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Thoughts from Microsoft Ireland

A random collection of news and links about Microsoft Ireland by Tom Murphy

January 2008 - Posts

The rise of "creative capitalism"
During his keynote address at the World Economic Forum last week, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates outlined his vision for 21st century capitalism - governments, businesses and non-profits working together to use market forces to support capitalism while Read More...
Microsoft and Dell Launch (RED) Products
Earlier today Microsoft and Dell announced plans to provide (PRODUCT) RED branded Dell personal computers and a printer. All the Dell (PRODUCT) RED PCs are powered by Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED. Dell is the exclusive partner for PCs and peripherals Read More...
Minister Hanafin addresses Government Leaders Forum in Berlin
The Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin T.D., today delivered a keynote address to the 2008 Government Leaders Forum , taking place in Berlin, Germany. The Forum, being hosted by Microsoft and now in its tenth year, brings together senior Read More...
Microsoft Postgraduate Research Scholarships awarded to DCU students
Four students in the School of Computing at Dublin City University, have been awarded scholarships to provide additional financial support for postgraduate research as part of the Microsoft Ireland scholarship programme.. The scholarship programme was Read More...
Microsoft Provides Accessibility Programming Model to Industry Group
Earlier today Microsoft announced that it has committed to contribute its UI Automation specification to the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance (AIA), a new engineering working group dedicated to making it easier for developers to create software, Read More...
Bill's last day at Microsoft
From Bill's keynote at the CES show. You can watch the full keynote here . Read More...
What about hardware donations for non-profits in Ireland?
A quick follow up post on the announcement of the Technology Donations programme last month. [ Quick recap: the programme, which is supported in Ireland by Microsoft, Cisco and Symantec provides local non-profits with access to technology donations] A Read More...
CSR in Korea - the Irish link
Keith Morrison is an Irishman working for the Edelman PR firm in South Korea.  He writes for their local PR blog and besides the fact he's Irish, the other Microsoft Ireland connection is that he used to work on our PR account here.   He's published Read More...
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