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  • August 2008

    • Microsoft's Photosynth Cool, If Frustrating

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 21, 08 10:12 AM CDT

      Microsoft's Photosynth Cool, If Frustrating

      (Newser) - Live Labs, Microsoft’s 125-man web innovation unit, launched its first major product today, and it’s certifiably neato, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal . Dubbed “Photosynth” the free, web-based program converts your photos into navigable 3-D environments. It’s an amazing service, Mossberg writes, “an encouraging sign that innovation and creativity still live in Redmond.” More »

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      Microsoft  • cloud computing  • Web apps

  • April 2008

    • Microsoft Syncs Phone, PC Data with 'Live Mesh'

      Reuters  |  Apr 23, 08 12:10 PM CDT

      Microsoft Syncs Phone, PC Data with 'Live Mesh'

      (Newser) - Microsoft is testing a new product that will allow users to link data across multiple electronic devices through the internet—so the picture you took on your phone can be in the digital picture frame in your home within minutes. It’s a big step for Microsoft, which until now has resisted the “cloud computing” movement, Reuters reports. More »

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      Internet  • Microsoft  • Steve Ballmer  • cloud computing

    • Google Set to Debut Offline Apps

      Beta News  |  Apr 1, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Google Set to Debut Offline Apps

      (Newser) - Google is readying to let users test-drive offline applications. Still in design, Google Gears will allow browsers to use locally stored copies of Google apps (like its spreadsheet), save updates, and later transfer a temporary cache to “the cloud”—Google’s servers—the next time they connect to the Net, BetaNews reports. Early adopters will get to test drive the offline versions of the applications in coming weeks. More »

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      Google  • cloud computing  • Google Gears

  • February 2008

    • Bid Kicks Off Clash of the Internet Titans

      New York Times  |  Feb 2, 08 10:14 AM CST

      Bid Kicks Off Clash of the Internet Titans

      (Newser) - Analysts agree that Microsoft's bold $44.6-billion bid for Yahoo marks the start of a big push by Microsoft to challenge Google's Web dominance. The move is a dramatic change in tactics for Microsoft, which likes to build new businesses on its own, writes Steve Lohr in a New York Times analysis , and an admission of failure. " This just shows how worried Microsoft is by Google," an expert tells Lohr. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • search engine  • cloud computing

  • November 2007

    • Google Invests in Cloud Computing

      Washington Post  |  Nov 13, 07 10:57 AM CST

      Google Invests in Cloud Computing

      (Newser) - Google has hands in a lot of pies, from maps to email to spreadsheets and now, with Android and OpenSocial, to cellphones and MySpace. But it all relates to one strategy, the Washington Post says. Google wants to make the web so useful that everyone does everything online. In this “cloud computing” paradigm, laptops and cellphones are just gateways to an ever-present database. More »

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      Google  • Google Maps  • OpenSocial  • Google Apps  • Android  • cloud computing

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