iPad vs. Kindle. Not.

A few days back, around the Kindle 3 (not official version name, but third generation in releases) launch, I tweeted saying the Kindle is now tempting me, and I might just take a dive into the world of eBook readers, and add another gadget to my bag.

Become a Design All-Star!

.toolbox is a free online training program where designers and developers can learn to create Silverlight applications using Expression Studio and to apply basic UX concepts to their solutions.

Excelerators Quiz and Alpha Geek Challenges

The Business Intelligence team at Microsoft has launched the Excelerators Quiz and the Alpha Geek Challenge.

Go now to the sites below and take the quiz to see if you’re anywhere near as good as Donald Farmer! Remember to post…

Missing Girl Found: Social Media Put to Good Use

What an awesome social media success story!

A young girl ran away from home; daughter of a Microsoft employee.

The internal discussion lists spread the message and then social media took over…

Now Available: Microsoft Desktop Player

Microsoft Desktop Player aggregates content across various Microsoft properties and maps it to your role as a developer, IT Pro and IT Adoption lifecycle. Also if you configure the local settings you get local IT resources like your Developer or IT Evangelist…

March Architect Innovation Cafe Webcasts

March 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2:00pm EST

Title: Extending Your Sites Reach with IE8 Add On Features

Abstract Today’s users are getting more sophisticated and they expect more features from the sites and…

Cloud Computing Enables Tribune Company to move into the Digital Age

It’s wonderful to learn that media giant Tribune Company is betting on Windows Azure to help bring the company into the digital age by providing targeted content to its online readers and increased opportunities…

Silverlight Winter Olympics Statistics and Case Studies

Did you Know? A Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics fact sheet.

- Over 25% of the entire population of Norway viewed the Olympics using Silverlight for an average of 111 minutes each viewing!

What’s new in Expression Studio v4?

Expression Studio 4 has a wealth of new features to make it easier than ever to create engaging user experiences for the Web, the desktop, mobile devices, & Silverlight. All of the products now support Silverlight 4 and .NET 4 as well as the following specific new…