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Microsoft Office 2010 in July

Posted: 13 May 2009 12:53 PM PDT

As Microsoft earlier stated that they will release the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta for invited users only, they will do it by July and now starting to collect names for the preview invitations.

As what The Microsoft Office 2010 IT Blog confirmed, below are the preliminary system requirements for the talked software:

1. Office 2010 will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
2. Office 2010 will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
3. You don't need to replace hardware that is capable of running 2007, it will support Office 2010. Like Windows 7 has demonstrated, we realize that taking advantage of the hardware you already own is just as important as supporting all the new technology coming out.

In addition, the team has also launched its site for the official countdown of the coming of MS Office 2010 Applications. Microsoft has not released any information on how much this software cost.

Astronaut Mike tweets from space

Posted: 13 May 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Another great accomplishment from Twitter after it soar high in internet traffic in the US, here comes NASA Astronaut Michael "Mike" Massimino as he tweets from space.

"From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!" - his first tweet from space.

And if you are one of the 257,806 following him, you will see another update from him, here is the latest as of this writing:

"From orbit: Getting more accustomed to living in space today and getting ready for our big rendezvous with hubble"

The space shuttle Atlantis kicked off Monday afternoon and reached the orbit within nine minutes. With Mike's successive and prompt update of what is happening outside Earth, People will then know and be informed prior to Nasa's news release.

Google introduces new tools

Posted: 13 May 2009 10:28 AM PDT

Google, the number one search engine site has introduced new tools in searching and querying market during their second Searchology event held at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Google's Search Options

As what Google define, Search Options is a collection of tools that let you slice and dice your results and generate different views to find what you need faster and easier.

For example, if you are searching for a certain product review in forums but you want the discussion already took place at the past, then Search Options helps a lot. With it, you can search the product's name, apply the option to filter out anything but forum sites and then apply an option to only see results from the past days. For this lot of options, user can now do and search information in their own choose of output.

Rich Snippet

With Google's Rich Snippet, instead of viewing traditional search output in texts, it will extract and show more useful information from web pages.

Above sample is the query for Drooling Dog bar

For example, if you are searching for reviews on a certain product or hotel or restaurant, rich snippets can include average review score, price range and other helpful informations.

Google Squared

Sample screenshot of the tool

Unlike any other traditional search engines, Google Squared shows output of search in terms of information, properties about the search query from different sites and presents it in organized and tabulated manner.

Sample output of query "small dogs"

For example, if you key in small dogs, Google will return types of small dogs, with it are facts and information like their weight, Height and other helpful column.
This tool will be available later this month at google labs.

Google SkyMap

Another one pride of Google team is their SkyMap for Android. Google Sky Map turned your Android-powered mobile phone into a dynamic window on the night sky.

For example, when you point your phone at the sky, you will witness constellations, planets and any other parts of the heavenly bodies, if you want to know the name of a certain star, then Sky Map do help a lot!

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