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&lt;P&gt;We know that your time is short so the NZ MSDN &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;TECHNET&amp;nbsp;Flash Newsletters aims to provide you with relevant, topical&amp;nbsp;developer and IT Professional&amp;nbsp;related updates from your local community and around the world. Each edition features an editorial piece produced by the NZ&amp;nbsp;MSDN &amp;amp; TECHNET Team where you will learn about free local Microsoft led training events including the &lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/nz/events/unplugged/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/nz/events/unplugged/default.mspx"&gt;UNPLUGGED series&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You have told us that it is a challenge keeping up with our technology so we have included a regular feature within the NZ&amp;nbsp;MSDN &amp;amp; TECHNET Flash which highlights interactive and free learning resources such as virtual labs, webcasts and e-learning material on existing and new technologies from Microsoft. Also, you will be able to learn about your local developer &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;IT Professional&amp;nbsp;community and organisations to ensure you stay in the know about what's new! &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;As part of our re-launch, subscribe to either the NZ MSDN or TECHNET Flash newsletter before the 25 June 2009 and get the chance to win&amp;nbsp;a HP TouchSmart PC. In addition, one lucky subscriber will win a subscription of their choice (MSDN, TechNet or Expression) every month until the end of&amp;nbsp;June. &lt;A href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-nz/cc462935.aspx" mce_href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-nz/cc462935.aspx"&gt;So subscribe today and be into win!&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
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Flash</category></item><item><title>Vote win 1 of 2 XBOX360s!</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/03/01/vote-win-1-of-2-xbox360s.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9453100</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=9453100</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/03/01/vote-win-1-of-2-xbox360s.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P&gt;Technology can be the force that transforms great ideas into real world solutions. And that's the point of the Imagine Cup every year - to use technology to make a difference. These teams from around NZ have come up with solutions to the world's toughest problems. Check out their idea and see if it is up to scratch! 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The developer survey will only require 5-10 minutes of your time. Our dev and his cubicle buddies will share some of their real life stories from the office. The winner will be notified on the 1st of April 2009. Note, this prize draw is open only to NZ residents. &lt;A href="http://mydevworld.asia/" mce_href="http://mydevworld.asia/"&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9453094" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/New+Zealand/">New Zealand</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Developers/">Developers</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/mydevworld-asia/">mydevworld.asia</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/survey/">survey</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/competition/">competition</category></item><item><title>Tech.Days - a 24 hour virtual event for developers</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/03/01/tech-days-a-24-hour-virtual-event-for-developers.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9453078</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=9453078</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/03/01/tech-days-a-24-hour-virtual-event-for-developers.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P&gt;On April 1 2009, join developers from all around the world for the first ever 24 hour day of technology training. Tech.Days will feature 95 live sessions across 5 tracks on current and emerging technologies in developer tools, mobility, windows, office/sharepoint and web development. All sessions will be recorded so if you can't make the live sessions, you can watch the on demand sessions later on. For more information and to register, &lt;A href="http://www.msfttechdays.com/public/home.aspx" mce_href="http://www.msfttechdays.com/public/home.aspx"&gt;click here!&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P mce_keep="true"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9453078" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Tech-Days+2009/">Tech.Days 2009</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Developers/">Developers</category></item><item><title>Announcing New Zealand's Strategic Partners for the 2009 Imagine Cup Competition! </title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/01/14/announcing-new-zealand-s-strategic-partners-for-the-2009-imagine-cup-competition.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9317861</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=9317861</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/01/14/announcing-new-zealand-s-strategic-partners-for-the-2009-imagine-cup-competition.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 604px; HEIGHT: 453px" height=453 src="http://photos-f.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v645/43/84/718263641/n718263641_1943685_942.jpg" width=604 mce_src="http://photos-f.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v645/43/84/718263641/n718263641_1943685_942.jpg"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I am really excited to annouce the partnerships established with Imagine Cup NZ for 2009. The core objective of Imagine Cup encourages innovation via technology and also encourages closer collaboration between academia and industry. Our partnerships with Fronde, Intergen, NextSpace, Provoke, The NZ Computer Society and TechNZ will further strengthen the collaboration between academia and industry. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9317861" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/New+Zealand/">New Zealand</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Imagine+Cup+2009/">Imagine Cup 2009</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Strategic+Partnerships/">Strategic Partnerships</category></item><item><title>Keep up to date with Imagine Cup competition annoucements and more!  </title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/01/14/keep-up-to-date-with-imagine-cup-competition-annoucements-and-more.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9317851</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=9317851</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2009/01/14/keep-up-to-date-with-imagine-cup-competition-annoucements-and-more.