Microsoft’s server boss talks Azure and more (Q&A)
Bob Muglia, Microsoft’s president of the server and tools business, talks about upcoming additions to the Windows Azure platform to PDC attendees. (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) REDMOND, WA.–Microsoft is betting big on the cloud and wants businesses to do the same. After two years of building Windows Azure, Server and Tools President Bob Muglia said yesterday that the cloud operating system is ready for business customers of all sizes to give it a try.
Yahoo, Microsoft using common paid search
Microsoft and Yahoo said today that they have completed the shift to using Redmond’s AdCenter tools to power paid search in the U.S. and Canada on Yahoo and its partner sites
Catching up with multitouch pioneer Jeff Han
When it comes to the future of technology, Jeff Han literally has his finger on the pulse . Han, best known for creating the giant touch-screen “Magic Wall” used by CNN , has been a pioneer in touch technology since his days at NYU. His 40-person company, Perceptive Pixel , is hardly a household name, but the company has carved out a niche for itself selling the kinds of touch wall systems used in defense, government, and medical-research markets
First Look: Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
At its “Back to the Mac” event, Apple emphasized the importance of its Mac business, despite the fact that its desktop and notebook computers now represent just 33% of the company’s revenues. State of the Mac Chief operations officer Tim Cook pointed out that the 13.7 million Macs Apple sold in the last financial year are now a $22 billion operation, having grown dramatically over the past several years even as Apple has itself grown even faster by adding iPods, iPhones and iPads into the product mix