The MSDN Australia Blog

Found a great article over at The Warped Java guy around are smarter people better programmers. It goes through a great example how a simple solution can be the way to go. What do you think, personally all the really good programmers i know are really...

Well to celebrate the launch of Expression Studio we have a great new site http://www.designervsdeveloper.com.au/default.aspx You can upload photos and people can vote whether you look more like a designer or developer. Check it out, and vote on my...

Hi Guys and gals, We really need help from you all to make Ecma Office Open XML a standard and we need support from Australia. Would you be able to sign up to the community so that we have the support to get this through. All you need is list a company...

What they hell is Popfly ? Well popfly is a new tool from Microsoft where you can create Mashups with little or no programming knowledge at all! In about 4 mins i managed to create a mashup of my photos from India, and overlay them on a Virtual Earth...

Luisa from upstairs sent me some details about the Microsoft Empower for ISV's subscription. Basically if you are an ISV building in .NET you can get 5 MSDN Licenses for $875 per year if you fulfil a few requirements! There is a Webcast on the 6th of...

If you would have loved to go to MIX 07 but couldn't get to Vegas this is for you! A few of the great people I work with have been up night and day to make sure REMIX gets out the door and is a kick arse event! Well done Anna and Monique! What is ReMIX...

On May 31, the pre-release versions of Windows Vista (Beta 2, RC1, and RC2) will expire. Starting April 24, those who are still running a pre-release version of Windows Vista will receive multiple notifications about the expiration so that they will have...

I had so many emails with answers it will take me a few days to get to them all so that was great! As you would have see in the comments the German owned the Fish! I don't know about only 2% being able to do it but it is hard. I am going to get some more...

Well a good mate of mine Timmy Walter sent me this email, it is a toughie but a goodie. Basically I have a challenge for you, The first person who can email me after two hour so at least 6:10pm AEST 1st May will get a free copy of Expression web that...

The next version of Visual studio is now in Beta , and it rocks, we have had over 250,000 people download this already! This is Beta 1 but if you want to stay in the know I would download it and give it a try! If you have an MSDN Subscription then download...

Greg Low's Ramblings SQL Down Under show 22 with Kevin Kline I've been back into podcasting this week. I've been wanting to have Kevin on the show for ages and am so pleased to finally make it happen. SQL Down Under show 22 with guest SQL Server MVP and...

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/teched07/index.aspx - Register NOW We have been working on TechEd now for a few months and it is looking great, i would love any feedback you have on it, or any requests to see if we can squeeze them in! Andrew...

Check out the great work Dimension Data Learning are doing! Cheers Fletch Dimension Data Learning Solutions, is opening up its classrooms on April 27 to host a ‘TrainIT for Charity’ day. The day will comprise of multiple seminar style training sessions...

It is that time of year again when MEDC is in town with some great content. This year we have a new track Mobile Devices in Enterprise. Last year I organised MEDC and it was great! There is some great new Mobile and Embedded developer content that really...

Soma made the announcement today "I am pleased to say that we will be making Expression Web available starting today to all MSDN Premium subscribers. We will also make Expression Blend available to MSDN Premium subscribers shortly after the Expression...

Make sure you get along to the Mobile and Embedded Developer event of the year in Sydney. MEDC ANZ 2007 is Microsoft’s annual conference for Australian and New Zealand developers, device manufacturers and users of Windows Mobile® software and Windows...

Sounds like a sterling idea, especially if you are just starting out, are a student, or want to improve your webpage. "The Beginner Developer Learning Center is a site designed specifically for beginning programmers and contains over 50 lessons and how...

Here are some great new Expression Blend tutorials that have been updated. You can download it here The Samples and Tutorials for Expression Blend have been updated with the following changes: The samples and tutorials now reflect the RC build...

New Horizons are holding a FREE seminar on 'New Opportunities on the Windows Vista development platform' delivered by the one and only Chuck Sterling Check it out New Opportunities with the Windows Vista development platform New market opportunities right...

A good friend of mine over at XBOX has been working on a great initiative to raise money for Make a Wish Foundation they are trying for $50,000, but hopefully with your help we can beat that. We have signed XBOX 360 consoles from a huge range of celebrities...

Readify are running a great WPF course in Sydney, if you are around and want to be way ahead of the curve check it out. Readify’s latest Industrial Strength Series event will be PluralSight’s intensive Applied WPF course, delivered by Ian Griffiths over...

You can download the WPF/E Feb CTP now here , make sure you also download the sample pack so you can get some great examples of what you can make with WPF/E. For those of you who don't know what WPF/e is, check out the Dev center. basically it is our...

There is now a Service Pack for people using Windows Vista and Visual Studio 2005 products together. Some of the new features in Windows Vista especially User Account Control ! This update applies to the following products Microsoft Visual Studio 2005...

Here is a great video of how to build a data driven website for free . It is made using Visual Web Developer Express , and SQL Server Express . After watching this video you can download the VB or C# code "See how simple it is to create data-driven web...

We now have some great .NET 3.0 Virtual Labs ! These are 90min labs with a downloadable manual. We have labs on the following topics Windows CardSpace Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Communication Foundation Windows Workflow Foundation Also there...