We’ve seen the US laptop hunter ads, and now the Windows team have brought them to Australia, and made them even better. If you listen to Nova 969 (or for our Melbourne readers, Nova 100) in the mornings from 8:30am, you will get clues to find the “Laptop Hunter” in the city. (more clues on [...]

Last Wednesday saw the gathering of press, industry and faculty at the Microsoft HQ in Sydney for the Australian finals of the 2009 Imagine Cup. The Imagine Cup is a worldwide competition open to students where they compete in multiple fields to solve a specified problem. This year students could choose from one of the [...]

It has been too long since I last reported on this. As everyone gets back to work, I have been speaking to Microsoft about this, and trying to organise it with their help, unfortunately they tell me they cannot support the event for the beginning of this year, and that they intend to get behind [...]

Just an update for those interested in the XNA hands-on workshop I mentioned a couple of posts ago. Microsoft has confirmed it will be running in late January and will be held at the Microsoft HQ which is located at:
1 Epping Rd North Ryde [...]

It is here! Steve Ballmer is in Sydney to talk to developers, and you can get a front row seat by watching online!

Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation
Gianpaolo Carraro’, Senior Director, Microsoft Corporation
Tim Sneath, Director, Microsoft Corporation

Those three will be giving inspiring talks on the state of software+services with Microsoft, with a focus on the new [...]

As we approach exam time I firstly want to wish everyone good luck with their end of semester examinations.
Now onto business. After those gruelling exams, what better way to relax and have fun than to make games! I am looking into holding a workshop on C# and XNA game programming during the summer break [...]

Hey everyone!  It’s that time of the year again!  No, not my birthday (that’s yet to come =P)… but Atomic Live 2008! 

Atomic Live is the ultimate PC technology and game expo.  It is hosted by the Atomic Mag and held at Sydney Showgrounds, Olympic Park (Badgery Pavilion) on Saturday 18th October!
This year’s many features at Atomic [...]

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 [...]

Tech.Ed 2008 Student Day registrations are filling up fast! With the high school sessions already full in the morning, if you haven’t yet registered for the uni session in the afternoon, you should do so now!
Plus, every uni student who attends will walk away with over $1400 worth of software on disc! Read below for [...]