April, 2012

Twenty-two teams traveled across the country to Microsoft’s Redmond campus to compete in the final round of competition in Microsoft’s U.S. Imagine Cup this past weekend. Each team showcased their software and game designs to solve the world’s toughest issues, such as combating disease, improving education, ensuring environmental sustainability and reducing child mortality. Having more than 113,000 students register for the Imagine Cup’s tenth year of competition, the stakes were incredibly high. So how did your hometown team fare in the competition? Two teams from Boston...

Last week, Microsoft partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB) to host the 12 th Annual Boys and Girls Club CyberSummit. Microsoft hosted more than 100 BGCB members at the Blue Hill Club in Dorchester for the two-day event. At the CyberSummit, kids worked on performing arts and design projects, and competed in game tournaments like Rock Band and Dance, Dance Revolution. Microsoft volunteers were on hand to take the kids through technology sessions, including a movie maker workshop using Windows 7 Phones. This year's CyberSummit was an enriching and dynamic experience for all involved...

Today is the day! Students from across the nation have descended upon Redmond, Wash., for the U.S. finals of Microsoft’s 2012 Imagine Cup competition , the world’s premier student technology competition. This year, more than 100,000 U.S. students registered for the competition and the top teams chosen will compete in the Worldwide Finals in Sydney, Australia in early July. These stellar students created innovative, tech-based solutions in gaming and software to solve some of the world’s toughest problems while learning valuable skills to prepare them as future leaders. Two...

With Major League Baseball in full swing and the season’s hottest TV shows ramping up, it’s time to hook up your Xbox 360 and take advantage of the interactive entertainment experience you’ve been waiting for. Xbox 360 is introducing three major entertainment apps ready for Xbox LIVE Gold members : MLB.TV, Comcast Xfinity TV and HBO GO, which also come equipped with Kinect integration. Baseball fans can now plug into MLB.TV and become the ultimate spectator. With the MLB.TV app , you can watch live and on-demand games in HD on your Xbox 360. If you can’t decide which...

Just like ABC’s hit-show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Microsoft, HP and Intel are bringing big changes to lucky contestants of their Small-Business Tech Makeover Video Contest . Ending April 30, the contest calls for Microsoft partners to submit a video on behalf of one of their small business customers, showcasing how a technology makeover could grow and impact their business. Two winning entries will be awarded products and solutions worth more than $7,000. The reward includes software, hardware and set-up of Windows 7 Professional , Windows Small Business Server 2011 , Office...

Imagine a three-day road trip with the family, but without the kids getting impatient and irritable. Sounds too good to be true? Well, it’s possible with the new customized technology of the Ford Mustang. Microsoft teamed up with Ryan Friedlinghaus, an award-winning automotive designer and star of Discovery Channel's reality TV series " Inside West Coast Customs ," to create a dream machine resembling a 1967 Mustang. Titled "Project Detroit,” this vehicle is equipped with a wireless network, an Xbox 360 with Kinect and a rear-windshield projector screen. The Xbox 360 is fitted...