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Now that’s a title that’ll get your interest huh? I figured with the CNBC special airing tonight on Bill Gates, “How a Geek Changed the World” it would be a great time to publish this interesting infographic from our friends at Frugal Dad. Mr. Gates’ contributions to, not only technology, but to society as a [...]
I use MS Office products all the time – both at home and at work. I use Excel for multiple different types of reporting and I have written and debugged more VBA than I care to discuss. Word has been my document editor for longer than I can remember and when it comes to making [...]
For the last fourteen years Microsoft has been providing the opening Keynote for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas. Microsoft had announced that they were no longer going to keynote CES nor were they going to have a Booth. Many expected Microsoft’s last keynote to be a big hoopla. Alas, it was [...]
There are a lot of online storage and services being offered to the public these days. And frankly, at times it can be confusing. What with offerings of 5GB free here, or 25GB free there. How does the average person know what to choose from, or how do they make the right decision? The old [...]
Today at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Microsoft Corp. launched a three-year program to ensure that 1 million students from low-income families in the United States receive the benefits of software, hardware and discounted broadband Internet service. The commitment is focused on filling the gap in home access to technology and helps give students [...]
In an effort to help customers of Oracle, Salesforce.com and SAP switch to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, Microsoft has announced their “Cloud CRM for Less” program. Essentially building on the momentum of the global launch of Microsoft’s online CRM service in the first half of 2011, Microsoft is extending $150 per user seat (minimum of [...]
If you can’t have fun at your job – what’s the use? Even a diehard Apple fan as myself can gather some enjoyment out of watching Microsoft executives poke fun at a few of their competitors, and at the same time do a little tribute to Michael Jackson. The cast of characters are: Microsoft Office [...]
Recently Microsoft gave a preview of the next major release of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango.” According to Microsoft, “Mango” will deliver more than 500 new features to push the boundaries of the smartphone experience around communications, apps and the Internet. The “Mango” release will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers and is [...]
[Research and Design by Credit Score Blog for Focus.com] James HicksJames is the Founder and Chief Technologist of HicksNewMedia, a technology consulting and digital publishing firm providing effective and relevant solutions to individuals and businesses looking to utilize all things on the interweb. Follow him on Twitter | about.me | Facebook | Google+Website – Twitter [...]
Count it – store #8. Microsoft will be opening it’s latest store this Thursday in the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California. Grand opening ceremonies will be Thursday at 9:30am and the store itself opens at 10am. Don’t know if Ballmer himself will be there, but Selena Gomez will be – she’s the weekend [...]
James Hicks on , January 16, 2012, 10:02 pm
