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Comparing Content Management Systems
There are a lot of good open source Content Management Systems out there and I’m sure we all know...
Author: edunhill Date: 03/29/2010
Cel Shading in XNA
Ever wondered how games achieve that really cool cartoony looking effect? With the bold, blocky...
Author: edunhill Date: 03/05/2010
Student Project Express: Completing your student project with Microsoft technologies
Learning to use the Microsoft Developer tools and technologies (.NET Framework, C#, Visual Studio,...
Author: edunhill Date: 01/14/2010
Silverlight - Gadgets, Web Slices and More! (Part 2)
In this part of the Silverlight article, we’ll be going through IE8 Web Slices – what they are, how...
Author: edunhill Date: 12/15/2009
PDC 2009
Intro Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is often mentioned in revered tones...
Author: edunhill Date: 12/14/2009
Bing Maps
Microsoft recently launched the new beta Silverlight version of Bing Maps. Merging a whole range of...
Author: edunhill Date: 12/11/2009
Life as an Intern (Colin Davies)
My name is Colin Davies and I am currently on placement at Microsoft as a Marketing Project Manager....
Author: edunhill Date: 11/17/2009
Silverlight – Gadgets, Web Slices and more! (Part 1)
There’s a lot of cool things you can do with Silverlight. This new series will introduce you to some...
Author: edunhill Date: 11/17/2009
Azure Applications (Explained)
What is Windows Azure? Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform. It allows the deployment...
Author: edunhill Date: 09/28/2009
Life as an Intern (Samantha Mills)
Let’s set the scene... 2nd year of University; more interested in a buzzing social life than rolling...
Author: edunhill Date: 09/28/2009
Pushing Paint applications into Web 2.0 using Silverlight
Paint applications on the desktop has been developing for a long time however there are few...
Author: edunhill Date: 04/09/2009
Mix Conference 2009
The Mix Conference held each year in Las Vegas is a showcase for Microsoft’s vision of internet...
Author: edunhill Date: 04/09/2009
Getting to grips with Dreamspark
What is DreamSpark? DreamSpark is Microsoft’s way of giving free software to students. Students can...
Author: edunhill Date: 04/09/2009
Microsoft Surface - Real world meets software engineering
Warren Rieutort-Louis, third year at CUED and a Microsoft Student Partner in Cambridge, explores the...
Author: edunhill Date: 02/26/2009
Making bigger bets with smaller stakes.
Keeping Lionhead Innovative. Adam Jethro Langridge How do you make something big and innovative?...
Author: edunhill Date: 02/17/2009
F# ...Functional programming in the .Net world - Kevin Pfister
F# was developed as an experimental programming language by Microsoft Research to provide a...
Author: edunhill Date: 02/17/2009
Visualising media search better (Part 2) - Kevin Pfister
The way Image search results look now hasn’t really changed much in the last few years, I ask the...
Author: edunhill Date: 02/17/2009
Microsoft IT Academy Student Pass
Ever fancied getting some more letters after you name and improving your job prospects when you...
Author: edunhill Date: 01/19/2009
Windows 7 for Tech Students
Ten top features in the next generation of Windows for development and productivity Following...
Author: edunhill Date: 01/16/2009
A better way to visualising media search (Part 1)
Search... the most important aspect of the internet; without it no one would be able to explore...
Author: edunhill Date: 01/16/2009
Developer events coming soon
Developer Events Join other developers at free regional Microsoft Technical Events to receive...
Author: edunhill Date: 01/16/2009
Which Imagine Cup Category is for you?
Imagine Cup competition is made up of 9 different competitions split across 3 different categories....
Author: edunhill Date: 11/18/2008
The Winner takes it all
Dominic Green was a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) in 2008 and went on to compete with teammate Ben...
Author: edunhill Date: 11/18/2008
User Experience in Web 2.0 – Make your own news CloudUser Experience in Web 2.0
Originally virtually all websites are just text derived from HTML developed by Tim Berners-Lee in...
Author: edunhill Date: 11/12/2008
A story of opportunity at the Imagine Cup
There are great opportunities to be had at the Imagine Cup; when I went to the UK finals of last...
Author: edunhill Date: 11/11/2008
Windows 7 at PDC
In January 2007 Microsoft released Windows Vista, only to be met with mixed reviews when compared to...
Author: edunhill Date: 11/11/2008
New user interface paradigm with Microsoft Surface
I was lucky enough to be able to play with Microsoft Surface and its Software Development Kit (SDK)...
Author: edunhill Date: 10/08/2008
My Pictures 3D Helix using WPF (Part 3 of 3)
We now enter the final part of coding a 3D My Pictures Helix using the Windows Presentation...
Author: edunhill Date: 10/07/2008
The all singing, all dancing ‘I’m a PC’ Campaign
Microsoft has recently launch a brand new campaign called Life Without Walls, featuring ordinary...
Author: edunhill Date: 10/07/2008
Internet Explorer 8 is Launched
As we delve further into the cloud computing analogy of software plus services we need to start to...
Author: edunhill Date: 09/09/2008
My Pictures 3D Helix using WPF (Part 2 of 3)
My Pictures 3D Helix using WPF (Part 2 of 3) Writing computer code is a funny thing really. You can...
Author: edunhill Date: 09/09/2008
The Future of Photography has Arrived
Imagine being able to share the places and things you love with others and to do so using the...
Author: edunhill Date: 09/09/2008
Free Visual Studio Events
Developer Regional Events Join other developers at free regional Microsoft Technical Events to...
Author: edunhill Date: 08/11/2008
My Pictures 3D Helix using WPF (Part 1 of 3)
Now everyone enjoys looking at pictures and reminiscing over good times; myself included however...
Author: edunhill Date: 08/08/2008
Live Mesh Released in the UK!
So what is Live Mesh? As part of Windows Live, Live Mesh enables you to connect all your devices,...
Author: edunhill Date: 08/08/2008
Student Voice - Life as an Intern by Kevin Pfister
So what is life actually like being a current intern at Microsoft? What does it feel like working at...
Author: edunhill Date: 07/18/2008
Creating your 1st Game (5 of 5) - by Ben Coley, Academic Developer Evangelist
The time has come to complete our XNA Pacman game! This time, we're adding the ability to store a...
Author: edunhill Date: 06/09/2008
Worldwide Telescope - Kris Athi (MSP)
Unlock the star gazer in you... Today, Microsoft Research has released a cool new application that...
Author: edunhill Date: 05/21/2008
Creating your 1st Game (4 of 5) - by Ben Coley, Academic Developer Evangelist
Welcome back fellow programmers! In the last article, I said we'd make the ghosts edible and create...
Author: edunhill Date: 05/12/2008
Installing Vista on a Mac - by Ben Nunney, MSP
I got some dirty looks, but it had to be done… There’s something quite exciting about walking into...
Author: edunhill Date: 04/29/2008