Google rolls out blog search
Google's launch of a blog search engine legitimizes the blog search space, but raises questions about the future of blog search in Google's main engine.
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Adam Bosworth, former Microsoft and BEA development guru and now a Google engineering vice president, gave a presentation at the salesforce.com user event that offered a much improved articulation of the notion of continuous improvement and innovation I wrote about my recent post on Microsoft making some of its Office interface improvements available now rather than in 12 to 18 months when the new version ships.
MS Office chief responds to my post on continuous improvement
Steve Sinofsky, senior vice president at Microsoft for Office, responded in a Talkback to my post to BillG about making some of the interface improvements available now rather waiting until Office 12 ships in late 2006, or 2007 if it slips.Hi Dan,I hear you and we are super commited to continuous improvement.
Note to self: Hand that napkin in (to the US Patent Office)
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Bill: Give us the new Office 12 interface now
At the Professional Developers Conference today, Bill Gates and company will dribble out more details about Vista, Office 12 and other products. Here's a sample of what Office 12 (Office 2006?
Microsoft's architectural update for productivity
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Video clips: Benioff and Bechtolsheim
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CRM mashup
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Skyping a good deal on eBay
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