Thoughts from Microsoft Ireland

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 The programme aims to address outdated stereotypes and to open students’ minds...

Silverlight 2, which provides developers with a means of delivering powerful exciting online applications, has been released.  This new release includes a range of features and tools that enable designers and developers to better collaborate while...

Cisco Systems and Microsoft Ireland are the title sponsors of a major Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) event that will link high-potential local companies with Silicon Valley leaders. The event, “Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland 2008”, will take...

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2) was today unveiled at the VoiceCon event in Amsterdam.  Office Communications Server 2007 R2 delivers important new functionality that extends software-powered voice communications, particularly...

The next release of the Windows operating system will be called: Windows 7. According to Mike Nash on the Windows Vista team blog : The decision to use the name Windows 7 is about simplicity. Over the years, we have taken different approaches to naming...

At the 7th Repak Recycling Awards last week, Microsoft Ireland won the Best Prevention Initiative Award for the re-design of the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac packaging. The Awards serve to recognise and commend both businesses and schools that are exemplars...

MSN is inviting people in Ireland to “vote” for their preferred candidate in the global “Race to the White House” online election. You can register your vote here . You can see the voting results for Ireland and twenty two other countries around the world...

Three teachers from Northern Ireland; Tom Fitzsimmons and Ciaran McLaren from Crumlin Integrated College, and Eileen McStocker of St. Pius X College , will be travelling to Hong Kong to represent Northern Ireland at the 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Innovative...

Updated: Kildare teacher, Kathleen O'Connor and Tipperary teacher, Kate O’Connell will be both travelling to Hong Kong to represent Ireland at the 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Teacher’s Forum in November. Kathleen, who teaches at Ballyadams...

This week marks the second annual Corporate Responsibility Week in Ireland, an initiative driven by Business in the Community Ireland (BITC). As part of the Corporate Responsibility week, BITC have published the fifth "Inspiring Excellence"...

Ireland’s third largest mobile communications provider, Meteor Mobile Communications has deployed Microsoft Office 2007 to over 800 people across the entire company. Meteor has standardised on the Microsoft Office 2007 system to optimise productivity...

If you like to change your desktop wallpaper from time to time then MSN Wallpapers is just for you. It’s a free download that: Gives you over 120 free wallpapers (and counting) Provides you with the tools to crop, rotate and resize images for your desktop...

Intel, Microsoft and An Post today launched ‘Log On, Learn’ a new programme that aims to provide computer training to older people in Ireland. ‘Log On, Learn’ takes a unique approach by enabling a participating transition year...