Especially with financial content, the questions can get pretty complicated and not easy to explain in one keyword.

It is a very interesting development from a content point of view, because Microsoft is embedding a lot of the features directly into the OS instead of plastering them on top.

[This version] continues the trend to bring data mining more into the mainstream of business. Five years ago, data mining was an island unto itself. You needed to be a statistician to use it. It was always somewhat difficult to integrate it with the operational business.

Consider the example of a developer wanting to figure out the best location for a new shopping center. It becomes much easier to create a map with the appropriate value and demographics information using Vista. These are truly intelligent applications.

It was pretty weird. And it's pretty amazing that no one died in that crash. It's not the best way to start a tour,

He had a pretty angle to all his pitches, although his command within the strike zone wasn't very good,