Category: Windows
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How to find the best Windows Phone 7 apps
Earlier today, I came across a great show for Windows Phone 7 owners called Hot Apps. The show is created by Microsoft’s Channel 9 and does a great job of highlighting some of the best apps on the platform. I will admit it is no Big App Show (the best way to find great iPhone…
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Windows 7 SP1 beta up for download
Today, Microsoft announced at its Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 that the beta for Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 is now up for public download. Rumors had been flying around that the beta would be released sometime in July. Last week, the Windows 7 SP1 beta had reportedly hit bittorrent but security conscious people like…
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Buy Windows 7 Pro and get a $100 Southwest Airlines voucher
In effort to help drive Windows 7 Professional sales primarily in small businesses, Microsoft has come up with an idea to help save on travel expenses when you buy Windows 7 Professional. Apparently they have teamed up with Amazon and Southwest Airlines to offer SWABIZ (Southwest airlines for business travelers) members a $100 travel voucher…
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Microsoft Student Insider Training Day 2: The first day at Microsoft Part 2
Welcome back to my series of posts from my Microsoft Student Insider Training trip to the Microsoft campus in Redmond. This is part 2 of 3 from Day 2, so lets pick up right where we left off! Read about Day 1 and Day 2 part 1 if you haven’t already. After the legal discussion,…
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Interesting news from MIX2010, IE9, Zune’s Future and more!
Greetings Readers! I meant to get this post up last week but because I was scrambling to get caught back up on homework after last week’s trip to MIX 2010, it didn’t happen. Anyway, I have some very interesting tidbits from MIX that I thought I would pass along. If you listened to this week’s…