uncledonnie said:Man Ballmer looks old. Gates looks 10 years younger even though he's older.
Not being able to rise the stock value of that company must cost him few hairs every day.LeleSocho said:Gates is older? woah
MrHicks said:ballmer is so fucking INTENSE!!!
how can you not love that guy
nobody like him hehe
http://www.liveside.net/2011/09/14/...ct-new-apis-for-skydrive-and-hotmail-calendarAs part of the announcement at the BUILD conference today, Microsoft announced a new SDK and accompanying REST APIs for Windows Live. Originally named Messenger Connect, the new developer tools have been expanded in scope and is now renamed Live Connect. The new APIs now provide full access to a users photos and documents in SkyDrive, and additional access to their Hotmail contacts and calendars. In addition, Messenger will now be accessible via XMPP for any application or IM network that wants to interoperate with it. Heres a quick description of what the new APIs can do:
SkyDrive: There are billions of photos and documents stored by millions of users in SkyDrive today. You can integrate users photos, videos and documents into your experiences with Live Connect. You can enable scenarios such as:
- Access to Photos: Connect your app, device or site to SkyDrive to let users upload, view, share or print photos from within your experience
- Access to Documents: Connect your app, device or site to SkyDrive to let users open, save, access, and share documents from within your experience
Hotmail: With the API you can integrate great Hotmail features into your site, app or device to drive user engagement. Check out these examples of what you can do with the API:
- Save to Calendar: You can have users save calendar appointments to their Hotmail calendar and remind them of important events in the future this will help drive users back to your experience and keep you top of mind.
- Friend Finding: You can help a user identify which of their Hotmail contacts and friends are already members of your site or app and ask them to become friends in your experience. This will let you strengthen your sense of community and enable more sharing and socializing in your app or website.
Messenger: Windows Live Messenger is the most widely used Instant Messenger service in the world, using the APIs you can leverage it in your website. Here are a couple of ways you can integrate with this great service:
- XMPP Interface : You can integrate Messenger into your Web-based, desktop, or mobile instant messaging products by connecting to our XMPP service.
- Status Update: Update a users status to let their friends know that they are enjoying your website or app and help drive new users to your experience.
- Sharing Badge: With a couple lines of code, the sharing badge lets your users share your content with their friends in Messenger and Hotmail on the web, client and mobile devices. Through this large network your content and experience is more discoverable by new users.
You can check out Live Connect now by visiting http://dev.live.com, and sign up for technical preview here.
Copernicus said:So what time is they keynote?
Is there a link?D4Danger said:about 10 minutes from now according to people on twitter
http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-demonstrates-windows-to-go-running-windows-8-from-usb/Microsoft detailed and demonstrated Windows To Go on Thursday.
The new feature will allow Windows 8 users to boot the operating system from USB on any other PC. Microsoft is targeting big business and enterprise with Windows To Go, a perfect market for such a feature. Windows To Go works by effectively ghosting a Windows 8 install onto a USB drive. Windows 8 users will be able to take their entire install with files and data and run it on a PC without needing to install it on the host PC. Its simply a plug and play method.
Windows To Go works with both USB 2.0 and 3.0 devices, with the latter providing improved performance. Microsoft shared some technical details in a session at BUILD earlier today. Manan Kakkar detailed several of the points in a blog post on Thursday:
- Windows 8 will default boot to a Windows To Go drive if one is inserted into a system
- Core drivers will be bundled in Windows To Go to avoid situations where Windows Update is unavailable
- It will support USB 2.0 and 3.0
- There is no Hibernate mode in Windows To Go
- Windows To Go will operate on legacy BIOS and new UEFI firmware
- Crash and Dump will be available for Windows To Go
Microsoft has also considered the potential issues if a USB drive is removed from the system whilst it is in use. Windows To Go will freeze the instance for 60 seconds to give the end user enough time to replace the USB device. Windows 8 will then resume the instance gracefully. If an end user fails to replace the device then the system will shut down after 60 seconds.
The addition of such a feature in Windows will ease document compatibility and application feature differences for information workers. It appears as though Microsoft is targeting the feature at Enterprise customers who may have several varied uses for portable versions of Windows. IT professionals will welcome the feature as it will empower them to quickly boot a copy of Windows 8 to diagnose any existing problems on the local PC installation. Information workers will be able to power up a copy of Windows 8 on a clients PC with their own documents and workspace to securely and easily share any presentations or company data.
That sounds amazing if not revolutionary for an OS. I wonder how they will handle OEM activations though if they ever allow consumers this feature.brotkasten said:Microsoft shows and explains Windows To Go.
http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-demonstrates-windows-to-go-running-windows-8-from-usb/
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFSLy2u4eCc
I'm in love.
brotkasten said:Microsoft shows and explains Windows To Go.
http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-demonstrates-windows-to-go-running-windows-8-from-usb/
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFSLy2u4eCc
I'm in love.
brotkasten said:Microsoft shows and explains Windows To Go.
http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-demonstrates-windows-to-go-running-windows-8-from-usb/
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFSLy2u4eCc
I'm in love.
brotkasten said:Microsoft shows and explains Windows To Go.
http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-demonstrates-windows-to-go-running-windows-8-from-usb/
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFSLy2u4eCc
I'm in love.
Kuran said:Could someone link me to the xbox live presentation? I can't find it..
ivedoneyourmom said:Not to be a wet-blanket, but aside from the pausing for 60 seconds if unplugged - so what?
Here is a quick list of operating systems I have been able to boot from USB disk/flash drives for at least the last 12 years:
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
FreeBSD
Mac OS 9
Mac OS X
Glad to see MS catching up with technology from 1999.
ivedoneyourmom said:Here is a quick list of operating systems I have been able to boot from USB disk/flash drives for at least the last 12 years:
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
FreeBSD
Mac OS 9
Mac OS X
Glad to see MS catching up with technology from 1999.