Finally it is October 22nd, and this means Windows 7 is officially available at retail stores, and should be included with new OEM PCs soon!
For those living under a rock for the past few months, Windows 7 is the latest in the line of Windows operating systems from Microsoft, and from the response during the [...]

Just a quick note to everyone, there are about 3 more tickets available for the event due to a slight error, so be sure to grab them if you haven’t already.
Also if it is sold out again when you get there, don’t worry, send me an email at michael@mquandt.com or use the contact host button [...]

 
Exploding Ninja Pirates, and other great love stories.
I am happy to announce the first event for Spring 2009 at UTS, sponsored by Microsoft:
XNA @ UTS 2009!
Come and learn from Luke Drumm about Microsoft XNA, and how you can use the platform to develop games easily for the Windows PC and Xbox 360 console. [...]

MSOZACADEMIC’s Karo announced earlier today that Dreamspark has been updated with the recently released Expression Studio 3, as well as a download for XNA Game Studio 3.1
Expression Studio 3 comes with:

Expression Web
Expression Blend
Expression Media
Expression Design

One of the cooler features of the new suite is SketchFlow, a quick and easy prototyping [...]

To coincide with the opening of the Windows Mobile Application Marketplace, Microsoft AU is running a competition for students that includes some pretty nice prizes.
The idea is simple, think up an idea for a Windows Mobile app, make a prototype, and submit it!
You could win one of two developer mentorships, and a share in over [...]

Just last night Silverlight 3 was officially released to the public for general use, along with a new Silverlight website, a virtual launch (SeeTheLight) and the Expression Blend 3 RC (with Sketchflow!).
The new features in Silverlight 3 include, but are not limited to:

Support for MPEG4 H.264/AAC
Full 720p+ support
GPU accelerated HD playback
Perspective [...]

For those who develop in XNA, you will want to head to the Creators Club website and download the newest version of XNA Game Studio, XNA GS 3.1.
Please note that if you are making a game for the Community Games service, you will only be able to submit a 3.1 game from July 23rd.
If you [...]

The Windows team blog has just announced that Windows 7 will be available in stores beginning October 22nd 2009, and will be on MSDN in the 2nd half of July.
No details on pricing have been announced yet, however they have confirmed that OEMs and retailers will soon be able to offer a Windows 7 [...]

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 [...]

Right on time, the Visual Studio 2010 beta has been released to the public. You can grab the beta bits (Including the .Net Framework 4.0 beta) from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx. There you can choose from the Professional or Team Suite beta, and find out more about the new features in 2010.
There is a nice list at [...]