Pensereste che un'azienda provasse a vendere l'altretanto dei relativi prodotti come possibile per il profitto massimo. Ma no, non Microsoft. Non con lo Zune. Non solo Microsoft non li venderà Zunes in Australia, ma realmente scoraggi chiunque dall'acquisto dell'uno attraverso un reseller nel caso voi realmente quello desiderato. Quel genere di entusiasmo è inaccettabile. Allo stesso tempo, i iPods stanno vendendo più meglio dei hotcakes, possedenti fino a percentuale del mercato di 80% in Australia. Lo stesso probabilmente si applica a gran parte del mondo, voi sa, in paesi fuori degli Stati Uniti. Yeah, ci è una manciata di quelle.

Parlando dei iPods, in 2001, Apple ha lanciato il iPod della prima generazione universalmente in una data di emissione globale. Cioè in almeno 26 paesi con i depositi ufficiali di Apple più i soci del rivenditore in paesi senza presenza di Apple. Per una parte posteriore dell'impresa molto più piccola allora, certamente hanno capito il concetto di un mercato globale. ' D è oggi duro maledetto per trovare un paese che non li venderà un iPod, anche quando non ci è deposito dei iTunes.

La ragione per la quale ridiculous Microsoft non venderà il relativo Zune da nessuna parte fuori degli Stati Uniti, non neppure Canada caro, è a causa della mancanza di depositi regionali di musica. Se doveste chiedermi, penso che che è una decisione economica stupida basata su ragionamento vetro-essere-metà-vuoto del `' e realmente sta danneggiando la marca nel di lunga durata.

Credilo oppure no, L'Australia non ha avuta un deposito di musica dei iTunes fino al 2005 tardo -

Desidero che ho conosciuto uno. Mentre siete in un dichiarare del trance, verific il M.C. Escher Viaggio di Zune Web site.

La voce è discutibilmente unico quanto le nostre impronte digitali. La voce non solo è prodotta dalla scatola di voce, ma inoltre è modellata dalla gola, dalla linguetta, dai labbri, dai denti, dalla cassa e dalla testa. Put that together with ascents and dialects and you have quite a challenge understanding spoken language. Now not only can Windows on the PC comprehend 8 languages, but so can Windows on the mobile phone, or at least one anyway.

Recently the Live Search for Mobile team introduced voice input in their application for Windows Mobiles. And it works remarkably well according to some early responses. Check out this quick demo by Microsoft’s speech-guru Rob Chambers.

Update: Interestingly enough, the speech recognition doesn’t actually occur on the mobile device itself. Instead as explained on the Speech team blog, “the phone takes your speech input, sends it to a server, the server does it’s recognition magic, and sends the results back to the phone.”

One of the people behind the technology and implementation is Oliver Scholz, Program Manager in the Speech Components Group, who not surprisingly also worked on the speech recognition technology in Windows Vista. I had the opportunity to ask him some quick questions.

When and why as the decision made to build voice recognition into a Live Search for Mobile?

Microsoft’s ingenious naming conventions has failed me miserably. A knowledgeable person has contacted me and corrected my prediction about what the Mediaroom Personal Server is. It is not, as “personal” might suggest, a consumer product. It is a development platform for third-parties to develop Mediaroom solutions with.

The server allows the full Mediaroom environment to be simulated for the purpose of third party development. Currently this product is only available to the content providers (ex. AT&T, BT), and third-party participation in the development program requires sponsorship by one of these customers making it quite an involved process. Which is why Microsoft’s working on making this server available to more mainstream developers for developing on the Mediaroom platform.

But seriously, the Mediaroom people couldn’t have picked a more misleading name. Wouldn’t have “Mediaroom Development Server” worked so much better?

Often just because you’re using a product that is in direct competition to a company’s offerings, you’ll be treated like second-class citizens who don’t know what’s good for them. Security software companies aren’t known for their kindness or generosity to each other, so what ESET Australia announced today deserves to be recognized.

Currently limited only to Australians, owners of anti-virus suites from other vendors (ex. Norton, McAfee) will be offered a free “cross-grade” license of the upcoming ESET Smart Security software equal to the remainder of their current license term (with maximum of 1 year). Existing owners of NOD32 will also be able to acquire a free upgrade.

After hearing all the good things about ESET’s NOD32 anti-virus - lightweight and effective, I’ve been keen to try it and maybe replace the functional but hideous-looking AVG Free. Perhaps my procrastination is even paying off with the imminent release of NOD32 version 3 and the new Smart Security package on November 5. Both of which not only looks to be extremely capable but also polished interface-wise to fit in well on Windows Vista.

In detail, the offer does not discriminate for what type of security product you own a license for, whether it be purely anti-virus or an anti-everything bundle, as long as there is proof of purchase. As you might have guessed, owners of free anti-virus are not eligible nor OEM versions (with purchase of

Microsoft might have just got the Mediaroom party started four months ago, but already dozens of providers around the world are drinking the kool-aid and having a good time. The much anticipated XBOX 360 integration is also crashing in any day now, but Microsoft’s got one last party trick, called the “Mediaroom Personal Server”.

On the generously detailed Microsoft Support Lifecycle’s portal, where it lists the support availability dates for all previous, current and upcoming Microsoft products, features an entry for “Mediaroom Personal Server“. The general availability date provided is “12/29/2007″.

Okay, I have to admit, I have no idea what the Mediaroom Personal Server is. But thanks to Microsoft’s ingenious naming conventions, you can’t be too far off with a guess either. It is definitely a consumer-orientated software or device bundle, much like Windows Home Server, which serves as an aggregator and hub for your Mediaroom devices.

Some of the scenarios I can think of with a ‘personal media server’ includes letting you rip and store your DVDs for instant access, let you subscribe to vidcasts which it will automatically download and archive, or even just manage all of your scheduled recordings including remote recordings from web access.

So far, there’s not even one reference to this product anywhere on Google besides Microsoft’s support page. It is definitely not something they’ve mentioned in passing. However since it’ll be available in exactly two months, I’m pretty sure it’s