April 2008 - Posts

Community Clips
Now I know this is directly following on from the previous blog, but this site is also cool. Spawned off from the Office Labs site, Community Clips is an area that enables users to create and share clips on how they use Office and what tips they can share... Read More...
Posted 29 April 08 11:30 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Microsoft Office Labs
Microsoft Office Labs This is cool, if you get a chance check it out... From the site: Welcome to Microsoft Office Labs! This site is a proving ground for ideas that come from regular employees and interns who work anywhere in Microsoft.  Most of Read More...
Posted 29 April 08 11:17 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Some thinking fun for a Friday
So some colleagues stopped me in the hallway and asked if I could solve the following brain teaser, I wanted to share with you and see how quickly someone gets it. Ok so here is the equation... 5 + 5 + 5 = 550 What you are allowed to do is place a single Read More...
Posted 25 April 08 03:10 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
Report: Microsoft fastest to issue OS patches, Sun slowest
Symantec have just released their malware report on security threats in the industry and it is great to see that results are in showing that Microsoft is the fastest in the industry to issue operating system patches to help protect customers from vulnerabilities. Read More...
Posted 12 April 08 02:22 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Winplay - Winplay - Guitar Hero 3 Mobile (One-time Purchase)
Totally non-work related, although it does involve Windows Mobile... Guitar Hero III for Windows Mobile. THIS IS AWESOME!!! I love the Guitar Hero series and am constantly playing it at home, my wife is also a big fan and is one of the only games she Read More...
Posted 11 April 08 01:01 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Free Microsoft software tools for Spore students
I am personally very excited about this initiative " DreamSpark ". DreamSpark is a programme that puts in the hands of the students the developer & designer tools released by Microsoft. Students now get free access to tools such as Visual Read More...
Posted 11 April 08 12:46 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Mainsoft supports Microsoft technology for Java, Linux | InfoWorld | News | 2008-04-08 | By Paul Krill
This is cool stuff, Mainsoft is releasing technology that will enable Microsoft's ASP .NET AJAX technology on Java supported platforms such as Linux. This is enabled through their new release of "Mainsoft for Java EE version 2.2". In a nutshell Read More...
Posted 10 April 08 03:14 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
Rocker eyes holographic touring to save planet | Entertainment | Music | Reuters
I am a big fan of the band System of a Down , and am really enjoying some of the solo work that lead singer Serj Tankian is doing. If you are in to Celine Dion though, this is definitely not music for you. However I must applaud the recent comments and Read More...
Posted 09 April 08 11:41 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
Interoperability Principles
Back in February you would have heard the interoperability principles that Microsoft announced to enable non-Microsoft products and Microsoft products better interoperability to share data and capabilities. If you missed out on that announcement,  Read More...
Posted 09 April 08 12:55 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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MySong: Automatic Accompaniment for Vocal Melodies
Just for a bit of fun, Microsoft Research appears to be making the move in to Pop stardom a little simpler. The research being done by this team takes the vocal melodies and song that a person sings in the microphone and creates a musical accompaniment Read More...
Posted 09 April 08 03:27 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
Virtual Maps Case Study now in Flash format
Ok, so from one of my previous blog posts a Linux user was having difficulties with regards to the complexities of setting Moonlight up on Linux to run Silverlight. So on his/her advice I have uploaded the video to soapbox so those who are using Flash Read More...
Posted 05 April 08 05:12 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Search Server Express RTM
Im not quite sure how I missed this one, although last month was a pretty packed one, but Search Server Express has RTM'd. For those of you who are unaware of what Search Server Express is, let me give you the quick summary. Search Server is a product Read More...
Posted 03 April 08 12:56 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
Virtual Maps Video Case Study
In follow up to the case study I just posted, I wanted to share with you the video case study, talking about the Windows Server 2008 study in their own words. Please enjoy... Read More...
Posted 01 April 08 07:06 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
PHP runs up to 130% faster on Windows Server 2008
Some might say this is a pretty outlandish statement to make, but we recently did some work with a local customer by the name of Virtual Maps that developed and maintains local Singaporean travel portal StreetDirectory.com , to test their popular web Read More...
Posted 01 April 08 01:40 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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