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Windows Vista RTM is now available for MSDNAA subscribers. Please contact your MSDNAA administrator for more information. If your department would like to subscribe to MSDNAA please register at www.msdnaa.net MSDNAA provides you with the software and...

Windows 7 was officially launched in Australia today. The new operating system has received world wide praise for its stability, simplicity and performance. With Australia being the first country in the world to launch Windows 7, students now have the...

WOW, WOW, WOW… The Warthog is in Sydney!   The Orbital Drop Shock Troopers from Halo 3: ODST have landed on Cockatoo Island with The Xbox Warthog. 200 VIP guests will get the chance to go toe to toe with The Xbox Warthog at an exclusive showcase...

If you haven't seen Photosynth yet, you have to try it out! Photosynth takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyses them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space. With Photosynth you can walk or fly...

You asked for it and now we have it - the official MSOZACADEMIC blog for Faculty! It was great to meet everyone at the recent Faculty lunch. Just to recap on the 2005 programs: Imagine Cup 2005 www.imaginecupasia.com MSDNAA www.msdnaa.net Faculty Program...

We are working with Universities to integrate the Imagine Cup Software Design Invitational into course work for Semester 1 2006. The theme for Imagine Cup 2006 is "imagine a world where technology helps us to live healthier lives". We could integrate...

The following is from the MSDNAA subscribers download section: Attention MSDN Academic Alliance Members We are pleased to announce that Windows Vista Business Edition is now available here for download! Windows Vista also will be included in your MSDN...

Check out the MS Academic Resource Kit. http://docs.msdnaa.net/ark_new3.0/cd3/npage.htm It has some great resources including: .NET Tools: Programs and utilities for working with .NET technologies. Academic Languages & Compilers Articles & White...

Remember to promote the Imagine Cup Software Design Category to your students. We will be holding the Australian national finals at our Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference in June which will be in Sydney. We will fly the 5 national finalists to Sydney...

The following links may be useful for academics: Microsoft Research Asia Research Areas http://research.microsoft.com/research/default.aspx Microsoft for Students http://www.microsoft.com/australia/msdn/students/ Curriculum Repository for Teaching Materials...

We have SQL Server 2005 beta 2 resource DVD's available at http://msstore.datacom.com.au/sqlbeta . You can order this at no cost. If you are interested in some text books on SQL Server 2005 please let us know. Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 will be released...

Microsoft is looking for people in Australia who interested and qualified candidates for software development positions in the USA at our corporate headquarters in Redmond. If you know of anyone that might be interested, or a bulletin board where it would...

This blog is now extending to our fine academic friends across the Tasman in Kiwiland. Welcome.

MIX.06 Gadget Contest http://microsoftgadgets.com/Blogs/gadgetnews/archive/2006/01/29/2559.aspx Want to mix the next web at the MIX conference hosted by Microsoft? Interested in building Gadgets for Live.com ? Want to attend MIX for free? In the...

There have been issues with product keys availability in MSDNAA. But we have a workaround here locally. If you would like Windows Vista RTM for your MSDNAA department, please get your MSDNAA administrator to email netoz@microsoft.com with the following...

With the official release of Live Mesh Beta last week, there have been some small improvements to the overall application, including a new Mac Client. People with Mac computers can now enjoy the benefits of Live Mesh including 5GB of cloud storage and...

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Luke Drumm's a great guy. And he's also a senior consultant for Readify , who just so happen to be one of the top .NET consultancies and training firms in Australia. Luke's also a game developer hobbyist, and has presented at Tech.Ed and Australian Code...

Options are Good. In life and in your career. A Real World Experience like No Other . As an intern at Microsoft, you’ll have real responsibility, real work, and real opportunities to jumpstart your career. (You’ll get paid, too!) It’s an experience you...

Visual Studio 2008 is now available for MSDNAA subscribers. Please contact your universitie's MSDNAA administrator for more information. If your department would like to subscribe to MSDNAA please register at www.msdnaa.net MSDNAA provides you with...

I recently came into contact with Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong (a member of the 2007 Imagine Cup World finals winning team from Thailand) via this blog for a chat. After emailing back and forth a bit, 'Badd' (his nickname) agreed to answer a few questions...

Microsoft Australia is offering a AUD$500 Student Scholarship for your University department. This offer is for departments who have at least one new class teaching Microsoft .NET technology (new to the class in 2006). If you are interested in this offer...

Microsoft Research External Research and Programs is pleased to announce a new worldwide Request For Proposals (RFP): Phoenix and SSCLI: Compilation and Managed Execution. Proposals will be accepted until January 17, 2006 at Noon (PDT, -8 UTC/GMT). For...

Good morning friends! The lovely Carrie Read and Michelle le Cour, Microsoft's U.S graduate recruiting angels, are coming back to our shores later this year to interview students for technical intern roles for students at MS's Redmond headquarters! Be...

Project Natal was announced at E3 overnight. Project Natal is an add-on that will be released for the XBOX 360 Console. ‘The device will allow users to play and interact with video games by using their whole bodies’. Natal has 3D motion sensing and full...