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For Mac users Microsoft is bringing good news for them. Microsoft will be releasing its latest Office version for Mac. The 2007 Microsoft Office Words, Excel, Power Point and Outlook features will now be present on the forthcoming Mac version that will be available at the retail outlets from 15th January.

Microsoft is dropping the Visual Basic for Application (VBA) from it’s soon to be released 2008 Mac version. VBA will be replaced with AppleScript. This means that macros created with Office for the Windows version will not run on Office for the Mac.

Microsoft Office for Mac will not update its earlier draw back of lack of support of the Unicode and BiDi languages. Therefore, if Mac users wanted to write in Arabic or Hebrew then the Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac will be of no use to them.

The Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac can be run both on PowerPC as well as on Intel Macs. The Office Open XML format will be built into Office 2008 for Mac. Mac users can now gear up for the new Microsoft Office suite that is variously priced between $400 and $150.

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AMD, the leading service provider in US has showcased a next generation graphics processor with a native DisplayPort interface at the Video and Electronic Standards Association’s (VESA) PlugTest event in Milpitas, California. The DisplayPort toting graphics processor is tested by the VESA. The association is performing interoperability testing at its PlugTest event in Milpitas, Calif.

DisplayPort is an open standard, which has no licensing fees like HDMI. The standard is intending to replace three existing standards, including DVI, LVDS and VGA interfaces. AMD is lunched the R700 and RS780 products with DisplayPort outputs. The company is planning to implement native DisplayPort in its ATI Radeon graphics processors in the early 2008.

Display manufacturing companies like Samsung are developing new display products by using the Genesis Microchip DisplayPort receiver. Samsung is planning to launch a 30′ LCD display with 2560 x 1600 resolution and 10 bits of color depth by the end of next year. Intel is also planning to launch its DisplayPort packing Eaglelake-G chipset. While Dell is intending to release DisplayPort capable displays in the future.

According to Alan Kobayashi, Vice President, DisplayPort and Monitor Marketing, Genesis Microchip, the creation of DisplayPort is AMD’s milestone, which will deliver incredible performance in displays. DisplayPort addresses the concerns of growing bandwidth of any high-resolution audio and video application.

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Via: Bit Tech

Nothing is impossible for Microsoft. We are very well familiar with Google Analytics service. Now, Microsoft is also coming with its upcoming service, called Gatineau to directly compete with Google Analytics.

Starting in November, MySpace’s 110 million active users will use Skype-enabled MySpace’s instant messaging client, MySpaceIM for free calling.

This is the first time that Skype has allowed its technology to be integrated with a 3rd-party application.

Motorola has unveiled the company’s next generation Linux based platform, named MOTOMAGX for mobile phones. The MOTOMAGX is based on Motorola’s earlier Linux based platforms, which delivers new level of openness, flexibility and support for third party applications on Motorola mobile devices.

The company is planning to install Linux on its 60 percent mobile phones in next two years. Motorola has sold more than 9 million mobile handsets with Linux. Now, the model, RAZR2 V8 will come to the United States within next two month as Motorola’s first Linux phone in this country.

MOTOMAGX platform supports a wide range of content created by third-party developers. The company is planning to introduce WebUI, a new platform to support Java ME based applications and native Linux applications environments. The WebUI applications will run on webKit. The native Linux applications is a combination of relevant tools available from Motorola’s MOTODEV Studio integrated development environment, which will enable MOTODEV developers to innovate and accelerate time to market for their applications.

According to Christy Wyatt, vice president of ecosystem and market development at Motorola, MOTODEV Developer network enables software developers to write applications on Linux phones and also allows developers to get their applications on the carrier software and services on mobile devices.

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Via: Info World

I am not surprised, if Microsoft is doing anything new. But this time I am really surprised due to its twisted deal with Novell to work on a Silverlight implementation which will run on Linux.

Skype boys-founded Joost has further opened up for the developer community by acquiring none other than OnTheToob, which is a programming guide keeping users upto date on Joost’s IP TV shows.

Did you remember? When last year BitTorrent has bought the free-but-closed source uTorrent, then the company has released the first version BitTorrent which combines uTorrent code with its own open-source base.

Web designing company and Google AdWords Qualified Company, Solid Cactus has launched a state-of-the-art pay per click (PPC) bid management software, Cactus Insight to analyze keywords throughout the day. Cactus Insight allows Solid Cactus’s Internet Marketing department to manage client advertising campaigns across several marketing channels, including Search Marketing, E-Mail marketing, & Media Buys.

The software allows the Solid Cactus Internet Marketing department up-to-the minute predictions on the most effective keywords to use at different times, days and positions to achieve the highest possible return on investment (ROI) for their clients. The software has latest feature, which allows e-Commerce operators to manage and optimize large and search campaigns.

Advertisers can also take benefits of a certified Google/Yahoo! Search Engine Marketing Manager for developing a strategy based upon their visions and goals. Even they can combine it with powerful ROI based bid management software. This combination offers the very latest tools to their customers to mange their PPC campaigns.

According to Scott Sanfilippo, President of Solid Cactus, successful business manages dozens of keywords for multiple search engines and perhaps hundreds of product.

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Via: Managing & Automation