Stanley Tan's Blog
Silverlight 2 is Ready!
Silverlight 2 is here. Press release here. Learn more about it in Singapore here.
Author: StanleyTan Date: 10/14/2008
Singapore TechFEST 2008 - Oct 23-24
Okay, so here's the low-down on the TechFEST event I blogged about in my previous post. October...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/30/2008
TechFest 2008
Mark October 23-24 on your calendars. We'll be having Singapore's largest developer and IT pro event...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/16/2008
Project Rosetta
Came across this interesting site that's aim is to help developers and designers build sites in...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/10/2008
Join us at the Next Singapore Mix-It-Up Event
We're discussing Rich Internet Applications at the upcoming Mix-It-Up event on September 25. The...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/10/2008
Mix-It-Up August
Another Mix-It-Up event coming up next Tuesday, August 26. The agenda is: Developing Next Generation...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/22/2008
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 has been officially released to manufacturing!
I'm sure most of you have heard already - but thought I'd add it here for completeness. We've just...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/13/2008
SQL Server 2008 RTM'd
It's official - SQL Server 2008 has RTM'd and is now available for MSDN subscribers. I guess that...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/07/2008
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTM Now Available for Download
Hyper-V has arrived and is now available for MSDN Subscribers... go grab it today...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 06/29/2008
PDC 2008
PDC is up and coming - in fact, registration opens tomorrow. I'm pretty excited and hope to attend...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 05/28/2008
Scientists Explore Human Gene Pool With Help From Microsoft Research
Interesting. I like this quote in particular and it's great to see how IT is being used to make a...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 04/23/2008
MIX-It-Up Event - Build It Up
We have another MIX-It-Up event coming up here in Singapore. Wednesday, 9 April 2008 6:30 p.m. -...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 04/02/2008
Life At Microsoft - The Truth Revealed
Hilarious video: https://on10.net/blogs/tina/Life-At-Microsoft/
Author: StanleyTan Date: 02/17/2008
Sony Ericsson to Unveil Windows Mobile Phones
Neat - 4 out of the 5 top handset makers are now shipping models with Windows Mobile....
Author: StanleyTan Date: 02/13/2008
Ray Ozzie @ MIX
Good news for all - Ray Ozzie will be joining Scott Guthrie on stage as the MIX keynote speaker....
Author: StanleyTan Date: 01/30/2008
MIX UX
MIX UX, a three-day user experience track that debuts at MIX08, is dedicated to exploring and...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 01/29/2008
Visual Studio Team System 2008 VPC Available
In case you're interested in test-driving various aspects of VS Team System, a VPC is made available...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 01/06/2008
Walk the Success Lane - December 8
We're hosting another Walk the Success Lane for Students tomorrow on December 8 at the Microsoft...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 12/07/2007
Microsoft Robotics Studio - Resources
Neat resources:...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 12/07/2007
Gaming Ads
These are awesome ads:...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 11/21/2007
OSI Approves Two Microsoft Shared Source Licenses
Very nice - the Open Source Initiative has approved two Microsoft Shared Source licenses as OSD...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 10/22/2007
KL Faculty Summit Slides
Available here: https://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/techedsea2007/fs_downloads.mspx
Author: StanleyTan Date: 10/12/2007
Walk the Success Lane Seminar for Students
The quarterly Microsoft Walk the Success Lane Seminar for Singaporean students is coming up. We've...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 10/12/2007
Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
Scott Guthrie on the announcement:...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 10/04/2007
Xbox 360 Exclusive “Halo 3” Registers Biggest Day in US Entertainment History with $170 Million in Sales
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/27/2007
Wherefore art thou New Media Specialist
Video: Wherefore art thou New Media Specialist
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/24/2007
Halo: The Future of Gaming Video
Very interesting video. Some parts are pretty funny: https://www.loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/228
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/23/2007
Halo 3 Tafiti
In case you haven't seen it yet, Tafiti (our Silverlight-skinned Live Search) is not Halo 3 themed....
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/23/2007
New Halo 3 Weapon Video
Sweet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEtk8HKo77o Featuring the new Spiker weapon.
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/23/2007
Microsoft Singapore Office 2007 Online Competition
Microsoft Singapore is giving away a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition every week. To...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/19/2007
ClearCase to TFS Migration Tool Released
A new tool to migrate from ClearCase to Team Foundation Server has been released. You can read more...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/14/2007
How Windows Update Keeps Itself Up-to-Date
There's been some discussion in the community regarding Windows Update "updating" itself. The...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/13/2007
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 -...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/11/2007
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...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/10/2007
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...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/10/2007
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...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/10/2007
Heading up to KL...
I'm heading up to TechEd 2007 South East Asia in KL... hope this year is as interesting as last...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/08/2007
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...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/06/2007
Interesting Halo 3 Development
Interesting news regarding Halo 3's page on Wikipedia: https://www.n4g.com/gaming/News-65101.aspx
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/04/2007
How to Make a Microserf Smile
Interesting read:...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 09/03/2007
TechEd South East Asia in Malaysia
Are you attending TechEd 2007 SEA in KL? It's the last couple of days before the Merdeka Special...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/29/2007
Announcing Windows Vista SP 1 Beta
Via the Windows Vista Team Blog:...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/29/2007
Halo 3 Combat Video
Halo 3 fans will absolutely love this video: https://halo.msn.com/videosHD.aspx
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/29/2007
Tafiti Search
Check out this new way of doing search (requires Silverlight)! Go to www.tafiti.com and enter your...
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/22/2007
Imagine Cup 2007
Thailand has just been announced as the worldwide winner for the Imagine Cup 2007 competition....
Author: StanleyTan Date: 08/10/2007