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Registration for Microsoft's BUILD conference is open now

Registration for Microsoft
  • Posted April 2, 2013, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Registration for Microsoft’s BUILD conference is now open and if you’re one of the first 500 to get your name in the hat, you can score a $500 discount off the price of admission. The event is scheduled to kick…

Microsoft sponsors coding competition during Build conference

Microsoft sponsors coding competition during Build conference
  • Posted November 2, 2012, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
  • Microsoft recently held what some are calling a hackathon at the company’s campus in Redmond. 40 teams of coders were brought together for the four-day event with cold, hard cash at stake. But instead of looking for exploits or designing…

Microsoft showers Build devs with gifts: Surface RT, Lumia 920, etc.

Microsoft showers Build devs with gifts: Surface RT, Lumia 920, etc.
  • Posted October 31, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
  • Microsoft, like other large companies, has a reputation of handing out some pretty awesome swag to conference-goers. Last year Redmond kicked off its Build conference by handing out tablets running Windows 8 to developers and members of the press.

Microsoft confirms Xbox Live integration on Windows 8

Microsoft confirms Xbox Live integration on Windows 8
  • Posted September 14, 2011, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Gaming
  • Microsoft has re-confirmed that the company's Xbox Live service will be built into the next version of its desktop operating system. There are few details about the integration at this point, but according to a blog post by Microsoft's Director…

Windows 8 fully previewed, available for download tonight

Windows 8 fully previewed, available for download tonight
  • Posted September 13, 2011, 4:29 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Microsoft, Software Breaking News
  • Today at Microsoft's BUILD conference, Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President of the Windows division had a lot to show on its keynote, all of it surrounding the next major release of Windows, code-named 'Windows 8', which he called a "bold reimagining of Windows."

Microsoft hands out Windows 8 tablets at Build conference

Microsoft hands out Windows 8 tablets at Build conference
  • Posted September 13, 2011, 2:09 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Hardware Breaking News With Video
  • Microsoft kicked off its Build conference by giving devs and members of the press a taste of Windows 8 running on a tablet. Both the hardware and operating are developer preview builds, of course, but it was impressively zippy and…

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