17 November 2009
Life as an Intern (Colin Davies)
My name is Colin Davies and I am currently on placement at Microsoft as a Marketing Project Manager. Around now a lot of you will be thinking about getting applications in for either placements or grad roles so I have been asked by the lovely editor of Read More...
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17 November 2009
Silverlight – Gadgets, Web Slices and more! (Part 1)
There’s a lot of cool things you can do with Silverlight. This new series will introduce you to some of them, including parameters, OutOfBrowser, Gadgets and more. In this part, we’ll be discussing passing parameters in to an application to inform the Read More...
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28 September 2009
Azure Applications (Explained)
  What is Windows Azure? Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform. It allows the deployment of cloud based applications that are managed at Microsoft datacenters. How do I get Azure? In order to start building Azure applications, you need to have Read More...
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28 September 2009
Life as an Intern (Samantha Mills)
Let’s set the scene... 2nd year of University; more interested in a buzzing social life than rolling out tones of coursework, plus exams which actually count for something for the first time since A Levels – the previous year or 2 of a lazy, carefree Read More...
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09 April 2009
Pushing Paint applications into Web 2.0 using Silverlight
Paint applications on the desktop has been developing for a long time however there are few available on the internet, even less that offer the same control that you would find on a desktop paint application, even one as simple as Paint. Let me show you Read More...
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09 April 2009
Mix Conference 2009
The Mix Conference held each year in Las Vegas is a showcase for Microsoft’s vision of internet technologies and this year was no exception. It bridges the gap between Web professionals and industry leaders in a way that allows them to explore the future Read More...
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09 April 2009
Getting to grips with Dreamspark
What is DreamSpark? DreamSpark is Microsoft’s way of giving free software to students. Students can simply log on and enjoy the free Microsoft products available to download. Products available on DreamSpark include Expression Studio 2, Virtual PC, Visual Read More...
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26 February 2009
Microsoft Surface - Real world meets software engineering
Warren Rieutort-Louis, third year at CUED and a Microsoft Student Partner in Cambridge, explores the power of software engineering and the design process through a new touch technology that hopes to revolutionise the way we interact with out environment... Read More...
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17 February 2009
Dreamspark
Students love free stuff, fact. Dreamspark was launched by Microsoft to do just that. Free downloads of Visual Studio and other cool Microsoft products such as Windows Server were already available for students. However, Microsoft decided this wasn’t Read More...
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17 February 2009
Making bigger bets with smaller stakes.
Keeping Lionhead Innovative. Adam Jethro Langridge How do you make something big and innovative? That's a particularly interesting question in the computer games industry. It is easy to see its significance once you peruse your local Computer Game store. Read More...
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17 February 2009
F# ...Functional programming in the .Net world - Kevin Pfister
F# was developed as an experimental programming language by Microsoft Research to provide a combination of many sought after features in other programming languages. The problem with most programming languages is that they usually have to give up on functionality Read More...
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17 February 2009
Visualising media search better (Part 2) - Kevin Pfister
The way Image search results look now hasn’t really changed much in the last few years, I ask the simple question ...why? In this article I want to try something that hasn’t been done before; combining Deep Zoom and Live Image Search. I call it DeepSearch Read More...
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19 January 2009
Microsoft IT Academy Student Pass
Ever fancied getting some more letters after you name and improving your job prospects when you leave uni? Then Microsoft certification is for you! We're making a whole bunch of official eLearning content available to students for free through the IT Read More...
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16 January 2009
Windows 7 for Tech Students
Ten top features in the next generation of Windows for development and productivity Following Windows 7’s recent beta launch to the public, I’ve taken a look at the new development features and productivity improvements to Microsoft’s flagship product Read More...
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16 January 2009
A better way to visualising media search (Part 1)
Search... the most important aspect of the internet; without it no one would be able to explore easily the vast amount of content available in an efficient manner, but could it look better? Over the years search has come a long way, improving its algorithms Read More...
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