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There are a lot of good open source Content Management Systems out there and I’m sure we all know...
Date: 03/29/2010
Ever wondered how games achieve that really cool cartoony looking effect? With the bold, blocky...
Date: 03/05/2010
Learning to use the Microsoft Developer tools and technologies (.NET Framework, C#, Visual Studio,...
Date: 01/14/2010
In this part of the Silverlight article, we’ll be going through IE8 Web Slices – what they are, how...
Date: 12/15/2009
Intro Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is often mentioned in revered tones...
Date: 12/14/2009
Microsoft recently launched the new beta Silverlight version of Bing Maps. Merging a whole range of...
Date: 12/11/2009
My name is Colin Davies and I am currently on placement at Microsoft as a Marketing Project Manager....
Date: 11/17/2009
There’s a lot of cool things you can do with Silverlight. This new series will introduce you to some...
Date: 11/17/2009
What is Windows Azure? Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform. It allows the deployment...
Date: 09/28/2009
Let’s set the scene... 2nd year of University; more interested in a buzzing social life than rolling...
Date: 09/28/2009
Paint applications on the desktop has been developing for a long time however there are few...
Date: 04/09/2009
The Mix Conference held each year in Las Vegas is a showcase for Microsoft’s vision of internet...
Date: 04/09/2009
What is DreamSpark? DreamSpark is Microsoft’s way of giving free software to students. Students can...
Date: 04/09/2009
Warren Rieutort-Louis, third year at CUED and a Microsoft Student Partner in Cambridge, explores the...
Date: 02/26/2009
Keeping Lionhead Innovative. Adam Jethro Langridge How do you make something big and innovative?...
Date: 02/17/2009
F# was developed as an experimental programming language by Microsoft Research to provide a...
Date: 02/17/2009
The way Image search results look now hasn’t really changed much in the last few years, I ask the...
Date: 02/17/2009
Ever fancied getting some more letters after you name and improving your job prospects when you...
Date: 01/19/2009
Ten top features in the next generation of Windows for development and productivity Following...
Date: 01/16/2009
Search... the most important aspect of the internet; without it no one would be able to explore...
Date: 01/16/2009
Developer Events Join other developers at free regional Microsoft Technical Events to receive...
Date: 01/16/2009
Imagine Cup competition is made up of 9 different competitions split across 3 different categories....
Date: 11/18/2008
Dominic Green was a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) in 2008 and went on to compete with teammate Ben...
Date: 11/18/2008
Originally virtually all websites are just text derived from HTML developed by Tim Berners-Lee in...
Date: 11/12/2008
There are great opportunities to be had at the Imagine Cup; when I went to the UK finals of last...
Date: 11/11/2008
In January 2007 Microsoft released Windows Vista, only to be met with mixed reviews when compared to...
Date: 11/11/2008
I was lucky enough to be able to play with Microsoft Surface and its Software Development Kit (SDK)...
Date: 10/08/2008
We now enter the final part of coding a 3D My Pictures Helix using the Windows Presentation...
Date: 10/07/2008
Microsoft has recently launch a brand new campaign called Life Without Walls, featuring ordinary...
Date: 10/07/2008
As we delve further into the cloud computing analogy of software plus services we need to start to...
Date: 09/09/2008
My Pictures 3D Helix using WPF (Part 2 of 3) Writing computer code is a funny thing really. You can...
Date: 09/09/2008
Imagine being able to share the places and things you love with others and to do so using the...
Date: 09/09/2008
Developer Regional Events Join other developers at free regional Microsoft Technical Events to...
Date: 08/11/2008
Now everyone enjoys looking at pictures and reminiscing over good times; myself included however...
Date: 08/08/2008
So what is Live Mesh? As part of Windows Live, Live Mesh enables you to connect all your devices,...
Date: 08/08/2008
So what is life actually like being a current intern at Microsoft? What does it feel like working at...
Date: 07/18/2008
The time has come to complete our XNA Pacman game! This time, we're adding the ability to store a...
Date: 06/09/2008
Unlock the star gazer in you... Today, Microsoft Research has released a cool new application that...
Date: 05/21/2008
Welcome back fellow programmers! In the last article, I said we'd make the ghosts edible and create...
Date: 05/12/2008
I got some dirty looks, but it had to be done… There’s something quite exciting about walking into...
Date: 04/29/2008