Posts By Michael
In all of the news about the upcoming Wave 4 update for Windows Live Essentials (Messenger, Skydrive, Mail etc) a little thing called Office Live Web Apps appeared, and now everyone can use it for free. There are some pretty cool things here, not only do you get online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote for free, but you…
Do you think you know the modern Microsoft? How would you like to work in and experience a different culture? AIESEC, the worlds largest student organisation is looking for interns to work in some of the world’s exotic locations, like Turkey, Malaysia or China. Come along and learn how you can learn a new language, experience a different culture, and…
I know it’s short notice, but if you will be sitting at uni on Tuesday night and bored (or just free), why not take a short walk down to Sydney uni and attend the Windows 7 tweetup, hosted by Microsoft. The event is open to all students, and there will be a bar tab, free food, and lots of tech…
Hi everyone, hope this semester is going well. Just a quick post to let anyone interested know that the refresh for the XNA 4.0 CTP is here, along with the Windows Phone 7 developer tools. Finally you can use the RTM version of Visual Studio 2010 (get it from DreamSpark) to try the XNA 4.0 CTP and make games and…
Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying your year so far. This one is for the developers out there. I’m that if you are a keen C#, VB or C++ developer, you have been trying out the betas and release candidate for Visual Studio 2010. Well great news, Visual Studio 2010 has been released and is ready for you to…
MIX is on at the moment in Las Vegas, and Microsoft is really showing off all of the cool things coming this year. The big focus of MIX10 is of course, Windows Phone 7. Now this is a developer & designer conference, so the focus is on how to use Silverlight and XNA to make apps and games (respectively) for…
Fresh out of GDC, the XNA team announced XNA Game Studio 4.0, which they say will be released within the coming month. There are some interesting additions to the API this time around, and some changes that existing creators will need to take note of: Windows Phone 7 Hardware Support Visual Studio 2010 Integration Microphone Input Dynamic (Unbuffered) Audio Output…
Every year, Microsoft offers internships to Australian students in the Software Design Engineer (SDE) and Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET). Microsoft has just announced that applications are open for a Summer (ours) 2010-2011 position. If you have an interest in gaining experience (and good money!) working on real world products for Microsoft, all whilst experiencing another country, then this…
Just a quick reminder, if you are still running the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7, you will need to move to the final (RTM) version before June 1st 2010, otherwise your copy of Windows will be considered non-genuine and you will not be eligible for updates. On February 15th, anyone still running the RC will be notified about upcoming…
Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, will be giving a talk at the University of Sydney on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010. For those who do not know, the E&D division handles products like the XBOX 360, Zune, Windows phone, all of the Microsoft hardware like Keyboards + Mice, and the Surface. I personally hope we will…