I am not surprised receiving news alert about ‘Microsoft Office on iPhone’ from Fortune’s Big Tech by Jon Fortt.
Microsoft had already been working Apple in providing the Office Suite for Mac with Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (MacBu) which recently launched last January 2008 its Office for Mac 2008.
A team of Microsoft’s Software Engineers examines the released software development kit (SDK) by Apple allowing developers to create applications for both iPhone and iPod Touch.
“It’s really important for us to understand what we can bring to the iPhone,” Tom Gibbons, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Specialized Devices and Applications Group, told …read more

I recently downloaded Adobe® Digital Editions to read some eBooks I downloaded for some tutorials. Digital Editions is currently with the Adobe Labs and currently in version 1.1. Adobe® Digital Editions allows us to manage digital publications like eBooks and supports both PDF and EPUB-based contents.
Adobe® Digital Editions is an engaging new way to read and manage eBooks and other digital publications. It is built from the ground up as a lightweight rich Internet application (RIA). Adobe Digital Editions works online and offline and supports PDF- and XHTML-based content as well as Adobe Flash® SWF for rich interactivity. [ source …read more

Aperture 2 is an advanced image processing tool from Apple. This is in competition with Adobe’s Ligthroom, also a image processing or photography software.
The recent Aperture 2, which was released last February 12,2008, includes 100+ new features and addresses performance and stability. The price was also reduced to $199 or upgrade for $99.

(Image Credit: Apple)
Key features:

Streamlined interface that’s more accessible and intuitive.
Accelerated performance at every step of the workflow.
Enhanced image processing.
Unprecedented integration.
and more…

And if you want to have a more in-depth look about Aperture 2, please download this PDF file for its introduction.

At CES 2008, Sony unveils its 2nd edition of personal pocket communication tool – Mylo 2. It gives you more WiFi power and gets you connected online. Mylo 2 will be available, according to UberGizmo Review, by end of January 2008 at a price $299. Here’s the technical specification of the gadget:

WiFi G (54Mbps)
800×480 touch display
Back-lit Keyboard
1.3 Megapixel Camera
Removable faceplate
File upload/download supported
Widgets supported
Intgrated RSS reader
5.16 x 0.82 x 2.55

Photo from UberGizmo
With these beautiful specs, it will surely give users the “web on the go” experience. Taking advantage of this sort-of a powerful features allows users to get connected to their …read more

Google Docs kicks off 2008 with a very impressive tool which allows Google Presentation embedded on webpages via iframes. The looks seems like of an embedded Youtube video and that is good, a nice and clean look. Try to see this one for example:

The code views like this:
<iframe src=’http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dd7rd6b4_715f888jhcg’ frameborder=’0′ width=’410′ height=’342′></iframe>
This new feature released, according to its blog, is a result of Google Docs users suggestions and feedbacks. And here some more additional updates:

Sub-folders, sub-folders, sub-folders…try selecting one of your folders and then choose New > Folder…et voila!
Rename documents and folders from the Docs home toolbar (the …read more

Here’s another great thing to checkout this coming weekend, especially for web developers. Microsoft Live Labs currently released a developer toolset that helps build multi-tier web applications, it is called Volta. Volta debuts under technology preview and you can check more updates about this new toolset in their blog. Here’s some excerpt of their first blog entry:
Volta’s declarative tier-splitting enables developers to postpone architectural decisions about distribution until the last possible responsible moment. Also, thanks to a shared …read more

Flickr now offers online photo editing after months ago of its initial news release. Flickr partnered with Picnik, an online tool which provides powerful photo editing capabilities. According to Flickr’s blog:
Picnik has been providing online photo editing for a while now. As soon as we saw it, we knew that there was huge potential for us to join together. Rather than Flickr diverting from our speciality to enter a realm we had no (particular) expertise in, the thought of a partnership seemed much more sensible.
The Picnik/Flickr collaboration works similarly to other 3rd party services who’ve built additional tools on …read more

Well, it is their product then why not support their own services, right? Anyway, let’s talk about Windows Live’s offering of streaming space. It’s around 4 GB of space for all your free streaming and application hosting solution for delivering high-quality, cross-platform, cross-browser, media-enabled rich interactive applications (RIAs). Streaming of course is made possible with the Microsoft Expression Encoder as posted previously.
The service offers web designers and developers a free and convenient solution for hosting and streaming …read more

Microsoft has been there to help us deliver rich contents over the internet to reach wide scope of viewers. And, with online streaming, competition is rough and Microsoft plays a big role in the market, I suppose.
With the Microsoft Expression Media, comes the Expression Encoder, which allows rich media publishing an easy task with Silverlight. Last month, I posted about what Silverlight is and you can check it here. Below are its key features:
 Encoding for EveryoneExpression Encoder’s accessible, friendly user interface gives designers, editors and producers the ability to …read more

Here’s another tool from Mozilla Labs. This one is for the mobile web users out there. The tool might be helpful in organizing your web contents like text, videos, documents, etc.
Project Joey, enables you to bring and organize web contents to your mobile phone.
The premise is this: you can use Firefox to send text clippings, pictures, videos, RSS content, and Live Bookmarks to your phone through the Joey Server. The Joey Server transcodes and keeps all of the content up-to-date. You can then use your phone’s browser or the Joey application on your phone to view and manage what …read more