When it comes to copy and paste, Microsoft argues that there's a better way of doing things on the phone.

Rather than include the feature in Windows Phone 7 Series devices (something many users say they want), Microsoft argues that a better approach is simply to offer so-called smart links--which recognize a block of text, such as a hyperlink, phone number, or address, and allow a specific action to be taken.
For a phone number, such "smart links" would allow the number to be dialed. An address might get pulled up in the mapping program, while clicking on a hyperlink would open that page in the browser.

"We don't enable copy and paste and we do that very intentionally," Windows Phone executive Todd Brix said in an interview at Microsoft's Mix conference earlier this week. "It's actually an intentional design decision," he said. "We try to anticipate what the user wants so copy and paste isn't necessary."

Here's a look at the feature in action.

In the first image, from the text message folder, both an address and phone number are recognized as "smart links."


In the second image, the address, once clicked on, brings up that photo in the built-in Bing Maps application.


So what do you think? Does that meet your copy and pasting needs, or would you still rather have that as an option?

Global software giant Microsoft Corp. will launch the latest version of its popular application suite MS Office 2010 for Indian users in June, a top official said here Thursday.
�The Office 2010 will be available for both businesses and consumers in June,� Microsoft Corp.�s India Chairman Ravi Venkatesan told reporters here on the sidelines of an seminar on social inclusion here.


The latest version features office web applications which will include online versions of MS Word, Excel, Power Point and OneNot. It will allow sharing and collaboration of documents and files.

Microsoft had already released the beta version, a soft launch, of MS Office 2010 and related web applications in November 2009.

Early this month, the company also unveiled in India its latest offering in the area of cloud computing called Windows Azure that will help companies share software and storage facilities and bring down their total IT spend by as much as 50 per cent.

In cloud computing, companies share computer resources, such as servers, software and data storage, through the internet, instead of setting up such infrastructure at their own end.

Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new operating system for mobile phones Monday, marking its latest move to reclaim a leading position against rivals Apple, Research in Motion and Google.

Just a few years ago, Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) was embedded in about a quarter of all smartphones sold. It's now in less than 10%, with competition coming from the iPhone and BlackBerry. Google (GOOG, Fortune 500)'s Android has only made a crowded space even tougher for Microsoft.

Now, after months of speculation, Microsoft has confirmed that 7 will be a tiles based interface and include live access to Facebook, plus its own offerings X-Box Live for gaming and Zune for music and photos. Its search engine Bing is also included.

Microsoft says it looks like nothing on the market and the advantage lies with consumers gaining instant access to all these offerings on their smartphones.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CNN that this is a major push for the company to get back in the mobile space. He said 7-based smart phones will be sold by the likes of Samsung, LG and HTC and will be available by Christmas this year on multiple mobile networks.

The software experience is designed to "fundamentally focus on what's most important to each individual user," said Joe Belfiore, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Windows Phone Program Management, during a Web cast from Barcelona.

0:00 /5:01Microsoft sees a big year ahead

The operating system's start screen is made up of several "live tiles" that are updated in real-time. So instead of seeing an icon for a Facebook application, Belfiore explained that users will be able to browse through their contacts and get live updates from their Facebook, Windows Live and other social media services in one hub, without moving in and out of various applications.

Users will be able to create live tiles on their start screens for contacts to get constant updates for certain individuals.
Though the iPhone has been outselling the Windows Mobile devices for two years, it recently beat Microsoft in terms of active smartphone users, according to data from comScore.

At the end of 2009, BlackBerry continued to hold the lead with 41.6%, followed by the iPhone with 25.3% and Microsoft came in third with 18% of the smartphone market share. While Google (GOOG, Fortune 500)'s Android still ranks fifth behind the Palm, its market share climbed the most during the fourth quarter, rising to 5.2% from 2.5% in September.

Microsoft, Intel and Nokia � all leaders in their respective markets � have struggled to capitalize on the rise of a new class of smartphones that can tap into a vast pool of software. So these companies have come to the world�s largest mobile technology conference here with a message of change. They�re willing to abandon tradition if it means getting another shot at the fast-growing mobile device market and blunting the advance of companies like Apple and Google.

On Monday at the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled a new version of its flagship smartphone software, which was called Windows Mobile but has now been dubbed Windows Phone.

Steve A. Ballmer, Microsoft�s chief executive, took the stage for a few minutes before a demonstration of the new software began.

