Google's Gmail Gets Dressed Up In Themes

. Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Google Wednesday released a set of themes Gmail, to provide consumers with the use of its Web site e - mail services, personalized information environment.

"Gmail fans have been established to expand the non-official, a taste of their inbox for some time, but higher than the 'theme has not sterile an integral part of the Gmail said," Gmail engineers Anne Chan in a blog post. "We want to go beyond the simple custom color, so that more than 30 theme today, there is a theme with bright chrome shape, and the other to your inbox back into Notepad, a natural theme, changed the At that time, landscape, weather-driven theme, the rain can be your mailbox, as well as the interesting characters, so that you are a good company. "
Google's enterprise customers, but does not allow such frivolous: Gmail is not the subject of the use of Google Apps users, Google spokesman said.

Google's personalized home page iGoogle, there is the theme for more than a year.

To apply for a new theme, choose Settings link in Gmail, click the theme of the label. Those who do not have such labels should also be noted that in a few days because of the Gmail update the dissemination of Google's servers.

Gmail has been a recent focus of attention from Google. Last week, Google increased voice and video chat to Gmail. About three weeks ago, Gmail's up to send and receive text messages, although for the time being from the Google features, in order to determine a show-stopping error.
Just last month, Google launched the seven features of Gmail: Gmail tool for expression of mail, Gmail Mobile 2.0, canned response, to improve contact manager, advanced control and IMAP e-mail goggles.

Microsoft launches Dynamics NAV 2009 ERP

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Microsoft Dynamics net asset value in 2009, the latest generation of a medium-sized market, the company's ERP products will be generally available on December 1 in 14 countries, the company said in its Convergence Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The version adopted the "tailor-made role" in the design, sound system, a staff needs and job responsibilities. In 2009 the net asset value also includes a series of BI (business intelligence) function, employees can use to analyze the data, as well as the. Net Web services to connect with the dynamics and functions of other applications, such as credit checking systems.
At the same Wednesday, Microsoft announced plans to:

- Electronic Services Accelerator, a new feature, dynamic C RM4 .0, will be the end of this year. It enables companies to provide Web-based, self-service functions, in order to reduce customer call center costs. The accelerator is compatible with existing customer portals, or from a pre-Microsoft.

- New features such as network, M icrosoftD ynamics community Web site. Members of the site will be able to search based on social factors, such as industry and location.
Microsoft Dynamics in 2009 the net asset value will be listed on December 1 in the following countries: the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada (English and French), Denmark, France, Germany, India (English), Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain. Microsoft announced plans in 28 more markets over time.

"This is a major version of the net asset value of the customers said," Forrester Research analyst Ray Wang. Combining the role of the user to customize the design - a feature Microsoft has been in the D ynamics ax E RP - With the new BI features, "is indeed in the application of mobile," he added.

However, Microsoft is still not prepared to accept another major trend in the latter - on-demand business - ER P line-up of the system, although it launched the CR M-demand products earlier this year.

"Running a business needs is a big difference to run the industry in a Department said," Chris karang, general manager of product management and marketing of Microsoft Dynamics, in a recent interview. "We feel very good [ERP system] business model. We have a great channel partners to help us market the sale and deployment of . ERP system is a much more difficult than the host of CRM. With the customer relationship management, a Applications can provide a wider range of needs. "

Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management

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Marking the second anniversary of its controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week announced the upcoming test version of Moonlight, which makes Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology in Linux, the general announced by the senior management Package of Suse Linux Enterprise for the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2's.
November 2006 agreement the two companies have co-operation provided by Microsoft's Suse Linux from Novell support certificates, and agreed not to prosecute the other side of the customer's intellectual property rights. Some people protested, the legal agreement that Microsoft's Linux infringes its patents.
However, the two companies are moving in the same two milestones. Moonlight is an open source implementation of Silverlight's, Linux users with high-definition multimedia functions, according to a representative of Microsoft. The project is Novell's footsteps.

Moonlight will provide a plug-in open-source Firefox Web browser, Microsoft and Novell said. First of all, the project's source code is published in May. The test version will be provided free of charge.

Senior management package Suse Linux Enterprise for the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is due in the first half of 2009.
Microsoft and Novell collaboration management system in order to reduce customer management tasks related to mixed IT environments, Microsoft and Novell said. Senior management package Suse Linux Enterprise Linux extension of the cross-platform monitoring capabilities, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. It can manage Windows and Linux servers from a single console.

In a separate development in the field of open source, Yahoo said this week that its BrowserPlus Web development technologies will provide an open manner.

BrowserPlus feature plug-in framework for the building of Web applications include desktop. It can extend the use of JavaScript API to access the desktop facilities.

"As an open publish BrowserPlus, Yahoo will enable the development of an open platform in the browser desktop applications on the Internet," Yahoo said. "This will allow developers to the platform in the rapidly expanding distributed. Yahoo's hope is that contributions to the community and will be reviewed to ensure that BrowserPlus to maintain a safe, strong platform to run all the popular operating system and browser."

Yahoo said that the 2-year-old project is a failure in some areas. The company has been looking for innovative ideas to expose the local customers and the application of massage they can re-use the client library. Yahoo extract a good problem-solving a wide range of attractive, so that their people can easily make an application in the company, Yahoo said.

"At the end of our two-year run, we have a lot of C libraries, which run every time the operating system under the sun, the implementation of tasks, from the mundane (for example, logging), exotic. We disappointed that we did not Yahoo Group customers have to use things are falling over each other, we in the construction. But we really learned a lot on this experience, "Lloyd Hilailel, Yahoo BrowserPlus group said in a statement.