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You probably don't read the Official XBox Magazine , which is billed as "The UK's Number One XBox360 Magazine." All you need to know is that it's a magazine written by fanboys, for fanboys. Impartiality doesn't seem to be on tap there, but admiration...

Over 100 students from 23 Colleges and Universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland have registered for the Imagine Cup Competition . And it's not too late: the competition is open to students from all third level Colleges and Universities around the...

I sank my teeth into XNA last week and have both the rings under my eyes to prove it, as well as a complete game running on my XBox360! I've heard the XNA vision articulated as "enabling the YouTube of Games." XNA has opened up the XBox360 game console...

Daft.ie is Ireland's biggest property website. Their listings include properties for sale, letting and sharing. In fact, I found my Dublin apartment through Daft when I moved here from Canada. Daft has just released Daft Realtime , a Windows Vista...

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released yesterday, and I've just downloaded and installed the Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2 onto my Vista PC. Smooth sailing all the way, and no compatibility warnings. Hooray! Here's a link to SQL Server...

Microsoft has just released Virtual PC 2007 as a free download . Virtual PC is a client for hosting virtual machines. I have written before at how valuable I find virtualization to be, for development, testing, evaluating, and of course managing my...

I love my Windows Mobile device. In fact, I love it so much, that when I had a chance to buy a Zune last week in Seattle, I didn't take it. My PocketPC does it all, and more. The model I have is the HTC Wizard 100 , which is pictured here; it's a Pocket...

I asked earlier this week if any of the web hosting companies in Ireland are offering ASP.NET AJAX as part of a dedicated or shared hosting package. Blacknight solutions are first to the gate informing me that they are ready to go! They created...

Brad Abrams blogged a list of web hosters offering ASP.NET AJAX (formerly "Atlas"), including one in France , and a slew of write-in hosters are included in the comments of his post. You definitely want a hoster that supports ASP.NET AJAX. Even if...

Here are 3 tips and tricks for Outlook 2007, plus a bonus tip for those running Outlook 2007 on Vista. You can enlarge the screenshots by clicking on the images. #1. Quickly add Calendar and Availability information to an e-mail message. In...

If you're looking to better understand what's happening under the hood when you execute a query against SQL Server 2005, here's a really cool feature of SQL Server Management Studio (and SQL Server Management Studio Express) that I only just discovered...

My job here is done. I’m going to get these lads to do my Vista demos in future, or maybe even apply for the open Evangelist role. For my out-of-Ireland readers, Podge and Rodge are local celebs that host an irreverent late-night talk show. Which...

If you're a developer or IT Professional, you might want to add the Administrative Tools shortcut to your Start Menu in Windows Vista. Here's how: Right-click on the Taskbar (or the Start menu pearl) and select "Properties". On the Start Menu tab...

I was told yesterday I can't possibly overestimate the importance of virtualization to the Enterprise. We're talking about scenarios like production server consolidation, business continuity management, enabling a dynamic datacenter, and of course...

My first breakout session yesterday was with the Windows Live team, where they discussed their developer offerings and pipeline. There is huge potential here for developers. What does Windows Live have to offer Dev elopers? Have you ever wanted...

The TechReady conference is off to a great start. I've shaken off the jetlag and am overwhelmed by the smorgasbord of sessions. Here's a photo of Steve Ballmer firing us up during this morning's keynote. He's still got it!! TechReady is an internal...

NLarge is my little utility for technical presentations. It magnifies the screen through a smooth animation, allows you to pan and zoom around the magnified screen, and annotate with the mouse or tablet PC pen. I made a little tweak to NLarge to address...

Feedback about Designertopia on the web looks positive: lots of diversity in the presentations (here's one attendee's take on day one and day two ), folks getting buzzed after Expression walkthroughs , and even a good gender balance ! Add links in...

I was on Ireland's Today FM today chatting with Ray Foley about Vista, but since it was Ray Foley , we also ended up chatting about XBox360, Vista's Media Center and how it integrates with the XBox, and other cool things Vista will do for you at home...

Two days of designer/developer fusion kick off today at the Designertopia conference in London . Just in time for Designertopia comes good news from the Expression design tools front: Expression Design hit Beta 1, and Expression Blend hit Beta 2. Both...