Microsoft launches Answers website in BETA

Consumers worldwide now have another way of seeking help from peers. Microsoft has today launched Microsoft Answers BETA: http://answers.microsoft.com/windows for providing community support for Windows Vista. If you have an issue or want to learn a few things about Windows Vista, this may be your destination.

Microsoft Answers Website is:

· A rich, interactive community self-help experience moderated by Windows Vista support engineers.

· One place for consumers to quickly and easily find Windows Vista support content from Microsoft and the community.

· A site built with consumers in mind—from content to tone to aesthetic.

Till The landscape for Windows community support has been dominated by 3rd party communities e.g. neowin, winsupersite.

If you are in India, there is an option that you may want to explore. The community at www.merawindows.com has been active for more than 2 years and has an impressive base of over 6000 users. The forums are extremely active there and the latest news is shared by community from all over India.

Check Microsoft Answers and let us know what you think about it!

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In recession – Cut Costs: Microsoft India Shows How

The one thing i keep hearing everyday is cost cutting that is going on everywhere. Layoffs are more drastic of these cost cutting measures. Our company has also done its own bit of cost cutting (without firing anyone yet!)..

Microsoft India has launched a website - http://www.controlcosts.com/ that can help enterprises cut costs. The site showcases prominent Indian business leaders at the site.

To start, you just choose the scenario that you think is creating cost bloat in your organisation and the site will recommend tools and technologies that will help you streamline that process.

At the site you can also pre—order the CFO toolkit that contains 10 ways to control costs. In addition, the site features a bunch of case studies from customers who have experienced cost savings.

If one wanted to setup a discussion on cutting cost with an expert within Microsoft, they can do the same at the site.

In the current times, this is an excellent move by Microsoft to help the customers solve their real business problems.

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Search for Voice: Microsoft Recite

Microsoft Recite is a search technology for your voice that runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 or higher devices. With Microsoft Recite, you can use your voice to easily store, search and retrieve the things you want to remember, where and when you need them. Recite even lets you remember and search in multiple languages.

You can record your shopping list, friends’ birthdays, addresses, school happenings, gift ideas, get-togethers, favorite wines… anything you might need or want to remember later. Later, you just need to search with your voice and it retrieves all recorded notes.

How Does It Work? 

Microsoft Recite’s voice search works by voice pattern matching. It analyzes the patterns in your speech and finds matches between two recordings -- the notes you stored on your phone, and the search you do using your voice. This is different from speech recognition, which has to accurately convert spoken words to application-readable input.

The free software can be downloaded from: http://recite.microsoft.com

Feedback can be sent by clicking the ‘Feedback’ button on the above web site.

 

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