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:

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WSJ has written about a history of mistakes Microsoft has done which led to the rise of Google.

In an excerpt:

Carol Bartz made a powerful first day performance as CEO of Yahoo with these comments.

Should we do a search deal? Should we divest of certain assets? Where is the business going? I have many ideas on these subjects, but it would be presumptuous of me to discuss them on my first day on the job. So I am not going to.

It’s been too crazy. People outside Yahoo deciding what Yahoo should do, shouldn’t do. That’s got to stop.

Reserved, unsure, whatever. Maybe she’s just using some Art of War tactics.

Let’s see how she performs against Steve Ballmer in the continued saga of Yahoo and Microsoft.

More articles on new Yahoo CEO:

It’s been too crazy. People outside Yahoo deciding what Yahoo should do, shouldn’t do. That’s got to stop (Techcrunch)

7 Reasons Why Carol Bartz Is Right for Yahoo (Gigaom)

Wall Street Not Impressed With Bartz As Next Yahoo CEO (Techcrunch)

WSJ: Carol Bartz To Be Named New Yahoo CEO. Is That A Good Thing? (Techcrunch)

BusinessWeek has chosen their 25 most influential people on the Web. The list includes Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Jerry Yang of Yahoo, Matt Mullenweg of Wordpress.

Go ahead and read the entire list here.

Image source from BusinessWeek as well.

Jerry Yang, the fallen CEO of Yahoo, just keeps on looking stupid. He thought he was in the same league as Steve Ballmer but apparently he is a rookie who needs to go back to school and take business courses. It was funny how he announced to the world that the offer of Microsoft at over $44 USD billion dollars was low and the value of Yahoo was way bigger. Today, Yahoo is trading at $12 dollars and they would be lucky to get an offer above $20 billion dollars. Techcrunch has reported that investment bankers at Silicon Valley are secretly making a deal to Yahoo and are asking for Microsoft’s support that they would eventually sell the search business to the software giant.

In an excerpt:

Under the terms of the proposed deal, the investment group would make a takeover bid for Yahoo at a relatively low premium of around 20% to its current price of around $13 per share, valuing the company at just over $20 billion.

Continue reading here.

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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