How did you learn to code? I ask because a couple of recent chance encounters have got me thinking that there are some pretty big gaps in people’s knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3. For example, I was chatting to a student who approached me at an event last...

It may be the shortest month of the year but the latest MSDN magazine is packed with useful articles. The featured article is " Asynchronous Programming with C++ Using PPL ," by Artur Laksberg, looking at how C++ features can be used to create more...

If you have already registered for DevWeek 2012, we have something great to share with you. For the first time at DevWeek , the programme will include a dedicated track of technical sessions presented by speakers from Microsoft. The Microsoft Tech.Days...

This year, our Tech.Days events are bringing information, ideas and inspiration right to your doorstep. Across a series of online, on-demand and in-person sessions, you can regularly engage with the UK and Europe’s leading technologists and explore...

As technologists we tend to talk a different language to business people. Trying to give non-technical examples of how, in this case, cloud computing makes a business more agile and able to respond to things that happen in the market, in the industry...

As part of the Britain Works program, Microsoft’s DPE and Citizenship teams have been working with training company QA and e-skills UK to develop a year-long Modern Apprenticeship in Software Development . According to the Department for Business...

Last month we highlighted that SQLBits X is the official UK Technical Launch for SQL Server 2012 and registration is now open. We also featured a post by Lynn Langit on Microsoft’s vNext of SQL Server Data Tools... aka Data Dude . At SQLBits...

Fancy a trip to Amsterdam to get some time away from the day to day stuff and dive into some learning and networking? Here’s your chance - TechEd Europe is running from 26th – 29th June. There are over 400 sessions (yep, that’s 400!...

by Matt Robinson , Mando Group We recently embarked on a proof of concept project to create a line of business web application using some of the latest technologies such as Windows Azure and HTML5 and see if we could combine these technologies with...

by Gary Pretty , Mando Group We recently embarked on a proof of concept project to create a line of business web application using some of the latest technologies such as Windows Azure and HTML5 and see if we could combine these technologies with great...

The Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone is now available as a reward with the Windows Phone UK Developer Reward Programme . Plus, get rewarded with loads of other fantastic prizes by building your own & unique Windows Phone App and publishing it on the...

On February 22nd 2012 a brand new event is being launched at the Brighton Metropole hotel covering all things testing related. TestFest 2012 is a one day event with a difference – forget your closed sessions with bullet pointed PowerPoint decks...

It’s been a long time since I dabbled in the stock market. Recently though, given the limited returns available from my bank, or Premium Bonds or pretty much anywhere else (why didn’t I buy gold a year ago?) I decided to take the plunge again...

by Giorgio Sardo Cut the Rope is an immediate favourite for anyone who plays it. It’s as fun as it is adorable. So we had an idea: let’s make this great game available to an even bigger audience by offering it on the web using the power...

Pete Satchwell continues the discussion, moving on to other standards not usually directly associated with cloud computing and also putting clarity around and giving examples of things like the EU DPD 9546 EC and PCI DSS. Cloud Security Standards Video...

In this video interview, Pete Satchwell from Microsoft talks about cloud computing security standards and puts some meaning around all the numbers. WHat does ISO27001 actually mean, how can you apply it in some meaningful way to your business and are...

Cut the Rope , the game originally built for iPhone and Android by ZeptoLab has been ported to HTML5 by PixelLabs, ZentoLab and the Internet Explorer team. To get the full story on how it was created, including an explanation of the mind-set switch required...

Registration is now open for the 2012 edition of the Windows Phone Camp (powered by Tech.Days UK). The Windows Phone Camps are learning events which will show you how to learn and build Windows Phone apps. You can work on your own projects with assistance...

Registration is now open for the 2012 edition of the Windows Azure BootCamp (powered by Tech.Days UK). The Windows Azure Camps are events which will show you how to take advantage of cloud computing. This is a free full day training to get you up-to...

Kinect is coming to the PC, not as a hack but as a commercial product with dedicated PC hardware, in early 2012, according to the Kinect for Windows Blog . Some of the changes for the PC version include: a shorter USB cable and new firmware for ‘close...

by Rik Hepworth Far too often at the first customer meeting about a new SharePoint-delivered website I get handed a piece of paper like the one below. ‘We’ve planned the site’ says the cheery project owner. In an effort to help you...

War Horse , the new Steven Spielberg film, opens on Christmas Day in the USA and early in January here in the UK. It is the story of a horse’s journey from Devon to the battlefields of Flanders in World War I. Shropshire-based developers, Shoothill...

So, you’ve got a big Microsoft SQL Server infrastructure with lots of lovely data on it and you have a bunch of computers running Linux that need the data. Until now, getting the two systems to talk was challenging. But now, the Microsoft SQL...