Digital Collaboration / Social Computing guide, a SharePoint Architect's view

SharePoint 2010 is coming straight ahead and we only need to wait a little over two months before the next version of SharePoint officially comes out.

As posted on Microsoft site:

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST.

The live keynote focuses on the next wave of productivity that delivers:

End user productivity across the PC, phone and browser
IT choice and flexibility
A platform for developers to build innovative solutions

Join the virtual launch event with Microsoft executives, product developers, partners and customers to:

Updated on Aug. 4 to change great read to must read. I think it is more appropriate.

We are introducing a new category here at Techticles named Must Read. These are valuable reads and articles written in the industry that you should know of.

For a jump start, this article from NYTimes talks about Bill Gate’s decision to leave Microsoft amidst facing the biggest competition in their history.

In an excerpt:

Microsoft Windows 7 would be out in three years time, hopefully. As early as now people are speculating on the features that would be included in the new operating system.

According to reports and analysts, Microsoft may not have a list of features they are planning to include in the operating system and most likely these things would develop in the succeeding months.

There is an upcoming Microsoft SharePoint Conference to be held in 2008. It is scheduled on March 2-6 in Seattle, Washington.

We’ll give you updates as more detail pop up. The Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 website is found here.

The cumbersome process of copying the path of a file or folder in Windows Vista is finally over.

If you have a need for a Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget, Vista Sidebar Gadgets can be downloaded from Microsoft’s official site—Microsoft Gallery. Likewise, if you are a developer of gadgets, it is best to upload them in the Gallery for maximum exposure.

Other sites where you can find Sidebar Gadgets:

Live Gadgets

If you have a site where people can download gadgets: Email us at tips [at] techticles {dot} com.

This is a video on making a quick launch bar in Windows 7.

Video description

The one thing I hate about windows 7 is the lack of the quick launch bar. I tried other bars like rocketbar and such but it just wasn’t the same. Then at work one day I came up with this great idea. check it out.

Asus has announced their latest version of their revolutionary netbooks, the Asus Eee PC 1000HE. The current introductory prices is at $399 USD.

As of their press release:

Asus Eee PC 1000HE are devices to support Lenovo S10.

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