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 [...]

Synapse Gaming recently announced that the Sunburn Framework, a subset of the full Sunburn Engine XNA middleware is now free for Students, Hobbyists, pretty much everyone.
For those who did not attend the XNA Game Camp last year, Sunburn is a lighting engine that allows you to worry about your game play, instead of how your [...]

Happy New Year everyone, lets hope that 2010 is a great year for the tech industry.
CES has reminded us that some great things are coming out this year from many companies, but of course the focus here is on Microsoft.
This year we can expect to see Natal hit shelves, one of the most interesting [...]

Just a reminder to everyone who registered for the XNA Game Camp in Wollongong this Friday.
Registration is open from 10:30 to 11am, but trains take ~2hrs to get there, so be sure you know what train you need.
Let me know if you are going to the camp!
 
-Michael

After a rumour appeared saying Office 2010 would be released in June 2010, Ars Technica contacted MS to confirm it, and it is true!
Microsoft expects Office 2010 and related products to be generally available in June 2010.
In the meanwhile, remember that you can get free access to the beta, which you can use for free [...]

Just in time to try out over the holidays, the Microsoft Office 2010 public beta is here!
http://officebeta.microsoft.com/en-us/
Head to that website to download either the 32bit or 64bit version of the next version of Office, and experience the nice changes they have made for yourself.
Personally I have found Outlook to be much more responsive compared to [...]

Interested in working in the IT industry, maybe you want to put your in depth knowledge of Windows to use? or have you spent your time learning .NET, only to find that not many universities offer qualifications for it? Want to tap into the booming business .NET job market?
The key to all of the [...]

I am certain most if not everyone who reads this knows about the recently released Windows 7, and if you already have it, then I hope you are enjoying it. For those who have not gotten their hands on it yet, you may be interested, but think that the current price for the home edition [...]

For those who were waiting for information on a repeat event, unfortunately I did not get enough of a response to run a second event. However if you really are interested, I have an even better alternative!
Microsoft is running a 3 day camp dedicated to XNA and the Imagine Cup at the University of [...]

AIESEC UTS, in partnership with the World’s largest Software Company [Microsoft ] is presenting information on programs that are relevant to you! Interested in a global internship or participating in the world’s premier student competition?
Then you must attend our information session to get all the details!
Find out how you can:
•             Get involved in [...]