Microsoft has made a deal with the Library Of Congress, powering the Library’s new interactive materials site with its Silverlight technology, and donating a lot of technology to be used by Library visitors. Microsoft donated $3 million worth of technology, including new library and search tools, as well as Vista-powered kiosks.
Microsoft Silverlight, a graphical browser plug-in, will help power the library’s new Web site, www.myloc.gov, where users will be able to access and personalize interactive materials.
The open source community is up in arms about the proprietary nature of Silverlight, but given Microsoft’s efforts at cross-platform compatibility of Silverlight, as well as the fact that it’s only on one, highly interactive website that would have needed Flash or Silverlight anyways, it’s not that big a deal.
February 26th, 2008
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Nathan Weinberg |
Silverlight, Open Source |
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Microsoft is saying that, assuming it wins in its bid to buy Yahoo, it will not completely uproot Yahoo from its large Sunnyvale campus. Rather, Microsoft recognizes the value Yahoo has (albeit diminished recently) as a large force in the Valley, plus Microsoft doesn’t want many valuable Yahoo employees to leave rather than relocate. Expect Sunnyvale to become Microsoft’s second most important campus in short order, and don’t be surprised if a few Windows Live teams are asked to relocate there.
February 26th, 2008
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Nathan Weinberg |
Yahoo Acquisition, Yahoo |
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LiveSide is reporting that a new version of the Outlook Connector, which allows Hotmail accounts to be used in Microsoft Outlook, will add the ability to sync with Windows Live Calendar, for free (this was previously a Premium feature). Users will be able to access and presumably edit their Live Calendars in Outlook, which is a great convenience.
I’m really excited with the work Microsoft’s put into Live Calendar, but as an Outlook user, I can’t messily go back and forth. When this new version comes out, I will finally get the best of both worlds, great desktop calendaring and great web-based calendaring. If I can sync my regular Outlook calendar to Live Calendar, I’ll be a really happy boy.
February 26th, 2008
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Nathan Weinberg |
Outlook, Live, Windows, Applications |
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