Archive for July, 2006

Outlook 2007 Un-hyped feature: Podcasting with RSS

Friday, July 28th, 2006
Computing

I’ve had the Office 2007 public beta on my laptop since I formatted it, and have been pleasantly surprised with it. It’s actually living up to what Microsoft says it is, a new UI which makes it more productive, with more features designed to help you get the work done.
One of the coolest features of […]

Futurama takes on Apple’s 1984

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

From the “Found-while-uselessly-procrastinating-on-YouTube” department:
Came across a funny Futurama spoof of Apple’s famous 1984 advertisement on YouTube, from Futurama. Good stuff. You probably won’t find it funny unless you’ve seen the original, which you can watch here.
That’s all I wanted to say
–Ben

Virtual PC 2004 is free!

Thursday, July 13th, 2006
Computing

Hello there again, you’re friendly geek Ben here, here to bring you the good news: Microsoft has just released Virtual PC 2004 to the internet for free. If you don’t know what Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 is, it’s basically what the name says, it’s a virtual computer. Virtual computers let you run two or more […]

The Conclusion of Blogging from Microsoft

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Well, I’ve just about finished uploading the good photos of the Microsoft work placement to the gallery. There are a few more photos of the lounge and the Xbox machines, and check out the free drinks Microsoft provides their employees! Sweet!
Anyway, now onto something more serious. I’d like to thank the people at Microsoft Australia’s […]