Microsoft releases VOIP software
Microsoft has announced the beta version of its voice-over-IP software Office Communications Server 2007, reports News.com. The software will be available for testing later in March.
Office Communications Server and Office Communicator 2007 will offer voice support for almost all MS Office applications, unlike Live Communications Server, which concentrated on corporate messaging.
Users can now click on a name in an Excel spreadsheet or Word document and immediately make a call to that person. Calls can also be made from Outlook, Sharepoint and Microsoft's messaging client.
A zettabyte by 2010
Over the next three years, the world's data will increase six-fold annually, according to a study done by IDC.
By 2010 stored data is expected to reach close to 1 zettabyte, or 988 exabytes, while in 2006 the world's data was estimated at 161 exabytes, Computer World reports.
The IDC study showed that most of the data today is created by film to digital conversions, image capture, analog to digital voice and analog to digital TV conversions. YouTube hosts 100 million digital video streams a day and more than a billion digital songs a day are shared over the Internet in MP3 format.
Six million on Xbox Live
Microsoft says it now has six million people connecting to Xbox Live, reports DailyTech. The company officially stated that it reached this milestone four months sooner than originally predicted.
Microsoft says two million Halo 2 gamers spend more than 710 hours playing the Live title. More than 70% of all connected Xbox game consoles have downloaded game titles through Xbox Live Arcade, with more than 25 million reported downloads.
The "Commodore" returns
Digital Spy reports the return of the Commodore brand. The company intends to release a new range of gaming PCs.
The new gaming computers will include high-specifications, which will allow gamers to play the latest game titles.
Bala Keilman, CEO for Commodore Gaming, says: "Twenty-five years ago, Commodore launched the bestselling personal computer of the late 20th Century, the C64, and defined the early computer games experience for millions of people worldwide."
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