Archive for September, 2008



What is Live Mesh?
My first impressions: Live Mesh has a lot of potential.
“Live Mesh is a “software-plus-services” platform and experience from Microsoft that enables PCs and other devices to “come alive” by making them aware of each other through the Internet, enabling individuals and organisations to manage, access, and share their files and applications seamlessly [...]

Since I’ve been getting a couple of questions about DreamSpark, license keys and software – I thought I’d try and explain. If you’ve been to Tech.Ed Student Day or perhaps the BiG Trivia Night recently, you would have a couple of DVDs with the DreamSpark software (see below) on it – just head to www.dreamspark.com [...]

Something different to the normal things we post about – Microsoft released a whole new set of Windows Live Betas last week!
There’s a new version of:

Mail beta
Messenger beta
Photo Gallery beta
Movie Maker beta
Writer beta
Toolbar beta
Family Safety beta
Microsoft Office Outlook® Connector beta

I’m using the new Windows Live Messenger Beta [...]

Microsoft China are coming to Australia!
As many of you know, Microsoft is a global enterprise with different subsidiaries specialising in various aspects of the business. China holds the second largest Research and Development Centre for Microsoft after the U.S.
Enwei Xie, the General Manager for Microsoft China, is coming to Australia to  discuss the great opportunities [...]

Where to start!? Microsoft’s Tech.Ed 2008 brought with some fantastic initiatives for students (DreamSpark and Students2Business), some great sessions (Mobility *Smackdown*) and some cool technology (Microsoft Surface).
Here’s a quick run down of my experiences during the week (some photos below, more on Facebook):
Student Day
Tech.Ed Student Day was split into two halves: in the morning, over [...]