Virtual Earth, Full of Stars, via WorldWide Telescope
At the end of September, Microsoft made available a new version of Virtual Earth 3D, complete with a new 3D control.
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7.10.2008 Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope
Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday. The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics.
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13.5.2008 Microsoft to Users: Patch Virtual Earth
Microsoft is permitting end users of Virtual Earth that are not happy with the content offered via the service to introduce patches with imagery.
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1.8.2008 Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D 3.0 Beta: Free Download
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there".
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7.10.2008 Virtual Earth 3D (Beta)
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there". You can search, browse, and organize local information viewed in three dimensions, just the way it exists in the real world.
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19.11.2006 Google Earth Used as a Spy Satellite?
The homicide detectives from the Melbourne department have recently started investigating a murder case, which seems to be taken out of a thriller that cannot be broadcasted before midnight. The body was found wrapped in plastic bags and dumped in the front yard of an empty Melbourne house that had an overgrown lawn, which covered the body all too well.
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13.12.2007 Defense agency to use Microsoft's Virtual Earth
Microsoft is collaborating with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a division of the Department of Defense, on its Virtual Earth technology.
The NGA wants to use the Virtual Earth technology "to provide geospatial support for humanitarian, peacekeeping and national security efforts," Microsoft said in a statement on Thursday.
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19.5.2006 MSN.com Kicks Off Live Earth Promotions
Microsofts MSN.com is kicking off its sponsorship of the upcoming Live Earth concert series with a host of promotions, including earth-friendly premiums and sweepstakes.
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29.6.2007 Why we can count on Bill Gates to save the earth
Bill Gates is an improbable humanitarian. He built a reputation as a nightmare boss at Microsoft, a totalitarian who screeched at employees he thought were stupid. He bludgeoned competitors with his illegal monopoly.
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3.9.2007 Bill Gates no longer richest man on earth
After 13 years on top, Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. That honor now belongs to his friend and sometimes bridge partner Warren Buffett.
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6.3.2008 Google Earth for Windows 5.0.11337.1968 Beta
Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
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Microsoft releases free ebook: Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005
Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you'll encounter.
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12.4.2006 Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 in an enterprise environment. Availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds are built for enterprise-level monitoring. Both local and remote connectivity checks help ensure database availability.
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5.6.2006 Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - September CTP
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
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24.9.2006 Podcasts: Microsoft IT Showcase: How Microsoft IT Architects and Configures DFS Replication
Edit: Something close to my heart! I sure hope the R2 changes to DFS are as good as they sound in all the marketing documents!
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25.2.2006 Microsoft Showcases Platform Advancements in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Second annual Microsoft Office System Developers Conference highlights opportunity for custom solutions development utilizing innovations in the 2007 release.
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23.3.2006 Microsoft set to beta Microsoft Security Essentials June 23
Microsoft confirmed today that they plan to release a public beta of Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly codenamed Morro) on June 23.
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18.6.2009 Microsoft is 30 years old today! have a look at the Microsoft Timeline
It's hard to believe that Microsoft is already 30 years old. The company that made Redmond, Washington, a household name was actually founded in 1975 in another city by two young Seattle men, one of whom was a college dropout. From this inauspicious beginning came an equally improbable vision: A personal computer on every desk and in every home. Thirty years later, it seems so obvious. But at the time, when only a handful of people knew what a personal computer was, it was a great leap of faith and daring.
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Microsoft Windows Microsoft Application Verifier 3.2.0038
Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.
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26.7.2006 Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft!
Microsoft doesn't want you to pirate their software, but if you must choose between illegally installing Windows or a competitor's operating system, Microsoft would prefer that you choose them.
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15.3.2007 Microsoft releases new Ultimate Extras - Microsoft Tinker
Microsoft has silently released 3 updates for Windows Ultimate users today.
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23.9.2008 Microsoft trademark reveals Microsoft Store logo
A fortnight ago, detailed plans of the long anticipated Microsoft Store were revealed in all its theoretical glory when Gizmodo published over 50 slides from a Powerpoint presentation prepared by the projects consultancy firm.
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5.8.2009 Microsoft Launches Microsoft TalentLab in The Netherlands
Demand for ICT specialists is growing; new portal site advertises job vacancies at Microsoft partners with guaranteed training.
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25.3.2007 Microsoft 4 Patas
Four different wallpapers with those that are considered men best friend. Besides that, icons and sounds give a special touch in this theme, that is already a success in those that love dogs.
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5.1.2006 What Microsoft has that Linux
Microsoft has seven "Microsoft Across America" trucks cruising the country, visiting Microsoft Partners at their request to show off the latest Windows wonders. At last count, there were exactly zero (0) "Linux Across America" trucks.
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15.8.2006 Microsoft isn't done with Vista yet
There is still more work to be done on Windows Vista, said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on the day the company's highly-anticipated operating system is officially released to enterprise customers.
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2.12.2006 Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft?
I'm doing a short project on Microsoft and its impact on society.
