Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Google Keeping Busy…As is Microsoft

Microsoft: Windows 7 available in time for holidays

Microsoft will make Windows 7 available to businesses and consumers in time for the typically busy holiday shopping season in the fourth quarter of the year, according to company officials.

Google conducting Netbook usability study

Google is soliciting Netbook users for a usability study, as rumors of Android-powered Netbooks continue to grow.

Google launches first TV ads

Google has launched its first TV advertising campaign across a range of US networks to promote Chrome, its web browser.  Chrome launched last September in a direct bid to lure users away from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Google has famously avoided traditional marketing routes in the past, however it is now desperate to promote Chrome.

The four stages of the average Twitter user

There’s a strange phenomenon that happens almost every time someone joins Twitter. They hate it. At least at first. But many of the people who once hated Twitter — or at least, didn’t quite get it in the beginning — are now many of its most active users and raving fans. So what’s going on here?

Five Best Journaling Tools

Public declarations and diatribes have their place, but sometimes you need a private space for your thoughts, dreams, and ramblings. Whether you crave a digital or analog tool, you'll find it in this Hive Five.  My personal hands-down winner is Microsoft OneNote.  I use it many many times a day.

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