I will be taking part in Earth Hour 2008 and so will Microsoft Australia. We will be turning off our computers, lights, monitors etc before we leave for the weekend. Remember to turn off your lights at 8pm on Saturday night! There is also a Facebook Footprint Calculator which is the official WWF Earth Hour Facebook Application.
Check out the Zerofootprint Calculator, official partner of the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour event! Join a global community and switch of your lights for one hour on March 29th, 2008. You can sign up to be part of Earth Hour from inside the application! The Zerofootprint Calculator helps you measure your environmental impact. This application takes just one-minute to complete, but will allow you to calculate how many tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) you emit through your travel, diet, and home. Install the application to measure your environmental impact, find ways to pledge to reduce it, get offsets, and access daily green tips. All of this will help you green your lifestyle!
Another sold out launch city! Brissy had a really good turn out as you can see from the pics below. Cant believe Batman turned up...
For those who need support with installation with Windows Vista SP1, we have email and phone support. The email support response time is 1 business day and the phone support wait time says "will vary". Im keen to hear what your experience is if you use these support options.
We are over on the west coast in Sunny Perth (29.7°C) for the latest Heroes Happen Launch event. Its at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Windows Live Maps Link
Windows Vista users can download SP1 today through Windows Update :) More info at http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/03/18/windows-vista-sp1-released-to-windows-update.aspx
Here are some photos from the Heroes Happen Here Launch in Adelaide which is on today. I hear its going well from the Twitter feed.
More pics at www.flickr.com/heroeshappen
Got this from Lifehacker. Good news for those taking laptops into Sydney libraries, you will be able to use the free wireless service. The libraries offering Wi-Fi are:
Let us know if you have similar wireless offerings in your city.
If you missed the live streaming of the Windows Vista Interactive Roundtable with Mark Russinovich, its now available for viewing at https://ms.istreamplanet.com/events/Default.asp
We went around with a camera and a mic to get some some comments from attendees at the Heroes Happen 2008 Launch event at Sydney. I even had a go at interviewing, try and spot the blooper. Video below.
The title says it all http://apcmag.com/8373/vista_sp1_up_to_86_faster
The Office Live Workspace Beta is now available in Australia. This is great news for those wanting to extend their Office experience online. Its great for storing Office documents online where you can access them and preview them from any computer (Office doesnt need to be installed). You can also share documents and work on documents together in real time using Microsoft SharedView. You can also save directly from your Office applications to your workspace. Sign up for the beta at http://workspace.officelive.com
Last Thursday we had the Sydney Heroes Happen 2008 Launch Event for Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. We had a great turnout and had some really positive comments about the event. We even had a good blog post from a Mac/Linux user who attended the event. The following are photos from our Flickr Photoset.
The Melbourne event is on tomorrow (Tuesday March 4th), Adelaide March 13th, Perth March 19th, Brisbane March 26th and Canberra April 2nd. If you haven't registered make sure you do before you miss out!