A very cool (but for me, almost unusable) version of Virtual Earth was released today by Microsoft called "Virtual Earth 3D". Instead of using a separate application to view 3D imagery, everything can ...

Microsoft Excel comes packed with several predefined table styles for you to choose from. If you want to format a table, your best bet is to choose from one of the many styles. Now, if the predefined ...

What do you think of when you see the words "Microsoft Excel?" For many, it's "cells," "numbers," and "formulas." However, there's much more to the program than that ...

Say hello to avatars, 3D meetings, and a change to the Microsoft Mesh platform. Say hello to avatars, 3D meetings, and a change to the Microsoft Mesh platform. is a senior editor and author of Notepad ...

Google Street View eat your heart out: An MIT-built quadrocopter uses Microsoft Kinect, and some smart odometry algorithms, to fly around a room and spit out a 3D map of the environment. The drone ...

As impressive as the simulated world is, Google 3D maps often provides more detailed images of what's on the ground. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.