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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Microsoft plans Silverlight news (Infomatics)	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:21:03 GMT
Microsoft is planning to make a major announcement surrounding its Silverlight web application tool. The company sent out a release notifying reporters of a conference call set to take place on Monday morning at 9 AM US Pacific time (17:00 GMT). more...

Microsoft Live Labs Releases Politically Minded Web App (PC World)	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:28:22 GMT
Microsoft's Live Labs group has launched a Web-based application that surfaces politics-related information and articles that... more...

Xbox Slim: The Console Microsoft Didn't Slow Down to Make [Mods] (Gizmodo)	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:51:40 GMT
After Microsoft launched the Xbox, they didn't have any intention of releasing an Xbox Lite or Xbox Slim. Instead, they went straight for the next generation with the 360. Meanwhile, one modder,... more...

Microsoft tries for slice of Japan game market (Tri-City Herald)	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:25:32 GMT
Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled. more...

National Hispanic Corporate Council Fall Meeting Explores Convergence of Traditional and Emerging Media in Hispanic ... (Broadcast Newsroom)	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:55:21 GMT
ARLINGTON, Va. , Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Hispanic Corporate Council, will hold its annual member meeting October 21-23, 2008 , in Atlanta, Georgia hosted by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Members will confer on Hispanic Marketing and the integration of traditional and emerging media. more...

09:52 (BST), 09/10/2008 Microsoft's Tokyo Game Show line-up Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS - Against the ... (gamesindustry.biz)	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:10:42 GMT
- Against the backdrop of one of the world’s largest video games event, Tokyo Game Show 2008, Microsoft Corp. today unveiled a blockbuster portfolio of games for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from many of the world’s most renowned developers. more...

Briefly in books (The Ithaca Journal)	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:33:53 GMT
The Wells College Book Arts Center has announced that Ronald Gordon of the Oliphant Press will present the 28th Susan Garretson Swartzburg ‘60 Memorial Book Arts Lecture. The talk, entitled “The Oliphant Press: Tradition & Transformation” will be given at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Stratton Hall Auditorium, Room 209. The event is free and open to the public; a reception for the speaker ... more...

National Hispanic Corporate Council Fall Meeting Explores Convergence of Traditional and Emerging Media in Hispanic ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:05:00 GMT
The National Hispanic Corporate Council, will hold its annual member meeting October 21-23, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia hosted by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Members will confer on Hispanic Marketing and the integration of traditional and emerging media. NHCC's Third Think Tank will focus on Corporate Social Responsibility. more...

Create Chaos 2008 Exhibitor Profiles (Centre Daily Times)	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:31:53 GMT
Create Chaos 2008 takes place October 13, 2008 - October 17, 2008 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando. Listed below are the Create Chaos 2008 exhibitor profiles. more...

Are there really too many Windows editions? (ZDNet)	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:28:53 GMT
Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you???ll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the number of Windows versions to one or two sounds convincing in the abstract, but the argument breaks down ... more...