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Can you imagine a dance tune made from the Windows Live Messenger notification sounds? Well don’t worry, imagine no more! The guys over at MSN France have managed to persuade David Guetta to produce such a mix to promote Windows Live Messenger. I’m not sure if it’s to everyone’s taste, but hey at least check it out. The official Mix Messenger page can
Microsoft executive Bob Muglia’s appearance at the company’s Tech-Ed 2007 conference this week began with an elaborate video starring actor Christopher Lloyd in his role as Doc Brown from the “Back to the Future” series, taking Muglia back in time to save him from a disastrous keynote address. The video is now available online, and you can watch it here!
I was just reading my feeds and noticed (thanks Dare) that Microsoft have a new recruiting website called WhyWillYouWorkHere.com, in which they feature a video containing various comments from various Microsoft employees (one of course being Dare ;)) about working at Microsoft, more explicitly with the Microsoft Online Business Group (i.e. Windows Live and MSN). MSN and Windows Live deliver the most
Hey Computer Science tutors, I’ve just noticed that Academic Connection (part of the The Microsoft UK Academic Team) and DevelopMentor have parterned up to invite you all to join them at the Microsoft Academic Insight Event June 2007, for two days of technical education and discussion, designed to help you better understand and teach Microsoft .NET 3.0 and ASP.NET 2.0. And guess what
HTC has announced the global launch of the HTC Touch, a deceptively small and stylish mobile phone that features intuitive touchscreen navigation (very much like the new iPhone). The new HTC-designed homescreen provides one-touch access to emails, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts, as well as current weather conditions and forecasts for hundreds of cities around the world. Leveraging the
With the eagerly awaited Live Earth concerts only weeks away, MSN, the events’ exclusive online media partner today launches its Live Earth UK website at http://liveearth.uk.msn.com. The site is packed full of information on the artists, events and wider green issues to give people all the information they need in the run up to this monumental worldwide music event. In
Today, the Microsoft Live Labs team is announcing a collaboration with the BBC to launch three dimensional photographic representations of historic sites throughout the UK. The online 3-D viewing experience will be available in conjunction with the BBC’s new series How We Built Britain (http://www.bbc.co.uk/britain) which airs now and runs until mid-July. The time-limited technical trial uses Microsoft’s Photosynth 3D
Microsoft has announced that they have added in-copyright books to Windows Live Search Books as well as carrying the successful two-pane interface of Windows Live Search Academic over to Live Search Books. Microsoft says that this unique two-pane interface makes it easy to scan and preview search results. The preview pane includes a cover image, summary of the book and table of contents previews
Today marks a very special day for Apple Inc, as today is the 3oth Anniversary of the Apple II, the first ever personal computer to go on sale. 30 Years ago hey, that’s some time ago, I bet it wasn’t predicted that the Apple Brand would be where it was today in the year 2007. The Apple II (sometimes written as Apple
Microsoft’s Online Service Group (OSG) has recently appointed Cynthia Crossley as director of search and Jonathan Hulse as its new director of Windows Live after Phil Holden moved to the Mobile Group (still within OSG) where he will be helping out on Microsoft’s mobile marketing efforts, as well as focusing on their Mobile Live Services, Mobile Search and MSN Mobile. Cynthia Crossley has been at the