8 March 2010 0 Comments

Microsoft Pivot: a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of data online

In its endless quest to categorize all information available (just like Google), Microsoft Live Labs has come up with Pivot:
Here at Live Labs we’re all about experiments, and Pivot is our most ambitious to date. Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. We [...]

10 December 2009 1 Comment

The inevitable end of Microsoft adCenter Analytics

Too bad, it had some nice visual and demographic features…

Dear Joris,
Last March, we announced the end of the adCenter Analytics beta program. We sent a reminder e-mail about the change last October.
This e-mail message is your final reminder that all hosted services, data collection, and technical support for adCenter Analytics will end on December 31, [...]

25 September 2009 0 Comments

How to turn a bad Microsoft commercial into a good one

The “bad” Microsoft Windows 7 commercial (feel free to skip the boring parts…):

The great Microsoft Windows 7 commercial:

20 May 2008 3 Comments

Steve Ballmer attacked in Hungary…

… with eggs.
Yesterday May 19th, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, was in Hungary to speak to the Corvinus University students. Suddenly a student started shouting at Ballmer and attacked him with a few eggs.
The incident was filmed from two different angles (I love modern technology…).
Angle 1:

Angle 2: