Microsoft General
Microsoft General
Really great video, just watch it.
As a lot of you probably already know PDC 2008 is coming soon and will bring with it a ton of exciting announcements. Some of these announcements though will be made available before the event, so here are a few of them in case you missed it! The next version of Windows codenamed Windows 7 finally gets an official name, Windows 7! http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/13/introducing-windows-7.aspx Its official, Silverlight 2.0 is going Release To Web (production) tomorrow, Thanks Jesse! http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/10/13/silverlight-2-releases-tomorrow.aspx Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) 4.0...
It seems the MSDN Forum now has a new home at this fancy “social” address: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/categories/ Enhancements The changes do look impressive and includes such enhancements as: Questions answered / Questions open counter for each forum Top “Answerers” in the MVP and Microsoft Employee category Generally nicer looking forum post listing In question filters for specific replies that either have code or were posted by a specific user Migration in Progress The migration...
During my time at Web 2.0 conference someone had brought up the lack of a Microsoft store for its products. I had the same thought a while ago but was corrected by one of my colleagues that we in fact do have a store that is just poorly advertised. http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/ Unfortunately I totally forgot the URL and actually had a real hard time trying to find this link until today. I found it thanks to a Microsoft blog that talks mostly about our free software offerings but also mentions the store. Free Software...
Most people have heard of Second Life, a free to join virtual world/community that allows anyone to build a “Second reality”. I wont go into the details of this so if you have never heard of Second Life then be sure to check out their website for all the details. I must admit I have ignored Second Life for a long time now, I thought why would I join something (Even if its free) where all id do is walk around using my avatar and talk to people? Isnt IM, twitter, email, blogging, etc enough? ...
Within the walls of Microsoft we have an email called “Inside Track”. This email is sent out weekly and brings together a list of interesting stories related to the world of Microsoft. I am sure some people ignore this email but at times it really does have some real gems, this was one of those times.
The first story in today’s Inside Track focused on Randy Pausch Lecture presentation entitled “Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”. I heard of this before so I decided to spend a few minutes to check out the video (which turned out to...
The second advertisement is out in Microsoft’s new campaign. I really love it but here it is so judge for yourselves. You can also find the HD version at http://www.microsoft.com/windows
Microsoft has released its first Windows ad of the $300 million campaign. Click here or view it below.
Comments?