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Introduction to Web Development; Popfly Input Blocks

In this the last in a series of five articles on Microsoft Web Development we look at creating an...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 06/13/2008

Inspiration Tour Wrap Up Video

Regular readers of this blog will know that a huge amount of my time this year was dedicated to...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 06/11/2008

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Now Available

The Beta 2 of Silverlight v2 is now available adding a bunch of new features to .NET based SL...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 06/09/2008

Create Your Own Screencasts the Easy Way

Microsoft Office Labs recently launched a new service called Community Clips allowing users to...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/21/2008

Microsoft Student Partner Application Deadline Extended to 30th June

The Microsoft Student Partner Programme allows the brightest student technology enthusiasts from UK...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/19/2008

Imagine Cup Games Dev Videos

Now that the deadline for the Games Development invitational of the Imagine Cup has passed I thought...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/16/2008

Introduction to Web Development; Silverlight and SQL

In the fourth in a series of five articles exploring Microsoft Web technologies we'll look at...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/15/2008

Microsoft UK Studentzine now on Facebook!

Some of you probably already subscribe to our monthly student newsletter focused on technology and...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/09/2008

Build your own game with... Popfly!

As if Popfly wasn't cool enough, they've just launched a new service which lets you create your own...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/06/2008

Channel 9 Video on Zune Development with XNA

OK... I know we don't have the Zune in the UK yet but this is still very cool. Check out this video...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/01/2008

Robochamps Robotics League - Win Real Robots!

Today saw the launch of a new website which allows users to compete in a  series of challenges...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/24/2008

Imagine Cup Games Development Trailer - Drizzle...

For the last month I've been working with the teams competing in the Imagine Cup Software Design and...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/22/2008

Introduction to Web Development; Building an ASP.NET/SQL Web Application

In the third of a series of five articles exploring Microsoft Web technologies I'll walk you through...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/19/2008

Silverlight DeepZoom Tutorial

At Mix we announced a new Silverlight v2 feature called DeepZoom. In basic terms DeepZoom allows you...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/09/2008

Inspiration Tour Update

We've been on the road since October, traveled over 15 thousand miles and spoken to nearly four...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/07/2008

Pacman - Powered by XNA (and Silverlight)

Those readers of the Microsoft Studentzine newsletter will have seen Ben Coley's series of articles...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/30/2008

Expression Blend and Silverlight

Since the launch of DreamSpark I have had one or two queries about which version of Expression Blend...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/25/2008

MIX08 Sessions Now Online

If you're interested in Microsoft Web technologies then this is for you, the sessions from...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/21/2008

Microsoft Student Partners - Now Recruiting for Academic Year '08

The Microsoft Student Partner is a way for students to affiliate themselves with Microsoft getting...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/18/2008

Setting up IIS on Windows Server 2008

Those of you who have been following my series on Microsoft Web development (see below) may be...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/18/2008

Introduction to Web Development; Getting started with ASP.NET

In the second of a series of five articles exploring Microsoft Web technologies we take a look at...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/11/2008

Silverlight is Going Mobile with Nokia

Just a quick note to highlight this story from the BBC:...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/04/2008

Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope

I just wanted to throw up a quick post to point you to this brand new technology from Microsoft...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/29/2008

Silverlight 2 Sneak Peek

Scott Guthrie has just blogged about some of the upcoming features we can expect in Silverlight 2...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/22/2008

Microsoft Gold Partner Would Like to Meet Enthusiastic Technical Grads...

Last week we held our first Imagine Cup event at our offices in Reading. Whilst there I was...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/22/2008

XNA V3 Announced with Support for Xbox Live Publishing

What a week it's been; on Tuesday we launched DreamSpark and gave all UK students access to our...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/20/2008

DreamSpark Verification Update

Just a quick post today with a couple of bits of useful info about DreamSpark... I have had a few...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/20/2008

Introduction to Web Development; Microsoft Web Technologies

So you want to develop a Web site? Well you’re in luck; Microsoft offers end to end Web...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/14/2008

All Inspiration Tour Sessions Now Online

To follow on from my previous post about the Inspiration Tour on Channel8 I just wanted to let...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/08/2008

Example XNA 3D Game - Video Tutorial

I'm currently in Seattle at our annual conference where all of the Academic Evangelists from around...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/05/2008

Free Web Hosting Update

This offer has been suspended – please check back soon for update. Since posting last week we have...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/28/2008

Inspiration Tour Now Online!

As many of you already know this year we have been touring UK universities on the Inspiration Tour...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/24/2008

Shift Happens Presentation

Whenever we give a presentation on the Inspiration Tour we like to run a deck called 'Shift Happens'...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/21/2008

Free ASP.NET Hosting for UK Students

This offer has been suspended – please check back soon for update. In the past when talking to...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/20/2008

Embedded Messenger Client - Contact Us Now!

To follow on from yesterdays post offering students the opportunity to contact me directly via...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/11/2008

Imagine Cup; Need help? Then Get in Touch...

To help those of you who would like some help or advice with their entries to the Imagine Cup we...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/10/2008

Software Design Competition - New Deadline 16th Jan

That's right, we took feedback that our original deadline of 9th Jan was hard to meet as its outside...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/10/2008

Imagine Cup Deadlines

After my last post giving an update on the deadlines for recruitment in the UK and the Imagine Cup...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/08/2008

Happy new year - now get to work ;)

Hopefully like me you've all had a great Christmas but I'm guessing that also like me today was the...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/06/2008

UKStudentZine Article - Tech on Tour

I recently wrote an article about the developments in technology since we have been running the...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 12/18/2007

XNA Game Studio 2 Released and Entry to Dream-Build-Play 2008 Opens!

Yesterday the much anticipated XNA Game Studio 2.0 launched adding support for all versions of...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 12/14/2007

Imagine Cup; Example Software Design Entry

To help everyone out myself and Ben Coley have created an example entry to the Imagine Cup Software...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/26/2007

XNA Game Studio V2 Beta Now Available

XNA V2 beta is now available for free download here and the best thing is you don't even have to...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/20/2007

Network Gaming with XNA???

XNA V2 will provide network gaming functionality for both the Xbox 360 and Windows. This means you...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/19/2007

XNA V2 Update...

Yesterday the XNA team announced the impending release of XNA V2 beta to the public. They have...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/16/2007

Imagine Cup Games Dev Update

I just wanted to put together a quick post to clarify some confusion over the Games Development...

Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/15/2007

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