DutchCowboy Maarten Lens-FitzGerald announced via Twitter that Google engineer Jyri Engströms Nodal Point key note video of is on the SPRX blog
In 40 minutes Jyri Engström builds upon his ideas of social objects and social peripheral vision. He adds the idea of nodal points.
Jyri is co-founder of Jaiku, a microblogging service acquired by Google in 2007. Before he was Senior Product Manager at Nokia. He runs the Aula conference.
The registration of Jyri’s keynote was made with minimal tools. Recorded in Amsterdam at the CHI conference: The Web and Beyond 2008: Mobility in Amsterdam in may 2008
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Microsoft expected to release Hyper-V ThursdayFrom: yournewssite.info
Post Date: 2008-06-25 18:10:01
Microsoft is expected to launch its Hyper-V virtualization technology Thursday, two months ahead of the company's time line for releasing it by the end of August.
Though Microsoft would not confirm the release directly, a representative from the company's public relations firm sent an e-mail requesting a briefing about a "product milestone" Thursday. Another representative then hinted in an e-mail that the briefing had to do with Hyper-V.
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Gates may change direction of philanthropyFrom: yournewssite.info
Post Date: 2008-06-25 18:10:00
While it's too early to tell if Bill Gates will impact philanthropy as he has the technology industry, his support of creative capitalism has the potential to change how people engage in philanthropic efforts.
Gates leaves his full-time duties as Microsoft chairman on Friday to focus on The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the philanthropic organization he founded in 2000 with his wife. It boasts the largest philanthropic endowment in the United States, at $38.8 billion, according to the...
Microsoft VP dangles possibility of XP availability past June 30From: yournewssite.info
Post Date: 2008-06-25 18:09:54
In an open letter to customers, Microsoft vice president Bill Veghte — who runs the Windows group — has dangled the possibility of continued Windows XP availability past June 30, while reiterating that Microsoft was committed to ending most licensing sales of XP on that date.
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Most of the options Veghte described in that letter are old news: ...