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Video of Microsoft Origami on CNBC

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

CNBCs Jim Goldman gives a first look at the Origami live from the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco. You can view the video on this ultra-mobile PC at http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=19a8cafd-45bc-465a-a06c-768b5ece4d3a&f=.
Thursday morning there will be an 1 hour video on Channel9, covering Origami.
What’s very hot about Origami is that the current device designed by Intel might […]

Kid’s Programming Language

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Jon Schwartz from Microsoft developed a Kids Programming Language - you can see a 40 minute video on Channel 9.
It’s extremely suitable for kids between the ages of 10 and 16; now they won’t have to start learning programming with VB, C++ or Java. I wish something like that was around when I was 10.

Mystery solved: free USB drive from Microsoft

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

A great way to get valuable information about Windows Licensing, and to receive a free USB drive from Microsoft is to go to
http://www.microsoft.com//windowsxp/mysterysolved/corp/default.mspx
sign in with your Passport, complete a small form and answer 4 simple questions (which you can find the answer of on the homepage).
Thank you for requesting the Mystery Solved USB drive loaded […]

Thank you for SQL Server 2005

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Microsoft and Electric Artists sent me a fully licensed copy of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition, because of a small promotion I did for this product on Geekpedia.com (see Escape From Yesterworld if you haven’t seen it yet).
I really needed SQL Server 2005 since my trial was about to expire, so I’m very excited. Thanks!