Microsoft hardware and software, from Windows and Office to Surface tablets and Xbox.
Windows 7 officially launched in Singapore at midnight on 22nd October 2009, through Microsoft Singapore and Challenger Funan. The first person queued from 3.30pm, though numbers were only handed out at 7pm, and by 10.30pm over 140 people had gathered.
This news is a day late, sorry! Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally joined forces to take on Google, after last year's takeover fiasco. Their 29th July 2009 agreement aims to improve web search and compete harder.
Microsoft Singapore flew in Tim Huckaby from headquarters to talk on Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight 2.0 and programming for Microsoft Surface. Consistently rated among the top 10% of speakers, Huckaby focuses on smart client technologies, making for an engaging session.
Microsoft has released Silverlight 2, available to download tomorrow. I've been waiting for this, as Silverlight 1 and 1.1 felt in their infancy. Microsoft calls it one of the industry's most comprehensive and powerful solutions for creating rich applications.
It's confirmed: Windows 7 will simply be called Windows 7. Since development began, Microsoft had been referring to the next Windows client by the codename Windows 7, and now they've decided to keep it as the official name.
Microsoft Hardware marks 25 years by unveiling new products at Movida, St James Power Station, though I can't attend due to lessons. Highlights include the Arc Mouse, a strikingly stylish, foldable design that ups the style stakes.
Last Friday, 11th July 2008, was my mum's 50th birthday, which we celebrated at Pete's Place in Hyatt Hotel. The food disappointed compared to their Sunday lunch buffet, with mains from S$20 to S$40, each including the bread bar.
I've used Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit for over a month now and I'm quite comfortable with it. Aside from the GUI, there's little change from Windows XP, but it supports DirectX 10. Just one Blue Screen so far.
This Friday, 27th June 2008, will be Bill Gates' last day as a full-time Microsoft employee. Afterwards he'll focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's work in health, vaccines and education, though he remains chairman as the largest shareholder.
BBC News interviewed Bill Gates as he prepares to leave full-time work at Microsoft. Most of our competitors were very poorly run, he tells Fiona Bruce for The Money Programme; they didn't understand how to combine business and engineering expertise.
Microsoft has announced a price cut for the Xbox 360 in Singapore. The Pro version with a 20GB hard drive now has an estimated retail price of S$499, down from S$620, making the console more accessible.
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 is due out tomorrow, 29th April 2008, but the file is apparently already on the Windows Update server. If you're wary of authenticity from third-party sites, here's the link straight from Microsoft itself.
I got the Xbox 360 Pro at a special S$450 at Funan's Challenger, down from the usual S$669; thanks to Ian for his help. A few of us from the Xbox 360 2nd Anniversary party also got it too.
Yesterday, 3rd April 2008, Ian Tan from Microsoft invited me to a private Xbox 360 Anniversary party at The Screening Room. Publishers including EA, Atari, LucasArts, THQ, Namco Bandai, Rockstar and Team Ninja were there to demo games.
MIX-it-up is a series of technology briefings offering interactive presentations, cutting-edge technology and real-world examples. All MIX-it-up events are held in the Microsoft Singapore office auditorium on the 21st floor of NTUC Building, and registration is required to attend.
Some new features in IE8 Beta 1. Activities are contextual services offering quick access to external services from any webpage. WebSlices let sites expose portions of a page that users can subscribe to.
Nokia is bringing Microsoft Silverlight to S60 on Symbian OS later this year. Now we just need Adobe Flash Lite 3 delivered to our phones; impatient developers can already grab the Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition in the meantime.
Here are some post-install details on Windows 7 M1, originally posted by Kenipnet in Neowin's forums. Over the weekend he finally tried the build but was disappointed, as his primary machine asked for a SATA driver.
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 has been officially released. Expect greater stability: using Dr. Watson crash data, they've fixed the top software issues for each application, and SP1 also improves overall performance. A worthwhile update.
Remix 07 is a Microsoft event for web developers, designers and businesses, held at The Arts House. It was a one-day event yesterday, Friday 29th June 2007, which I attended thanks to an invite from Nic Fillingham of Microsoft.
After XP, Office 11 is next, out next year but only for Windows 2000 and XP. Screenshots are floating around. On Windows side, the next release is rumoured as Windows 2004, with Longhorn as its codename.