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15.12.2006 A word with you, please, Microsoft
If Microsoft's 1976 was all about "hobbyists" and "Altair," then its buzzwords for 2006 were things such as "connected entertainment," "interoperability," "Zune," and "Windows Vista."
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2.1.2007 Microsofts IE 8.0: More than just vaporware
When I mentioned in a post yesterday that I had heard there was an alpha build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0 circulating inside Microsoft, some were skeptical.
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15.1.2007 Microsoft Feeds Plus
Microsoft Feeds Plus is an
Internet Explorer 7 add-on for Windows XP/2003/Vista that makes your feed reading experience easy and efficient. You can read your feeds in a combined view (aggregate feeds) and get pop-up notifications when there are new items to read.
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27.1.2007In Google Earth, a Service for Scanning the Heavens
After turning millions of Internet users into virtual explorers of the world with Google Earth, the Internet search giant is now hoping to turn many
of them into virtual stargazers.
Google is unveiling within
Google
Earth today a new service called Sky that will allow users to view the skies as seen from Earth. Like Google Earth, Sky will let users fly around
and zoom in, exposing increasingly detailed imagery of some 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies.
You will be able to
browse into the sky like never before, said Carol Christian, an astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute, a nonprofit academic
consortium that supports the Hubble Space Telescope.
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22.08.2007WorldWide Telescope Public Beta
A public beta of Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope has been released. WorldWide Telescope is a rich Web application that brings together imagery from
the best ground and space based observatories across the world to allow people to easily explore the night sky through their computers.
From the WorldWideTelescope website:
"Want to see the same images that scientists at NASA use for their research or perform your own research
with those images? Or do you want to see the Earth from the same perspective that astronauts see as they descend to Earth? How about taking a 5 minute
break and viewing a panorama of a different city? Install WWT and start your explorations."
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13.05.2008New Telescope Looks to the 'Violent' Universe
Scientists have turned on a
new telescope in Arizona that
they hope will help them find
so-called 'dark matter.'..
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02.05.2007Microsoft WorldWide Telescope Site Now Live
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best
ground and space telescopes in the world for a seamless, guided exploration of the universe.
WorldWide Telescope, created with
Microsoft's high-performance Visual Experience Engine™, enables seamless panning and zooming across the night sky blending terabytes of images,
data, and stories from multiple sources over the Internet into a media-rich, immersive experience.
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28.02.2008Source: Microsoft To Announce WorldWide Telescope On February 27
Michael Arrington: A source close to Microsoft says the company will launch new desktop software called WorldWide Telescope on February 27 at the
TED Conference in Monterey,
California. Our guess is that this is what
Robert Scoble was talking about last week when he said he saw a new Microsoft
project that brought him to tears.
The service will be accessed through a downloadable application - Windows only for now is
what we hear. Users will be able to pan around the nighttime sky and zoom as far in to any one area as the data will allow. Microsoft is said to be
tapping the Hubble telescope as well as ten or so earth bound telescopes around the world for data. When you find an area you like, you can switch to
a number of different views, such as infrared and non-visible light.
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19.02.2008Microsoft's 'Telescope' to compete with Google 'Sky'
Not wasting any time in rebounding from its failed attempt to buy Yahoo, Microsoft is now readying its own response to Google Sky -- a tool known as
Worldwide Telescope, which is set to launch at the end of the month...
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13.05.2008WorldWide Telescope Puts Wonders of Space on a PC
Since its public beta release in May 2008, WorldWide Telescope has garnered rave reviews in the press, support from educators and scientists across
the globe, two award nominations, and nearly 2 million regular users...
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25.03.2009Microsoft Bigwigs Donate to Telescope
A project to build a pioneering telescope in Chile got a $30 million boost Thursday with donations from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and former
company executive Charles Simonyi.
Simonyi is donating $20 million and Gates $10 million to pay for three major mirrors that will
be used in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a nearly $400 million project that will be able to survey the entire sky every three nights --
something never done before.
Astronomers anticipate surveying the heavens for 10 years, with observations starting in 2015.
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04.01.2008Let WALL-E be your tour guide to the universe
Microsoft Research and the Disney-owned Pixar are offering you a virtual tour of the universe. Your tour guide? WALL-E, the animated robot from
Pixar's latest film. You'll need the WorldWide Telescope (WWT), a Virtual Earth for the sky and beyond, if you want to download and use the
WALL-E tour. Since WALL-E doesn't have its own voice, Academy-Award-winning director Andrew Stanton narrates the tour. Curtis Wong, manager of
Microsoft's Next Media Research Group, explained why Microsoft went with WALL-E: "WorldWide Telescope is about making science fun for everyone.
By working with Disney/Pixar, we're enabling kids and families to discover the magic of the universe for themselves in an even more engaging way.
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19.11.2008Hands on with Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope beta
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the "Equinox" beta update to the WorldWide Telescope, its vast astronomical visualization software. We spent
some time with the software to see how well you can navigate the universe in 3D...
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31.10.2008Nasa unveils Hubble's successor
The US space agency Nasa
has unveiled a model of a
space telescope that
scientists say will be able to
see to the farthest reaches of
the universe.
