The sound of giants... What is Microsoft thinking????
How in the world can Google compete with "Backup singers"?
Microsoft creates 'instant backing band' for singers
# 13:24 07 April 2008
# NewScientist.com news service
# Paul Marks
Whether you're a frustrated songwriter or a shower-time crooner, you may long to hear your lyrics put to music. New software from Microsoft promises to provide just that – instant musical accompaniment to singing.
The software, called MySong, was developed by Dan Morris and Sumit Basu at Microsoft's research lab in Redmond, Washington, US, and Ian Simon at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Google Cloud Now on Tap for Web Developers
Stacey Higginbotham, Monday, April 7, 2008 at 7:30 PM PT
Google, with its new Application Engine product, has taken aim squarely at the web services market — and companies from Amazon.com to Bungee Labs should be running scared. The search giant’s Application Engine allows developers to build a web application “in their garage” and then host it for free on Google’s existing infrastructure. Take that, Jeff Bezos!
The App Engine will run in the same Google data centers that host GMail, Google Docs and other online programs. Initially up to 10,000 developers will have access to the preview edition of App Engine. Every developer will be able build up to three applications, each of which will have 500 MB of storage and the CPU cycles and bandwidth to support about 5 million page views a month. All of this will be free, and when the service is out of preview Google will announce the ability to buy more storage, bandwidth and CPU cycles. |
Who ever gets paid for "Backup singers" - I want a piece of that!
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