Laura Foy

Laura Foy

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Bug Killer – A Channel 9 Halloween special

Posted By: Laura Foy | Oct 30th, 2009 @ 1:28 PM | 13,656 Views | 0 Comments

WARNING: This video contains blood, gore and one extremely frightening software developer.

 

Have you spent countless nights up late writing code?  Have your eyes burned after staring at a monitor for 18 hours? Have you ever wanted to hack up a co-worker or two?  Sure, we all have! Here’s the story of what happened to one developer on a dark and foggy night when the pressure was just too much…
Tags: bug killer, Halloween, Visual Studio

Folder naming errors- But Why?

Posted By: Laura Foy | Sep 30th, 2009 @ 9:18 AM | 980 Views | 1 Comment
Microsoft is full of oddities and little known answers to mysterious questions. The purpose of this series is to seek out those answers and offer them to you. Please comment with other questions you'd like to get answered!
Tags: but why, con, dos

Microsoft Research Summit: Revolutionary DDR

Posted By: Laura Foy | Aug 17th, 2009 @ 2:45 PM | 18,392 Views | 19 Comments
This year at the Microsoft Research Summit there were some life altering ideas showcased and some new projects which will change the way we interact with technology. There was also THIS FIX to the problems you may have been having with your Dance Dance Revolution game pad. Drew from Texas A&M University has the answer.
Tags: DDR, game, Microsoft, research

Microsoft Research Summit: WWT in 3D

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jul 21st, 2009 @ 3:00 PM | 26,647 Views | 5 Comments
I had to stop by and try on the 3D glasses at the WWT booth during this years Faculty Research Summit. If you think the WWT is cool- just wait till you see it in 3D.

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky.
A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also now available for preview. This version enables seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser on PC and Intel Mac OS X by using the power of Microsoft Silverlight 2.0.
Tags: 3D, faculty summit, research, WWT

Playtest Labs : Get your gaming voice heard

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jun 30th, 2009 @ 10:41 AM | 21,994 Views | 3 Comments
Have you ever been playing a game and thought to yourself, "I just wish I could speak with the developers and let them know that this part of the game could be so much better!"? Well, now you can. Microsoft has launched PlayTest- where you can play games, give opinions and get free software. I stepped behind the scenes and behind the fake mirrored walls to show you the ins and out of life in the Playtest Labs.
Tags: Microsoft, playtest, xbox 360

Search Summit: Chris Sherman- opinions from a Search Engine Expert

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jun 11th, 2009 @ 11:38 AM | 18,970 Views | 83 Comments
Chris Sherman is Executive Editor of SearchEngineLand.com and President of Searchwise LLC, a Boulder Colorado based Web consulting firm. With over 25 years experience in interactive technologies, he is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business Week, USA Today and other publications, and has appeared on CNN, NPR, CBS and other television and radio networks.
Check out this clip to hear what he think of the Microsoft Search Summit and, of course, Bing!

What is the Search Summit?
Search and Advertisers
Tags: advertising, bing, Chris Sherman, Microsoft, search

Search Summit: Protecting the Advertisers rights

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jun 11th, 2009 @ 11:30 AM | 17,145 Views | 3 Comments
While online advertising offers important improvements for targeting and measurement, it also challenges norms about relationships between advertisers and ad platforms.  Ad platforms differ in the information they share with advertisers – not always disclosing where ads are shown, how much each placement costs, or how fees are computed.  Platforms also vary in their approaches to dispute resolution – sometimes imposing onerous terms that limit the options available to dissatisfied advertisers.  Ben Edelman presented to Microsofts Search Summit and offered thoughts on proper division of rights and responsibilities in advertisers' dealings with ad platforms.

More about the Search Summit
Words from a Search Engine Expert
Tags: advertising, Microsoft, search

The Microsoft Search Summit

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jun 11th, 2009 @ 7:45 AM | 17,258 Views | 7 Comments
Mel Carson was one of the visionaries who put together the Microsoft Search Summit. It is an invitation only event, but we were allowed to bring our cameras inside and get the scoop. Take a peek.

More:

Search and Advertisers
Words from a Search Engine expert
Tags: advertising, bing, Microsoft, search

Fix it!

Posted By: Laura Foy | Apr 14th, 2009 @ 11:29 AM | 21,274 Views | 31 Comments

Microsoft's support Knowledge Base contains thousands and thousands of articles describing problems that users may encounter. The articles include detailed instructions for fixing each problem, and I do mean detailed--some of them go on for pages and pages. An ordinary user who reaches one of these solutions may find the instructions impossibly confusing.

That's where Microsoft's new "Fix it" button comes in. On selected Knowledge Base pages (over a hundred so far) users can simply click a button to resolve the problem.

Tags: button, fix it, Microsoft

Microsoft Underground Research Lab

Posted By: Laura Foy | Apr 1st, 2009 @ 9:23 AM | 29,155 Views | 13 Comments
With all the amazing technology and products coming out of Microsoft recently- you might think that's all we've got to offer. Well, that's just not the case. We have a team of researchers working 24/7 on new products to thrill you and exponentially increase your productivity. Until now, we've kept these products under lock and key- but today, we're taking you inside the Microsoft Underground Research Lab.
Tags: Microsoft, research
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