Entries tagged with ping - Channel 9

Ping 46: iPad, Ballmer & Gates, MS Paint, Office & Olympics

Laura Foy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:47:00 GMT

The hottest stories on Microsoft campus this week include:

The iPad is here
Windows on Big Bang Theory
Ballmer signs a Mac
Gates Dances...SunDances...
4 years in MS Paint
Olympics & Office

Full Multi-Point Mouse demo

Ping 45: Helping Haiti, Xbox taking over, Bing & Purge

Laura Foy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:21:00 GMT

45 weeks and going strong...Laura & Paul bring you the hottest stories that Microsoft had to offer:

Helping Haiti
Xbox wants to take over your living room
Live streaming sports!!
Bing and purge

...more help for Haiti

Ping 44: Science of Natal, Kodu, HP, Free SEO

Laura Foy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:40:00 GMT

Paul and Laura kept a close eye on their inboxes and ear to sounds of 'Softies buzzind to bring you these stories:

The Science behind Project Natal
Start developing NOW
Microsoft & HP
Bill Gates makes Soap Operas?
Free SEO Tool

Ping 43: CES, God Mode in Win 7, New Years Resolutions, MIX10

Laura Foy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:35:00 GMT

After a nice relaxing break we are back in full force to report on what the Microsofties have been pinging each other about. Here's the buzz from this week:

Does CES impress?
Windows 7 has a God?
Win a trip to MIX10 !!!

Cool Win7 Theme...

Ping 40: Black screen claims- retracted, Windows 7, Bing Maps, Office 2010

Laura Foy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:57:00 GMT

Paul came back this week and he shared his stories from China and possibly also his cold. But - it was worth it to hear about these stories:

Black Screen: not our fault!
Rock out with Windows 7
Bing Maps announces Streetside
Get your Office 2010
and...
What John Mayer taught me this week :)

Ping 39: Chrome is here, Dancing in MS Stores, Iphone & Bing

Laura Foy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:00 GMT

Paul was gone this week but we quickly filled his place with Microsoft Software Development Engineer, Adam DePue. Here's the top stories that 'Softies were talking about post-PDC.

Chrome. Really.
Dancing breaks out in Microsoft Stores
What the kids are doing these days
Natal- the best of '09?
Bing & Iphone working together

Ping 38: Facebook SDK, MSN Video, Bing, Bill Gates, IE8

Laura Foy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMT

It's PDC week and trust me, that's what everybody is talking about- but the 'Softies did manage to stir up quite a bit of buzz for these stories:

Microsoft gives out Facebook SDK
MSN Video --> Bing Video
Tag n Tweet
Bill Gates- where are you?
Dolly Parton loves IE8!

Also-- we had a technical crash while recording so we are missing the main camera (two shot)- apologies in advance for the bouncy camera edits- best we could do!

Ping 37: SQL Server, WIndows 7, Bing, Google, Bill Gates Birthday

Laura Foy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:55:00 GMT

There actually is a valid reason for Paul to be wearing that shirt! Check out what the 'Softies were all buzzing about this week:

Big news about SQL Server
Happy Birthday Bill Gates!
MSN gets a make-over
Windows 7 heals itself
Bing & Google

Ping 36: Zune, Seth MacFarlane, voice recognition, Impatient Optimists

Laura Foy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:11:00 GMT

Paul drank his funny juice this week and spewed it all over this weeks episode. Here's what people were chatting about:

Halloween! Bugs! Killers!
Take a blade to your Zune
Family Guy not the right fit
Voice is the new touch
Bill & Melinda Gates: Impatient optimists

Ping 35: Hanselman, Windows 7 launch, Sharepoint 2010 Beta, Pointless apps

Laura Foy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:04:00 GMT

We added some serious energy this week by injecting Ping with a large dose of Scott Hanselman. He had lots to say about these stories and even more off camera :)

Nerd Dinner
Microsoft store opens
SharePoint 2010 Beta
There' an APP for that- but why???
777 free copies of Windows 7

Ping 34: Family Guy & Windows 7, Microsoft fights crimes with COFEE, Video Maps, SkyTV on Xbox

Laura Foy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:22:00 GMT

Clint Rutkas joined Ping again this week and he did a GREAT job! He brought with him a bunch of stories that had 'Softies everywhere buzzing:

Family Guy teams up with Windows 7
Microsoft fights crimes
SkyTV coming to UK Xboxes
Video Maps of the future- cool stuff!

Ping 33: Windows Phones are here, Windows 7 party kit, hacking & phishing

Laura Foy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:23:00 GMT

Everybody has been talking about them- and we've got them! We show off the new Windows Phones this week, plus tear apart the Windows 7 Party Kit and lots more.

Windows Phones are here
Hotmail hacked?
Sarah Palin & Xbox
What's in the Win7 Party kit?

Plus- we got Clint Rutkas to co-host!

