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We presented the Windows 8 for Developers Online Camp on May 21st. You can still view this online event at: http://solutions.developer.com/ms/mobile/windows-8-for-developers-online-camp.html Event Overview: Windows 8 is here. Even if you don’t plan to build Windows 8 applications immediately, you should learn what it takes to build Windows 8 applications. You’ll see how Windows 8 development […]

Introduction One monitor has never been enough. As a programmer / trainer / web designer I always need more space. Whether it is on my table ( mostly ) or on my screen. Not too long ago I had the unfortunate pleasure of having my computer’s hard disk crash. Luckily I had enough backups (3 […]

Introduction As you might know, I have always been fascinated with Wallpapers and photos. What you might not know is that I appreciate good art as well, seeing the fact that my wife is quite good at painting and creating things out of nothing. I have a huge collection of wallpapers. Some of you might […]

The software vendor announced this morning that it will offer two new subregions for the cloud, based in New South Wales and Victoria. Microsoft Azure for Windows had formerly consisted of only three regions including Asia, Europe and the United States however Microsoft is now in the process of setting up a new Australian region. […]

Microsoft has announced their all new Xbox, with a new name and new features, the Xbox One puts a heavy focus on TV and basic living room style all in one entertainment center. Microsoft also announced that the new system won’t be available for retail until later this year but didn’t go so far as […]

Microsoft’s justification for the product change isn’t exactly made clear however the features has never really caught on. Microsoft has indicated that only a small handful of customers will be affected by this change and that most of them are currently only in the testing phase. Microsoft has also stated that their decision to remove […]

Microsoft’s announcement came following the launch of the Nokia Lumia 925, the first phone scheduled to ship with these new features pre-installed. The update is expected to push the updated to existing Windows Phone 8 devices later this summer which will activate the FM radio in the handsets that include the hardware. Read the full […]

Microsoft’s plan to merge the Yammer and Office 365 sales teams are designed to put more sales muscle behind Microsoft’s efforts to grow sales of Yammer. Microsoft’s efforts have been moderate in their integration of Yammer into Office 365 since they acquired the social media platform last summer. Clearly they are moving forward at this […]

Making little sense, Microsoft’s announcement comes after Microsoft received much feedback from the user community requesting the ability to chat with Google Talk users spurring the software giant to start work on integrating Google’s Talk features by way of the Google Talk API. This of course offers the limit of having only the text feature […]

Microsoft’s Surface RT and Surface Pro received UEFI firmware updates, with a patch for Wi-Fi reliability and enabling PXE boot are specific to the Surface Pro which also included, Ethernet Adapter due to the UEFI integration needed to implement PXE boot, Trackpad Settings driver for Surface Type Cover to enable interaction with the Trackpad Settings […]

With Microsoft’s Build 2013 developer conference kicking off in June, Microsoft’s DPE unit has launched their new “deep tech” team.  Microsoft’s Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) unit has charged the new team with working with top developers outside the company to build next-generation applications on top of the Microsoft platform. The Microsoft new and expanded […]

Due to the amount of criticism Windows 8 has received from some its consumer community, Microsoft has been forced into reevaluating their flagship OS. The consensus is that Microsoft has simply changed too much, too quickly with the main focal point of the complaints being focused around the removal of the long standing ‘Start’ button. […]