�We debated a lot about how much we should position and talk about from whence we have come and what we will show you,� Mr. Ballmer said. �At the end of the day, we said, �Let�s get on with the show.��

Windows Phone 7 Series has a cleaner look than most of today�s phone software, with bright blue icons on a black background. One version of the initial screen has four large, square icons for Phone, People, E-Mail and Text functions that Microsoft calls Live Tiles.

Underneath, a rectangular box pulls in calendar information. And below that Microsoft is highlighting its Zune music and video software and its Xbox Live gaming service.

Overall, Microsoft has blended trimmed-down menus with slick applications like an animated calendar.

The product marks a rare moment when Microsoft scrapped previous versions of its software in favor of building something new from scratch. Microsoft has spent the past 18 months trying to add gloss and sophistication to a product that had suffered ridicule as being clunky and too wedded to the company�s personal computer roots.

�We think there is a really big opportunity for a fresh start,� said Todd Peters, the vice president at Microsoft in charge of mobile product marketing. �Consumers have an amazing capacity for retrying things.�

Intel and Nokia too have opted for a fresh start. The companies have decided to create a new software platform called MeeGo that they hope will make its way into cars, home phones, smartphones and computers.

At its core, MeeGo stands as a broad attempt to outflank mobile phone software from Google, Apple and Microsoft by creating a product that can bring a similar interface to a wider range of computing devices.

�The next evolution of mobile computing, which is way beyond smartphones, tablets and netbooks, will require a truly open platform,� said Kai �ist�m�, Nokia�s head of devices.

Historically, Microsoft and Intel have dominated the computing industry hand-in-hand, with Microsoft producing the most-used software and Intel building the most popular chips. But this Wintel duopoly, as it�s sometimes called, has failed to carry over to the mobile world.

Instead, Microsoft finds itself taking yet another crack at building phone software and trying to play the role of the innovator rather than an also-ran mimicking Apple and Google.

For its part, Intel has been forced into the software game so that it can ensure that enough solid applications exist for the company�s Atom chips, which sit in laptops today but have yet to make their way into mobile phones.

So different is this new world order that Microsoft has thus far refused to offer a version of its mobile operating system for the Atom chips, focusing instead on building software for rival ARM chips.

Nokia emerged as a natural partner for Intel given the company�s recent struggles in the smartphone arena.

While its leads in overall smartphone market share, Nokia has watched interest in Apple�s iPhone and phones based on Google�s Android software skyrocket. The iPhone, in particular, also opened up the market for mobile applications through Apple�s App Store, which has served up more than 3 billion software downloads.

Intel and Nokia look to team on attracting software developers to MeeGo, and Intel has even backed the idea of running MeeGo on rival chips if it helps the software gain broader interest.

Analysts contend that the mobile market remains in a state of flux, leaving plenty of room for these companies to build momentum if they can create something that catches the consumers� eye.

Microsoft has intended to do just that by reorganizing its mobile division and presenting people a phone interface quite unlike anything else on the market.

More than two years ago, Microsoft started plucking top executives away from companies in a wide variety of industries, hoping they could revitalize its mobile software group. Mr. Peters brought some marketing muscle over from Staples, where he helped to create the popular �Easy Button� campaign.

Other executives arrived from Procter & Gamble and Nike, as Microsoft sought to find a new way of talking to consumers, since about 86 percent of phones running Windows are sold through retail outlets.

While studies show that consumers tend to react favorably to the Windows brand, they�ve been less enamored with the way Microsoft�s phone software works.

�We need to have a degree of humility as we go about our business,� Mr. Peters said. �It has been painful, but it�s getting better.�

Microsoft has also pulled some of its top engineers from other divisions over to the phone group, hoping the workers could provide inspiration and structure around the processes needed to make a polished product on time.

These two day of Microsoft\�s news are many very, looked like Microsoft to speed up the numerous products and the LH engagement footsteps. In Microsoft speeds up the speed to in the second half of this year later period time emits the new edition Office, but Microsoft can not but face a such question: Had the majority customer still not to promote to Office 2003�.

Although 2003 are the newest editions. According to the Register Britain reported that only then 15% customers have installed office 2003, before update Office comes out Microsoft needs to have 50% customers at least to promote to 2003. Therefore Microsoft prepares to hit a blitzkrieg, the persuasion these third party development personnel as far as possible develop 2003 auxiliary softwares to promote 2003 volume of users enhancements. The major problem, that is natural. Because has the majority user to think that does not need to promote.

More than ten million users have used the product which he has 3 to 5 year long time, moreover they have not discovered until now has the promotion necessity, then you cannot force them to promote. Analyst Paul DeGroot said.

