Sites Wednesday, 27 July 2011-Photo RAW format for Live Photo Gallery-Windows Phone Mango RTM-OneNote app for iPhone-JediBot-Need for Speed Hot Pursuit-Xbox wireless headset

Today’s sites:

• Bing Maps Updates – Account Center, REST Services, and Documentation: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/
• Connect your notes to SkyDrive with the updated Microsoft OneNote app for iPhone, available today: windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/
• Create a Curved Arrow in Word: www.lockergnome.com/windows/
• Facebook for Business: www.facebook.com/business
• Getting RAW support in Photo Gallery & Windows 7: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
• Lightsaber + Kinect + robotic arm = JediBot: www.extremetech.com/extreme/
• Live Photo Gallery now supports raw format: windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/
• Microsoft Shares Video Tour of its Cloud Datacenters: blogs.technet.com/b/msdatacenters/
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit: marketplace.xbox.com
• Put yourself in the game with Avatar Kinect: www.msnbc.msn.com
• Sell Bing? Why that’s not a good idea (obv): www.liveside.net
• Type guide: stevecla.posterous.com/type-guide
• What if the Moon Landing Occurred in the Age of Social Media: www.ignitesocialmedia.com/humor/
• What Mathematics 4.0 can do for students: blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/
• Windows Phone “Mango” – Released to Manufacturing: windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/
• Xbox 360 Wireless Headset with Bluetooth and a new Media Remote: majornelson.com

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Sites Monday, 27 June 2011-Mango reviews-750 million Facebook users?-What we learned about Windows 8-Shift 2 Unleashed track tip

Today’s sites (and some from over the weekend):

• 4 simple steps to set up your Windows Media Center: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Always keep a offline / offsite backup of your blog: www.brandonleblanc.com
• Asteroid to pass within 12,000km of Earth: www.abc.net.au/news/
• Canvas and Audio Experience: 9elements.com/io/projects/html5/canvas/
• Department of Justice U.S. Disrupts International Cyber Crime Rings Distributing Scareware: www.fbi.gov/news/
• Do We Really Want Digital Textbooks?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
• Earth will get buzzed by an asteroid on Monday: www.msnbc.msn.com
• Facebook now over 750 million users?: technolog.msnbc.msn.com
• First take reviews of the Mango release: windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/
• Free Stuff From Microsoft #7 – Kinect SDK: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• How video works inside your PowerPoint: blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/
• ISS Will Broadcast First Streaming HD Video of Earth: www.popsci.com/technology/
• Microsoft Helps Army Avoid ‘Death by PowerPoint’: www.wired.com/dangerroom/
• MSRT June 2011 – Targeting Yimfoca: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed – Track Tips – Nurburgring GP Circuit: www.needforspeed.com/en_AU/post/
• Tip o’ the Week #39 – Multi-monitor with Win7: blogs.technet.com/b/ewan/
• Understanding images in Word – Staying in position: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/
• We’re getting new gTLD’s… does it matter?: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• What We Really Learned About Windows 8 @ D9: www.winsupersite.com/article/Windows8/
• Writing… or just practicing? Does It Really Matter?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alexhomer/

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Sites Friday, 24 June 2011-New Hotmail features-Nurburgring 24 hours-Team Need for Speed Nurburgring photos-Skydrive tips-Calculate fuel economy

Today’s sites:

• Add and play a video in a presentation: office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/
• Add or delete a table, row, or column, or convert text to a table: office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/
• Apply special effects to your video: office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/
• College students learn about SkyDrive and embedding workbooks: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/
• How to Calculate Fuel Economy of your Car in Windows 7: microsoftfeed.com
• How to map SkyDrive to a network drive: blogs.msdn.com/b/chrisfie/
• How to Move Files on Skydrive: www.youtube.com
• Internet Explorer 9 Security Part 4 – Protecting Consumers from Malicious Mixed Content: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• Kinect SDK midi controller: kinecthacks.net
• Microsoft Local Impact Map – Where Technology is Making a Difference: www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/map/app/
• New, app-like Outlook features added to Hotmail: windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/
• Nurburgring 24 Hours: adac.24h-rennen.de
• Skype inches closer towards Windows Live Messenger, adds Facebook integration: www.liveside.net
• Team Need For Speed – Nurburgring 24hrs – Photos of Practice: www.facebook.com/media/

