Tina

People often stop me in the streets to ask "Hey Tina, what's life "really" like at Microsoft?  Sometimes I can't even walk outside my house without somebody standing there with a giant neon sign that blinks "What is life "really" like at…

Samsung Electronics is huge in consumer and business products and are partnering with Microsoft to bring unified communications to the business desktop. Check out their latest widecreen display (1680x1050) with built in speakers, camera, and microphone. This video closes our coverage of the…

Microsoft has always had a history of pranks and well, sometimes you just need to play jokes on your colleagues. For this prank, Dan and I set up a fake photo shoot with the premise that they will be part of a new Microsoft campaign called The Faces of Microsoft.  It's of course all…

Why is Dan Fernandez crawling around on a concrete floor with a blonde wig while White Snake plays in the background?  That's a great question and I wish I had a logical answer but I don't so I will just give you the truth.  It has to do with Silverlight, Expression and couple's…

False rumors about life at Microsoft abound, like "drinking the juice" or sleeping at our desks; even that everybody watches Battlestar Galactica. Truth is: only most of us watch it. In a continued effort to debunk the rumors once and for all, I present to you - Life at…

While some of us were wearing tube socks and listening to "Wham" others were running multi-billionaire companies like Microsoft.  Here's a look back at the 1980's - Microsoft style.1980 June 11. Steve Ballmer joins Microsoft. 1981 June 25. Microsoft reorganizes into a privately…

The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a rich, Web 2.0 visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground- and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless, guided exploration of the universe. Choose from a growing number of interactive…

For Microsoft, 1980 means a new decade and new technology. Microsoft introduces the Z-80 SoftCard, Steve Ballmer joins the company and we announce XENIX OS, a portable, UNIX-based operating system for 16-bit microprocessors. Previous Episodes:The History of Microsoft - 1975The History of Microsoft…

Thirty-four years ago, a nineteen year old kid and his twenty-two year old business partner sold their first program to a little computer company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The program was called BASIC, and it was the start of this company we call Microsoft. Today, we’re beginning a brand new…

Rendering is the process of generating an image from a model, by means of computer programs. The model is a description of three dimensional objects in a strictly defined language or data structure. It can contain geometry, viewpoint, texture, lighting, and shading information. The image is a…