Microsoft Fight Google With Hotmail Apps Revamp

Google vsSuprised with this ‘Microsoft Fight Google with Hotmail Revamp’ title? Actually now Microsoft is in fight between Google by using their email web application, Hotmail as weapon. From what we heard, Microsoft Hotmail comes with the new functions like online editing for Microsoft Office documents and a few more upgrades for business and non-commercial users. This news was announced not less than seven days after their launch of Microsoft Office 2010 (Office 2010).

The main function is like ‘on demand editing’ for Ms Office documents like Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. From the moment you retrieved the documents, you can choose to directly edit it in web browser or go to offline editing by using Microsoft Office. Original documents will be updated whether you’re saving the documents by using online or offline editing. The online documents also can be shared with others if you want it.
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The New Gadget: BlackBerry Storm

The New Gadget: BlackBerry Storm

The final product of 2008’s touchscreen smartphone is here at least, the BlackBerry Storm—complete with both messaging and multimedia features aplenty, not to mention a nicely done touchscreen—looks set to give the Apple iPhone 3G and Google Phone T-Mobile’s Android-G1 a run for their money. Unfortunately, the BlackBerry Storm’s poky performance and failure to truly embrace touch keep it from landing a knockout punch.

Sizing at 4.4 by 2.4 by 0.55 inches and weighing in at 5.5 ounces, the BlackBerry Storm place itself between the svelte Apple iPhone and the bulky Google G1 in terms of size and overall heft, and it fits relatively comfortably in a your pocket. Below the roomy of BlackBerry Storm’s display you’ll find the standard Call, End, Back, and Menu navigations, while on the top corners are buttons for silencing ringers and locking the screen.

Speaking of which, the big draw of the BlackBerry Storm ($199 with a new two-year contract, available Friday, Nov. 21) is, of course, its 3.25-inch touch display, and it’s a true beauty. With its screen resolution of 480 by as60, the BlackBerry Storm’s touchscreen actually manages to pack in more pixels than the Apple iPhone’s larger, 3.5-inch screen, and the result is a rich, razor-sharp image, perfect for composing e-mails, internet surfing, or watching multimedia such as videos & movies.

Barring its lack of Wireless (Wi-Fi), the BlackBerry Storm makes for one of the most feature-packed BlackBerrys yet, and something tells us that the engineers at Apple company will be giving its ClickThrough display a close (and potentially envious) look. Now, if BlackBerry could whip up a Storm that’s as peppy as the Bold, well … that would be something nice.