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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:25 AM

TechDays Registration Is Live – Get The Early Bird Price While You Can

From the Dev Connection Blog, John writes: Hello Everyone!  While we don’t have all the speakers listed as there are over 60 across the country (most should be there for the end of the week), we do have the sessions and you can sign up for the early
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Friday, September 26, 2008 3:59 PM

TechDays Is Here! TechDays Is Here! TechDays Is Here!

I am extremely pleased to announce that the TechDays 2008 registration site is now open.  What is TechDays you ask?!  Check it out here . Don’t want to miss the IT conference of the year?  Ready to register?  Head over to the TechDays
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Friday, September 26, 2008 11:16 AM

We Are Hiring: ISV Platform Evangelist (Contract)

ISV Tele-Developer Evangelist (1 Year Contract) Job Number: J0808-0069 - Contract Category: Developer & Platform Evangelism City: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada The ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Tele-Developer Evangelist is a member of the Developer
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Friday, September 26, 2008 11:11 AM

We Are Hiring – Architect Evangelist

Want to join the absolutely best team at Microsoft Canada?  We are hiring!   Architect Evangelist The Challenge: The mission of the Architect Evangelist (AE) is to demonstrate the value of new innovative Microsoft platform technologies by engaging
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Friday, September 26, 2008 10:51 AM

Are You A Student? Going To Explore Design? We Are.

Qixing has outlined our involvement at Explore Design .  This is a major investment for us this year and our team is looking forward to seeing everyone at the show.  Probably the coolest part it that we have a Surface unit to show off. 
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Friday, September 26, 2008 10:26 AM

Reach out to new Canadians to battle tech talent crunch

Sharif, our HR VP, is featured in this article in Itbusiness.ca.  He talks about ways to address the talent crunch in Canada.   Reach out to new Canadians to battle tech talent crunch, urges Microsoft exec.  9/25/2008 5:00:00 AM By: Kavita
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:34 PM

PDC News – Killer Keynotes

http://microsoftpdc.com/View.aspx?post=91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8963599&tag=PDC2008 In our first keynote at PDC2008 Ray Ozzie will talk about the new world of Software Plus Services, with Bob Muglia joining him, to unveil our new Cloud
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:28 PM

Ignite Your Career

If you haven’t noticed, we have a bit of a theme behind our events and programs this year – developing your skills and career .  A major hit last year was our “ Ignite Your Career ” series.  These webcasts, featuring a great line-up of experts
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:01 PM

MSR Releases The Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE)

I’ve been using ICE for a while.  It rocks – the best way to build panoramic or composite images from a group of photos.  Try it out . From the site: “Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set
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Monday, September 22, 2008 11:14 PM

PDC – Wow, 160GB hard drives for all!

Go to PDC, get all the bits on your very own hard drive… that’s good swag.  http://www.microsoftpdc.com/ Countdown to PDC 2008: This is the Software + Services PDC, Plus a Hard Drive Chock Full o’Bits is a PDC Attendee’s Dream Come True!
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Monday, September 22, 2008 1:09 PM

TechDays – Some Q&A

John Oxley has received a lot of email on Techdays and he responds to some of it here . “Hello Everyone!  Your feedback on TechDays has been great and I really want to thank you so much for taking the time to share your comments with me.  I
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Monday, September 22, 2008 12:46 PM

Introducing TechDays – Canada’s Premier Technology Conference Series

I am behind several people on our team and in the community who have already posted information about TechDays, but I wanted to share the news here as well.  Each year our team strives to deliver the best experience to Canada’s Technical Professionals
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Friday, September 19, 2008 3:49 PM

Explore Design Conference

From our UX Connection Blog   Oct. 1- 2: Explore Design presented by Microsoft, Toronto It's the first North America design education fair for youth. A consortium of educational institutions, associations, professional groups, and companies will
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:47 PM

Stereotype

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Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:45 PM

Not Alone

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Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:38 PM

I Am A PC

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:41 PM

Maps.ca quietly appears…and I’m impressed.

Our friends at Yellowpages launched a new site quietly called Maps.ca – now we will talk more about this site in the future (especially the great traffic data I hope)….. but for now head over and check it out.   So, if I count right the number of
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:30 PM

RE/MAX No Longer Using Google Maps

RE/MAX has switched to Virtual Earth on their site.  It’s a really great implementation with custom controls and pushpins for the MLS listings. Congrats to RE/MAX.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:57 PM

The Microsoft Canada Development Centre Opens In Vancouver

The grand opening of the centre happened this past week.  It’s a unique facility because it is an extension of the product teams in Redmond.  Microsoft Canada is already an organization of 800+ people and we are really excited to have a facility
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:09 AM

Cutting the Cord: Zune 3.0 Offers Downloads From the Airwaves

I just updated our 3 Zunes at home – I’ll let you know, but the early indications look very promising.  I definitely like the concept of “channels” in the marketplace software.  See the press release below.     http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/sep08/09-16zune.msp
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Monday, September 15, 2008 7:32 PM

Back In The Swing Of Things

I’ve been out of touch for a long while.  In fact, I’ve been on parental leave all summer!  I am back now and ready to reconnect.  Stay tuned.
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