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SharePoint 2010 Revealed

At its SharePoint Conference 2009 today in Las Vegas, Microsoft revealed details about the next version of its SharePoint platform . "By taming the overflow of information across systems and technologies, SharePoint enables organizations to thrive," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said. "SharePoint...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-19-2009
Outlook Connector for Office 2010

If you're running the Outlook 2010 Technical Preview (cough), you may have noticed that the shipping version of the Outlook Connector--which enables you to use Windows Live Hotmail, contacts, and calendar with Microsoft Outlook--won't work. Well, no worries: Microsoft has quietly released a new...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-11-2009
Xiant Filer for Microsoft Outlook

Xiant : Xiant is dedicated to producing tools that make your time at the computer as productive as possible. Though we are launching our first products, our tech roots are second to none. Xiant Filer was created by technology innovator/Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and engineers at Xiant, whose...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-23-2009
Apple: MobileMe actually works on Windows now. No, really

One of my big complaints about the iPhone and then MobileMe was that Windows/Outlook syncing was horrifically bad and it was painfully clear that the Walt Mossberg/David Pogues of the world had never even tested these products together, not even once. Apparently, neither had Apple. Yesterday, almost...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-11-2009
Office 14: Why has no one noticed this stuff?

I received an interesting IM from Andrew W. this morning who pointed me at some screenshots from Office 14 that came out a while ago. Why, he asked, has some of the info portrayed by these shots not gotten more attention? It's a good question. Here's a typical shot as an example: So. What do...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-09-2009
Access Google Docs from your Desktop

Google’s relentless moves onto the desktop continue with their latest utility, a way to access your cloud-based Google Docs from Windows (and Linux, as it turns out): The Google Desktop team is pleased to release a Google Docs Gadget for Google Desktop . It allows you to search and open your Google documents...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-22-2008
Office Live Web Applications beta delayed until 2009

At PDC 2008 in October, Microsoft unveiled its Office Live Web Applications and promised that Office Live Workspace users would get free access to the beta by the end of 2008. Apparently, that’s not happening now, though this is awfully vague: Those wanting to get their hands on the web-based versions...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-08-2008
GoDaddy.com Launches New Hosted Microsoft Exchange

Here we go: This is, I believe, the first reasonably priced hosted Exchange service. Here’s the official press release: GoDaddy.com, the world's largest domain registrar and largest hosting provider in North America, and Microsoft Corp. today announced that GoDaddy.com is delivering mobile and group...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-06-2008
Windows Cloud OS … And some new Office Live stuff

I’ve got a report coming today in WinInfo about Microsoft’s Windows Cloud OS plans: Microsoft Confirms 'Windows Cloud' OS At its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) event later this month, Microsoft will publicly unveil its 'Windows Cloud' Internet-based operating system, the company...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-02-2008
Cloud computing vs. Software + Services; Google Docs vs. Office Live Workspace

Mary Jo Foley has a blog post about how Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service will be leaving beta by the end of the year . She does a good job, as always, of putting this in context. But I'd like to offer up a few comments, not so much in disagreement of anything, but more in along the lines...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-04-2008

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