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Visual Studio 2010 - explained differently this timeFinally I was able to convince my dear colleague Uwe to hand over his VS2010 viral video. Personally I like it a lot and am super-jealous of that table. Wouldn't fit into my office though. Audio in German, but with English subtitles.Enjoy and…

You have heard of and probably used patterns in your projects. But have you heard of the "Mickey Mouse" pattern. In this short video, Ward Bell, gives you a quick overview of this unheard of pattern.Ward delivered a great session at the last summit and is coming back to…

The Skype Voice Changer is a new Coding4Fun application written by Mark Heath. With this software, you can change your how your voice sounds in a Skype conversation. For the silly voice effects, Mark recommends the pitch shifting setting called “SuperPitch” which lets you shift the pitch of your…

Гайдар Магдануров, Роман Здебский и Михаил Черномордиков изучают цифровой стол Surface, который стоит в коридорах кампуса Microsoft в Редмонде

Do you think making New Year’s resolutions is crazy? Well, you have no idea how crazy they can be. A new toy called the Resolution Randomizer can help you create some really off-the-wall resolutions with just a click of the mouse. This Silverlight application spins around bits and pieces of…

So, I just spent 2 weeks down in Florida working with Channel 9 and Edge to make videos. It was alot of work, but we got a ton of great stuff which you should check out. However...after a full week of hard-core conferencing, the 9 guys (Dan Fernandez & Brian Keller) and…

Here's a much more fun way to learn geography than just staring at a map - a game called Statetris lets you learn geography by playing an online game, similar to Tetris, where states or countries are the blocks which you must move or rotate to fit them into the correct locations. The Tetris board…

Computer Science Emil Ernerfeldt came up with Phun for his Master of Science Thesis. The game/tool can be used as a educational program for learning about physics concepts like restitution and friction, or it can be used just for fun. After downloading Phun (works on 32-bit and 64-bit systems), you…

Here's a little fun for your Friday- not that Fridays aren't already fun because they are, I mean, they're Fridays. Fridays are inherently fun, hence the phrase "TGIF". Anyway, moving right along (pun intended)...first there was the Moped, then the Segway and now...the WheelSurf. Surfs up.

A few weeks ago here at Microsoft was official MASHUP DAY!  A day where all great Microsoft minds met and brainstormed on some innovative ways to search.  There was a DJ, booze and of course the ever so popular chocolate fondue fountain.  And not to mention lots of great ideas…