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Ori and his Marvellous Meshified Car

Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:35 PM by James Senior
I tweeted recently about Ori and his Mesh car and today the Channel 9 video proving the existence of the rumoured vehicle and the amazing technology that the Amiga has bestowed upon it. Needless to say that as the Live Services Evangelist I need to get Read More...
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Windows Live Wave 3 Beta!

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:54 AM by James Senior
LiveSide gave me the headsup on the new Windows Live Wave 3 Beta available here .  This version contains Movie Maker Beta which now falls into the Windows Live portfolio.  Previously, it was included with Windows Vista, but I get the feeling Read More...
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BMW prototype the fabric car

Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:16 AM by James Senior
Stunning. Read More...
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Sony TV Art

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:28 PM by James Senior
Loving the new TV/Picture frames from Sony – the E4000 Series as they call it - comes in various sizes up to 40”, is 1080p, comes with preinstalled art, can be used as a TV and you can upload your own art/photos via USB. All it’s missing is the Live Mesh Read More...
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Lips at the Bestival on the Isle of Wight

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 1:28 PM by James Senior
I’m heading off tonight to the Isle of Wight ( located here ), where I will be rocking out at the Bestival festival.  Apparently Amy is still due to headline – she’s been doing all her tour dates recently so fingers crossed! On the XBox 360 stage Read More...
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Trendy PCs on the catwalk

Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 9:20 AM by James Senior
Some rather cool PCs got shown off last week in Vegas at the PROJECT fashion show.  I really like the Asus F6V and the HP Touchsmart – the Asus even emits a scent! interesting! ComputerWorld has all the details ! Read More...
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Reflections on Ray

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 7:24 PM by James Senior
I arrived back in San Francisco last night after a great conference in Atlanta, and despite being a little drained (totally my own choice) I couldn’t help be excited by two particular keynotes I saw.  Firstly Craig Mundie gave some insight into some Read More...
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Media Center University

Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:33 PM by James Senior
Following the Vista After Hours events we did last year, it's great to see some training being put in place for partners looking to seize upon the opportunity in the consumer market.  Look out for some interesting developments in the consumer space Read More...
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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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