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Microsoft Health Common User Interface (MSCUI) v1.3 has been released to the web on www.mscui.net and http://www.codeplex.com/mscui . MSCUI provides User Interface Design Guidance and Toolkit controls that address a wide range of patient safety...

The XNA Community Games Platform team has delivered on their promise to enable game development for Zune devices with the release of the XNA Game Studio 3.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP). Some key features that are available in this release: ·...

Today Microsoft unveils RoboChamps ( www.robochamps.com ), a simulated robotics league that is open to academics, hobbyists and developers from around the world, that demonstrates the power of the Microsoft platform to enable a broad range of developers...

The capacity of Microsoft Corp.'s free Connector regional bus system for employees will more than double under an expansion announced Wednesday. The service, which began in September, will add new routes and expand to a capacity of 4,600 seats a day from...

Microsoft has partnered with some of the world’s top social networks on contact data portability. Starting today, we will be working with Facebook , Bebo , Hi5 , Tagged and LinkedIn to exchange functionally-similar Contacts APIs, allowing us to create...

Today, the Windows Live team released a new version of Foldershare along with their new website. New features added are: • A new website designed to make managing your FolderShare libraries and computers even easier. • A new FolderShare with a better...

In what may be an unprecedented decision, Microsoft said Thursday that it plans to lower the retail prices for several flavors of Windows Vista. For those in the U.S., Microsoft is cutting prices only on the higher-end versions of Vista, and only for...

The Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) provides a set of guidance for architects and developers building enterprise Web applications. The factory includes samples, reusable code and a guidance package which automates key development tasks from within...

Two Detroit pension funds have sued Yahoo Inc. and its board of directors , saying they breached their duties to shareholders in trying to thwart a takeover by Microsoft Corp. According to the lawsuit, Yahoo's board is pursuing "value-destructive"...

Microsoft has announced the launch of a digital advertising platform in India that aims to simplify digital advertising and create a larger eco-system connecting advertisers and publishers. Microsoft launched the platform in India with four leading publishers...

Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast LIVE over the Internet on Wednesday, March 5 th . The subject? Windows Vista adoption and deployment. On the panel with Mark will...

Microsoft announced today, DreamSpark, a new program that gives free developer, designer and related software to college students in 11 countries. DreamSpark goes live today in Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the...

Here's a cool video of " What's life "really" like at Microsoft " for all the employees :)

Microsoft Corp. agreed to acquire Danger Inc., maker of the technology behind T-Mobile's popular Sidekick phone , as part of its quest to expand its offerings in the mobile realm. "The addition of Danger serves as a perfect complement to our existing...

Yahoo has scheduled a special board of directors meeting on Friday to determine, effectively, the fate of the company. After a week of hectic negotiating, it’s clear that no one is going to step in with a competing acquisition offer to what Microsoft...

Microsoft has released a comic strip based on the life of an IT professional. Below is a quote taken from its site: "The HHH Comic Series is a daily web comic that adapts tech stories from actual IT Professionals and Developers - a web comic that reflects...

In a major departure from its traditional business model, E.A. plans to announce that it is developing a new installment in its hit Battlefield series that will be distributed on the Internet as a free download. Rather than being sold at retail, the game...

NBC Universal, owner of the exclusive U.S. media rights to this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China (August 8-24, 2008), announced today that it was teaming up with MSN and Microsoft in an unprecedented strategic alliance to create "NBCOlympics.com...

Microsoft has taken its marketing push for Windows Vista and Windows Live into enemy territory by offering demonstration videos on YouTube. The new channel was launched December 21. The content itself isn't all that exciting, but they do demonstrate various...

ODC 2008 is the premier event for Microsoft Office and SharePoint developers , bringing together architects, developers, industry technical experts, Microsoft insiders, and key partners in a public forum to redefine what it means to be focused on 2007...

XNA Game Studio 2.0 was released early morning, today. To get your own copy of XNA Game Studio 2.0, head over to XNA Creators Club Online at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=101280&clcid=0x409 . There, you’ll find information on downloading...

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1 was released yesterday. More details can be found here .

Service Pack 1 for Office 2007 is now available for installation here . The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to user security...

This is my first blog as a Microsoft insider! I will keep all of you updated on all the new technologies being developed all around the world. So keep your eyes on the blog. C'ya, Paras