Chris Leong

Disoriented views from the rosy lens of an optimistic realist.

Tag: Technology

Check out the lighter side of Windows 7

  The Windows Lounge features the lighter side of Windows 7. It’s a secure group on Facebook – you need a Microsoft email address to join! Come for Tips n Tricks, fun videos and to share your thoughts on Windows 7.   Check it out

Office 2010: The Movie

An effort by Microsoft to promote Office 2010 movie style. So far so good, its the top 5 viral video for the past 24 hours (as at 10 July 09 by Unruly Media) with 66,000 views and 112 blog post. If you want to try out the technical preview of Office 2010, check out this [...]

Download Windows 7 RC before it closes down

Still on the Windows 7 Beta ? You need to move to the RC and fast. Starting July 1st, the Beta will start to reboot every 2 hrs and will expire on Aug 1st. Want to download the RC? . The RC download program closes August 15th. After that, you won’t be able to get [...]

Now you can Tweet with your MS Outlook

Ok if you are Tweeter fan, now you can actually tweet using MS Outlook. Some summary about TwInBox If you are a Microsoft ® Outlook ® user, you probably have it open all the time. Now you can have a fully-featured, powerful Twitter client at your fingertips without having to open any other applications. TwInbox [...]

Now you can Bing it with Microsoft Bing

  Bing is out and available for everyone to try. I personally don’t agree with the name “Bing” but oh well, let’s see what the rest of the folks thinks of the search experience. –> Try Microsoft’s BING Here  

Free Online Training on Developing Windows Mobile 6 Applications

Check out Ramp Up to get free training to upskill yourself. Here are some information about Ramp Up. Ramp Up (www.MyRampUp.com) is a free online learning program for developers. We’ve just launched the “Develop Windows Mobile 6 Applications” track. This track, along with the other currently offered ones (eg, SharePoint for Developers, Visual Studio 2008), [...]

Office 2010 coming your way

Office 2010 has its own website for anyone who wants to know more about what Office 2010 has to offer. They even created a preview video (transformer style) to promote it. Also for anyone who’s looking into testing the new Office 2010 can sign up for the technical preview. Here’s some explanation about the technical [...]

The Evolution of Marketing

A New Seat from Big Fuel on Vimeo. This is not a funny version of “What is Marketing” which i posted earlier. It is a insightful video on how marketing/branding has change throughout the years. Every time there is a disruptive technology (Radio, TV), marketing will evolve. With the rampant growth of Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia [...]

Try out Windows 7 RC

Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) is out, this is the version where no more new features will be added. This is as near as the original that you will get when Windows 7 is out. So try it out. I’m a fan of Windows 7 beta and I’m excited to hear that they made quite [...]

Windows 7 will come with XP mode

This is really great news for those guys who is having application compatibility issues with your old apps. Here’s what they had to say in the Windows Blog Windows XP Mode is specifically designed to help small businesses move to Windows 7. Windows XP Mode provides you with the flexibility to run many older productivity [...]

Visual Guide to the different usage of Twitter

There have been many questions about how Twitter can be use effectively. Here’s a useful guide about the various usage of Twitter. Nothing beats mind map in simplifying  things.   Here’s the guide  

Now you can use your messenger in Hotmail

After so long Microsoft have decided to add an instant messenger feature to Hotmail. This is one of the things i really wish Hotmail would have, since its rival Yahoo and Google already has a messenger feature in its mail system for quite some time. But better late than never, now in your Hotmail/Live Mail [...]