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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

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