cost...as Quoted by Reuters.
Moving online would not only help Microsoft catch up with the new trend but would also provide the much needed entry into the web world by enabling inbuilt support for Bing and other Microsoft Applications.

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Check out the interview of Microsoft’s Chief Architect by BBC to find the answer:

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Check out the video below:

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