Earlier this week the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit was held. On 10 was on the scene, and has a nice movie about the Sphere . For the entire article @ on 10, have a look over here: http://on10.net/blogs/laura/Sphere-multi-touch-computing/ . This is just another sign that the best is yet to come....
This morning I found a mail in my inbox telling me I was invited to Live Mesh . That's a nice start of the weekend, so thanks Jan ! The Live Desktop user interface looks pretty cool, and it almost feels like a real desktop. But that part of Live Mesh is pretty much like Live SkyDrive : a big online...
The TED website actually explains for me why you should watch Stephen Lawler's talk on Virtual Earth : Why you should listen to him: Microsoft's Stephen Lawler offers a tour of Virtual Earth that not only reveals the power and potential of the software itself, but also gives a global glimpse...
I already stated it at Paul Gielens' post about the SQL Server 2008 CTP: software (development) is about to hit puberty, if it hasn't done so already. Looking at the rate (big!) new things are coming our way, you have to agree we're entering a new level in software (development). Take a look...
I tried using Windows Live Writer as soon as it got out, but because of proxy settings at the company I was working publishing posts wasn't possible. I only now got time to try it at home, because I've been at home ill the past days. I'm still not 100% well, but I'll keep quiet to get well soon. So maybe...
Google added another cool search to their labs : Google Code search . Find code written in almost any language, and under almost any license. Have a look at advanced code search and see the possibilities. If the codebase that is searched is big enough, this might be a good step into getting developers...
Today I stumbled upon the Dutch Microsoft blogs and found an interesting post at the blog of Robert Fransen: the IE Developer Toolbar beta is available! The Toolbar offers you lots of handy features: Explore and modify the document object model (DOM) of a web page. Locate and select specific elements...
If you're interested in Visual Studio 2005, and especially ASP.Net 2.0, visit this site: http://beta.asp.net/ It's an official Microsoft beta site running ASP.Net 2.0. Including forum, a control gallery, tutorials, starter kits and many more!
Microsoft has released a beta for the program codenamed 'Acrylic'. According to some people this might be Microsofts attempt to compete with Adobe, because it is said the program is the ideal combination of vector based graphics (Illustrator) and pixel based graphics (Photoshop). Is this Microsofts answer...
Last friday Chris Wilton posted about IE7 Beta on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Weblog ( IEBlog ). The two most important features for IE 7: - Support for the alpha channel in PNG images. - CSS standards compliance! Furthermore, it's nice to know not only Visual Studio 2005 will be released this summer...