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Introduction to Web Development; Popfly Input Blocks
In this the last in a series of five articles on Microsoft Web Development we look at creating an...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 06/13/2008
Inspiration Tour Wrap Up Video
Regular readers of this blog will know that a huge amount of my time this year was dedicated to...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 06/11/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Now Available
The Beta 2 of Silverlight v2 is now available adding a bunch of new features to .NET based SL...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 06/09/2008
Create Your Own Screencasts the Easy Way
Microsoft Office Labs recently launched a new service called Community Clips allowing users to...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/21/2008
Microsoft Student Partner Application Deadline Extended to 30th June
The Microsoft Student Partner Programme allows the brightest student technology enthusiasts from UK...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/19/2008
Imagine Cup Games Dev Videos
Now that the deadline for the Games Development invitational of the Imagine Cup has passed I thought...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/16/2008
Introduction to Web Development; Silverlight and SQL
In the fourth in a series of five articles exploring Microsoft Web technologies we'll look at...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/15/2008
Microsoft UK Studentzine now on Facebook!
Some of you probably already subscribe to our monthly student newsletter focused on technology and...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/09/2008
Build your own game with... Popfly!
As if Popfly wasn't cool enough, they've just launched a new service which lets you create your own...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/06/2008
Channel 9 Video on Zune Development with XNA
OK... I know we don't have the Zune in the UK yet but this is still very cool. Check out this video...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 05/01/2008
Robochamps Robotics League - Win Real Robots!
Today saw the launch of a new website which allows users to compete in a series of challenges...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/24/2008
Imagine Cup Games Development Trailer - Drizzle...
For the last month I've been working with the teams competing in the Imagine Cup Software Design and...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/22/2008
Introduction to Web Development; Building an ASP.NET/SQL Web Application
In the third of a series of five articles exploring Microsoft Web technologies I'll walk you through...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/19/2008
Silverlight DeepZoom Tutorial
At Mix we announced a new Silverlight v2 feature called DeepZoom. In basic terms DeepZoom allows you...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/09/2008
Inspiration Tour Update
We've been on the road since October, traveled over 15 thousand miles and spoken to nearly four...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 04/07/2008
Pacman - Powered by XNA (and Silverlight)
Those readers of the Microsoft Studentzine newsletter will have seen Ben Coley's series of articles...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/30/2008
Expression Blend and Silverlight
Since the launch of DreamSpark I have had one or two queries about which version of Expression Blend...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/25/2008
MIX08 Sessions Now Online
If you're interested in Microsoft Web technologies then this is for you, the sessions from...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/21/2008
Microsoft Student Partners - Now Recruiting for Academic Year '08
The Microsoft Student Partner is a way for students to affiliate themselves with Microsoft getting...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/18/2008
Setting up IIS on Windows Server 2008
Those of you who have been following my series on Microsoft Web development (see below) may be...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/18/2008
Introduction to Web Development; Getting started with ASP.NET
In the second of a series of five articles exploring Microsoft Web technologies we take a look at...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/11/2008
Silverlight is Going Mobile with Nokia
Just a quick note to highlight this story from the BBC:...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 03/04/2008
Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope
I just wanted to throw up a quick post to point you to this brand new technology from Microsoft...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/29/2008
Silverlight 2 Sneak Peek
Scott Guthrie has just blogged about some of the upcoming features we can expect in Silverlight 2...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/22/2008
Microsoft Gold Partner Would Like to Meet Enthusiastic Technical Grads...
Last week we held our first Imagine Cup event at our offices in Reading. Whilst there I was...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/22/2008
XNA V3 Announced with Support for Xbox Live Publishing
What a week it's been; on Tuesday we launched DreamSpark and gave all UK students access to our...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/20/2008
DreamSpark Verification Update
Just a quick post today with a couple of bits of useful info about DreamSpark... I have had a few...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/20/2008
Introduction to Web Development; Microsoft Web Technologies
So you want to develop a Web site? Well you’re in luck; Microsoft offers end to end Web...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/14/2008
All Inspiration Tour Sessions Now Online
To follow on from my previous post about the Inspiration Tour on Channel8 I just wanted to let...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/08/2008
Example XNA 3D Game - Video Tutorial
I'm currently in Seattle at our annual conference where all of the Academic Evangelists from around...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 02/05/2008
Free Web Hosting Update
This offer has been suspended – please check back soon for update. Since posting last week we have...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/28/2008
Inspiration Tour Now Online!
As many of you already know this year we have been touring UK universities on the Inspiration Tour...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/24/2008
Shift Happens Presentation
Whenever we give a presentation on the Inspiration Tour we like to run a deck called 'Shift Happens'...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/21/2008
Free ASP.NET Hosting for UK Students
This offer has been suspended – please check back soon for update. In the past when talking to...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/20/2008
Embedded Messenger Client - Contact Us Now!
To follow on from yesterdays post offering students the opportunity to contact me directly via...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/11/2008
Imagine Cup; Need help? Then Get in Touch...
To help those of you who would like some help or advice with their entries to the Imagine Cup we...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/10/2008
Software Design Competition - New Deadline 16th Jan
That's right, we took feedback that our original deadline of 9th Jan was hard to meet as its outside...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/10/2008
Imagine Cup Deadlines
After my last post giving an update on the deadlines for recruitment in the UK and the Imagine Cup...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/08/2008
Happy new year - now get to work ;)
Hopefully like me you've all had a great Christmas but I'm guessing that also like me today was the...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 01/06/2008
UKStudentZine Article - Tech on Tour
I recently wrote an article about the developments in technology since we have been running the...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 12/18/2007
XNA Game Studio 2 Released and Entry to Dream-Build-Play 2008 Opens!
Yesterday the much anticipated XNA Game Studio 2.0 launched adding support for all versions of...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 12/14/2007
Imagine Cup; Example Software Design Entry
To help everyone out myself and Ben Coley have created an example entry to the Imagine Cup Software...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/26/2007
XNA Game Studio V2 Beta Now Available
XNA V2 beta is now available for free download here and the best thing is you don't even have to...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/20/2007
Network Gaming with XNA???
XNA V2 will provide network gaming functionality for both the Xbox 360 and Windows. This means you...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/19/2007
XNA V2 Update...
Yesterday the XNA team announced the impending release of XNA V2 beta to the public. They have...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/16/2007
Imagine Cup Games Dev Update
I just wanted to put together a quick post to clarify some confusion over the Games Development...
Author: edunhill1 Date: 11/15/2007