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 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 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 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 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 Try Out and Install Windows Vista in Virtual Machine with Virtual PC 2007 and VMWare Server
Want to install and play with
Windows Vista but dont have extra or spare computer hardware to load the operating system? Windows Vista addicts can use virtualization technology to create a virtual machine on top of their current operating system which will enable the ability to fresh install Windows Vista on the newly created virtual machine.
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20.11.2006 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 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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IE7 Virtual PC Image and IE6 Virtual PC Image Refresh
From the IEBlog: Hello! Just wanted to give you a quick update that weve dropped two new VPC images that you can use with the free copy of Virtual PC 2007.
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19.4.2007 Microsoft Must Turn To Virtual OS After Vista
Microsoft can't afford five-year gaps in between major operating system releases, Gartner says, and the way around the delays is with modules.
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8.9.2006 Mac Virtual Machine Update Runs Vista
Enhancements to Parallels Desktop for Mac include support for the recently released multi-processor Mac Pro tower equipped with 3.5GB of RAM, as well as for the developer build of Mac OS X 10.5, code-named Leopard.
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22.9.2006 Running Virtual PC 2004 SP1 on Windows Vista
Normally, one would install Virtual PC to run a beta operating system on top of their production environment. In this case however, you might just be risk taking enough to run a beta operating system as your production environment. In such a case, you may have applications or other things that don't work the way you hoped under this operating system. This is where Virtual PC comes in run a production operating system on top of a beta environment. Clever, huh?
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4.3.2006 New Micrsoft Virtual Machine Additions available for Windows Vista CTP releases
New Virtual Machine Additions are up for the Windows Vista CTP releases. These new Additions (13.709) have performance optimizations for Windows Vista Beta 2 (Build 5384), Windows Vista Beta 2 June Refresh (Build 5465) and Windows Vista Beta 2 July Refresh (Build 5472).
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27.7.2006 Enable RemoteApp in Windows XP or Vista To Publish Programs to Windows 7 Virtual PC Host with KB961741 or KB961742 RAIL QFE
Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7 features an unique and useful feature which allows virtual applications installed on guest operating system of Windows XP or Windows Vista in the virtual machine to be seamlessly accessed and launched from host Windows 7 desktop as if its running on the end users local computer.
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9.10.2009 It's a Virtual(ization) Mystery
Microsoft's eleventh-hour switch on Vista virtualization licensing is a case for Nancy Drewassuming she knows as much about techno-ware as classic wear.
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27.6.2007 Virtual PC 2007 now available on Connect
Virtual PC 2007 includes support for virtualization technology from Intel and AMD. By default, hardware-assisted virtualization is enabled if the feature is enabled on the physical computer.
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12.10.2006 Microsoft updates Virtual Server
Thanks to odeeee for this article. In hopes of pulling some attention away from Vmware and other vendors, Microsoft is beefing up their virtualization offerings.
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13.6.2007 Microsoft Takes Stand on 'Virtual' Licensing
Microsoft is taking a stand on an emerging technology that threatens to reshape software pricing models.
The company on Monday is expected to detail changes to its server product licensing to better accommodate virtualization software, an emerging technology that big companies are eyeing as a way to consolidate servers and cut costs.
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Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Review
A Little History
Virtualization software is nothing new, and dates back quite some time. One of the most popular examples for the end user was Connectix Virtual PC for the Mac. Since there are a pretty huge number of programs that are only available on Windows, this created a strong market niche to let Mac users run Windows programs, even if at reduced speed.
Virtual PC for the Mac, rather than emulating Windows, emulated the x86 architecture and the requisite peripheral devices, such as a video and sound card. This meant that emulation could work quite flawlessly, but also that any user would need to purchase a copy of Windows as well and then install it onto the Virtual PC. Virtual PC was a success and Connectix later created a Windows version which let you run most x86 OSes ? something quite useful for developers, enthusiasts, and IT professionals.
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22.1.2006 Virtual PC 2004 SP1 is freeware!
Microsoft has released an update to Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1, and is now making the virtualization software available free of charge to all users. The company also promised to freely release Virtual PC 2007 next year, bringing support for Windows Vista.
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13.7.2006 Virtual PC 2007 Release Candidate
Happy New Year - Virtual PC 2007 Release Candidate ready for download.
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3.1.2007 Virtual PC 2007 Final Released
Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button.
