News from Microsoft Ireland's Developer & Platform Group
August 2006 - Posts
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The nice folks from Develop Mentor in the UK have kindly let me know about a great discount they are currently offering if you fancy heading over to London at short notice. They have a few places to fill in a 4-day course running next week, so are offering Read More...
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BTW, if you want to learn more about what's happening at Microsoft Research, you can check out their website . They have a lot of really interesting articles on the work they are doing. If you have a specific interest in graphics, you should also check Read More...
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Ever wonder what those guys in Microsoft Research get up to? Well, now is your chance to find out!! As 2006 is the 15th birthday of Microsoft Research (MSR) we decided we should do something here in Ireland to celebrate. So, we have gotten together with Read More...
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If you are involved in the Financial Services Sector, you might be interested in checking out the following webcast series... I've included the topics they will be covering below - note though that the times are EST, so they should be happening afternoon/evening Read More...
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So - all the Microsoft user groups and communities seem to be now back from their summer holidays. There are quite a few upcoming events that you should check out. First of all (as mentioned previously) Christian Weyer is back to do his long-anticipated Read More...
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I know many of you were very disappointed when Christian Weyer from Thinktecture had to cancel his Architecture talk last June because of sickness. Well the excellent news is that Christian is coming back on August 29th to give his long-awaited presentation! Read More...
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If you are from Ireland or Northern Ireland and interested in mobile development, you can get yourself a free copy of the Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Resource Kit. It's available from MSDN Connection Ireland site. To get it sent out to you, all you have Read More...
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Fancy using your skills to really make a difference to charities around the world? Well, you might be interested in the major competition the Office team have launched for developers to design an Office 2007 application between now and Oct 1st. The aim Read More...
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Always wanted to lend your hand to developing games? Well, you'll probably be interested in the news today that MS have just announced a new tool called XNA Game Studio Express (based on Visual Studio C# Express 2005) aimed at allowing students and hobbyists Read More...
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There always seems to be a lot of interest in mobile development here in Ireland - so if you may want to take a look at the dedicated conference happening in Las Vegas in November. The session list looks pretty interesting... Mobile Connections November Read More...
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A little off-topic for developer news in Ireland - however considering I know so many of you are into photography too, I thought you might be interested in hearing about Photosynth, a new prototype app from the folks at Microsoft Live Labs in conjunction Read More...
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Ok - so if you are reading this, you probably already know all about blogs ;) ... but if you don't, are in the Cork area and want to learn more, you may want to check out it@cork's Blog Training Series below... it@cork Blog Training Series, commencing, Read More...
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For those of you who have seen Rob's WPF and Atlas demos, you'll probably have seen his demo of Microsoft Expression Web Designer. Well - here's you chance to try it out for yourself. The Community Technology Preview is now available for download for Read More...
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