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...particular, over the past few months, both Google and Microsoft have started education sector initiatives aimed at signing universities to their new hosting services, customizing the look and feel of the service to fit each university’s needs and wishes. Microsoft??s "Windows Live @ Edu" has signed on almost 60 universities worldwide, and Google’s Gmail service is a success with consumers all over the world. In the next few weeks, fellow Ivy League school University of Pennsylvania will be choosing a vendor after a semester of consideration. We hope Harvard will follow suit...
...work in developing vaccination that uses inhaled sprays rather than needles, a method that could make vaccination easier and safer in developing countries. Edwards said yesterday that although medical technology may not advance as rapidly as information technology—where Bill Gates made billions through his work at Microsoft??the “power is absolutely there to, if not solve the problem, at least reduce the inequalities.” “The Gates Foundation has become the most significant supporter of research on pretty much all aspects of global health,” said...
...said Rajen Sheth, a product manager at Google. Google has “hundreds of schools” signed up for its ”Apps for Education” program, which supplies Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Talk customized to the schools’ specifications, according to Sheth. Microsoft??s platform, “Windows Live @edu,” is currently being used by five universities, and 57 institutions have enrolled worldwide, according to Nikki Reed, a spokeswoman for Microsoft. Major selling points in the companies’ pitches are larger inboxes for students?...
...minute television ad for Microsoft??s latest video game, “Gears of War,” started a revolution in gamer culture?Touted by many as the pivotal “killer application” of Microsoft??s Xbox 360 console leading into the Christmas rush—just as the wildly popular shoot-em-up “Halo” was the game that drove sales of the original Xbox—“Gears” is a violent tactical shooter, with photorealistic graphics and elegant gameplay.But you?...
Kinsley has become a leading figure in exploring the use of alternative media in journalism. He joined CNN’s Crossfire in 1989 before the rise of cable television news and, with Microsoft??s backing, founded Slate—an online magazine devoted to politics, culture, and arts—in the Internet’s infancy, years before buckets of ink were spilled on the political might of the blogosphere...