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Microsoft Mathematics 4 review – A free must-have Math application for Windows to do Calculus, Statistics, Trigonometry, Linear Algebra and more !

April 20, 2011 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

Microsoft Mathematics is probably one of the most under estimated pieces of software, that I started to love in the last few years. The default Microsoft Windows Calculator is often fairly limited if you want to perform a little more complex calculations. On the other end of the spectrum you could use a specialized full blown engineering suite like Mathworks Matlab. However in a lot of (relative simple) scenario's such an extensive toolbox is overkill. Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 is in the middle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WINDOWS Tagged With: Math, Mathematics, MICROSOFT, Windows

Microsoft, Yahoo! – Will the Search Landscape really change ??

July 31, 2009 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

Perhaps some of your remember the acquisition propositions of Microsoft to Yahoo! earlier this year, which in the end didn't result in Microsoft buying Yahoo!. However yesterday the news spread very fast on the web that both companies announced a long-term agreement in the Web Search segment."Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve the Web search experience for users and advertisers, and deliver sustained innovation to the industry. In simple terms, Microsoft will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, TECHNOLOGY Tagged With: Google, Innovation, MICROSOFT, Partnership, Web Search, Yahoo!

MWC 2009: Windows Mobile 6.5 announcement & screenshots

February 17, 2009 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Steve Balmer and Andrew Lees announced Windows Mobile 6.5, together with two additional services: (1) MyPhone and (2) Windows Marketplace for Mobile. This article will focus on the main changes in Windows Mobile 6.5 and provide some background information together with screenshots."Windows phones bring together the best of the Web, the PC and the phone so you can connect instantly to the experiences you care about, no matter where you are," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Homescreen, Internet Explorer 6, Lockscreen, MICROSOFT, MyPhone, PROFESSIONAL, Standard, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Windows Mobile 6.5, WINDOWS PHONE, Windows Phones

MWC 2009: Microsoft MyPhone – A new backup & restore service for Windows Phones

February 16, 2009 By Remo Knops 4 Comments

A week ago the::unwired already published an article about Microsoft MyPhone service that went live, prior to its scheduled date. Today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona during the Microsoft keynote with Steven Balmer and Andrew Lees, not only the Windows Mobile 6.5 is unveiled, but also two additional services: (1) Microsoft MyPhone, (2) Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Some of you might saw the demo during the MWC-keynote, but -with many thanks to Scot Rockfeld from Microsoft for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: MICROSOFT, MyPhone, Service, WINDOWS PHONE

PATCH: Microsoft releases hotfix for Windows Mobile 6.1 e-mail issue

November 12, 2008 By Remo Knops 1 Comment

For about six weeks ago Matt from Tracey and Matt's Blog, described an smtp problem which in the end would affect all Windows Mobile 6.1 devices.Working on the problem ever since, resulted in an official hotfix which can be downloaded directly HERE at Microsoft. In a very brief summary the problem can be described as the official statement below:This behavior is associated with a feature that is introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. The feature allows for mobile operators to specify an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WINDOWS PHONE Tagged With: Error, Hotfix, MICROSOFT, Patch, SMTP, Tracy and Matt, Windows Mobile 6.1

BROWSERWARS: Google Chrome first impressions

September 3, 2008 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

Some among us remember the big browser wars in the late 90's between Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Research suggests that a second period of browserwars has started in 2003, and still is going on. [ref01] Today Google entered the battlefield, by opening up the beta to the big public of their webbrowser called Google Chrome. After installing the software, my bookmarks are simply imported from Mozilla Firefox (the current default webbrowser). The design is simple, some will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WINDOWS Tagged With: Browser wars, Chrome, Firefox, Google, Internet Explorer, MICROSOFT, Mozilla, Netscape Navigator, opera, Webbrowser

UPDATE: Microsoft Live Search released with customer-driven features

May 19, 2008 By Remo Knops 4 Comments

Microsoft released a new version of the Microsoft Live Search software. Although the coverage of the application is mainly US and UK based, the software has some real cool options / features.Features of this latest version are based on customer feedback, as can be read on the Weblog of Jason Langridge.Personally I think Microsoft does a real good job if they listen to the market and can translate the customer feedback into real nice features (normally it's either feature release or just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WINDOWS PHONE Tagged With: Live, Live Search, MICROSOFT, Mobile, Windows

Xobni: More than just organizing your e-mail

May 18, 2008 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

Xobni is the word inbox backwards spelled, and as you can guess it's a powerful plugin for Microsoft Outlook. While it has been in a private beta for quite some time, now (= a few weeks) is this plugin available in a public beta. After installing the plugin an additional pane is added to your Microsoft Outlook. If you click on an e-mail a profile overview of the sender is shown. The overview provides the e-mail history as well as the incomming and outgoing number of e-mails and the calculated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WINDOWS Tagged With: Email, MICROSOFT, Outlook, Software, Xobni