March, 2010

Ada Lovelace Day 2010 ( #ALD10 ) is an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science.  I’m looking forward to reading about the women in technology who motivate us all.  Last year I found Tim...

Windows Phone 7 Series holds a promise to be an amazing personal mobile phone with new innovative user interface and functionality , as well as a great development platform on which you can quickly and easily build games and applications. With a myriad...

by Darren Doyle I’m a big fan when it comes to Maps. I have no idea why mapping online is so cool to me, but it’s one of the things I use a lot. Today I’ve decided to compare Bing and Google Maps both side by side and see who is the winner! While Wikipedia...

mix MIX 2010: Day Two Keynote w/ Microsoft Student Insiders

Our students at MIX (Jeremy, Joe, Tom).  join our Live Blog tomorrow at 9am PDT review today’s live blog coverage   Photo courtesy Vetela Hawkins Technorati Tags:  MIX10 , MicrosoftSI

We’re having so much fun here at MIX10 and we want to make sure that what stays in Vegas reaches you! I’ve been lucky to be attending with three of our student Insiders and I’m keeping pace … for the most part. I wanted to spend a little time connecting...

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas … right?  Not when it comes to MIX10.  Here’s how you can connect to what’s happening Want the student perspective?  Join our Live blog where you can listen or chat with us about the upcoming announcements...

Join us live Monday morning! MIX 2010: Day One Keynote Live Blog w/ Microsoft Student Insiders Technorati Tags:  MIX10 , MicrosoftSI

Tired of XL T-shirts? Come get a women’ s shirt with real Swarovski crystals!   {iGive = dc}; What is iGive? The iGive program is a way for Microsoft to “give back” to the communities that we live in and serve.  It is part of the overall corporate...

I’m Tom Ziegmann and I’m the IT Student Insider. Taking on the challenge of being one of the first Student Insiders is nothing new to me. At the age of 16, I was an intern at Microsoft on the Windows Home Server marketing team. I’m currently a freshman...

Nike’s Air Jordan Mosaic Azure + Silverlight + Deep Zoom come together to show off your shoes! Click to Zoom in and see the shoes.

    MIX10 is next week (March 15-17) and we want YOU to be on the inside.  Attend virtually through the blogging and tweeting of our Student Insiders who will report live from the keynotes and interview industry luminaries like Bill Buxton...

As my last blog post was on Office Web App’s I said I would keep up the charge on how Office is starting to become cool! Let me introduce you to Ribbon Hero for Office Word, PowerPoint and Excel 2007/2010. What is it?! At its heart, Ribbon Hero is a game...

It’s also Women’s History Month . In honor of women in computing, you should meet Lili Cheng , general manager of Microsoft’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs, which focuses on software and services that are centered on social connectivity, real...

Awesome news from Windows Phone 7 demo shows cross platform game coding, playing Start playing on your desktop, continue to Windows Phone 7, and finish on Xbox 360.  Get a glimpse at the development that makes it happen. Technorati Tags: SP7 , WindowsPhone7...

Kodu , a game programming environment for kids of all ages is now available on PC. Watch Alfred demonstrate how it works. (turn up the volume it’s soft) Who’s using Kodu? In Detroit, Michigan we have been watching our friends at Explorer Elementary who...

10 incredible Imagine Cup teams have begun the race toward the $8,000 cash prize by submitting a Software Design Project . 5 teams have been chosen to represent bring their projects to the US finals in both Software Design and Game Design . Let’s take...