Sites Friday, 31 December 2010-How the world has changed-Kodachrome is no more-How to pour that drink-Audi R18 LMP tech specs-How to be popular on Facebook

Sites for the last day of 2010:

• 2000 vs. 2010 – How the world has changed (Infographic): visualoop.tumblr.com
• Audi R18 – Contemporary LMP Tech: scarbsf1.wordpress.com
• Creating a Social Media Enabled Windows Live Writer Plugin (Tutorial): blogs.msdn.com/b/dawate/
• Facebook Offers Tips On Being Popular: www.pcworld.com
• For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas: www.nytimes.com
• Games programming – LCD response time: blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/
• Google’s Priority Inbox feature: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• How to pour that drink, scientifically (down the side recommended): cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Office team’s New Year resolutions: docs.com/9TWZ
• Windows Phone comparison chart: windowsphonesecrets.com

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Sites Thursday, 30 December 2010-How Live Essentials helps in the real world-How you’re the controller with Kinect-New Year’s banner-Free holiday booty

Today’s sites:

• Adsense, no sense at all – what it’s like being sacked by a computer: www.duckworksmagazine.com/11/columns/guest/winter/
• Baking Social Into the Experience: blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/
• Free holiday booty from Microsoft Research – AutoCollage, Kodu, Photosynth, WWT: blogs.technet.com/b/next/
• Haute Couture meets Windows Live: www.microsoft.com/windows/explore/
• How You Become the Controller with Kinect – Kinect Hub explained: www.xbox.com/en-US/Live/EngineeringBlog/
• Kinect revolutionizes Input / Output – Rounding up 2010: siliconangle.com/blog/
• Kinect RoboSpider: xboxkinectfans.net/hacks/
• Last-minute New Year’s party banner: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-publisher/
• Steam – Games for Sale Online: store.steampowered.com
• Windows 7 + Windows Live – Living better on the road: www.microsoft.com/windows/explore/

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Windows Live Tags: Live Essentials, AutoCollage, Kodu, WorldWide Telescope, Kinect, Steam, Windows 7, Adsense, Publisher

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Sites Wednesday, 29 December 2010-Get the most out of your Xbox+Kinect-Kinect+WoW-Pre-order Duke Nuke Forever-2011 PowerPoint tip-New Zune HD games

Today’s sites:

• Beauty of snowflakes magnified: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Duke Nukem Forever – Pre-order: www.amazon.com
• Get the Most Out of Your New Xbox 360 With Kinect: mashable.com
• Go get your ribbon roadmap: blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/
• Internet Explorer – the best browser for protection against socially engineered malware: blogs.msdn.com/b/govtech/
• Kinect Hacked to Play Full-Body World of Warcraft: www.readwriteweb.com
• Microsoft Mathematics Add-In for Word and OneNote: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Microsoft Wave redux: blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/
• More new Zune HD apps and games: windowsphonesecrets.com
• PowerPoint tip for the new year – How to change the color of hyperlink text: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/
• Random text – Needed filler or future prose?: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Stop playing Kinect games – and use Video Kinect to video chat: blogs.technet.com/b/next/
• Top New Year’s resolution searches for 2010 – Will weight loss be on peoples’ minds for 2011?: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• TriangleShooter – Advanced Movement with Multi-Touch: blogs.msdn.com/b/kennyspade/
• TriangleShooter – Basic Collision: blogs.msdn.com/b/kennyspade/
• TriangleShooter – Introduction to XNA–What you get with File –> New Project: blogs.msdn.com/b/kennyspade/
• TriangleShooter – Using Multi-Touch for Movement: blogs.msdn.com/b/kennyspade/
• Writing a good Out of Office message (and how to set it): blogs.technet.com/b/hub/

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Windows Live Tags: Bing, Kinect, Xbox, World of Warcraft, PowerPoint, Snowflakes, Office ribbon, Maths add-in, Video Kinect, New Year

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Sites Tuesday, 28 December 2010-Best games of 2010-Photo printing tips-Big Picture’s global Christmas-Top science videos-Saturn’s storm

Today’s sites:

• 20 Best Games of 2010: www.wired.com/gamelife/
• Christmas across the globe (from Big Picture): www.boston.com/bigpicture/
• Cosmic nebulas dazzle in new space telescope photos: www.msnbc.msn.com
• Exploring the new OpenType features in Office 2010: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Huge storm spotted on Saturn: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Microsoft News of Note in 2010 (Editor’s picks): www.microsoft.com/Presspass/
• Microsoft Security Essentials – version 2 – new features: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Personalize a calendar for New Year in Publisher: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-publisher/
• Portable Xbox LIVE Profile – The Pros and Cons: www.winsupersite.com/article/xbox-360/
• Publish your slide show from PowerPoint as a video to YouTube: office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/
• Tips for printing digital photos at home: www.microsoft.com/athome/photos/
• Top science videos around the Web: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Xbox LIVE Marketplace Codes FAQ: majornelson.com