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Windows Live Tags: Hotmail, LIve Hotmail, Skydrive, Live Skydrive, Nurburgring, Windows calculator, Fuel economy, Internet Explorer 9, PowerPoint, Skype, Team Need for Speed

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Sites Wednesday, 22 June 2011-Skydrive’s makeover-Xbox deals of the week-Kinect+TV ads-Nurburgring 24 hours-Mosaic e-reader-VisualBee

Today’s sites:

• 4800 Aussie sites evaporate after hack: www.smh.com.au/technology/
• Adobe Flash Player 10.3 – Hardware-Accelerated Rendering in IE9: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• Getting tagged and your privacy: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• Kinect and the future of television advertising: blogs.technet.com/b/next/
• Learn the scientific reasons behind Earth’s seasons: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077384/ns/technology_and_science-science/
• Math Keyboard Shortcuts: blogs.msdn.com/b/murrays/
• Metro influences in the new SkyDrive: mymicrosoftlife.com
• Mosaic by Tribune e-Reader for Windows Phone and Windows PC: www.mosaicbytribune.com/microsoft/
• Mt. Rainier (taken just off Hwy 7 in WA State): www.flickr.com/photos/
• Nurburgring 24 Hours June 23-26: adac.24h-rennen.de
• Nurburgring practice lap in the Need for Speed sponsored BMW Z4 GT3: www.needforspeed.com/post/green-hell-0
• Saturn’s ‘ice queen’ captured: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Shift 2 Unleased Global Tuning Guide: www.exodusracing.net/index.php?topic=2041.0
• So. Mango is cool… but will it sell?: www.liveside.net
• Tribune Releases Mosaic App for Windows 7: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
• Use this automatic design tool to produce dazzling presentations: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/
• VisualBee add-in for PowerPoint – Automatic designer: www.visualbee.com
• Windows Live SkyDrive gets an HTML 5 Makeover: blogs.technet.com/b/jeffa36/
• With Xbox’s New In-Game Advertising, Engagement Is the Goal: www.nytimes.com
• Xbox Australia Deals of the Week: marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/Promotion/dealoftheweek

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Windows Live Tags: Skydrive, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Kinect+TV, Saturn, Adobe Flash Player, Nurburgring, Need for Speed, Shift 2 Unleashed, BMW Z4, Windows Phone Mango

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Sites Saturday, 11 June 2011-Le Mans 24 hours-3 Screens + Cloud-New Xbox LIVE dashboard-Xbox LIVE, the entertainment service-KinectShop

Today’s sites:

• 3 Screens and the Cloud; consolidation and integration: mymicrosoftlife.com
• Common set of Xbox Live services may work across Microsoft phones, PCs and gaming consoles: www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/
• Figuring out images – Part 3 – Understanding anchoring: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/
• Free Microsoft Security Essentials Is Most Used Antivirus Worldwide: news.softpedia.com
• Hotmail Calendar updated with Windows Live Wave 5 header: www.liveside.net
• iPhone Mobile App Discovery with Bing: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• KinectShop – The Next Generation of Shopping: emergingexperiences.com/2011/06/kinectshop/
• Le Mans 24 Hours: www.lemans.org
• Microsoft adds new Bing social features for iOS, Android and RIM devices: www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/
• Microsoft aids developers in porting Android apps to Windows Phones: www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/
• Microsoft Analytics for Twitter – free download: blogs.technet.com/b/keithcombs/
• Microsoft reveals Xbox LIVE will be built into Windows 8: www.winrumors.com
• More Control over Flash Cookies with IE: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• New Heat Map Creator app makes heat maps easy: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/
• New Xbox Live Dashboard First Look: au.ign.com/videos/
• Scotland and Germany feature in this weeks images in the bing dynamic theme for Windows 7: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• SkyDrive or iCloud? The pros and cons of both: www.liveside.net
• Ten Immutable Laws Of Security (Version 2.0): technet.microsoft.com
• Tip o’ the Week #36 – Using bookmarks in long emails: blogs.technet.com/b/ewan/
• What is Digital Literacy? and is it enough?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
• Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts: windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows7/Keyboard-shortcuts
• Windows Vista Keyboard shortcuts: windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Keyboard-shortcuts
• Windows 7 themes – pilot your desktop on a flight over America: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
• Xbox LIVE to be the entertainment service for Windows 8, says Microsoft: www.liveside.net

