Today, the Microsoft Live Labs team is announcing a collaboration with the BBC to launch three dimensional photographic representations of historic sites throughout the UK. The online 3-D viewing experience will be available in conjunction with the BBC’s new series How We Built Britain (http://www.bbc.co.uk/britain) which airs now and runs until mid-July. The time-limited technical trial uses Microsoft’s Photosynth 3D
Microsoft has announced that they have added in-copyright books to Windows Live Search Books as well as carrying the successful two-pane interface of Windows Live Search Academic over to Live Search Books. Microsoft says that this unique two-pane interface makes it easy to scan and preview search results. The preview pane includes a cover image, summary of the book and table of contents previews
Today marks a very special day for Apple Inc, as today is the 3oth Anniversary of the Apple II, the first ever personal computer to go on sale. 30 Years ago hey, that’s some time ago, I bet it wasn’t predicted that the Apple Brand would be where it was today in the year 2007. The Apple II (sometimes written as Apple
Microsoft’s Online Service Group (OSG) has recently appointed Cynthia Crossley as director of search and Jonathan Hulse as its new director of Windows Live after Phil Holden moved to the Mobile Group (still within OSG) where he will be helping out on Microsoft’s mobile marketing efforts, as well as focusing on their Mobile Live Services, Mobile Search and MSN Mobile. Cynthia Crossley has been at the
Just noticed that Issue 2 of Blogger and Podcaster is out for June 2007. About the Magazine: Blogger & Podcaster magazine is the industry’s first full fledged trade magazine. Our mission is very simple: Provide bloggers and podcasters with the information that will help them get rich and famous. Each month our editorial team and “A” list columnist provide news,
Last week I was travelling to and from St John’s Ambulance Centre in West Malling to complete my four day first aid course, and not only did I pass the course, so I’m now a first aide with my HSE approved certificate which is valid for three years. But I also had the chance to take some wonderful photos of
Michael Arrington from TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft has gatherd a team of twenty or more “rock star” developers to build Microsoft’s next generation search engine. Microsoft has gathered a team of twenty or more rock star developers who’ve been tasked at building their next generation search engine, a source has told us. The team, which supposedly came together recently, is
In response to overwhelming demand, Live Nation announced today that additional tickets will be released for the Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis show 7/7/07 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Tickets are set to be released TODAY at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at www.livenation.com/liveearth or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171 and (201) 507-8900.
Remember Boo.com? Maybe? Maybe Not? depends on how long you’ve been around! 😉 Boo.com was a United Kingdom Internet company founded by Ernst Malmsten, Kajsa Leander and Patrik Hedelin that famously went bust following the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. Boo.com’s intention was to sell branded fashion wear over the Internet; however, after spending vast sums of its venture capital,
A couple of weeks ago myself and my friends from University decided that we would organise a trip to Thorpe Park for all of us as it’s rarely we all get the chance to go out together all at the same time and have some fun, originally it was just 5 of us and then it went up to a