April, 2010

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Weekend Reading - James Cameron, Imagine Cup, Messenger, and the World's Most Influential People

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Those of you reading the blog this week can't fail to have missed our excitement about the U.S. finals for the Imagine Cup . This is the international student technology competition that we sponsor. It was a great event – guests included “Avatar” director...
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Speculation About the "Courier" Project

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Over the past few months there has been a ton of speculation about the "Courier" project from Microsoft. We’ve not discussed or confirmed the project. There is more speculation today, and below is what we are saying publicly: "At any given time, across...
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Preparing Students Today for Their World Tomorrow

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Students always have been important to Microsoft —after all, Bill Gates was a student when he founded Microsoft 35 years ago. The enthusiasm and limitless imaginations of young people have inspired, created and shaped many new products. I’m general...
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Suzy Amis-Cameron: Technology Can Help Young Children

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Technology can help young children learn more about subjects that they naturally gravitate toward and are most interested in, said Suzy Amis-Cameron, who attended the final of the U.S. Imagine Cup in Washington, D.C., on Monday with husband and filmmaker...
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Putting Windows 7 Technologies to Work in Specialized Devices

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Since the launch of Windows 7 late last year, we’ve been thrilled by its success and the overwhelming response. Windows 7 is a great example of how Microsoft continues to evolve our platform with emerging technologies and leading innovations, creating...
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Imagine Cup Teams Laser Focused in Last Moments Before Final Presentations

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

In the anxious moments before they made their final presentation that would determine whether they advance to the Imagine Cup World Finals in Poland, Team Blog, one of two all-women teams who made it to the final round of competition, had an emotional...
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Microsoft’s SIR v8 Offers Insight and Guidance on Cyber Defense

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

The Internet holds great opportunity, but as cybercrime evolves it can be difficult to know how to stay protected. For example, the newest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report version eight (SIRv8) released today reveals that cybercrime continues to...
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Coders Go the (Long) Distance for Imagine Cup

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

In 2008, Yamini Girey flew from India to the United States to start her graduate studies. On a stopover in Frankfurt, she bumped into Krishna Rao, who just happened to be heading to the same school, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). The pair hit...
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High School Team Makes Mark at Imagine Cup

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Looking at the way they carried themselves, you would never know they were still in high school. Team Red, ironically decked out in matching blue shirts, had just finished showing off a video game it had built from scratch. The game was good enough to...
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Imagine Cup Takes Student Work to Next Level

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Today at the U.S. Imagine Cup Finals, teams of students presented their plans to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. All morning long, students shuffled through Microsoft’s offices in Washington, D.C., and made their cases before a panel of...
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Imagine Cup Teams Aim to Change the World

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Like every team at the U.S. Imagine Cup finals in Washington D.C. this weekend, Ifrit Salsa based its project on solving one of the UN Millennium Development Goals. University of Houston’s Ifrit Salsa decided to tackle environmental sustainability, I...
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Students From Across America Arrive at U.S. Imagine Cup Finals

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Bleary after their red-eye flight from California to Washington D.C., the members of Team Darkwing Duck were still amped to have arrived on the day before the U.S. Imagine Cup finals were set to begin. Sitting in the lobby of the Embassy Suites while...
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Weekend Reading: Imagine Cup U.S. Finals and Much More

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

It’s Friday and therefore time to round up some of the things you may have missed this week with what we like to call Weekend Reading. Firstly a plug for the U.S. finals for the Imagine Cup , taking place this weekend. At Imagine Cup, student teams...
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Power of Information

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Regardless of what skeptics are saying, the evidence of climate change becomes more real every day. So it is more critical than ever that we improve our understanding of what we can do to slow or even prevent climate change. With the world’s population...
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Introducing Docs for Facebook

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced a great partnership between Microsoft and Facebook this morning at Facebook’s f8 developer conference . Mark highlighted the launch of a beta of a new service that allows Facebook users to create and share Microsoft...
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SQL Server 2008 R2: Helping Customers Get More Value Out of Their Data

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

I’m delighted to share the news that we have released SQL Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing . We’re very proud of this accomplishment and look forward to getting this release in the hands of our customers. SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available to TechNet...
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Getting Ready for Windows Live Wave 4

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Millions of people around the world use Windows Live to stay connected to the people they care about most. They send billions of e-mails and IM messages every day, share millions of pictures, and stay connected with the people they care about most. ...
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Introducing Microsoft TownHall

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Technology is dramatically impacting the way governments communicate and engage with citizens; how people and organizations take part in political campaigns and advocacy; and how people build communities of common interest. The 2008 election cycle brought...
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KIN, Silverlight, Cloud Services and the Summer of Football: Weekend Reading for April 17/18

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

This week many of our colleagues from around the world are here in Redmond for some meetings, and it has been good to catch up with so many old friends. Some of them look like they will be sticking around a bit longer than planned as the volcano in Iceland...
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Stranded in Seattle

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

When the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in Iceland , it brought back memories for some of us of what life in Seattle was like when Mount St. Helens blew off its top almost 30 years ago. We aren’t getting any volcanic ash this time, but we’re still...
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it’s learning Adopts Microsoft Platform for Cloud Educational Services

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Some really great news just in from Europe – this week Microsoft and it’s learning , an international learning platform provider based in Norway, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to transform teaching methods and advance next-generation learning....
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Working to Ensure the Fair Treatment of Workers in Our Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

As a company that sells a wide range of hardware and devices, we take very seriously our corporate responsibility to ensure that the manufacturing facilities and supply chain operations that we use comply with all relevant labor and safety requirements...
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Introducing KIN, the Next Generation of Social Phone

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

Today in San Francisco we unveiled KIN, a new Windows Phone designed for broadcasting and sharing everyday moments. You can watch the launch event and read all the KIN news on the special section on the Microsoft News Center . If you want to dig...
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Weekend Reading: Microsoft's Women Worth Watching, Glo, Moodle and Of Course Baseball

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

We aren’t quite sure if it is spring or winter here in Seattle. The sun is shining and flowers blooming but yesterday we had snow falling too. We aren’t sure if it is Spring or Winter but we do know it has been another interesting week at Microsoft, and...
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Use Business Intelligence To Compete More Effectively

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor

I’m looking forward to seeing you all at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit in Las Vegas, April 12-14. Microsoft will have a booth at the event, as well as a great customer presentation on Monday during lunch (I’d like invite you all to attend!...

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