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Samsung To Adopt Windows Azure for SmartTV Televisions

REDMOND— Samsung Electronics Ltd. has announced they will adopt Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud platform, in order to power Samsung’s SmartTV infrastructure. SmartTV powers many high-end Samsung TVs, allowing customers to download and use dozens of apps tailored for their TV.Samsung SmartTV

With SmartTV servicing over 120 countries, Samsung chose Windows Azure to build a solid and reliable infrastructure for its customers.

“After extensive testing, Windows Azure is the cloud offering that met our exacting conditions,” said an official at Samsung Electronics’ Visual Display Business Division.

Microsoft followed the announcement with its own statement:

“Samsung Electronics’ Smart TV is taking advantage of the unique capabilities of Windows Azure,” said Bob Kelly, corporate vice president of Windows Azure at Microsoft. “Windows Azure gives Samsung the ability to focus on its business rather than having its technical team deal with problem-solving and troubleshooting issues.”

Microsoft Releases Office 365 for Education for FREE

Microsoft Office 365 Logo

Microsoft Office 365 Logo (Photo credit: Microsoft Sweden)

REDMOND, Wash. —  Microsoft just announced it has released Office 365 for Education. The award-winning Office suite, which includes SharePoint and Lync, will now be available to all education levels, including students. What’s the catch? All students, teacher, and faculty will get their hands on Office 365 for Education, allowing them to be more productive than ever thanks to the power of the cloud.

“Office 365 is a hit with big and small companies alike,” said Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Office Division. “I’m delighted to welcome Lowe’s, Burger King, Japan Airlines and others that have chosen Office 365.”

Microsoft Office OneNote 2007

Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The announcement comes just days after several prestigious colleges and universities around the country started adopting Office 365 as their go-to solution. The new solution, dubbed Office 365 for Education, will be available to all education fields in the form of free versions and paid versions. The free flavor of Office includes Exchange Online, Lync Online, SharePoint Online and Office Web Apps. Paid versions will deliver greater storage capacity and specific perks. Office 365 for Education will be replacing Live@edu.

The Microsoft Office Core Applications

The Microsoft Office Core Applications (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Getting the world’s best technology in the hands of our students and teachers is critical to improving educational outcomes and making sure students are prepared for college and career,” said Anthony Salcito, vice president of Worldwide Education for Microsoft. “With schools’ ever-tightening budgets, Office 365 for education enables them to deliver new and innovative technology in the cloud that will modernize teaching and learning practices, at no cost.”

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Microsoft to Give your Computer SuperPower

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A quite unknown company and technology firm has recently been backed by Microsoft with nearly 1 million dollars. The reason ? This firm has developed something so extraordinary that it may make you to call me a liar. This tech is none other than an application of sorts designed to deliver the power of a supercomputer to your home PC! Aptly named GreenButton, this small app will give you the horsepower that you need even if you are video rendering or doing a very heavy task like cloud computing. Deep Exploration Trial A sample of Developer/Digital Artists use of GreenButton. Fast, easy, and efficient.

GreenButton Explained

Microsoft will provide the GreenButton technology to it’s costumers using Windows Azure, Redmond’s cloud computing platform. GreenButton’s Partner

http://microsoftarena.net/code-samples-index-for-windows-azure/

Bottom line:  Hey, now there are no trite excuses for developers and digital artists, cuz Microsoft should sent you the horsepower you need regardless the intensity of your computer task- the sky is the limit when GreenButton is around.

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5071877/Microsoft-backs-Wellington-tech-firm

For more info visit the GreenButton site: http://www.greenbutton.net/