January 2008 - Posts

Free Web Hosting Update
28 January 08 04:10 PM

This offer has been suspended – please check back soon for update. Since posting last week we have had a huge amount of interest in our free student hosting offer. For those of you who don't know Microsoft and Webfusion are collaborating to offer free Read More...

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Inspiration Tour Now Online!
24 January 08 02:20 PM

As many of you already know this year we have been touring UK universities on the Inspiration Tour talking about Silverlight, XNA, Windows Embedded and how these technologies are relevant to the student audience. We've had a lot of great feedback about Read More...

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Filed under: Technology, Events, Inspiration Tour, Cool Stuff

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Shift Happens Presentation
21 January 08 11:14 AM

Whenever we give a presentation on the Inspiration Tour we like to run a deck called 'Shift Happens' as the audience enters the room. This particular presentation has been doing the rounds online for quite some time and states some key facts which demonstrate Read More...

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Free ASP.NET Hosting for UK Students
20 January 08 05:00 PM

This offer has been suspended – please check back soon for update. In the past when talking to students about ASP.NET one common criticism  is the prohibitive cost of ASP.NET hosting in the UK. I have been told numerous time by students that they Read More...

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Embedded Messenger Client - Contact Us Now!
11 January 08 10:06 AM

To follow on from yesterdays post offering students the opportunity to contact me directly via messenger to me talk about the Imagine Cup I thought I'd make it even easier to get in touch and add the embedded Messenger control. Anyone with a Live ID can Read More...

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Filed under: Imagine Cup, Cool Stuff

Imagine Cup; Need help? Then Get in Touch...
10 January 08 10:46 AM

To help those of you who would like some help or advice with their entries to the Imagine Cup we have set up a messenger alias which you can add and talk directly with a member of the team. If you don't already have Messenger it can be downloaded here Read More...

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Filed under: Imagine Cup

Software Design Competition - New Deadline 16th Jan
10 January 08 09:58 AM

That's right, we took feedback that our original deadline of 9th Jan was hard to meet as its outside term time for many UK universities and pushed it back a week to the 16th Jan. If you're thinking of entering the Software Design Competition I would really Read More...

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Filed under: Technology, Imagine Cup, Software

Imagine Cup Deadlines
08 January 08 04:40 PM

After my last post giving an update on the deadlines for recruitment in the UK and the Imagine Cup Software Development Competition I thought I would list the deadlines for all of the Imagine Cup Competitions. Click the below links to find out more and Read More...

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Filed under: Technology, Imagine Cup, Software

Happy new year - now get to work ;)
06 January 08 10:32 PM

Hopefully like me you've all had a great Christmas but I'm guessing that also like me today was the last day of your holidays :(. I thought that to kick off the new year I'd remind you about some upcoming deadlines (Aren't I kind!). Round One of the Imagine Read More...

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Filed under: Imagine Cup, Inspiration Tour, Careers @ Microsoft, Cool Stuff