May, 2008

AUT University Aakash Polra and Balan Venkatachala Last Presentation Overview We had Microsoft Student-Partners presentation here at AUT in the new WE230 lecture theatre. Thank you to all the enthusiastic students and staff members who came along...

Getting started with choosing the right tools for Programming. Ashwin Vasanth One of the first steps people take, once they have chosen a programming language of choice, is choose an IDE or an Integrated Development Environment. People who delve...

Getting Started with Silverlight 2 beta 1 – Part 1 Chaks Chandran Silverlight 2 beta 1 was made available along with the Visual Studio 2008 Tools for Silverlight and the Silverlight SDK at MIX’08 . Silverlight 2 beta 1 ships with various user controls...

Late Nights, Bloodshot Eyes and a Can of Red Bull... Ashleigh Thompson It’s something all of us can relate to – late nights, bloodshot eyes and a can of Red Bull. Over the past two weeks it’s becoming a familiar sight. The labs have...

What can I do with my CS/IS/IT degree? David Carr You may be beginning out your university experience, or, like myself, you may be nearing the end of your degree. Undoubtedly you’ve done quite a bit of coding over the years, in your spare time and...

Introduction to Web Frameworks Jed Laundry It's always been a recurring theme that developers love to code their own solutions, especially when it comes to websites like blogs etc. Using an existing package such as WordPress is so quick and...

Dev Jam May Road Show - Photos Photos stitched using Deep Zoom, Silverlight 2.0 Technology, try it for yourself here

SAVE 40% ON MICROSOFT CERTIFICATION EXAMS Get a head start on learning to become certified on Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Together, these products provide a solid foundation for next-generation...

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Complete Academic Survey - Be into WIN ONE OF TEN SOFTWARE PRIZES Hey guys, complete a short online academic survey ( http://www.academicsurveyonline.com/new-zealand-student/ ) telling us what's hot and what's not!!! Send us the screenshot of the final...

Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals - Photos From The Event!! This photo mash up was created using Silverlight 2.0, create your own on our testing site http://photozoom.mslivelabs.com/

Check out some of the cool Silverlight 2.0 Apps Now you can build your Silverlight 2.0 Apps and host them on http://silverlight.live.com Check out this post: http://dev.live.com/blogs/sls/archive/2008/04/11/266.aspx on how to upload your Silverlight 2...

Go Crazy With Popfly: Creating Games Is Just Too Easy With Popfly's Game Creator Launched on 2nd May, game creation is now officially accessible to everyone. You don’t have to be a physics major or hard-core coder to create your own personalized game...

DEV JAM - MAY ROADSHOW - 3 DEMOS in 30 MINUTES It's that time of the year where I (Ryan Tarak) get the opportunity to visit students on campus and share with them some of the latest developments within Microsoft. In this session I will foucs on Silverlight2...

Imagine Cup 2008 Voting Competition - And The "Peoples Choice Award" Goes To.... After three months of intense promotion by all teams, the voting competition for the "Peoples Choice Award" has come to an end. The results were very close with a huge...

Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals - FINAL RESULTS On Thursday the 1st of May four teams were brought up to Microsoft New Zealand's Auckland office in preparation for the Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals. The agenda was chocka block, teams preparing, coding, testing...