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Microsoft, the American software corporation sometimes chided in the industry for its apparent lack of flexibility, has this week taken the opportunity at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) to unveil a new generation of devices created in partnership with no less than nine of the tech industry's leading companies. Specifically, Microsoft Corp. along with the likes of ASUSTek Computer Inc., GN, LG-Nortel Co. Ltd., NEC Corp., Plantronics Inc., Polycom Inc., Samsung, Tatung Co.,... (Monsters and Critics.com)
Microsoft says Vista sales at nearly 40 million May 16, 2007
"I'm really thrilled at how this has come together," said Gates during a speech at Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2007 in Los Angeles. Windows operating systems run on more than 95 percent of the world's computers and represent the Redmond, Washington-based company's biggest profit driver. (ABC News -- Wire)
Gates christens Longhorn Windows Server 2008 May 16, 2007
Gates made the announcement at Microsoft s 16th annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), but he did not shed any additional light on when the server will ship. He said the date remains the second half of 2007. (MacCentral)
Gates to Tout First 100 Days of Vista May 16, 2007
LOS ANGELES The 2,700 attendees at Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here are going to get an earful about Windows Vista, the upcoming Windows Server "Longhorn" and Windows Home Server and that's just from the keynote addresses. ADVERTISEMENT. (eWeek)
Gates: 40 million Vista copies sold May 16, 2007
That's more than the total install base of Windows' largest competitors, Gates quipped as he began his keynote at the Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here. "As of last week, we've (sold) nearly 40 million copies," Gates said. (USA Today -- Tech)
Microsoft looks beyond the PC May 16, 2007
Bill Gates, opening the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, showed products and conceptual designs including a PC shaped like a light bulb, and an office phone with a screen for finding contacts and placing calls. The Microsoft chairman also stressed the growing role of mobile phones as computing devices. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Microsoft Updates Pay-As-You-Go PC Plan May 16, 2007
Speaking at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here, Microsoft said the next release of FlexGo will be designed for Vista, with enhancements to allow users to live on "borrowed time" until their next payment. ADVERTISEMENT. (PC Magazine)
Microsoft, Manufacturers to Deliver New Generation of Workplace Phones and Devices May 14, 2007
LOS ANGELES, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monday at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007, Microsoft Corp. and nine industry-leading companies - ASUSTek Computer Inc., GN, LG-Nortel Co. Ltd., NEC Corp., Plantronics Inc., Polycom Inc., SAMSUNG, Tatung Co. and ViTELiX - will introduce a new generation of devices that connect the workplace phone to e-mail, instant messaging, real-time presence information, conferencing, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and mobile... (PR Newswire)
WinInfo Short Takes: Week of May 14 May 14, 2007
Next Week: WinHEC 2007And speaking of my schedule, I'll be in Los Angeles next week for Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) show. WinHEC has historically providing some compelling information about upcoming Windows releases and other Microsoft products, so I should have some reports from the event next week. (Windows IT Pro)
Microsoft unveils hardware for Web phone push May 14, 2007
ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) The new hardware products will be unveiled at this week's Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles. The new products include an Internet Protocol phone from NEC that connects to a computer's Universal Serial Bus and a Bluetooth headset that connects via wireless technology to the Office program made by LG-Nortel, a joint venture of LG Electronics Inc. <066570. (Scientific American)
Radical Engine Redesign Would Reduce Pollution, Oil Consumption May 11, 2007
The award was issued last year during the International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition in Chicago. The paper detailed findings related to a new mathematical model to help develop the homogeneous charge compression ignition system. (Science Daily)
Engineer Guilty in Military Secrets Case May 11, 2007
Mak said he believed he was doing nothing wrong by giving the paper to his brother to take out of the country because he had written it for Power Paragon and had presented it at an engineering conference in 2004. The government, however, alleged the documents were export-controlled and couldn't fall into foreigners' hands. (New York Post)
US court convicts China 'spy' May 11, 2007
The parent company of Power Paragon, where Mak was working, testified that he did not need a government license to export the document which he had written and presented at an engineering conference in 2004. Prosecutors however argued that the US defence department had never approved the data's release. (Aljazeera.Net)
Toad found deep in Loch Ness May 4, 2007
Bob Rines, a lecturer at MIT, will tell the Oceans 07 engineering conference in Aberdeen about the toad and the survey next month. Conference chairman Professor John Watson, of the University of Aberdeen, said: "They were surprised to find a toad at that depth.". (BBC News -- Science)
LOCAL BRIEFS Apr 8, 2007
OXFORD -- The Oxford City Commission's Public Works Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday in the second floor engineering conference room at City Hall, 300 Williamsboro St.. The agenda will include discussing the grand opening of Oxford's wastewater treatment plant. (Herald Sun)
Collaboration Mar 31, 2007
Considered by many to be aimed at the heart of Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft unveiled details on its new document format, code-named Metro, at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. Despite its power, knowledge management has ended up creating its own problems such as making it difficult to find information in vast repositories, and making it bothersome for users to upload new documents. (IntranetJournal)
System Monitors Health Of New Composite Military Missiles Mar 27, 2007
Findings will be detailed in a research paper to be presented Wednesday (March 21) during an International Society for Optical Engineering conference. The conference, Smart Structures and Materials and Non-Destructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, takes place through Thursday (March 22) in San Diego. (Science Daily)
Southern Research, UAB draw engineering conference to Birmingham Feb 15, 2007
Members: Not Registered. for free extra services. (Birmingham Business Journal)
Hybrid Hype Runninginto a Hard(ware) Reality? Feb 1, 2007
(Just to be clear or maybe not defines a "mobile system" as one that "can be physically carried, have integrated display and input devices, and have a battery that provides continuous operation when the unit is not plugged in." That seems clear enough, but the company then makes a distinction between "mobile" systems and "ultra-mobile" and ultraportable" systems under the plan. Regardless of the "ultra" complications, we can be confident saying a mobile system would be big enough to have a... (eWeek)
Local news briefs: NCCU will host Science Bowl Jan 24, 2007
Also, the public works committee is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. today in the engineering conference room, located on the second floor of City Hall. Student access topic of talk. (Herald Sun)
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