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P&gt;Imagine Cup 2009 is now progressing full steam ahead with teams around the country getting stuck into their projects. Keep up to date with competition annoucements, progress and news by joining the&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;A href="http://go.campaigner.co.nz/link.php?M=166992&amp;amp;N=96&amp;amp;L=21&amp;amp;F=H" target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #da3b9b"&gt;Microsoft Imagine Cup 2009 NZ Facebook group&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;! See you online! &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9317851" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Imagine+Cup+2009/">Imagine Cup 2009</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Facebook/">Facebook</category></item><item><title>Check out Tech.Ed 2008 NZ online! </title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/09/10/check-out-tech-ed-2008-nz-online.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8938683</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=8938683</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/09/10/check-out-tech-ed-2008-nz-online.aspx#comments</comments><description>Annually we run the Tech.Ed conference for IT professionals in the industry to showcase Microsoft's latest technologies and innovation. This year, we have also chosen to deliver the experience online for those who couldn't make the event. Check out &lt;A href="http://www.techedlive.co.nz/"&gt;www.techedlive.co.nz&lt;/A&gt; to see the keynote, popular technical breakout sessions plus download slide decks from the event! &lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8938683" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/New+Zealand/">New Zealand</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Tech-Ed/">Tech.Ed</category></item><item><title>Microsoft Corp Recruiting for Technical Graduates now!</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/09/10/microsoft-corp-recruiting-for-technical-graduates-now.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8938671</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=8938671</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/09/10/microsoft-corp-recruiting-for-technical-graduates-now.aspx#comments</comments><description>Microsoft is looking for final year students, recent graduates and industry candidates who are interested in development opportunities in North America. We're looking for Software Design Engineers and Software Design Engineer in Test. If you are interested please &lt;A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/college/overseas.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/college/overseas.mspx"&gt;check out here&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more information.&amp;nbsp;Application this year closes on Oct 3rd 2008! &amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8938671" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Graduate+Positions/">Graduate Positions</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Microsoft+Corp/">Microsoft Corp</category></item><item><title>Support the next generation of ICT professionals with Imagine Cup 2009!</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/07/29/support-the-next-generation-of-ict-professionals-with-imagine-cup-2009.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8786143</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=8786143</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/07/29/support-the-next-generation-of-ict-professionals-with-imagine-cup-2009.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P&gt;The New Zealand team performed well at the world wide finals in Paris this year - however it was our neighbour &lt;A class="" href="http://imaginecup.com/about/news.aspx" mce_href="http://imaginecup.com/about/news.aspx"&gt;Team Australia&lt;/A&gt; who took out the title of Software Design Winner Title for 2008. The theme and location for Imagine Cup 2009 &lt;A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/controlpanel/blogs/www.microsoft.co.nz/imaginecup" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/controlpanel/blogs/www.microsoft.co.nz/imaginecup"&gt;has been annouced&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/nz/imaginecup09/" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/nz/imaginecup09/"&gt;Registration is now open&lt;/A&gt; for industry and academic mentors who wish to be involved for the 2009 competition. This is your opportunity to get involved with the next generation of developers and IT professionals and help them realise their ideas and dreams. &lt;A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/nz/imaginecup09/" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/nz/imaginecup09/"&gt;Register &lt;/A&gt;and stay tuned for more information. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8786143" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/New+Zealand/">New Zealand</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Imagine+Cup+2009/">Imagine Cup 2009</category></item><item><title>Brightest Spot in the World for the first week of July! </title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/06/29/brightest-spot-in-the-world-for-the-first-week-of-july.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8666459</guid><dc:creator>paullo</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=8666459</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/2008/06/29/brightest-spot-in-the-world-for-the-first-week-of-july.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P&gt;This week, our winning &lt;A class="" href="http://imaginecup08.spaces.live.com/" mce_href="http://imaginecup08.spaces.live.com/"&gt;NZ Imagine Cup team&lt;/A&gt; will be joining 400 students from all around the world in Paris for the &lt;A class="" href="http://imaginecup.com/Default.aspx" mce_href="http://imaginecup.com/Default.aspx"&gt;World Wide Finals of Imagine Cup&lt;/A&gt;! Stay tuned online and track our progress as our NZ teams competes for the title for Software Design winner for Imagine Cup 2008! Also, the theme and location of the 2009 competition will also be annouced. Good luck to Team Phoneix from University of Canterbury! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8666459" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/New+Zealand/">New Zealand</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/2008/">2008</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Imagine+Cup/">Imagine Cup</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/Team+Phoenix/">Team Phoenix</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paullo/archive/tags/2009/">2009</category></item></channel></rss>