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19.2.2007 Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
Save time and money as Virtual PC allows you to maintain the compatibility of legacy and custom applications during migration to new operating systems and increases the efficiency of support, development, and training staffs.
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19.5.2008 Windows CE 6 Beta running in Virtual PC
The first Virtual PC lab is now tested/running (see the screen shot below) - I'm handing the lab over to MSDN today for testing and to release to the MSDN Virtual Labs web site.
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13.7.2006 Virtual App Wars Move From OS To Desktop
Microsoft, Citrix Systems and AppStream are among the pack of vendors rushing to gain a foothold in the emerging application virtualization software market.
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9.9.2006 Returnil Virtual System 1.62.4013 Beta
Returnil Virtual System is a powerful technology that clones a copy of your Windows system into RAM.
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26.5.2007 Windows will be killed by virtual appliances: VMware exec
Large commercial operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, will no longer exist within five to ten years, according to a senior VMware executive. Instead there will only be very thin open source operating systems supporting virtual appliances.
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16.7.2008Microsoft Launches Virtual Earth 3D
Microsoft on Monday took the
wraps off Virtual Earth 3D, a
new version of the company's
mapping application that
enables users to "fly"
through three-dimensional
models of cities from directly
within their Web browser -
complete with virtual
billboards.
Photos:
View images from
Virtual Earth 3D..
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07.11.2006Microsoft Expands Virtual Earth Reach
InfoNow will integrate
Microsoft's Virtual Earth
application into its mapping
location services that it
provides for retail outlets
and banks, the two companies
said on Wednesday...
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28.03.2007Virtual Earth, Live Maps update: Lots of new features, new SDKs, more
Virtual Earth 6.2, a big new update to Live Maps, and new access to a 3DVia content library where you can download, mash-up, and include 3D content on
your 3D maps collections just went live. Lots to tell you about, and well be going into more depth on Virtual Earth soon, but heres some highlights.
Thanks to Virtual Earth Evangelist Chris Pendleton for keeping us in the loop on this one...
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25.09.2008Microsoft Virtual Earth Used for OnStar
Microsoft Virtual Earth has become OnStar's software platform for merging GPS location and 3D aerial imagery. Companies ranging from Microsoft to
Intel and Google have all been participating in various ways in the integration of automobiles with Web 2.0 technology.
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14.05.2009Microsoft Virtual Earth gets a 48TB update
Over than past few months, the Microsoft Virtual Earth team has been preparing the service for one of it's biggest updates since the release.
What's the definition of "one of it's biggest"? Well it's over 48TB of new and improved imagery. Chris Pendleton, Virtual Earth
technical evangelist at Microsoft, announced that the service has updated it's global vector data for the majority of it's tile sets. The
update includes multilingual tile sets for all zoom levels, localized tile sets for Japan, and all Bird's Eye imagery has been updated with new
road map labels.
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01.01.2009Gov't Agency to Use Virtual
Earth
The National
Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency, a division of the
Department of Defense, said
Thursday that it will use
Microsoft's Virtual Earth
technology "to provide
geospatial support for
humanitarian, peacekeeping and
national security
efforts."..
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19.05.2006Virtual Earth 3D v1.1 Beta Available
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. This enables you to more effectively find the data that is relevant to you,
making Live Maps more useful than ever. Even better -- it's just plain fun!
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24.08.2007Virtual Earth Now Windows Live
Local
On Thursday, Microsoft plans
to retire MSN Virtual Earth
after just five months of
providing maps and satellite
imagery. Its replacement will
be Windows Live Local, a
service that brings together
local search, mapping and
business listings under the
new Live.com brand...
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08.12.2005MapCruncher Beta for Microsoft Virtual Earth
MapCruncher Beta for Microsoft Virtual Earth makes it easy to publish maps overlaid in an application using the Virtual Earth map control. Once you
are familiar with the tool, it will take you about ten minutes to generate a new tile layer.
Just find 5 to 10 corresponding
landmarks on your map and on the Virtual Earth map view, and MapCruncher will register your map to the global coordinate system, warp it to fit a
Mercator projection, and generate a set of image tiles that can be seamlessly layered on top of Virtual Earth map control's standard road, hybrid, or
aerial imagery. It even makes a sample HTML page for reference.
MapCruncher accepts a variety of vector formats (PDF, WMF, EMF)
and raster formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, BMP).
