Archive for April, 2009



Some more screenshots have emerged over at neowin.net from the latest internal Technical Preview of Microsoft Office 2010. Looks like the key thing to notice aside from the dramatic colour change is that Outlook now uses the ribbon in the inbox, bringing that particular part of the Office suite up to date visually.
The beta for [...]

In what to me was a rather quiet launch, Office 2007 SP2 was released recently. The best way to get this update is via Windows Update, however if you want the whole thing to keep for later, you can download it from Microsoft here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&displaylang=en
It is about 250MB wherever you get it.
This article outlines the [...]

Just announced today, Windows 7 will allow you to use a new feature called XP Mode. This is a version of Virtual PC that allows you to run your incompatible applications in an XP environment, but still on your desktop, and it will act as if it worked fine in Windows 7! So if you [...]

Title: Windows via C/C++ 5th Edition Authors: Jeffrey Richter & Christophe Nasarre
 
 
Overview
“Get the preeminent guide to programming application for Windows with C++. Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows is a classic book (formerly titled Advanced Windows, Third Edition) and is now fully updated for Windows Vista, including the latest information about Windows [...]

Microsoft, together with Excom Education, is presenting a Live Meeting all about Students to Business, and providing a chance to clarify any questions you might have.
This Live Meeting session is free and open to all. It will be run on Thursday 23rd April 2009, at 2pm AEST.
To join this Live Meeting and get to know [...]

As I announced recently, the annual Dream Build Play XNA game development competition is running again this year, with up to $75,000 in cash prizes to grab. As of writing the competition has been open to registrations for a little over a week, so I hope everyone has gone and registered, and started developing [...]

(via Major Nelson)
So for those of you unlucky enough to have encountered this new issue, Microsoft has extended the warranty on your Xbox 360 just like they did for anyone who gets a Red Ring of Death. As well as that, if you have already paid for repairs for an E74 error, you will [...]

About 2 years ago the first Dream Build Play contest was held by Microsoft, with the intent of finding the best XNA games the public could create for the Xbox 360. I went into greater detail in my previous post on Dream Build Play here.
Just announced, The Dishwasher Dead Samurai, winner of the first [...]