Microsoft Gives Office a Metro Makeover |
- Microsoft Gives Office a Metro Makeover
- Security Wonks Tussle Over Tolly Test
- Windows 8 and the Perception Game
- iPhoto for iPad Is Gorgeous, Fluid, Fun - and Slightly Confusing
| Microsoft Gives Office a Metro Makeover Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:54 AM PDT  Microsoft's next version of its office suite, Office 15, is currently available as a private preview for beta testers. However, a reviewer not bound by Microsoft's non-disclosure agreement claims to have used a copy, and he says the new version has a Metro look and feel to it that ties in Office to the minimalist aesthetics of Windows 8. The changes to Office make it seem as though the product received a revamp to be a Metro app, even though it was designed for the desktop, according to Paul Thurrott in a review on his Supersite for Windows. |
| Security Wonks Tussle Over Tolly Test Posted: 19 Mar 2012 06:00 AM PDT  Security experts have been debating for years the merits of whitelists versus blacklists in securing an enterprise, and last week the debate continued to rage with the release of some test results from the Tolly Group. The group tested three endpoint protection programs: McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite, Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 and Parity Suite 6.0 from Bit9, which also sponsored the tests. The McAfee and Symantec have blacklisting solutions. Bit9 uses whitelisting. |
| Windows 8 and the Perception Game Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT  Windows 8 is likely the most ambitious UI project for Microsoft since Microsoft Bob, and we all know how that ended up. For what it was intended to do, Bob was both cutting-edge and very successful. However, the bar was set too high, and it failed spectacularly. I could argue that if folks initially saw the iPod as a heavy, expensive device with poor content access (no Windows support or iTunes), or the iPhone as crappy, expensive, fragile phone with slow connectivity (2.5G in a 3G time frame, no screen protection), or the iPad as an expensive netbook without a keyboard (which is kind of what it is), they would have failed too. |
| iPhoto for iPad Is Gorgeous, Fluid, Fun - and Slightly Confusing Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT  I haven't had long to play with the new iPhoto app for iOS on my iPad 2, but first impressions might actually tell the tale pretty well this time: It's at once gorgeous, fluid, and fun ... but it's also confusing. How so? First, the look and feel. The app is broken out into four sections: Albums, Photos, Events and Journals. Your Albums are shown off on a green glass shelf and look like old-school photo book icons. It looks fantastic and a little tacky at the same time. Subtle animations and sharp details help it all look great, but the photo book idea ... eh, whatever. |
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