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December 2007 - Posts

Friday, December 21, 2007 3:26 PM

Merry Christmas

The Academic Team at Microsoft UK would like to wish all of our blog readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Andy, Mark, Ed, Claire, Kate, Anna-Liza, Ben and Muhammad Technorati Tags: Merry Christmas
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:38 PM

Developer Highway Code book updated and available for download

To build software that meets your security objectives, you must integrate security activities into your software development lifecycle. This handbook captures and summarises the key security engineering activities that should be an integral part of your
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:41 PM

Robotics and .NET Fundamentals webcasts

Dan Waters has posted a series of introduction level webcasts on his blog. The content includes: Introduction Getting Started Setting up the Create Serial port communication in VC# Express Teaching the robot to sing More on serial port stuff Setting up
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Friday, December 14, 2007 10:06 AM

Only 4 days left to claim your early bird 10% discount off the Games Development in Computer Science 08 conference

The UK has a well deserved reputation in the field of Games Development and yet so far is not well represented at this world-class conference aboard the luxury Celebrity Century cruise ship, . It promises to be a very informative and fun event and will
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 5:13 PM

What your colleagues have downloaded from the Academic Resource Centre this month

I have blogged before about the wealth of resources available on the Academic Resource Centre and have posted links about the most popular global downloads . I now have a tool that lets me see what the popular downloads are in the UK so this is what your
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:51 PM

XNA Games Studio 2.0 released

Great news, XNA 2.0 is now available. Find out all about it on the XNA team blog . I still have a few "Getting Started with XNA" DVDs left so if you are a UK academic please get in touch and let me know how many you would like. Claire
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:57 AM

Imagine Cup - Software design deadline extension, new mentor service and extra prize

Students competing in the Software Design category of the Imagine Cup will be delighted to learn that the deadline has been pushed back to January 9th . This gives everyone chance to work on their submissions over the Christmas holidays. We realise that
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Monday, December 10, 2007 4:53 PM

Learning XNA - Webcasts and Tutorials

Two of the Italian MSPs have enjoyed learning XNA so much that they have devised tutorials and webcasts to help others have a great experience too. The content is available in both Italian and English and can be found at http://xnalearners.spaces.live.com/
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Monday, December 10, 2007 4:22 PM

Useful site for Science and Technology departments

Microsoft is committed to collaborating with the global scientific community to find solutions for some of the toughest challenges facing humanity, in diverse disciplines like life sciences, environmental science, and engineering. The new technical computing
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Monday, December 10, 2007 3:59 PM

Winter snaps photography competition

Most of us carry a camera at this time of year to capture pictures of friends and family but why not take some pictures that capture the essence of winter and submit them in this competition? http://www.wintersnaps.windowsvistamagazine.com/ You don't
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Monday, December 10, 2007 1:55 PM

Microsoft Robotics Studio materials and opportunities

Our colleagues in Virginia and Washington recently ran a session which provided an overview of Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS), its application model and Visual Programming Language as well as peek under the hood at the MSRS technology foundation - Concurrency
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