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Windows Live Tags: Le Mans, Xbox LIVE, Entertainment, Live Calendar, Live Wave 5, Windows 7 themes, Digital Literacy, Word tips, Live Skydrive, Bing, Windows 8

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Sites Sunday, 5 June 2011-GT3 round at Silverstone-Your Britain photos-DJs make music on Windows 7-Getting results the agile way how-to’s

Today’s sites:

• 5 Ways to avoid irritating your audience: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/
• Aston Martin Racing: www.astonmartinracing.com
• Ben and Ryan Explain – Windows Live Mesh: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
• Clearing up some data on comparisons of AV products: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Command-line switches for Outlook 2010: office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview14.aspx
• Delay that email! How Outlook 2010 can save your hide: blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/
• DJs Make Music on Windows 7: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
• How To – Achieve Peaceful Calm (Getting Things Done the Agile Way): blogs.msdn.com/b/jmeier/
• How To – Design Your Week with Skill (Getting Things Done the Agile Way): blogs.msdn.com/b/jmeier/
• Introducing Schema.org – Bing, Google and Yahoo Unite to Build the Web of Objects: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• It’s about space options – Line and paragraph spacing in Word: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/
• More Free Stuff From Microsoft #5 – Kodu: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• Need for Speed sponsorted GT3 BMW Z4 fourth in first round at Silverstone: gt3europe.com
• So You Want To Teach Your Kids To Program?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
• Tip o’ the Week #31 – the lost art of the .EXE name: blogs.technet.com/b/ewan/
• Your Britain Photo Day: photos.live.com

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Windows Live Tags: Your Britain, GT3 championship, Word tips, Outlook tips, Getting results the agile way, Aston Martin Racing, Kodu

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Sites Wednesday, 11 May 2011-Microsoft buys Skype-Kinect+Skype?-US storms (photos)-How to twitter-Word tip-Avoiding scams-More

Today’s sites:

• 7 Golden Rules of Tweeting: coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
• Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently: www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msname.aspx
• Bing Maps AJAX Control 7.0 Interactive SDK: www.bingmapsportal.com/ISDK/AjaxV7
• Coming Soon To The Xbox LIVE Marketplace: majornelson.com
• Communicating and Connecting with Social Media: teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/
• Explore the Royal Wedding with Photosynth: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• How Teens Understand Privacy: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
• How To Twitter – First Steps and a Twitter Glossary: www.hanselman.com/blog/
• L.A. Noire – The Story Behind the Man: au.xbox360.ign.com
• Manage your long documents in Word: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/
• New academic year brings fresh new technology to Havant Academy: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
• One Professor’s Attempt to Explain Every Joke Ever: www.wired.com/magazine/
• Programming with C# and XNA 0.5 – Jump Start: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
• Security – Keeping an eye on the heap: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• See Bing Maps AJAX 7.0 in action with the new interactive SDK: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/
• Severe storms pound US (Photo album): www.msnbc.msn.com
• Skype and Kinect could be Microsoft’s new killer combo: www.geekwire.com
• Taking Proper Screenshots in Windows for Blogs or Tutorials: www.hanselman.com/blog/
• Visual Basic – Simultaneous Async Tasks: blogs.msdn.com/b/vbteam/
• Waranga Horse Event (by ChenieChene): photos.live.com
• What do the different colours of the address bar in IE9 mean: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Why Skype? Microsoft confirms $8.5 billion purchase, clarifies nothing: arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/
• Windows Live Help Center: explore.live.com/windows-live-help-center

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Windows Live Tags: Microsoft, Skype, Kinect, US storms, Photos, Twitter, Word tips, Avoiding scams, Windows Live Help Center, LA Noire, Visual Basic

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Sites Sunday, 17 April 2011-Tips for Excel and Word-IE10 platform preview-How Kinect audio works-Blog with Live Writer-OneNote tripbooks-Office 365 beta begins-More

Sites from the past couple of days:

• Bite-sized spreadsheets: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Control the cosmos with your fingers – Kinect + WWT: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Free stuff from Microsoft #2 – ICE , ICE , Baby: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• Full Metro UI shown in Office “15” screenshot leak – what will Windows Live Wave 5 look like?: www.liveside.net
• Headings keep long documents in order: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• How come Cindy uses Live Writer for her WordPress blog?: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• How to Build Asteroids with the Impact HTML5 Game Engine: msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/scriptjunkie/
• IE10 Platform Preview and CSS Features for Adaptive Layouts: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• Instant interactivity – Put a PowerPoint presentation in your blog: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Is the current Windows Live Writer crashing for you?: livewriterblog.wordpress.com
• Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word: office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/
• Kinect Audio – Preparedness Pays Off: research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/
• Kinect Demos with the Channel 9 team: channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/
• Kinect support for Netflix: majornelson.com
• Let your fingers do the formatting, and more: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Live Writer – A great tool for blogging…and did we mention it’s free?: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Microsoft Announces Kinect SDK – Why This is the Future of Windows: www.readwriteweb.com
• Microsoft readies private marketplace feature for Windows Phones: www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/
• Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Premium Edition (on DonorTec): www.donortec.org/microsoft/
• Office 365 Hits Public Beta, Small Businesses Get the Next Generation Cloud Productivity Service: www.microsoft.com/Presspass/
• OneNote on the road with SkyDrive and the Office Web Apps: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• OneNote Tripbooks – Around the World in 40 Days: www.microsoft.com/office/onenote-vacationplanning/
• Photo tour of Facebook’s new datacenter: scobleizer.com
• Simple formulas can make you an Excel hero: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Understanding CSS3 2D Transforms: msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/scriptjunkie/
• Where is Word Count?: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Windows 7 themes – J.P. Peter’s world inside a water drop: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
• Windows Phone “Mango” Preview: www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-phone-7/
• Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner finally discontinued: www.liveside.net
• Word brings a book to life: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• ‘World’s Biggest Pac-Man’ connects user-created mazes in your browser: www.joystiq.com

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Windows Live Tags: Office tips, Word, Excel, Kinect, OneNote, HTML5, Microsoft ICE, Pac-Man, Facebook, Live Writer, Windows Phone, Office 365

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Sites Thursday, 14 April 2011-Japan earthquake-Kinect+WorldWide Telescope demo-Word margins-Fantastic Pets, Powerup Heroes for Kinect-Dismantling Space Shuttle program

Today’s sites:

• After Japan’s earthquake and tsunami – Week 5: www.msnbc.msn.com
• Analysis of the CVE-2011-0611 Adobe Flash Player vulnerability exploitation: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• Change the margins of a page (Word): blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/
• Dismantling the Space Shuttle Program: www.theatlantic.com/infocus/
• Facebook Comments Plugin Gets Support for Hotmail Logins: newsgrange.com
• Fantastic Pets for Xbox Kinect: marketplace.xbox.com
• Finding and fashioning fonts: blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/
• Is Education still broken?: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• Lava and Austria featured in this week’s Bing dynamic themepack: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Microsoft by the numbers: mymicrosoftlife.com
• Microsoft demos Kinect SDK with WorldWide Telescope at MIX11: www.istartedsomething.com
• Microsoft Safety Scanner: www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/
• Microsoft Security Bulletin – April 2011 Release: blogs.technet.com/b/jeffa36/
• Native HTML5 – First IE10 Platform Preview Available for Download: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• See How the Bing Business Portal Can Help Your Business Grow: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• Ubisoft Announces Powerup Heroes Exclusively for Microsoft Kinect: au.xbox360.ign.com
• Wake the Royalty (online game): www.bing.com/games/

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Sites Thursday, 31 March 2011-Japan earthquake week 3 in photos-Kinect helicopter-Lost Beatles photos-Office Help-Word tip: line spacing

Today’s sites:

• After Japan’s earthquake and tsunami – week 3 (slideshow): www.msnbc.msn.com
• Artist makes beautiful light with Microsoft’s Kinect: news.cnet.com
• Kinect-controlled helicopter scores win for robot overlords: ingame.msnbc.msn.com
• Lost Beatles Photographs: flavorwire.com
• Math in Office – Equation Arrays: blogs.msdn.com/b/murrays/
• Microsoft Office Help Desk: www.facebook.com/Office
• Office Help goes social on Facebook: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• ’What?’’ ‘’Why?’’ and ‘’How?’’ of Cloud computing for schools: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
• You asked about line spacing: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/

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Windows Live Tags: Japan earthquake, Kinect, Beatles, Math in Office, Office Help, Cloud computing, Schools, Word tips

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