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Windows Live Tags: Games, Photography, Printing tips, Big Picture, Science, Saturn, OpenType in Office, Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Security Essentials

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Sites Monday, 27 December 2010-Writing letters in Word-Crabby Lady’s tips for Excel and PowerPoint-Publisher+OpenType-Make your own animated card-Security Essentials V2

Today’s sites:

• Beginners Guide to OpenType: www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/opentype-guide
• Cambridge university refuses to censor student’s thesis on chip-and-PIN vulnerabilities: www.boingboing.net
• Dear –, writing letters in Word: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/
• Helping people use Comic Sans appropriately: www.comicsanscriminal.com
• Holiday cheer goes lunar – Make your own animated winter solstice e-card: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/
• Microsoft Security Essentials Version 2 Download: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Oprah’s — I mean Crabby’s — favorite things – Excel 2010: blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/
• Oprah’s — I mean Crabby’s — favorite things – PowerPoint 2010: blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/
• Phishing encounter while on vacation: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• Publisher 2010’s font typography features jazz up your publications: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-publisher/
• “Spam” from American Express – I found the catch: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• #uksnow #silverlight The Movie! – Happy Christmas: www.scottlogic.co.uk/blog/colin/
• What You Need to Know About Windows 8, IE 9 Anti-Tracking, Small Business Server, and Microsoft Office Security: www.windowsitpro.com
• Where is Web site authoring in Publisher 2010?: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-publisher/

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Sites Thursday, 23 December 2010-Windows 7 themes-Paint.NET news-Humour (My Blackberry is not working)-New IE9 demo sites

Today’s sites:

• 10 Top Innovative Companies: www.thestreet.com
• 20 Hottest Microsoft stories in 2010: www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/
• Email getting a makeover: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Happy Hardware Accelerated Holidays: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• Happy Holidays from Windows Live: www.liveside.net
• Kinect for Xbox 360 won the National Parenting Center’s 2011 Seal of Approval: twitter.com/XboxforAll/
• My Blackberry is not working (Humour): blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Photoshop Filters, and More Silly Business Proposals: blog.getpaint.net
• Thinking Speed over Typing Speed (Coding): blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
• Windows 7 themes – December brings snow, angels, movies, and more: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/

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Sites Wednesday, 22 December 2010-Bing destination pages-Kinect for the deaf-Lunar eclipse photos-Xbox LIVE countdown-How to fly a Harrier jet

Today’s (and some from Tuesday) sites:

• Bing feature update – Destination Pages: www.liveside.net
• Bing Feature Update – Get to know any city more quickly with new destination pages: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• Boost Your Mouse Pointing Accuracy in Windows: www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/
• Bulk image importer Powertoy for OneNote 2010: blogs.msdn.com/b/johnguin/
• Free for all – Comma Delimited files, Excel Transpose, Programmer Calculator with a Hex thrown in: blogs.msdn.com/b/devschool/
• Happy holidays from Saturn’s moons: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• How to Fly the Harrier Jump Jet (Using declassified flight manual): www.wired.com/dangerroom/
• Janet Jackson, Rihanna and Blur to make their Dance Central Debut: xboxkinectfans.net
• Kinect for the deaf and learning sign language (translated): jeuxvideo.fluctuat.net/blog/
• Microsoft Security Essentials – version 2: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• New Microsoft Security Essentials offers CPU usage limits: www.edbott.com/weblog/
• Official Microsoft Blog’s Top Posts of 2010: blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/
• Oprah’s — I mean Crabby’s — favorite things – Word 2010: blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/
• Smithsonian Celebrates COBOL’s 50th Anniversary: www.theatlantic.com/technology/
• Spamhaus under DDOS for publishing Wikileaks mirror site is hosted in spammy IP range: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Stunning lunar eclipse photos reveal blood-red moon: www.msnbc.msn.com
• Using co-authoring features in Office 2010, Office Web Apps, and Office for Mac 2011: blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/
• Time to step away from the computer?: blogs.technet.com/b/next/
• Xbox LIVE Countdown to New Year’s Eve kicks off: majornelson.com
• Year in Space 2010 (Slideshow): www.msnbc.msn.com
• Year in space – Sunrise, sunset: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

