Hi guys, we are streaming a Cloud Interop event in a few minutes. You can check out the details here - http://www.microsoft.com/singapore/friendlycloud/ Streaming here - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/microsoft-interop Twitter hash tag - #sginterop...

There's nothing better than getting a great prize to start the new year. :-) In Oct/Nov 2009, TechNet and MSDN in Singapore invited IT Pros and Pro Developers in Singapore to take a quiz. We are happy to announce that Mr. Andy Ong, from Testel Solutions...

I had the chance to talk to Janelle from Protege Productions sometime back before the release of their game Armor Valley which you can check out in Xbox 360 under Indie Games. Protege Productions is a Singapore-based games development company. We talked...

A year after we launched Microsoft BizSpark here in Singapore, we have grown close to 270 startups (starting with 12!) and 30+ Network Partners. This is a testament to the value of the program to entrepreneurship in general. More than just a program that...

Hi guys, Check out email from Jonathan below (our Azure guy for Singapore). Good opportunity to get some cool freebies and be featured in our Windows Azure event. Jonathan’s got free Azure tokens so get cranking! It would be interesting to...

In this video, James Price shows how Visio 2007 Pro can be used as the programmer’s friend in delivering a visually rich and interactive interface for their solutions. The first part of the video describes how external data can be displayed in almost...

Silverlight 4 Beta was recently unveiled at the PDC in Los Angeles ( http://microsoftpdc.com ), continuing the rapid pace of innovation for the Silverlight platform. In addition, ASP.NET MVC Beta 2 was released, which introduces improved Visual Studio...

Shortly after the Office and Sharepoint 2010 public beta were announced, the Office developer center in MSDN was updated and included new developer content on Office 2010 and Open XML. Here are some links to get you started: http://msdn.microsoft...

I'll just post here my email to BizSpark startups this morning Dear BizSpark Startups and Network Partners, We have kicked off PDC last night, in case you haven’t catched it, you can keep up by going to http://microsoftpdc.com/ . There were a...

There's gonna be a lot of good announcements there ;)

November 5, 2009 - Microsoft.NET Services: November CTP SDK The November CTP represents the complete feature set that will be available at the PDC conference from both the Service Bus and Access Control Service when the Windows Azure platform becomes...

Figured I'd post something on PHP (I used to be a PHP/Perl developer after all!) Windows Cache Extension for PHP – Release Candidate The Windows Cache Extension for PHP (WinCache extension) is a PHP accelerator built by IIS team. The release candidate...

Well I'll be... A cool way to promote your .NET application, and a chance to win over $16,000. Nice. Check out the site . Here's the more important info :P

Hi guys, We have an upcoming event on November 19th showcasing Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. There's a Developer Track in the afternoon (see below). Register now ! Breakout Track 5: Developers...

Check out what's cookin' here at Microsoft Singapore during our BizSpark Startup Night... Check out the MSDN Singapore page for more pictures and to get updates on future events! (in the Latest Updates and News Section)

Here's a video interview with Hibernater who recently received an award from SiTF. Their app lets you save your Word, Excel, Internet Explorer sessions, etc and resume it at some other time, or on another PC or laptop. I find it particularly useful if...

Awesome! http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=752CB725-969B-4732-A383-ED5740F02E93&displaylang=en And here it is after install, slick!

Check out how you can download and install the beta! http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx Update! Reading installation instructions are a bore. Watch it instead!

My job here at Microsoft entails a lot of field work. It provides me with an opportunity to escape the four walls of the office, put my ear on the ground and hear what people really think about our technologies. Interestingly enough, the stuff I love...

That's me (plus some MACH colleagues) posing with our energetic leader Steve Ballmer in TechReady 9 (Seattle).

Kiki Sugiaman from startup Semides shares his experiences in migrating from Silverlight 2 to Silverlight 3. What’s more interesting is that prior to designing Silverlight applications with Microsoft Expression Blend, he was a circuit board designer! Find...

There’s been a lot of buzz with Windows Azure recently now that the pricing details have been announced. One of the most common inquiries we get is how developers can deploy their existing ASP.NET app onto Azure. Fortunately we have Huang Sile, who is...

I tried looking for a video on VB6 to .NET Migration but it was very difficult to find one. So I looked for some and asked Dennis to post it here in geeksengaged.com . You may be wondering, why post something so old? Believe it or not, a lot of people...

I had a chance to meet up with Azaas, one of our Microsoft BizSpark startups, a few days ago to check out the Silverlight 3 application they built. Here are some things that stood out for me when I talked to these guys: They went ahead...