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16.10.2007MSN Virtual Earth Tours
Katrina Damage
MSN is using its Virtual Earth
client to provide 24-hour news
channel MSNBC with a birds-eye
views of the damage from
Hurricane Katrina. Users can
zoom down to street level to
examine damage and flooding.
The application will also let
users compare views from
before and after the storm...
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16.09.2005Virtual Earth Becomes Windows
Live Local
Microsoft mapping service to
provide higher quality images
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07.12.2005Surface and Virtual Earth demoed at CIO Summit
This one has been in my list to post for a few days now, unfortunately Mix 08 kinda got in the way. At the
Microsoft CIO Summit that took place early last week, the new
Surface computer/table was shown off. What is cool is that they demoed Virtual Earth on it, creating a mashup between hardware, software and
services.
The
Virtual
Earth For Government blog posted...
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12.03.2008Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D gets boost with Caligari acquisition
In an attempt to level the playing field with Google Earth, Microsoft has scooped up Caligari, makers of 3-D rendering software...
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08.02.2008Microsoft and Dassault Systèmes Launch Microsoft Virtual Earth -3DVIA
Dassault Systèmes (DS), a world leader in 3-D and product life-cycle management (PLM) solutions, and Microsoft Corp. today launched Microsoft®
Virtual Earth™ -3DVIA (Technology Preview). This free online application, developed by Dassault Systèmes, allows consumers to imagine and create
realistic 3-D models such as of buildings and structures then share them through Microsoft Virtual Earth and online communities.
Virtual Earth -3DVIA users will be able to build a world that mixes their future projects and ideas with real-life places, buildings and
structures, said Lynne Wilson, senior vice president and general manager of 3DVIA at Dassault Systèmes. Through Microsofts online geographic
location mapping technology and our 3-D modeling and realistic visualization know-how, we have created a new level of realism within Virtual Earth
that provides an unrestricted freedom for creativity and innovation.
Users can
download Virtual Earth -3DVIA for free and immediately begin using
the fun, easy-to-use and intuitive application. Virtual Earth -3DVIA allows anyone to do the following with their ideas...
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19.10.2007Virtual Earth-Based Loss Estimation Tool
What would happen if there was an Earthquake? How many buildings and bridges will be damaged and how many casualties to expect? All this can be
estimated a bit easier now with
InLET, a web based GIS
application which uses
Microsoft Virtual Earth.
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12.08.2008Virtual Earth adds new clients, shows off
Virtual Earth/Live Maps doesn't have the user base that Google Maps does, but it is continually advancing the platform, adding terabytes of data,
and signing up new customers. Today, for example, Virtual Earth
signed up two significant new customers,
Yellowbook.com (moving from Mapquest), and
Windemere Real Estate (from ESRI and Google
mapping).
According to
comScore via Search Engine Watch, Yellowbook.com is doing well lately...
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06.02.2008In 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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22.08.2007Wikipedia / Virtual Earth Mashup
Sarah Perez: Now this is a cool mashup and its built right into Virtual Earth! In
Wikipedia, you may have
noticed that some articles have coordinates in the upper-right hand side of the page that locate that place on a map. (See this
example). Clicking on the coordinates from the Wikipedia entry will take you to you a map.
But if you want to go the other way - from a map to Wikipedia - then you've got to check out what the
Virtual Earth team has done. They've been indexing all these
links in their Spatial Search and Explore indexes so you can surf the maps with Wikipedia displaying in the sidebar. If you want to try it out for
yourself, turn on Live Map's Explore feature and then select the Wikipedia Tag, or just click
this link to see
it in action now.
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08.05.2008Virtual Earth Bird's Eye for Australia and Canada
Today Microsoft launched their Oblique images called Bird's Eye for Australia and Canada. This was part of a 22 TB update for April, full details can
be found
here.
There are some amazing images to be seen.
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01.05.2008Virtual Earth Control for Visual Studio 2008 Previewed at Remix Australia
John OBrien: I was very proud to announce and show for the first time in public Microsoft's upcoming Virtual Earth control for Visual Studio 2008 as
part of the Windows Live session at Australia's remix event. Remix Australia was held last week in Sydney and Melbourne and brought together 700 web
developers and designers to talk about what is new with Microsoft and the web. Angus Logan, Senior Technical Product Manager from the Windows Live
Platform team, presented an hour session on Windows Live.
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