Ping 31: Ars Technica, Website Spark, Embedded Spark, Cougars

Laura Foy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:35:00 GMT

We added people to the party this week and invited Emil Protalinski from Ars Technica to join us- check out what he had to say about this week's top stories and more:

Windows 7 early release
Windows Marketplace Clarified
Application compatibility
Free software with Website Spark
Calling Embedded Developers
Cougars on Campus

Ping 30: Bing Images, Xbox anywhere, Browsers & Battery life

Laura Foy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:21:00 GMT

Believe it or not us 'Softies found some really interesting news stories that did NOT have anything to do with Kanye West or the VMA's. Here's what really mattered at Microsoft Campus this week:

Browsers & Batteries
Bing images put to good use
Xbox Anywhere
The Xbox Anywhere Channel 10 story
Bing announces Visual Search
Lenovo Multi-Touch

Who should we have on next??

Ping 29: Silverlight & Movies, Company meeting, Tweets, Win7, Viral Vids

Laura Foy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:50:00 GMT

We had the annual company meeting this week and Microsoft was on fire! Here's what people were talking about:

Company Meeting
Silverlight & Hollywood
Windows 7 Tweets!
Viral is good

Ping 28: Free Win7, Zunes, Xbox, Interface of the future

Laura Foy — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:39:00 GMT

Even with Labor Day weekend ahead of us the 'Softies were still hyped about these stories:

Interface of the future
Free Windows
Zune
I'm bringing Vista back
Gaming lives!

Ping 27: Code7 contest, Get a Mac- Getting tired, Google fears Bing, Swiss street viewing

Laura Foy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:24:00 GMT

This week we got to sit back a little and wax philosophical. What are the right ways to advertise? What applications are useful? When should you really be careful to not get photographed? You tell us....

Win7 app helps with squinting
Tired Mac ads
Is Google scared?
Caught on camera!

and also: No excuse not to see your family this Holiday Season!

Ping 26: NFL & Silverlight, Movie Maker, Students, Win7 free trial (sorta)

Laura Foy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:10:00 GMT

It's the most wonderful time of the year! That's right! Football Season is here! And what better way to celebrate than by watching your Sunday night games with Silverlight? Paul and I discussed this and some other noteworthy events such as...

NFL & Silverlight- YAY!
Microsoft is cool
Old song that I just found out about
Does the internet see you?
The Windows 7 extend code

Go Jets!

Ping 25: Comedians, SQL server, Photosynth, Facebook, Zune, Bingle

Laura Foy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:57:00 GMT

For entertainment purposes only we decided to invited our friend, established comedian Kirk Fox into the Ping lair...here's how it all went down:

Jonathon Mann wins a BINGLE
Secret Service SQL Server
PhotoSynth and Facebook
What does Zune HD mean for you?
Do viral videos work?

And more...let us know your thoughts!

Ping 23: Yahoo Partnership, Wave launches, Win7 for testers & Amazon milk ratings

Laura Foy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:12:00 GMT

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Ping 24: Facebook, IPhone, Zune, SkyFinder

Laura Foy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:42:00 GMT

With just a slight delay it is finally here. Find out what the 'Softies are talking about...right here:

Facebook
Zune
Iphone
WinMo7
SkyFinder

Get your behind to PDC...now!

Ping 23: Yahoo Partnership, Wave launches, Win7 for testers & Amazon milk ratings

Laura Foy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:09:00 GMT

Microsoft made huge headlines this week and somehow in the mix of it all, some of us managed to search for Wolf T-shirts on Amazon. Here's how it all went down:

Microsoft and Yahoo partner
Ride the Microsoft Wave
Beta Testers get Win7 for free
Milk get high ratings!

Ping 22: Microsoft & Linux BFF's! Xbox handheld coming, Bing Jingle, Win a Surface

Laura Foy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:15:00 GMT

In the middle of the summer you might think Microsoft would take a break and kick-back but clearly that's not how we roll. In addition to Office 2010 and Windows 7- Microsoft made news in a few other ways...

Microsoft hired the Apple guy?
Linux is my homeboy
Xbox Handheld coming your way
Sue the spammers
Bing Jingle = BINGLE
Win your own Surface

Ping 20: Google Chrome, Silverlight 3, MS answers, questionable ad gets pulled

Laura Foy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:36:00 GMT

The team all joined forces again this week to chat about all the latest happenings here in Microsoft Town. It was a pretty fun week and then...it got violent...

No vomit for Microsoft
The Google OS
Silverlight 3 hits!
Laptop weighing you down?
The Connected Show

...and then since you asked for it, we slapped Max :)

Ping 18: Ballmer apologizes, Paul Allens latest move, Surface fun, Security Beta

Laura Foy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:34:00 GMT

The boys took over this week and it's clear we have a bro-mance in the making. If you've ever wondered what guys talk about when they're alone...now you know:

Paul Allen makes it big!
Ballmer makes a boo boo
Surface gets even cooler...
Real DaVinci footage
Security Beta