Microsoft must reconsider his decision, this was not likely asks your user to use the best method which many year softwares promoted

From: The Register Sci-Tech News for the World

 Software maker Microsoft recorded a bigger-than-expected 60 percent jump in quarterly profit, thanks to strong sales of its latest operating system, Windows 7.

The company also said it expected business technology spending to recover this year.

"We didn't see enterprise spending growth in our fiscal second quarter just ended," Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein said.


"However, our general view is a recovery will occur starting this calendar year and gradually over the next several years," he added.

Microsoft's net profit came to US$6.7 billion, or 74 cents per share, for its fiscal second quarter, versus US$4.2 billion, or 47 cents per share, a year ago.

"Make no mistake, these were very good results out of Microsoft. Expectations were heightened ever the last few weeks, given Q4 PC shipments and good numbers from Intel," said Andy Miedler, analyst at Edward Jones.

The company stopped making specific profit or revenue forecasts in January 2009, citing market volatility. But Windows 7 has proved to be Microsoft's strongest-selling operating system to date after the disappointing Vista. PC sales grew 15.2 percent last quarter.

Microsoft's revenue rose 14 percent to US$19.02 billion, including US$1.71 billion of deferred revenue from the Windows 7 launch in October. Excluding that, sales were US$17.31 billion.

The company's stock has risen 62 percent over the past 12 months, outstripping a 40 percent gain in the Nasdaq.

"Last year the [Microsoft's] stock was a big outperformer. A lot of people think the stock has already had its run," said Jane Snorek, technology analyst at First American Funds. "But I think with PCs doing this well and a new Office coming in June, that the stock can still outperform. I think Office can be a big hit."

Use Microsoft Office 2010 as Blogging Tool

The Microsoft Office 2010 Package allows you to share the document files in several ways ranging from sending them to the email, save to Sky Drive, save to sharepoint to Publish as Blog Post. Currently the blogging sites which are supported are SharePoint Blog, Wordpress, Blogger, Windows Live Spaces, Community Server & Typepad. In order to get this task done you need to Register your Blog for the first time after which you can easily write article in the MS Word and publish them to your blogs.





Once you have selected the right blogging platform, next you need to register your blog. Enter your blog URL in this option correctly and also fill in your admin login details. Since i use Wordpress, the tool asked me to enter the wp-admin login details and the main blog url.



Thats it after the settings are confirmed you can start blogging very easily through the MS Office 2010 softwares. You need to make sure that you have selected the right option for your Images which would be added to your blog post and its recommended to use My Blog Provider for the Picture Provider settings. Dont forget to check out some of the new features of MS Office 2010 and get the latest copy today.

Download Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010

In order to get started you need to first visit this link where you will find a option to get it. Dont be amazed, since this is a Microsoft Product you will be asked to first login to your live account, after which you will need to confirm your personal details following which you will get a 25 digit MAK Product Key which will activate your product. On the very same page you will find 2 download options � one for 32bit and one for 64 bit PC�s.

Next you will find that a new window would open with a download service within it which will start downloading the files from the Microsoft Server. The total download size is 684.48Mb which would download the complete MS Office 2010 Package on your PC. This includes Word, OneNote, InfoPath, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint Workspace, Outlook, Publisher, Communicator & Excel. There are two activation options for the 2010 Microsoft Office products. The MAK key described above is one
activation method. Another activation option for an IT administrator is to set up a Key Management Server (KMS).Just choose the version (we recommend 32-bit which runs great on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows) and pick your software language to download the Beta software. Downloading the Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta could take an hour or more. The exact time will depend on your provider, bandwidth, and traffic. The good news is that once you start the download, you can walk away while it finishes. If your download gets interrupted, it will restart where it left off.

Once the download is complete, launch the downloaded file and follow the set up instructions.

After you have installed Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta, please follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Microsoft Word 2010 Beta and click on the �File� tab. This will take you to the Backstage view. Next click �Help� in the set of tabs on the left.
Step 2: Click �Change Product Key� on the right side of the screen.
Step 3: Enter the Multiple Activation Key (MAK) displayed above. Please check the box to activate automatically or restart the app to activate using the activation dialog box.
Step 4: That�s all you need to do. Entering the MAK key in Microsoft Word 2010 Beta automatically activates all the Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta applications. Click on the �File� tab to return to the Document view.

Thats it you have a working licensed copy of Microsoft Office 2010 application, we will write more on how to install Add-ons and other required stuff, dont forget to subscribe.