The James Webb Space
Telescope (JWST) is intended
to replace the ageing Hubble
telescope.
It will
be larger than its
predecessor, sit farther from
Earth and have a giant mirror
to enable it to see more.
Officials said the
JWST - named after a former
Nasa administrator - was on
course for launch in June
2013.
The
full-scale model is being
displayed outside the
Smithsonian National Air and
Space Museum in the US
capital, Washington DC.
It was recently shown
off in Seattle at the American
Astronomical Society meeting.
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11.05.2007Man captures images of Atlantis pulling Hubble out of orbit
NASA and some very brave astronauts are currently on a mission to perform maintenance on the aging Hubble space telescope. The mission itself is to
repair broken parts and add in a new camera and other new pieces to help extend the life of the telescope. One amateur astronomer wasn't content
with only reading about it online or possibly watching a live feed. He decided to take a picture of the repair mission by himself from down here on
Earth. What you see below is Atlantis as it is about to capture Hubble from orbit. These impressive and stunning photos were taken by Thierry
Legault's from Florida and the backdrop in the picture is the Sun.
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15.05.2009Hubble Space Telescope crashes again, and fix may not come until February
And you thought fixing your PC was tough? After beaming in pictures from outer space for the past 18 years, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope now needs
to be repaired. But that might not happen until next week, or possibly even next year...
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18.10.2008Milkyway rises over Texas video, in honor of Hubble
In honoring the success of the Hubble repair mission star watchers across the globe are holding "star parties" to observe the heavens. Neowin
recently posted pictures of Atlantis pulling Hubble out of orbit and today, in celebration of the successful Hubble repair mission, we bring you the
video below. The Hubble has been successfully repaired and the last humans to ever touch it have left the telescope. The final day was relatively
drama free other than the emotions of those on board who completed the dangerous space walks some 350 miles above the Earth. The telescope has
serviced a vital role in exploring our Universe.
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19.05.2009Herschel and Planck ready for dual launch
The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory and Planck space telescope have successfully completed their tests in Europe, and will be
flown to the space port in Kourou, French Guiana this week, ready for their launch in April. Named after 18th Century astronomer William Herschel,
the Herschel space observatory will be the biggest telescope mirror in space and capable of viewing wavelength radiation in the far-infrared and
sub-millimetre range. In comparison, the Hubble telescope is only capable of viewing light that is visible to the human eye. The Planck space
telescope is going to be looking for even longer radiation - microwave radiation.
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10.02.2009Microsoft launches WorldWide Telescope
Computer users now can fly through the universe, viewing stars, planets and celestial bodies as an astronomer would, with the introduction of the
Worldwide Telescope by Microsoft.
The virtual service combines images and databases from every major telescope and astronomical
organization in the world.
Microsoft says it is providing the resource for free in memory of Jim Gray, the Microsoft researcher
who disappeared last year while sailing his boat to the Farallon Islands on a trip to scatter his mother's ashes. The project is an extension of
Gray's work.
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13.05.2008Roy Gould talks about the WorldWide Telescope
Science educator
Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an
astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the
world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view of our universe. (Yes, it's the technology that made
Robert Scoble cry.)
Click read more for the embedded Hi-Def video presentation.
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29.02.2008FastCompany.TV WorldWide Telescope Interview
Larry Larsen: ScobleizerTV launched on FastCompany.tv and Scoble's
first interview is Curtis Wong of the
WorldWide Telescope project. If you didn't get enough WWT during the
TED
presentation, this should help fill in some details for you.
In addition to visible light photos stitching together the night
sky, you can view things in x-ray and other wavelengths. There's no time counter on his video, but check out the supernova shown about a third of the
way into the video. Very very cool stuff. Coming this spring.
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04.03.2008Google Earth users outnumber Brazil's population
Michael Jones, chief
technology officer of
Google's geography software,
on Tuesday counted Google
Earth as fifth among the most
populous nations, by a measure
of how many people have
installed the mapping
application that lets people
see their house from space.
More than 200 million
people have downloaded Google
Earth, according to Jones, who
spoke here at the Fifth
International Symposium on
Digital Earth. That's just
under the population of
Indonesia at roughly 233
million and the United States
at just more than 301 million.
Brazil's population falls
short of Google Earth users
with 188 million residents.
Jones said that
Google Earth, which launched
two years ago, has also drawn
more installations than
Microsoft's Windows XP...
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06.06.2007Nasa and Microsoft bring Universe to Web
Microsoft today announced a new partnership with NASA to bring images & data of moon and Mars to Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope (WWT) for
Internet viewing. Through a Space Act agreement, Microsoft and NASA will jointly develop the technology and infrastructure necessary to make NASA
content available including high-resolution scientific images and data from Mars and the moon for viewing through WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft's
online virtual telescope. The above image shows the Proctor Crater on Mars. The bright, small ridges are sand ripples, and the larger, darker
bedforms are sand dunes. We will get to see more interesting images in WWT later this year, as part of a joint Space Act Agreement.
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