September 2007 - Posts

• Xbox 360 Exclusive “Halo 3” Registers Biggest Day in US Entertainment History with $170 Million in Sales

  http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/09/26/it-s-official-quot-halo-3-quot-registers-biggest-day-in-us-entertainment-history.aspx Read More... Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:32 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• Wherefore art thou New Media Specialist

  Video: Wherefore art thou New Media Specialist Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 2:05 PM by StanleyTan | 0 Comments

• Halo: The Future of Gaming Video

  Very interesting video. Some parts are pretty funny: http://www.loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/228 Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 12:47 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• Halo 3 Tafiti

  In case you haven't seen it yet, Tafiti (our Silverlight-skinned Live Search) is not Halo 3 themed. Check it out: http://www.tafiti.com/ . Read More... Posted Sunday, September 23, 2007 9:39 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• New Halo 3 Weapon Video

  Sweet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEtk8HKo77o Featuring the new Spiker weapon. Read More... Posted Sunday, September 23, 2007 9:30 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• Microsoft Singapore Office 2007 Online Competition

  Microsoft Singapore is giving away a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition every week. To participate, simply visit http://www.microsoft.com/singapore/office/newday/default.mspx and click on the Microsoft Office Picture Quiz banner at the bottom Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:31 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• ClearCase to TFS Migration Tool Released

  A new tool to migrate from ClearCase to Team Foundation Server has been released. You can read more about it in bharry's blog . Read More... Posted Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:39 AM by StanleyTan | 2 Comments

• How Windows Update Keeps Itself Up-to-Date

  There's been some discussion in the community regarding Windows Update "updating" itself. The Windows Update team has posted a response with clarifications. Check it out: http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2007/09/13/how-windows-update-keeps-itself-up-to-date.asp Read More... Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 12:24 PM by StanleyTan | 0 Comments

• TechEd 2007 SEA: Faculty Summit Global Academic Trends

  Yesterday's last session was a panel discussion on global academic trends. There was a short presentation done to show showed some interesting statistics about Malaysia - namely, that there was more than an adequate supply of ICT students graduating, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:36 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• TechEd 2007 SEA: Faculty Summit Day 2

  Day 2 of the Faculty Summit looks to be filled with very interesting topics. We start with a talk - From Database to Complete Data Platform - from Prakash Sundaresan, Principal Product Unit Manager, in the Database Platform Team. Prakash will be flying Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:46 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• TechEd 2007 SEA: Using .NET in the Curriculum

  [5:19PM] Prof. John Gough, QUT, is starting to talk about .NET in his university curriculum. Hm - I seem to recall attending this presentation before - I can't remember where, though. Anyway, John is talking now about his involvement with .NET way before Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 6:23 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• TechEd 2007 SEA: How to Balance Teaching Academic Concepts and Using High Level .NET Controls

  [4:09PM] This next session, I have to be particularly proud of since the session is done by Oh Chin Lock , Section Head and Lecturer in Temasek Polytechnic. The session will be about balancing teaching real-world skills versus fundamentals. Chin Lock Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 5:16 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• TechEd 2007 SEA: Robotics and Windows Mobile

  [3:14PM] I'm here now in the Faculty Summit Academic Track. Jennifer Perret has just given an overview of the various academic programs and initiatives in Microsoft from a worldwide level. Loke Uei Tan , Technical Product Manager in the Windows Mobile Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 4:15 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• TechEd 2007 South East Asia

  TechEd 2007 SEA begins with Chris Atkinson , President of Microsoft South East Asia, coming out on to stage who starts off by stating that this is the largest TechEd SEA ever. Looking around me in this huge auditorium, I can't say that I can deny that. Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 2:44 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• Heading up to KL...

  I'm heading up to TechEd 2007 South East Asia in KL... hope this year is as interesting as last year's. Read More... Posted Sunday, September 09, 2007 2:00 AM by StanleyTan | 2 Comments

• SiTF SOA Developer Day @ NYP

  Yesterday, I had the honor of presenting at the SiTF SOA Developer Day hosted by NYP. As I didn't use any slides, I thought I'd post some links which the participants may find useful: Virtual Earth: http://local.live.com/ Windows Live Developer Center: Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 3:18 PM by StanleyTan | 0 Comments

• Interesting Halo 3 Development

  Interesting news regarding Halo 3's page on Wikipedia: http://www.n4g.com/gaming/News-65101.aspx Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:47 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments

• How to Make a Microserf Smile

  Interesting read: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_37/b4049065.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:49 PM by StanleyTan | 1 Comments