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. You can vote for your favorite inventions in the Game Design and Software...

Closely examine the photo above because the high school students pictured here may represent the next generation of women IT leaders! The photo was taken at Microsoft’s DigiGirlz Workshop in Chicago earlier this month, where more than 50 presentations educated and inspired young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and dispel the gender stereotypes associated with the high-tech industry. Partnerships with the Microsoft Store , Accenture and Avanade offered attendees information regarding networking, productivity and hands-on demonstrations with...

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. The...

Does your technology allow you to work remotely? With powerful mobile devices, wireless internet access and business data now available in the cloud, remote workforces are becoming just as common as traditional office settings. This trend creates many advantages for the company and the employees but also comes with organizational and technological challenges. Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 17, Dell is hosting a webinar from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CT to discuss today’s mobile workforce. Dell will be joined by Microsoft’s Alisa Swann and Ross Kimbarovsky, co-founder of crowdSPRING .The panelists...

Do you ever feel like there just isn’t enough time in the day? Whether it’s to walk the dog, spend more time with those you love or just veg on the couch, we could all use an extra hour or two in the day for ourselves. That’s exactly what Windows Phone gave crowds last week with their Free-Time Machine event in the Windy City to celebrate AT&T’s launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 and HTC Titan II . Crowds gathered at Pioneer Court and Hancock Plaza to meet Top Chef 4 winner Stephanie Izard and try their luck on a Free-Time Machine. Consumers engaged in a short demo...

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...