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Edit: It’s out! Grab it now at http://dev.windows.com Fresh out of the BUILD conference in Anaheim, Microsoft has officially revealed all of the cool new features in Windows 8. New features like the Metro Start screen, ribbon explorer, new task manager, HTML5/Javascript app development, WinRT, I could go on. But even bigger news for those of us early adopters is…
The Imagine Cup is on again, and this time the grand final will be held in Sydney Australia. For those who have not heard about it, the imagine cup is a student competition where students use technology to solve the worlds toughest problems. This could be an educational tool for children in Africa, or a health management solution for doctors…
Fellow Students, Join us as Microsoft hosts the annual Australian Imagine Cup finals at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney this Thursday, the 5th of May 2011. The Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition. Each year the Imagine Cup challenges students from Australia and around the world to use technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest…
If you haven’t heard of it, Microsoft Signature is a way to ensure that the next PC you buy isn’t filled with bloat ware that will only slow the machine down. You can find out more about Signature here: http://signature.microsoft.com/ But on to the really cool stuff… The local student experience team has launched the Student PC Offer. For AUD…
Windows 7 SP1 has finally been released to manufacturing, that means that the release is imminent. Although this is not some flashy feature filled release, it still takes the pain out of a fresh Windows 7 install, and improves the OS in general, so I recommend that everyone who has Windows 7 should get it. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1…
Interested in upgrading to Windows 7, ready for the new year? Microsoft has decreased the price of the upgrade version on www.itsnotcheating.com.au to $49.95 (from $119). Not much else to say, if you haven’t upgraded already and are looking to, now is the perfect chance – before the price goes back up (maybe).
We are taking a quick break from our regularly scheduled inactivity to announce that the Dream Build Play XNA competition will be running again in 2011. For those who do not know, Dream Build Play is (was) an annual competition where XNA developers would compete to create the “best” game, with the chance for big prizes and usually an XBOX…
I have posted the slides from my talk about Windows Phone 7 during Academic Day at TechEd on my blog. You can also download them direct from the link below:
For the developers out there, new APIs in Windows 7 allows you to take advantage of the new Windows 7 features like Multi-touch, Location and Libraries, quite easily. However getting information on these new APIs has previously been restricted to the MSDN documentation, and tutorials online. For those of use that prefer our technical information printed on paper, Microsoft Press…