February 2006 - Posts

27 February 2006
The results are in!
Just dropping a quick reminder to anyone who entered the 'Win a X-Box 360' student newsletter competittion, ( it only took an e-mail to enter!) that the results are in. The results will be in the next studentzine which will be out sometime today (it's Read More...
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27 February 2006
Imagine Cup Email - 9 Days To Go
Only 9 days to go to the Round One deadline! If you have already completed & submitted your Round One entry for the Software Design Challenge - well done! Remember to take a look at the previous two communications (listed below on from Mint Source) Read More...
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21 February 2006
Presenting at the UK Imagine Cup finals - oh my....
Nearly every Computing degree in the UK requires, at some point, students to get up in front of their peers and lecturers and talk about a piece of work or project they have completed towards their degree mark. Having been one of those students and had Read More...
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16 February 2006
More Hints, Tips & Info for Imagine Cup
Hello, Hope things are going well! :-) Here is some more important information for you around the Software Design Challenge - let us know if you have any questions at uksdc06@microsoft.com Many of you will be already thinking about what you need to do Read More...
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13 February 2006
Hints and Tips for creating your poster presentation for the Imagine Cup UK SDI
Following on from the day when Ian and I ( http://blogs.msdn.com/ukstudentzine/archive/2006/01/26/517825.aspx ) attempted to prove how easy it is to enter an idea into the UK Imagine Cup competition I have sat down and very quickly taken the sample poster Read More...
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12 February 2006
UK Imagine Cup Email Reminder to student competitors
Thanks for signing up to the Imagine Cup Software Design Challenge (SDC) - here is some important information you should be aware of & action as soon as possible. If you have any questions then please email uksdc06@microsoft.com Wishing you the very Read More...
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10 February 2006
Sheared!
Whats blue, white and read all over?! The Mint Source blog! FYI: The ukstudenzine blog has been sheared, and in its place has come to be: The Mint Source blog. Under its new guise and leadership on Mint Source the blog will hopefully become full of tech-geekness. Read More...
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07 February 2006
Want to meet the UK finalists for the Imagine Cup 2006?
Your invitation to The Imagine Cup UK Final Event The UK Software Design Challenge (SDC) is the most high profile challenge of the Imagine Cup 2006 and, for the fourth successive year, is set to pitch some of the UK’s most talented teams of young technologists Read More...
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07 February 2006
Make Some Noise - Adding sound to your VB application
Brad McCabe writes a great introduction to using sounds in .NET. He discusses the use of asynchronous and synchronous calls to play wav, as well as utilizing the Windows Media Player SDK. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/AdvancedBasics/ Read More...
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02 February 2006
How many web services does it take a blogger to change a light bulb?
Answer : 5 Blog Engine: To post that they will change a light bulb Search Engine: To find instructions on how to change a light bulb Technorati: To see if they are the first blogger to change a light bulb Flickr / MSN Spaces: To post the pictures of the Read More...
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02 February 2006
Things you should know about C# 2.0
When developing an application there are often many ways to tackle a problem. The below link is a great introduction to a few concepts that any good C# developer should learn. Not only will they improve your productivity but they will also influence the Read More...
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02 February 2006
Get your electric beaters out!
MIX 06 is upon us, and what better way to celebrate the rise of Web 2.0.0.1, AJAX, Atlas with a competition. Turn the oven onto pre-heat; and I will get you clued-up. What is MIX 06? The web is evolving and new versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox Read More...
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