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Worldwide Telescope released

Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:18 AM by James Senior
Great news today that the Worldwide Telescope project is now unveiled and you can download the software yourself and explore amazing scenes in space.  It's based on some of the best telescopic imagery on the planet and provides a rich way of navigating Read More...
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I'm Back

Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 3:30 AM by James Senior
I'm back! Well, nearly.  I couldn't resist a pre flight blog post (that's my plane above) to get me back in the swing of things when I touch down in the UK in about 10 hours.  My business trip/holiday has been great.  I've been staying Read More...
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Grand Canyon and Deep Zoom

Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 10:36 PM by James Senior
One of the technologies announced at Mix 08 this year was Deep Zoom as part of Silverlight 2.  It allows you to zoom into incredible amounts of detail in high resolution photos and cleverly only brings back the amount of data you need based on your Read More...
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WorldWide Telescope Video

Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:52 AM by James Senior
I'm off tomorrow to California for a few weeks of holiday and also off to Mix 08 in Vegas next week.  If you're in the Bay area or the valley and want to meet up for a coffee then drop me a note at james@microsoft.com . I'll be checking in with the Read More...
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The Diskless PC and Vista Enterprise Centralised Desktop

Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:52 PM by James Senior
What's the beef here then?  Well in a nutshell Diskless PCs and Vista Enterprise Centralised Desktop open up new methods for IT departments to roll out and manage their desktop estate.  These new methods introduce different benefits so allow Read More...
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Me and Surface - best buddies

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:54 PM by James Senior
Last week - what a week! I was up and down the country doing events and speaking to customers and partners about a vast range of Microsoft software and solutions.  I also turned up at the Royal Lancaster hotel very early to help setup Microsoft Surface Read More...
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Reading gets Birds Eye View on Virtual Earth and use your Wii remote to control Virtual Earth!

Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:23 AM by James Senior
An historic moment happened over Christmas - Reading got Birds Eye View imagery on Virtual Earth!  Here's the Microsoft UK HQ in Reading - looks like a Friday as the car park is quite empty :-)  Building 5 (bottom left) is looking all shiny Read More...
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Windows Live PhotoZoom

Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:41 PM by James Senior
Via the LiveSide guys , I came across this neat video of software that allows users to zoom smoothly around photos and get more detail in a really rich way. This technology is based upon Silverlight and uses a technology called Seadragon which we first Read More...
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Mix UK Videos Up

Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 3:44 PM by James Senior
Woah been a busy past couple of weeks.  Been doing Windows Server 2008 events up and down the country and moved apartment so been up to my eyeballs!  Although I didn't move far it was fairly stressful and I'm now left with a weekend of unpacking.  Read More...
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Media Center Ultimate Install - winner announced

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:56 AM by James Senior
I mentioned on the blog recently that we were running a competition to find the best installation of Windows Media Center out there and last week we announced the winner of the competition.  CEPro has a detailed account of what went into the Media Read More...
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Windows Live Messenger Control and Presence API

Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:05 PM by James Senior
Angus has just announced information on his blog about how to incorporate an IM chat window in a website, for example a blog. With this, as a Live Messenger user, you can receive IM's from people that visit your website which is a great way for people Read More...
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Resources for Consumer Electronic Installers

Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 1:06 PM by James Senior
At the Vista After Hours events we had lots of questions from companies looking to incorporate Media Centers and Home Servers etc into properties. This is a big growth area for us and as we look to expand our offerings and provide amazing home experiences Read More...
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InkSeine: Find Your Stuff With Ink

Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:41 AM by James Senior
I got an internal email come through at the back end of last week which talked about a technology coming out of Microsoft Research called InkSeine. When I first saw it I figured that it would be internal only but it turns out that the guys who developed Read More...
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Here at the Future of Web Apps

Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:35 AM by James Senior
I'm hear today and tomorrow at the Future of Web Apps in London. If you fancy meeting up give me a call or text on 07970341385. Technorati Tags: FOWA Read More...
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Photo stitching at Mix UK 07

Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:45 PM by James Senior
I'm just prepping a demo for tomorrow and am going to include the new panoramic photo feature in Windows Live Photo Gallery which you can download as part of the Windows Live Pack which wraps up all the various Live apps and puts them in a convenient Read More...
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