Where were you 40 years ago?
When did you get your first PC?
Meshing around with shaders coming with DirectX Ultimate
Mesh Shading comes with DirectX updates; and UL benchmarks measure its value
Meshing around with shaders coming with DirectX Ultimate
In late 2019 Microsoft announced it would make a major upgrade to its Windows API DirectX12. The company said it would add two new shader stages: the Mesh Shader and the Amplification Shader. Mesh shaders incorporate most aspects of Vertex (VS) and Geometry shaders (GS) into one shader stage by processing batches of vertices and primitives before the rasterizer. The … Read more
Learning from the pandemic; what we’ve learned and what we’re changing
New realities, new policies, new thinking, new technology, and new attitudes.
Microsoft Office 365 Phones – A competitor to normal PSTN phones?
Microsoft recently introduced their new Microsoft 365 Phone System, also called the Office 365 Phone System, under the 365 Business Voice License. It is a telephony product that works with Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, and Microsoft verified hardware devices. The “phone” comes with PBX capabilities and call controls on cloud and is not available as a standalone product but … Read more
Adobe, C3.ai, and Microsoft team up to advance CRM
At Adobe Max and Adobe’s Summit earlier this year, CEO Shantanu Narayen reaffirmed the company’s close alliance with Microsoft to build its digital experience platform. After Adobe Max, the two giants announced the addition of a third power, C3.ai, to combine their tools to build C3 AI CRM. The three partners will build on Microsoft Dynamics 365, the marketing automation … Read more
Online gaming has been coming; has it arrived?
We’re working remotely, playing remotely, and changing the computer landscape. Most digital gaming is an all or nothing proposition: you win, you lose and you blame your equipment. Now, some kinds of gaming are getting to be even more like real life. It’s still win and lose but people will be blaming some entity in the cloud instead of a … Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 will stimulate billions in PC hardware sales
JPR estimates $2.6 Billion will be spent on PC gaming hardware in next three years
Google Stadia joins the cloud gaming market
Not a subscription service, a delivery system of your games
Google Stadia joins the cloud gaming market
Stadia is making headlines with its streaming game service but a pack is forming close behind. Sony has been in the game. Watch for entries from Sony, Microstation, Nividia, and Samsung Cloud gaming has been tried since 2003, by several companies. Since then, the internet has gotten a lot faster, and processors have too. The time may be right … Read more
Consoles vs. PCs
Nobody said gamers would stop gaming. The detail is simply, like audiophiles used to have much higher end equipment than what anyone else could afford, or a high-end cell phone was different than a low end, technology being a great equalizer has made consoles, “good enough.” In the bad old days of the 80's when computer memory was still measured … Read more
Done deal: GitHub now belongs to Microsoft
Microsoft announced its plans to acquire GitHub last June. At the time the announcement inspired considerable gnashing of teeth. No surprise there. GitHub is a community of developers—free-spirited, open-source type of developers. We actually found it interesting that the revulsion was not so vehement. The announcement made us realize that GitHub is actually company. Yes, of course, it is a … Read more