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E3 – Exclusive Titles, Kinect (Natal) and New Xbox 360 Console
Earlier today we held our press briefing at the E3 conference and showcased a bunch of very cool...
Date: 06/14/2010
Office Web Apps now on SkyDrive
As of yesterday our new Office Web Apps functionality was made available as part of our free...
Date: 06/08/2010
Want to work for Microsoft?
Are you a student with excellent technical skills and an ambition to work on world changing...
Date: 04/27/2010
Microsoft Certification – Academic Discount and Free ‘Second Shot’
Interested in gaining professional qualifications and differentiating yourself from fellow students?...
Date: 04/26/2010
Free Microsoft Webcasts for Students!
Just a quick post to let everyone know about a bunch of free webcasts...
Date: 03/03/2010
Student Hosting with 123-reg.co.uk for £1!
Microsoft have teamed up with 123-reg.co.uk to offer UK students the chance to get themselves...
Date: 01/28/2010
Gold Partner Seeks Passionate Comp Sci Grads
CM Group a Microsoft Gold Partner focussed on content production to support products from major...
Date: 01/14/2010
Kodu for PC Technical Preview Available Free
Back in July I posted about Kodu and its availability of Xbox Live… “Kodu allows you to build games...
Date: 01/13/2010
UK Imagine Cup – Register now and we’ll donate £1 to charity!*
Even though the UK Software Design has just closed, we’re still looking for ways to support our...
Date: 01/06/2010
Join us on Facebook!
We’ve recently set up a new facebook page which features a regular stream of student content...
Date: 10/22/2009
Windows Azure Online Training for Students
This will probably be particularly interesting for those of you who read my previous post on free...
Date: 10/20/2009
Imagine Cup 2010 Project Briefs
Briefs IC Briefs.zip
Date: 10/12/2009
Try Microsoft’s Cloud Platform for Free!
Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform allowing you to build and deploy scalable .NET...
Date: 10/07/2009
MSDNAA for IT Academies
Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance is a subscription programme offered by Microsoft...
Date: 10/07/2009
YoHo Kablammo Sets Sail!
Some time ago I blogged about about an Imagine Cup Entry called Drizzle built by a bunch of guys at...
Date: 09/28/2009
Imagine Cup; UK Bags 1st Place in Short Film and 3rd in Games Development
We’re now all back from Cairo and fully recovered from the heat and sleep deprivation. The great...
Date: 07/15/2009
Student Celebration Day Videos
Just as we’re heading off to Cairo for the Imagine Cup worldwide finals I want to give you a...
Date: 07/03/2009
Cairo here we come...
Regular readers will know all about the Imagine Cup but for the uninitiated it is the worlds largest...
Date: 07/02/2009
Kodu is Here!
Have you ever wanted to create your own game but don’t want to get your hands dirty with code? We...
Date: 07/01/2009
Office Ultimate for £38.95
Just a quick signpost to the Ultimate Steal, a programme that allows UK students purchase Office for...
Date: 06/05/2009
Getting Started with Azure #1
Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform allowing deployment of .NET applications with...
Date: 05/19/2009
Build on IE8 and Win a 360 Elite
Microsoft are currently running a competition where you can build an IE8 Accelerator, Web Slice or...
Date: 05/15/2009
Free MCTS Certification Through DreamSpark
For a limited time Microsoft is offering free vouchers to sit an MCTS exam through the DreamSpark...
Date: 05/08/2009
Student Celebration Day Slides
To follow on from yesterday’s post I wanted to share the slides from the MSR talks: MSR Overview -...
Date: 05/01/2009
Student Celebration Day
Yesterday we held a big event at MSR (Microsoft Research) Cambridge to celebrate the success...
Date: 04/30/2009
X48 Update – Games Now Available for Download
A really quick update on X48 – all the games are now online so you can see for yourself what can be...
Date: 03/29/2009
X48 Wrap Up
It’s all over - early Saturday evening 80 exhausted students left Derby University for home after...
Date: 03/23/2009
X48 in Full Swing!
What: X48 is a marathon gamecamp where students and indie developers use Microsoft's XNA Game Studio...
Date: 03/20/2009
Students to be able to develop apps for SkyMarket for free!
Kudos to Paolo for getting to this one first. Simply put when Windows Mobile 6.5 launches an...
Date: 03/12/2009
Lionhead Studios – Now Recruiting!
Lionhead Studios, developer of the Fable and Black and White series are looking to recruit the best...
Date: 03/09/2009
Silverlight Training for Teaching Staff
My colleague Paolo is in the process of arranging a series of regional training days to introduce...
Date: 03/04/2009
MSDNAA Software HowTo Video
MSDNAA is Microsoft's subscription for technical schools/colleges and universities which allows them...
Date: 02/20/2009
IT Academy Student Pass - Free eLearning
A little while back I posted about a great new programme we launched which gives students free...
Date: 02/13/2009
Silverlight on Linux - Moonlight
Yesterday Miguel de Icaza posted on his blog that Moonlight version 1.0 (the open source...
Date: 02/12/2009
Internship Opportunities - Redmond, Seattle
If you're a technical student looking for the opportunity to get some experience and fancy working...
Date: 01/13/2009
Student Technology Day Videos Now Online
On 1st of October at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank, London we hosted an awesome event...
Date: 11/25/2008
Free eLearning for Microsoft Certification
Ever fancied getting some more letters after you name and improving your job prospects when you...
Date: 10/02/2008
Getting Started with DeepZoom
I've done a few events recently and showed off a new Microsoft technology called DeepZoom which is...
Date: 09/30/2008
Photosynth goes live!
From today Photosynth is publicly available so you can not only view others 'synths' but create and...
Date: 08/21/2008
Imagine Cup UK Finalists Touch Down in Seattle
Part of the prize for winning the UK finals of the Software Design competition of the Imagine Cup...
Date: 08/06/2008
New XNA Mini Game Available
Video: XNA Creators Club Online: Movipa Mini Game The XNA team just announced a new mini game called...
Date: 08/04/2008
Live Mesh Now Available to UK Users
You've probably all heard something in the IT press about Live Mesh over the last couple of months...
Date: 07/31/2008
Sell your XNA Games with Xbox LIVE Community Games!
Over the last couple of weeks there have been some exciting announcements trickling out through the...
Date: 07/28/2008
Imagine Cup '08 Closes and '09 Begins
This afternoon we had the prizegiving for the Imagine cup '08 in Paris where next year's venue and...
Date: 07/08/2008
Imagine Cup Update
Both our Software Design and Embedded development teams put in a sterling effort but unfortunately...
Date: 07/08/2008
Imagine Cup Grand Final, Paris
Over the past couple of weeks our UK finalist teams have been spending every waking hour preparing...
Date: 07/04/2008