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In this issue... |  | Microsoft Lights Way for Next-Generation Web Development and Design at MIX07: Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs). | ||||||||||||
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| Meet Microsoft Recruiters at the following U.S. career fairs and conferences: Check our website for future events at http://members.microsoft.com/careers/events/default.mspx |
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Visit Microsoft at a 3D Interactive Job Fair Hosted in Second Life™ : Microsoft will be sponsoring a booth at Network in World, a 3D interactive job fair hosted in Second Life™. Job seekers from all over the world will gather in this one of a kind job fair to meet with Microsoft recruiters on May 15-17.
Learn more...Spring Cleaning for Your Career: When cleaning out the closet and garage this Spring, don’t forget to clean-up these three aspects of your professional life.
Learn more...What's Important to You in a Job?: When you are looking for a new job or career, it’s important to identify what your priorities are before you start your job search. Across the board, Microsoft excels in all the factors mentioned in this article and takes pride in providing superior benefits and services for its employees.
Learn more...Why Don't I Hear Back?: Jenna Adorno, a technical recruiter for MSN, sheds some light on why you might not have received feedback on your application from a recruiter, yet.
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Ozzie's Quiet Revolution at Microsoft: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, is not one to take extreme views or make outlandish claims. But he is adamantly sure of one thing: a combination of software and online services is the future.
Learn more...What is this Thing We Call UX?: Meet Frank Bisono: a new User Experience (UX) Designer in the Management and Administration eXperience (MAX) team.
Learn more...Channel 9 Talks with Ale Contenti: Ale Contenti, Senior Development Lead on the VC++ team, discusses what's new in VC SL, things to think about in terms of writing "safe" C++, and much more.
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Test of New Server OS Released: Microsoft issued the first public test version of the next Windows Server operating system,"Longhorn", taking a key step in the overhaul of a product that has become one of its biggest financial strengths.
Learn More ...Microsoft Previews Surreal Future: Forgot where you found that interesting article last week? Perhaps, soon you will be able to consult your LifeBrowser, which tracks and records where you went on the Web, what you worked on, and who you met with.
Learn More ...Vista Taking a Nibble Out of Apple in OS Wars?: Windows Vista more than doubled its market share in March from the prior month, while the share of computers running Mac OS X fell for the first time in nine months, according to statistics released by market research firm Net Applications.
Learn More ...Xbox 360 Elite Goes on Sale in the USA: The black Xbox 360 Elite has gone on sale in the US. It features new HDMI output and a 120GB hard drive.
Learn More ...SharePoint Takes Lead in Collaboration Market: Over the past few years, Microsoft has quietly established itself in the emerging market for collaboration software with a product called SharePoint.
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Halo 3 Public Beta Arrives in May: One of the most anticipated videogames for the Xbox 360, Halo 3, will be released to the public in test, or beta, form May 16.
Learn More ...Microsoft to Add Campuses in Beijing, Shanghai: Microsoft plans to open more campuses and increase the number of researchers in China amid sales loss to piracy in the world's second-biggest computer market.
Learn More ...Space Billionaire Returns to Earth: Charles Simonyi, a Hungarian-born software engineer who helped develop Microsoft Word and Excel, touched down after a more than three-hour return trip from the orbital station.
Learn More ...Microsoft Tools Group Set to Tap 'MySpace Generation': Microsoft is prepping a new service from its Developer Division to attract the MySpace.com generation.
Learn More ...'Daily Show,' 'Colbert Report' Headed to Xbox Live: Got a hankering for the latest episodes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart or The Colbert Report, but don't have cable? You may no longer need to go scrounging around the Internet for clips.
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Microsoft Gives 34 Schools $25,000 Computer Lab Makeovers: Thousands of students in 34 schools across the nation will have the opportunity to explore the new Windows Vista operating system for the very first time as new computers and software come rolling into their schools.
Learn More ...Microsoft Offers $3 Software Package for Developing Countries: Microsoft is expanding its "Unlimited Potential" initiative to include offering a software package, the Student Innovation Suite, to governments and students in emerging countries across the world at a price of just $3.
Learn More ... Gates and Broad Start $60 Million Schools Effort: Bill Gates and Eli Broad, two of the most important philanthropists in American public education, are joining forces for a $60 million foray into politics in an effort to vault education high onto the agenda of the 2008 presidential race.
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