Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Being in E.S.T is a big problem. Most of the big events take place late in P.S.T and staying up late for these events is a big problem. Yesterday was one such day with a big event. The software moghuls met yesterday at around 7:20 P.S.T and in order to have a live look(transcript) at the event, I had to hit F5 key so many times that I almost broke it. You can find the whole conference at http://d5.allthingsd.com/.

Here are the videos:

Prologue



Part 1


Part 2



Part 3



Part 4



Part 5



Part 6



Part 7



Highlight Reel

Steve Jobs at D5

Steve Jobs spoke about Ipod, IPhone, Itunes, DRM and bunch of the other stuff. Here is a gist of it.
Steve Jobs quote about Windows:
Many people say that Itunes is the best app on Windows. Its like giving a glass of Ice Water to somebody in HELL.
Ha..ha..ha.....It was damn funny.
Where is apple heading to ?

• Mac
• Music
• Phone
• Apple TV(Hobby)

Sales across the world

• PC - x
• Mac - 3x

IPhone

• Shipping in late June
• What are the undisclosed features ? No answer to this.....
• Wireless Ipod or Phone with Ipod?

DRM

• DRM free songs on Itunes.
• But how does Apple make profit, if songs are DRM free?
  
  
  You can watch the video here....
  
  

You can also find the transcript and the video at engadget.
Iam still waiting the meeting of the MOGHULS (Steve Jobs and Bill Gates). I will post it as soon as I get it. Can't wait to see it....

Microsoft Surface

Today at the D5 conference, Microsoft announced it secret project - Microsoft Surface also know as coffee table. Thanks to Mark for passing the information along.
Its an awesome product from Microsoft and believe me, it introduces a whole new generation of ubiquitos computing.

This product is completely built using WPF and .NET Technology.

You can learn more about it at (do not forget to watch the videos):
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Popular Mechanics Video:




Some more pictures of Microsoft Surface are shown below. You can directly download them from Microsoft's Website:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/2/7/327b86b8-014e-4787-a435-dbe8aec8f9c6/SurfaceImages.zip

Wallop invitations....

I have a few Wallop invitations with me. Thanks to Dennis, for giving me one.

So, What is wallop?

Wallop is a new social networking where friends can share pictures, music, notes and lot of other cool stuff. A person does not need to no any programming knowledge to do this. Wallop also offers blogging and "mods", which can be developed, sold, bought on Wallop. Mods are expressions which can be used to express your thoughts, feelings. I tried it out and you should also. Let me know, if you need an invitation.

Niagara Falls - Memorial Day - 07

For the first long weekend of this year, I went to Niagara Falls (american one). Niagara falls is beautiful, especially Maid of the Mist was awesome. Here is a picture taken on the ride:



Here is one more pic:

Pirates of the Carribbean - At world's end ...1st day 1st show

Just watched the 3rd part of Pirates of the Carribean. It did meet my expectations by giving me complete entertainment for little less than 3 hrs. Although the movie could have been made shorter by increasing the pace in the beginning.

The movie starts of in an expected way by people setting out in search of Jack Sparrow. The crew goes to singapore to get a pirate's help and finally with the help of the map/crew/ship get hold of Sparrow. In the meantime, the admiral captures Davey Jones heart and this results in
Davey Jones and the Evil admiral getting united to end piracy. The pirates across the world get united to fight against the admiral and davey jones.

In this movie, you come to know about Davey Jones love history. William Turner has to choose between his love and father which eventually results in him becoming the captain of ...I don't want to be a spoilsport by revealing it....You should watch the movie to know more.

Keira Knightley looks beautiful as usual and Orlando bloom is okay. Johnny depp once again is the star of the movie.

Good things about the movie:

• Special Effects....ah...this one is the killer of all....
• Jack Sparrow
• Jack Sparrow's humor had people in splits....
• The battle sequences
• Miss Swan and Mr Turner's love story ??? This is an interesting one. Does the saga end or continues for one more time ?

The other side:

• I did not clearly understand if there was one more part coming up
• The movie could have been trimmed in the beginning
• Characters stepping in and stepping out rapidly
• Strictly for people who watched the other parts of the movie, unless you want to get lost in a maze
• Many characters end in this movie, which implies this may be the last one

Its almost midnight and I need to sleep...yawn.....

Windows Server 2008 naming video

By Bill Gates:


Video: WinHEC 2007 - Windows Server 2008 Announcement


check the cute naming video for Longhorn server :




Here is a direct link:
http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0705/30054/Windows_Server_Naming_HD_MBR.asx