Microsoft and Nokia will be running free development workshops for the former’s Windows Phone OS, starting from next weekend. If you’re digging WP7 and call Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Auckland your usual habitat, then you might want to check them out. Yes, it’s about as short notice as you can get, with the first event scheduled for February 16-17, but MS and Nokia plan to hand out one or more Nokia Lumia handsets, which sweetens the deal significantly. More »
Android: Microsoft’s popular note taking and organisation app, OneNote, is now available on Android, so you can have your notes with you wherever you go. More »
We’ve known since last August that Windows 8 would include a much-improved file copying system, with better ways to track copy jobs and deal with conflicts. A recent tweak to Windows 8 also means you can automatically choose to skip obvious duplicates when copying files from one location to another. More »
Gamification. The word sends shivers of revulsion down my spine. Yet, as I stare at the list of claimable accolades for Visual Studio Achievements, a “motivational” extension for Visual Studio 2010 that allows coders to garner points by completing certain excessive programming tasks, I can’t help but wish I owned a copy of Microsoft’s latest IDE. More »
If you’re sick of staring at that Microsoft Word or Excel splash screen every time you start up the program, this little trick will keep it from popping up before the main window. More »
We told you last week about the 2012 calendar templates for Word. Now its Office siblings Excel and PowerPoint have joined the party with their own free downloadable 2012 designs. More »
Every year, Microsoft releases template updates for Word users to print current year calendars. Hyper-organised people will have been hanging out for the 2012 releases since at least last October, but they’re now available for download. More »
This should have happened long ago: Microsoft is going to begin automatically upgrading all users of Internet Explorer to the newest available version for their OS as part of its update process, rather than letting them foolishly stick with the insecure, bug-ridden nightmare that is IE6. Australia will be one of the first two countries in the world to see the update switch, with the process kicking off in January More »
You guys listed OneNote as one of your favourite note taking applications, and today Microsoft finally released an iPad-optimised version of the awesome tool, while adding a tabbed interface, quick note creation, and more. More »
You’ve asked some great questions about Windows Azure and Microsoft has answered them. But who won our prize pack of Office Home and Business 2010, an Arc keyboard and a Torch mouse? More »
