Laura Foy

The Build hackathon is underway and loads of developers are hard at work creating apps for Windows 8, Windows Azure and Windows Phone 8. I stopped by just as they kicked off and caught some of the pre-event excitement. Take a look!

After speaking with some of the most influential developers around we decided to grab some BUILD attendees and asked them to share why they love what they do.

Throwing an event the size and quality of Build is no small feat. And attending such an event is an overwhelming experience filled with education and stimulation. So, when it's all said and done we throw a well deserved party for all those who participated. This year, it was at the Seattle Center…

Get:   professional & hobbyist developers Who:  want to develop Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 apps To:   develop apps for social good By:  giving them the necessary resources to develop and publish apps (i.e.   Generation App), incentives, and prizes Because: …

The MultiPoint Mouse SDK v1.5 has just shipped and it is changing the game- and the way we think about interacting with our computers. Here are some of the highlights: The new SDK features several improvements as well as Windows 7/Windows Server 2008  compatibility and…

This past weekend, a team of Microsoft Employees - many from Windows - participated in the Red Bull Flugtag, a competition where teams from all over the world build human-powered flying machines, push them off a 30’ high dock, and see who can fly the farthest. The event was tons of fun…

Everybody can spare 90 seconds, so why not put that time to good use and learn something new?Take your ideas from concept, to completed apps quickly and easily with Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone. Built in templates for Windows Phone, controls that automatically take on the look and…

There is a somewhat little known department here at Microsoft called the Applied Science Group and they do some truly incredible work. They are the research team behind Microsoft Hardware. I met up with Paul Dietz from this group and he showed me the amazing new Micrososft Pressure…

Channel 9 has come a long way since it's debut in 2004. We have grown and matured, had great successes and a few stumbles, but our core principles have remained the same: to to move beyond the newsgroup, the blog, and the press release to talk with each other, human to human. In this video you …

You've all played these web browser "twitch" games before when you should be actually working- but wait! Well Zero Gravity is different. Zero Gravity isn't flashed based, it runs on Silverlight. I spoke with the guys from Terralever who set out to prove that Silverlight is…