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2010 FTW! Coding Competition Finalists Announced Today

May. 25, 2010

Winner to Be Crowned Canada's Top Developer at Make Web Not War Conference on May 27th MONTREAL, QC. - May 25, 2010 - Microsoft Canada, proud sponsor of Open Source Week Montreal (MonDev), today announced the three finalists who will be going toe...

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Intuitive, Easy-To-Use Software Tops Wish Lists as Canadian Businesses Prepare for Growth and Greater IT Investments, Survey Finds

Apr. 12, 2010

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(April 12, 2010) - Fifty-four per cent of Canadian business executives are planning to boost their IT investments over the next several years and most of them are citing user experience as a critical factor, according to survey results...

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Want to Be a Windows Phone 7/Imagine Cup Rock Star?

Mar. 26, 2010

If so, and you’re a student, you can build a Windows Phone 7 application and submit it as an entry for Imagine Cup 2010. Read more at the Global Nerdy blog

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Microsoft’s public IE9 demo pushes HTML5 support

Mar. 16, 2010

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday offered up a "platform preview" of its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 aimed at letting programmers and Web developers get their feet wet with the new browser.

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Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 developer tools

Mar. 15, 2010

Microsoft Corp. unveiled on Monday a set of development tools for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series OS.

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Microsoft Outlines New Opportunities at MIX10 for Developers to Create Compelling Experiences

Mar. 15, 2010

Unveils end-to-end development platform with free tools for Windows Phone 7 Series and advances with Silverlight that will bring new applications, games and experiences to life. LAS VEGAS - March 15, 2010 - Today at MIX10, Microsoft Corp. showcased advancements...

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Microsoft launches Windows Azure and supporting channel strategy

Nov. 19, 2009

As part of its software plus services strategy, Microsoft Corp. has announced the commercial availability of its Windows Azure cloud platform, in addition to a new online marketplace and information and brokerage service for its developer partners.

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