February 2005 - Posts

Gates and High Schools
27 February 05 12:58 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

The Gates Foundation has spent a huge pile of money over the past few years towards improving America's high-schools. Bill stepped up the message in an address to the National Governers Association in Washington D.C. this weekend. Read More...

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Proficient with XAML? Need a Job?
20 February 05 10:39 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Solidworks is looking for a software engineer with XAML skills... Read More...

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Live in London? Excited about Avalon? Have dinner with Kevin!
20 February 05 10:37 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Kevin Moore is a fellow Program Manager on the Avalon team. He is going to be in London towards the end of February and is setting up a dinner for Avalon enthusiasts. Interested? His blog has all the details... Read More...

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Don't call it a comeback!
15 February 05 10:50 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Bill Gates announced Internet Explorer 7 today. The IE team's blog has more info. IE holds a special place in my heart for two reasons. First- IE is the reason I came to work at Microsoft. When I graduated college - I had a number of opportunities in Read More...

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Rio Carbon
13 February 05 07:08 PM | KamVedBrat | 7 Comments   

Earlier this week I was given a Rio Carbon as a thank-you gift for doing a big presentation for another team at work. I was really impressed at the generosity, and also with the player itself. Then I got it home and tried to use it. And this is where Read More...

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Google Maps
08 February 05 10:40 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

I got email from somoene today about google maps . This is really an incredible service. This is some clever spin on the search near me concept that MSN Search has. Also just a great straight-up maps and directions service. Read More...

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MSN Search launched today!
01 February 05 12:20 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

The new MSN Search launched today. The search guys have totally revamped MSN Search, taking it from a a front-end on results and advertising provided by other companies to an entirely MSFT created stack. Very cool, and very good. One of the best features Read More...

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