Hi, Thanks for visiting the blog. I am moving to a new role in Microsoft in the United States. As a result this blog is being put on hold. You can find all the latest news from Microsoft Ireland here . Thanks Tom Murphy

Microsoft has announced the different product versions for Windows 7. From the PressPass interview with Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra: Ybarra: With Windows 7 there will be two primary editions: Windows 7 Home Premium, and Windows 7 Professional...

Customers will be able to download the beta release of Windows 7 until February 2009. After that date the download will no longer be available. From the Windows 7 Team blog : The shutdown of general availability for the Windows 7 Beta will occur in 3...

  The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has selected Microsoft Silverlight technology to enable live and on-demand video streaming of the official inauguration swearing-in ceremony on the PIC Web site at http://www.pic2009.org . As part of its...

Microsoft Ireland has launched an online survey intended to build a better understanding of the attitudes and experiences of 14 – 18 year olds to online bullying and online privacy. The survey is exclusively for 14 – 18 year old respondents. You can take...

Availability of the Windows 7 Beta has been extended until January 24th 2009.  You can download your own copy of the beta here . You can find out more about Windows 7 here . You can also watch some introductory videos If you’re interested in Windows...

Dublin: December 17th 2008 -   Microsoft is encouraging customers to follow simple safety guidelines including the application of all relevant software updates, installing up-to-date anti-virus and anti-malware software and ensuring that the...

Dublin: December 17th 2008 -   Microsoft is encouraging customers to follow simple safety guidelines including the application of all relevant software updates, installing up-to-date anti-virus and anti-malware software and ensuring that the...

Do you like print your schedule and your task list from Outlook?  Would you like more options?  The newly released Microsoft Calendar Printing Assistant brings you a wide variety of new printing options for your tasks and schedule in Outlook...

Microsoft yesterday submitted its response to the Article 29 Working Party’s Opinion on search privacy and announced its support of the Working Party’s call for an industry standard for search data anonymisation timeframes and methods. Microsoft’s John...

The first public beta of BizTalk Server 2009 is available for download. Microsoft BizTalk Server is used to connect systems both inside and across organizations.  This includes exchanging data and orchestrating business processes which require multiple...

Microsoft employee Ori Amiga has transformed his 12-year-old Porsche into a mobile computing platform using Live Mesh ! Microsoft’s Live Mesh allows you to synchronize all your information—photos, music, documents, and more – among PCs, notebooks, and...

The next public beta release of Internet Explorer 8 will include improvements to Compatibility View that help end-users when they visit web sites that are not yet ready for IE8’s new, more standards-compliant defaults. You can find out more details on...

Enable Ireland’s National Assistive Technology Training Centre has received a gold medal from the European Commission for its innovative use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for people with disabilities. This medal is in recognition of...

From the International Herald Tribune . On Monday, Microsoft researchers published the results of a study of health-related Web searches on the company's Live search engine as well as a survey of the company's employees. The study suggests that self-diagnosis...

Last week in Croke Park, the “Partnering for Success” conference took place with over 200 attendees and a waiting list of over 80 organisations.  The event provided Irish community and voluntary sector (C&V) organisations with an insight into...

Last Friday we hosted the annual Enable Ireland National Assistive Technology (AT) course graduation at our building in Sandyford.  It’s the fourth year we’ve hosted the ceremony and it’s a fantastic event. The course is designed, by Siobhan Long...

At an event in the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin last Thursday night, Microsoft launched BizSpark an initiative designed to help indigenous technology start ups to grow into successful businesses. The programme recognises the unique and significant role...

Five Irish teachers; Tom Fitzsimmons and Ciaran McLaren from Crumlin Integrated College, and Eileen McStocker of St. Pius X College representing Northern Ireland and Kate O’Connell, from Scoil Mhuire, Kilvemnon in Tipperary; and Kathleen O'Connor who...

The ballots from the MSN European "Race for the White House" online poll have been counted and Barak Obama is the preferred candidate of choice for the next US President, according to nearly 500,000 people (497,259) around Europe who took part...

Microsoft, Yahoo! Inc, Western Union and the African Development Bank have come together to form a coalition to raise global awareness among consumers of the threat posed by lottery hoax e-mails. Through this collaborative effort, the coalition members...

Attendees at the Microsoft Professional Developers' Conference (PDC) yesterday, saw the first full public demo of Windows 7 and received a pre-beta build of Windows 7.  Microsoft also announced plans to release a full Windows 7 beta early next year...

"Partnering for Success" is a unique conference which brings together the voluntary and corporate sectors to share experiences and best practices.  The conference will include representatives from both sectors to explore the leadership...

Today, during a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, announced Windows Azure , the cloud-based service foundation underlying its Azure Services Platform, and highlighted...

Microsoft today launched DigiYouthz , a new programme designed to help Irish students see the incredible opportunities available from a career in the technology industry. The programme aims to address outdated stereotypes and to open students’ minds...