Microsoft takes aim at Intuit with 'Magellan'
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New version of Microsoft Office for small businesses to include more accounting and customer information features.
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Microsoft has teamed up with Intermap to give its 3-D maps in Great Britain a more realistic look through the use of the company's elevation data. Maps are also in the works for Western Europe and the continental US.
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Don't go gellin' with mutual fund giant Magellan.
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Google Sky beware Redmond's all-seeing galactic eye On 27 February, Microsoft will use the TED Conference in Monterey, California, to launch its "WorldWide Telescope" - a downloadable Google Sky-busting app allowing users to "pan around the nighttime sky and zoom as far in to any one area as the data will allow".â¦
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Microsoft launched a new software product aimed at small and midsize businesses on Monday to strengthen its position in a fragmented market it sees as ripe for growth.
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That's not all. Microsoft also has new tools geared to help cut costs of managing corporate data.
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Microsoft will provide the technology that allows visitors to the U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) to first take a virtual tour of historic documents and map out what exhibits they want to see, the two organizations announced Thursday.The project will include the Myloc.gov Web site, to be launched in April, linked to information kiosks at the LOC&#39;s Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. Interactive galleries will allow visitors to the Myloc.gov site to view and sometimes interact with items such as a rough draft of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible, and a 1507 map that first used the word &quot;America.&quot;The new technology is designed to assist people who want to visit the library in person, said John Sampson, director of federal government affairs at Microsoft. Visitors to the Web site will be able to bookmark areas of interest, then use a bar code at the LOC&#39;s information kiosks that will point them to more information in person, he said. Visitors both online and on-site can also engage in a game called Knowledge Quest that sends them searching for clues in the LOC&#39;s art and artifacts, Microsoft said.The library has thought hard about how to bridge the online experience with an in-person visit. Sampson said. The on-site kiosks will help visitors build a custom tour of the library, he said.The library&#39;s plan is to cycle online exhibits in and out but gradually make more information available online, Sampson said. &quot;What they&#39;ve realized is they have a vast collection of amazing, historic artifacts, documents and manuscripts that would take far too long to put on display,&quot; he said. &quot;To say they have great content ... is almost an understatement. It&#39;s the nation&#39;s most prized treasures.&quot;Microsoft is donating software, funding, and training to the project, and in return, the company gets to work with one of the premier libraries in the world, Sampson said.&quot;For us, it&#39;s a unique showcase to show the breadth and the depth of the technology,&quot; said Keith Hurwitz, a platform strategy advisor at Microsoft.Microsoft is helping put the library&#39;s &quot;unparalleled educational resources literally at the fingertips of students and lifelong learners alike, both on site at the Library of Congress and virtually through the Web,&quot; Librarian of Congress James Billington said in a statement. &quot;The Library of Congress and the causes of inspiration and creativity will benefit immensely from this act of generosity and expertise.&quot;Interactive presentation software for kiosks will run on Windows Vista and its Web equivalent, built using Microsoft Silverlight. The project will also use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web content management software.The library&#39;s Exploring the Early Americas&quot; exhibition, which opened Dec. 13, offers a sampling of the new experience.
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Microsoft seems to be on track to release the next version of Windows on schedule.
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With SP2 out the door, Microsoft turns sights to Longhorn--which won't look quite as expected.
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It's one of those announcements you just knew was coming: Magellan is reportedly partnering with Google to put Google Maps local business links on its Global Positioning System (GPS) units.
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Microsoft has started shipping the a BI tool set that lets users access its financial budgeting and forecasting capabilities through Excel and other Office applications.
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Microsoft joins Concordia Project to improve interoperability among identity management systems.
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New product for Office is aimed at getting more people within each business to use Redmond's software.
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Magellan Navigation Inc. on Sunday announced its first portable navigation device to feature cellular connectivity will come with Google Inc. business listings and search functionality.
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Microsoft is taking the wraps off this week, but the notion of a table-like computer has generated interest at the company since at least 2001.Photos: On the road to Microsoft's Milan
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The move comes at a time when Microsoft is sharpening its own tools and expertise in the area.
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Intuit tweaks personal finance tool's usability, but update isn't essential if you're running a recent version.