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Thoughts from Microsoft Ireland

A random collection of news and links about Microsoft Ireland by Tom Murphy

Bringing your photographs to life... Photosynth is live!

Photosynth is a new service from Microsoft Live Labs that changes how you think about using and...

Author: tomurphy Date: 08/22/2008

Microsoft announces new licensing to ease the path to virtualization

Microsoft has announced new licensing and expanded product support policies help business customers...

Author: tomurphy Date: 08/19/2008

Microsoft Releases Live Mesh in Ireland

Microsoft has today announced that the technology preview for Live Mesh is now available in Ireland....

Author: tomurphy Date: 08/18/2008

Office Labs introduces a new way to think about presentations

Microsoft Office Labs has released a prototype plug-in for PowerPoint 2007 that provides a new way...

Author: tomurphy Date: 08/18/2008

New Microsoft web site and pricing aims to ease the back to school burden...

Microsoft Ireland is today announcing two initiative in the run up to the return to school: The...

Author: tomurphy Date: 08/14/2008

Microsoft introduces free power management software for PCs

Two new applications have been released to enable consumers and business to improve the power...

Author: tomurphy Date: 08/11/2008

Case Study: How ICT training helps people to reach employment

The University of Washington has published a case study looking at how the Digital Community...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/23/2008

How software helps a youth community programme

There's an interesting case study online (PDF) about how Laurencetown, Lenaderg, and Tullyish...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/22/2008

PC Live online

I mentioned PC Live's new podcasts previously - well now you can listen and link to each individual...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/22/2008

The Journey to the 2008 Imagine Cup Finals

The AcidRain team have published a short video of their eventful trip to Paris!

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/11/2008

TechCentral Now Podcasting

Did you know TechCentral has a podcast? You can check out the latest installment with DJ Dusty...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/10/2008

Going to Oxegen? Check out the Xbox Live Stage!

If you're heading to Oxegen this weekend, make sure you check out the Xbox LIVE Stage, which is...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/10/2008

Reaction: AcidRain's Imagine Cup Achievement

It appears that Team AcidRain's achievement at the 2008 Imagine Cup Finals in Paris has caught the...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/09/2008

Microsoft Launches New Online Resource for Nonprofit Groups

Microsoft is today launching a new online resources for nonprofit organisations. NGO Connection...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/09/2008

Report: SligoIT at the Imagine Cup Finals

Emmet has also posted a video report on Sligo IT's ParkIT team at the Imagine Cup finals in Paris....

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/07/2008

Report: NUI Maynooth make the Imagine Cup Final

Emmet Ryan from ENN is at the Imagine Cup Finals, here's his video report on the progress of NUI...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/07/2008

Imagine Cup Finals Underway

Well the 2008 World Imagine Cup Finals are well underway in Paris. Great news for the NUI Maynooth...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/05/2008

Now you can let the kids, customers, students or trainees loose on your PC

Microsoft has released Windows SteadyState 2.5.  SteadyState is a free application that enables...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/03/2008

Receiving suspicious e-mail?

Last May I wrote a post about the rising levels of spam and phishing e-mails arriving into people's...

Author: tomurphy Date: 07/02/2008

Famous Microsoft Photo... updated

The photo below is a central part of Microsoft's corporate history. Taken in 1978, it's a portrait...

Author: tomurphy Date: 06/26/2008

Microsoft Releases Virtualization Technology

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization technology...

Author: tomurphy Date: 06/26/2008

Bill Gates: a video history

Bill Gates will move from his day-to-day role at Microsoft on June 27th 2008 to focus on Bill &...

Author: tomurphy Date: 06/23/2008

Twitter and Outlook

If you're using Twitter, then you may have got bored reading the web page updates and downloaded a...

Author: tomurphy Date: 06/19/2008

Irish Company partners with Microsoft to launch new online service for individual investors

Microsoft and Zignals a new Irish start-up company today announced the launch of a beta online...

Author: tomurphy Date: 06/11/2008

Microsoft Releases Podcasting Kit for Sharepoint

The Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS), an open source initiative that helps companies develop and...

Author: tomurphy Date: 06/09/2008

Windows Live Writer: new technical release available…

There’s a new technical preview of Windows Live Writer available. There’s some new image and video...

Author: tomurphy Date: 06/03/2008

Windows Live SkyDrive offers 5GB of free storage to computer users in Ireland

Windows Live SkyDrive is now available in Ireland offering 5GB of free online storage. ...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/23/2008

Beware: If it sounds to good to be true...

There seems to be a steady increase in spam and phishing at the moment. Recently I've been receiving...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/22/2008

Extended document format support in Microsoft Office announced

The next release of Office 2007 - Service Pack 2 - which will ship in the first half of 2009 - will...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/21/2008

Beta: WorldWide Telescope brings Space exploration to your desk or your couch...

The official public beta of WorldWide Telescope, is now available at:...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/13/2008

New Microsoft Ireland Podcasts on Live Mesh and Sharepoint

Martha has published two new podcasts from Microsoft Ireland: Podcast 3: Discussion on Sharepoint...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/08/2008

Microsoft releases DAISY plug-in for visual impaired computer users

Microsoft and the DAISY Consortium have announced the availability of a new “Save as DAISY...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/07/2008

Microsoft Ireland wins Corporate Social Responsibility Award

I'm delighted to report that Microsoft Ireland won the 2008 ICT Excellence award for Corporate...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/05/2008

Windows Live Maps Launches Bird's Eye Views of Dublin!

Windows Live Maps now has "Bird's Eye" views of Dublin! You can now zoom in to specific...

Author: tomurphy Date: 05/02/2008

The Microsoft Developer Developer Developer (DDD) community event comes to Ireland

The Galway Microsoft Technology User Group is hosting the first ever Developer Developer Developer,...

Author: tomurphy Date: 04/16/2008

Microsoft Ireland Podcast: User Account Control

The second Microsoft Ireland podcast is out. This episode has a discussion between Martha Rotter and...

Author: tomurphy Date: 04/15/2008

Do you use Instant Messenger to stay in touch?

The folks at Windows Live are hoping to discover how people are using Instant Messaging to keep in...

Author: tomurphy Date: 04/09/2008

Microsoft Ireland Tech Podcast Series Launched (and Girl Geek Dinner in Cork)

Martha Rotter has published the first of the Microsoft Ireland technical podcasts. The first...

Author: tomurphy Date: 04/09/2008

Microsoft Unveils Windows Mobile 6.1

Windows Mobile 6.1 has been announced today. The new release provides you with a range of new...

Author: tomurphy Date: 04/01/2008

Microsoft launches the Interoperability Forum

Microsoft is today announcing the Interoperability Forum – a web-based resource designed to...

Author: tomurphy Date: 04/01/2008

Windows Live Calendar

Martha's taking a look at the new and improved Windows Live Calendar... Read more....

Author: tomurphy Date: 03/27/2008

Irish Microsoft Technology Conference hits Dublin on April 2nd

The third Irish Microsoft Technology Conference (IMTC), a three day event featuring over 40...

Author: tomurphy Date: 03/26/2008

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