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Rick Astley’s classic “Never Gonna Give You Up” is now a literal video-brilliant!
It was great to see Rick voted “Best Act Ever” at last night’s MTV EMA awards here in the UK! Finally some proper recognition 🙂
I’m a big fan of Rick and Literal Videos so this is a great combo. I don’t think it’s overall as good as the others but it’s still pretty great!
A shout out to OxyWeb for finding this.
Where is Microsoft after this year’s PDC Conference?
I think Microsoft is in a very strong position-at the head of many points of the market, and hot on the heels of the leaders in others..Cloud computing, Web applications, Desktop OS, Collaboration and more..
Windows Azure & Windows 7 have had a massive amount of buzz around them, and it nearly all seems to be good! I’ve got a few colleagues in the “Anti-Vista” camp but even they are cautiously optimistic about what Win7 will bring us…I am ridiculously excited and everyone else is looking forward to it 🙂
Azure instantly puts MS in the top 3 players in the Cloud space, and I don’t think it will be long before the No.1 spot is theirs.
Office Web Apps shows that Microsoft ARE taking the web seriously and as an answer to Google, it’s a pretty good one! This will bring online apps to a whole new section of users..I don’t use Google Apps for many reasons..but I’ll definitely use Office Web…
Live Mesh was another big part of PDC 2008 and this could seriously make peoples lives easier, faster and more fulfilling…if it’s executed correctly. Mesh isn’t a huge concern for me personally (at the moment) but could be important for so many others.
All in all I think the most important thing that PDC 2008 has done is breathe new life into Microsoft, it’s partner eco-system and the end users, who let’s face it are the ones that REALLY matter! People once again believe in Microsoft, are excited by Microsoft and dare I say it, people LIKE Microsoft!!! 🙂
As Steve Clayton says, this really is Microsoft 3.0.
So hats off to Bill, Steve(s), Ray and the 1000’s of others who have helped with this and long may it continue!
Free Windows Mobile 7 phones look set to be available from Carphone Warehouse (CW), when you buy a copy of Windows 7 for the PC.
As CW open their electronic stores in conjunction with Best Buy next year, it looks like this will be a big promo for them.
This could be a really successful offer as it rewards those who are loyal to Microsoft and also entices those who might be sitting on the fence as to one or both of the upcoming Operating Systems.
More info can be found over at the Register.
Windows 7 Aero Shake is a new User Interface (UI) feature that looks pretty cool. It allows you to “shake” the app window that you want to focus on and that will minimize the other windows.
Long Zheng has got a video over at his blog here.
Cloudy with a chance of Licensing 