Tag Archives: Microsoft

Office 2010: The Movie

Presented in HD (720p high definition). Thanks to Microsoft’s Steve Clayton for sharing. If no video is displayed, you’re either reading this article via an RSS feed or YouTube is blocked by your establishment’s web filtering policy.

Copenhagen

Cullen Dudas is a Windows enthusiast and not a Microsoft employee (not yet anyway). The user interface concept ideas that have been created for this video presentation are stunning. If only Windows 7 would look like this… If no video is displayed, it’s probably because Vimeo is blocked by your establishment’s web filtering policy. Sorry!

SharePoint Designer 2007 – Now Free

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 is now available as a free download. Please visit the official site for more information. Thanks to Microsoft’s John Westworth for the tip-off.

Microsoft Future

I recently posted a video depicting the year 2019 as envisioned by Microsoft (click here to view). The full version has now been released, all 5 minutes and 49 seconds of which can be viewed below. Embedded HQ (high quality) YouTube video made possible by My Digital Life. If no video is displayed, it’s probably [...]

Windows 7 Release Candidate in April 2009

Microsoft have revealed that they will be releasing a public Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7, possibly in April 2009. My colleague in the Schools’ ICT Unit has installed the 64-bit version of Windows 7 as his main OS and, apart from one or two bugs (to be expected with a beta), has seen good [...]

Microsoft 2019

I can’t wait! Thanks to Steve Clayton (yet again!) from Microsoft for sharing this brilliant futurological video montage.

I’m a PC and I’m 7 Years Old

A new Microsoft advert shared by Steve Clayton. I suspect this child’s PC ventures aren’t so unusual these days, especially if my household is anything to go by. Children are brilliant, aren’t they?!

Detailed Data Security Guidance Delayed

Further to my previous post on Data Handling Security, Ray Fleming (UK Education Industry Manager, Microsoft) has posted on his blog information pertaining to an additional, detailed guidance document from Becta. Ray reports that the document, which contains specific information on MIS data items and levels of security, was originally due for publication in December [...]

Passion is a Fantastic, Transferable Skill…

Dan Woodman, the Microsoft employee who famously had a tattoo of the company’s unofficial Blue Monster logo, has been laid off as part of the 1400 redundancies announced in January 2009. The Blue Monster was created by cartoonist and professional blogger Hugh MacLeod. In July 2008, Dan posted about his love for Microsoft on his [...]

Becta: Data Handling Security Guidance for Schools

I originally posted this on the Bolton Schools ICT Unit Blog back in September 2008 but, following my meeting yesterday, I thought I’d re-publish it here. Becta updated their Information Security Advice page for schools last year and provided a more detailed document (Keeping Data Safe, Secure and Legal) which expands upon previous advice. This [...]

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