Season’s greetings to one and all

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Windows Live Tags: Bing, Bing Destination Pages, Kinect, Xbox LIVE, Lunar eclipse, Harrier jet, Dance Central, Year in space, OneNote

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Sites Monday, 20 December 2010-Bing Visual Search updated-Windows Live wishlist-Kinect to get update?-Formula 1 2011 tech regs-UK big freeze photos

Today’s sites:

• Big freeze continues in U.K. (Photos): www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12027053
• Bing Visual Search gets a new (HTML5) look: www.liveside.net
• Changing Education Paradigms – Talk by Sir Ken Robinson: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• F1 2011 Technical Regulations – Detailed and Explained: scarbsf1.wordpress.com
• Kinecting to a Higher Degree: xboxkinectfans.net
• Lessons Learned in Personal Web Page Part 3 – Custom Panel and Listbox: csharperimage.jeremylikness.com
• MS quadrupling Kinect: www.eurogamer.net
• Windows Live Holiday wishlist: www.liveside.net
• Word Lens: questvisual.com
• Writing… or just practing? It’s Non-Denominational Gift Giving Season Again: blogs.msdn.com/b/alexhomer/
• Yahoo Just Killed… Consumer Confidence In Them (What’s the future of Flickr?): techcrunch.com

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Sites Saturday, 18 December 2010-Pirates love daisies online-Bing Games’ Happy Island-PC+HDTV+HDMI-Kinect to get more resolution?-Speller challenge-Indie games-MSE 2.0

Today’s sites:

• Bing Games goes social with launch of Happy Island: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• Connecting your PC to an HDTV with HDMI: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/extremewindows/
• Environmental Ratings in 2010: blogs.msdn.com/b/see/
• Exploring the new OpenType features in Office 2010: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Gawker hack and password reuse – let’s put it into perspective: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Happy Island (Free online game): www.bing.com/games/online/bing/bhg/happyisland/
• Help Build a Better Speller – MSR and Bing announce Speller Challenge to researchers and students: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• IE9 and HTML5 shine with Pirates Love Daisies: blogs.msdn.com/b/jonbox/
• Kinecting to a Higher Degree: xboxkinectfans.net
• Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 released: www.liveside.net
• New and Updated Windows and Xbox 360 Developer Education on App Hub: blogs.msdn.com/b/xna/
• Pirates Love Daisies (Free online game): www.pirateslovedaisies.com
• Pirates Love Daisies – HTML5 Lessons Learned: blogs.msdn.com/b/giorgio/
• Primary school students learning through video conferencing: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
• Speller Challenge: web-ngram.research.microsoft.com/spellerchallenge/
• Top 10 Indie Games by Gamasutra: www.gamasutra.com

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Windows Live Tags: Pirates love daisies, Happy Island, Bing Games, Kinect, Indie Games, Microsoft Security Essentials, OpenType in Office, Speller Challenge

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Sites Friday, 17 December 2010-CSIRO’s Wi-Fi broadband-Hotmail’s interactive email-Kinect’s invisible handshake-Winter theme pack-School ICT

Today’s sites:

• about.me: about.me
• Coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace: majornelson.com
• CSIRO trials TV aerial Wi-Fi broadband: www.zdnet.com.au
• Discovering Media on the Windows Phone 7: blogs.msdn.com/b/windows7au/
• Finalists announced for the NZ’s 2011 Imagine Cup: blogs.msdn.com/b/nzgovtech/
• Future of Bing Mobile – Panorama Maker, Street Slide, and Bing Vision: www.liveside.net
• Halving the cost of servers at Leicester College with virtualisation: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
• Hotmail introduces interactive email using Active Views: windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/
• Keeping Safe Online this Festive Season: blogs.msdn.com/b/govtech/
• Kinect as you’ve never seen it before: uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/blog/
• Making Photo Tagging Easier on Facebook: blog.facebook.com
• Microsoft Security Bulletin – December 2010 Release: blogs.technet.com/b/jeffa36/
• Microsoft’s Kinect and the Invisible Handshake: blogs.hbr.org/hbr/meyer-kirby/
• Montage – Create and share visual albums of the web: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• Multitouch Part 3 – Multitouch in managed code and WPF: blogs.msdn.com/b/jennifer/
• Using SharePoint and Office 2010 to analyse student data – at Marsh Academy: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
• Winter theme pack for Windows 7: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Year of Excitement: blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/

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Windows Live Tags: CSIRO, Hotmail, Kinect, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Windows 7 themes, School ICT, Photo tagging, Facebook, Imagine Cup, Security bulletin

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