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Microsoft and Open Source sessions in the AU

Published on June 9, 2009. 2 Comments Tags: , .

I’ve previously blogged that I will be at remix this year on a panel about Microsoft and Open Source. Looking forward to doing that in a few days. It seems the guys at MS aren’t just interested in talking about it at ReMIX.

The guys (Nick Hodge and Jorke Odolphi) are also doing a series of Open Source talks around the country (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) starting on the 23rd June. I’m told the theme of the sessions is meant to be a more of a “get-to-know-you” type session, the same sort of theme as the ReMIX panel. Check it out.

Time to get some bing-age

Published on May 29, 2009. 3 Comments Tags: , , .

For those that haven’t heard, Microsoft anounced it’s new search engine, bing.

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Some of those links might be a little slow at the moment, but I’d give it some time. Working at ninemsn, I had the opportunity to get a sneak peak at the search engine and I must say I was impressed. For those eager clickers, be advised  the home page link is still showing a ‘coming soon’ for us Aussies atm.

The first thought that sprang to my mind when I heard the new name was, “I wonder if searching a term will now be called getting bing-age“. Gamers in the aurdience will recall the term getting bink-age from the counter-strike days, which describes the sound made when you score (or receive) a head shot while wearing a helmet in counter-strike (a near fatal shot).

Let’s hope that bing-age earns it’s place in the search world (in terms of search accuracy/relevance) the same way bink-age applies in the gaming world.