Nic Fillingham

Welcome to my Emporium of Technological Curiosities. Here's a little known fact; the megabyte (or mega-mega-bite-bite) was actually invented in 1843 by Australian Edward "Ned" Kelly. We Aussies also coined the phrase "web cam" to describe a tube of spider silk fashioned into a rudimentary lens for peering at the heavens.
  • Countdown to TechEd Europe: The Yoda of Windows Phone
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    Countdown to TechEd Europe: The Yoda of Windows Phone
    Aug 20, 2010 at 9:00 AM Comments 0

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    On this week’s episode, @anyware and @ritzy host Jaime Rodriguez, the technical evangelist giving a full day pre-conference deep dive on Windows Phone 7 application and development in Berlin on November 8.  Jaime gives a sneak peek into some of the learnings of building a WinPhone app,…
  • Facebook Chat Now Available in Windows Live Messenger
    Facebook Chat Now Available in Windows Live Messenger
    Aug 17, 2010 at 2:49 PM Comments 14

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    The Windows Live team has released a new version of the Messenger 2011 beta with integrated Facebook chat.Link your Windows Live ID with your Facebook account and you'll be able to chat with friends logged into Facebook.For a quick demo, check out the video, and to download the updated beta…
  • Channel 9 Live at MIX10: Javascript Panel with Douglas Crockford, John Resig & Erik Meijer
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    Channel 9 Live at MIX10: Javascript Panel with Douglas Crockford, John Resig & Erik Meijer
    Mar 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM Comments 4

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    JavaScript language designer and historian Douglas Crockford joins language designer Erik Meijer and jQuery creator John Resig to discuss JavaScript and web programming. This is the first time that this particular collection of experts have shared the stage to discuss what has become the…
  • Rejuvenating Old Hardware with Windows 7
    Rejuvenating Old Hardware with Windows 7
    Jan 13, 2009 at 4:24 PM Comments 11

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    Sitting on my desk at home is one of the original Shuttle SFF (Small Form Factor) PC's that I purchased back in 2003. It ran Windows XP Pro which was a bit sluggish but very stable. I had tried to install Vista on it at one stage but the experience wasn't that fantastic so I reverted back…
  • Channel 9 Live at PDC10
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    Channel 9 Live at PDC10
    Oct 22, 2010 at 3:10 PM Comments 39

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    The Channel 9 team will be broadcasting live, unscripted and 100% interactive from the Microsoft Redmond Campus for PDC10.Join us immediately following the keynote on Thursday, October 28th (at approx. 11AM Pacific Standard Time) and again on Friday (from 9:00AM PST) for two full days of…
  • Education Labs release Windows Live Moodle Plug-in
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    Education Labs release Windows Live Moodle Plug-in
    Jul 21, 2009 at 8:56 AM Comments 7

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    At OSCON today the Microsoft Eduation Labs group released a Windows Live services plug-in for the open source Moodle e-learning platform. Kosar Jaff joined me in the studio for a demonstration of Moodle and a look at how his group incorporated Windows Live services into the Moodle…
  • Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Available Now
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    Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Available Now
    Sep 30, 2010 at 12:11 PM Comments 27

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    Windows Live Essentials 2011 (formerly Wave 4) has RTW-ed (Released To the Web). Download for free at this link: http://download.live.com The 2011 suite includes a tonne of new features including Facebook Chat integration within Messenger Bing Maps integration and improved geo-tagging support in…
  • Hands on with Windows Live Movie Maker
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    Hands on with Windows Live Movie Maker
    Aug 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM Comments 31

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    As of today, Windows Live Movie Maker is officially out of beta and available to download for FREE as part of the Windows Live Essentials suite. Victor Santodomingo, Windows Live Movie Maker Engine Development Lead, joined me in the studio to demonstrate the new Movie Maker…
  • Make Money with Xbox Live Community Games
    Make Money with Xbox Live Community Games
    Jul 22, 2008 at 7:19 AM Comments 2

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    Turn your XNA projects into cash with Xbox Live Community Games.Coming holiday 2008, Xbox Live Community Games will give XNA game developers (that's YOU!) the opportunity to publish and sell their projects to millions of gamers worldwide via the Xbox Live…
  • An Extended Look at Project Gustav - Immersive Digital Painting
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    An Extended Look at Project Gustav - Immersive Digital Painting
    Mar 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM Comments 10

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    As part of his MIX10 keynote presentation Bill Buxton showed off Project Gustav - an immersive digital painting experience created by Microsoft Research - as an example of natural user interface.Previously covered on Channel 9 as part of the TechFest 2010 coverage we invited the Project…
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