Of 1,600 common searches, the speech technology accurately resolved the request 62 percent of the time on a loud street and 68 percent in a quieter setting, according to a report released today by Piper Jaffray Cos., the Minneapolis-based investment bank. The report graded the technology “D” for accuracy, while Read more…
It will be called Office 2013. According to Marry-Jo Folley, TechEd 2012 had a few demos using Office 2013 branding so while this has not been officially announced yet, it would appear to be the case. See the yellow bar in the graphic below Office 15 = Office 2013 http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/excel2013rt.png She Read more…
This product schedule is based on publicly released dates and some guess work. It is from: http://rcpmag.com/articles/2011/02/01/the-2011-microsoft-product-roadmap.aspx Windows 8 Anticipated release: Between Q3 2012 and early 2013 (UPDATED 6/20) Windows Server 2012 Anticipated release: Between Q3 2012 and early 2013 (UPDATED 6/19) System Center 2012 Released(UPDATED 6/19) SQL Server 2012 Read more…
We see benchmarks and anecdotal evidence of so called “browser speed” all the time, but what really counts is real live production data. How fast does each browser take to load real web pages? Tonight I was playing around with my GoogleAnalytics and checking a dozen or so sites I Read more…
I recently needed to add 50 new contacts into my Exchange 2007 server and had no intention of completing this task by manually. I am not the greatest PowerShell guy but I knew this would be easy… and it was. Create a file named C:\CONTACTS.CSV file like following Name,DisplayName,EmailAddress,Alias,Title,Company,Department Tom Read more…
There was always talk about the fact that hard disk drives are so cheap, that the profitability of the manufacturers is getting low enough to limit the R&D investments they would otherwise make… The Thailand flood came and went and we were left with the hard drive “crisis”. While the Read more…
Companies are notorious for providing questionable MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure). Disks are no exception to this rule. We found that www.behardware.com had acquired actual return rates and so we took their number and compiled the following list. The numbers are …taken from a large French etailer, whose database we have Read more…
…Microsoft finally gets to design things the way it wants. Too many OEMs make choices that favor their margins rather than the user experience Windows RT model: 10.6-inch ClearType HD display; 32GB or 64GB storage; microSD, USB 2.0 and Micro HD Video ports; 2×2 MIMO antennae; and Office 15. Weighs Read more…
I recently took a full day Windows Server 2012 course and I prep’d for it by installing the Beta and making the following list of questions, which Microsoft staff answered at various points during the day: Q: Can HyperV live migrate without System Center 2012 A: Yes, just right click Read more…
Microsoft will have Office365 Academic pricing available in Canada and U.S. this summer but does not have a fixed date yet. The pricing is astonishingly cheap; for about $5.50 per month per account, Education eligible organizations receive the $27 per month corporate package: the FULL Office 2010 suite (Outlook, Word, Read more…
To ensure you can not work on, enhance, or repair your Apple MacBook, Apple is now using their own proprietary screws, the “pentalobe”. Thats right, now there is virtually no way for you get inside the box. Its no surprise that they have become known as Apple’s “screw you, screws”. Betanews Read more…
Four out of five Facebook users have never bought a product or service as a result of ads or comments on the social networking site, according to an online survey of 1,032 Americans by Reuters and Ipsos Reid… …And a February study by eMarketer also found Facebook less effective than Read more…
Here it is from CRN: For years, Apple’s marketing has centered on the notion that Mac users are immune to the malware that routinely causes headaches for PC users. Here is how Apple used to phrase this: “A Mac isn’t susceptible to the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers. That’s Read more…
This interesting graphic is a simplified history showing the rise and fall of RIM. Research in Motion and the Blackberry are not done yet, but they are teetering on the edge. This graphic is courtesy of Julianna Davies and her team at MBAONLINE.com
As you likely already know System Center 2012 combines 5 older products into one new product. So System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM, no longer exists as a standalone product. The difference between SC 2012 DataCenter and SC 2012 Standard boils down to just two things: Money: Datacenter is about $4000 Read more…
If your STYLES are in a messed up order or are missing a few items like STYLE 3 or HEADING 2, on the STYLES group of the HOME tab in Word 2007, 2010, 2013, or 2016 you can “correct” the situation by: Click the STYLES WINDOW popup Click the OPTIONS Read more…