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Author: davidmerzel

  • What is KODU ? A language for KIDS to design and build new GAMES.

    Kodu is a visual programming language made specifically for creating games. Look at the video here-below to know more on this.  It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. Go on Kodu Internet Site to discover it : http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu/ KEY FEATURES Kodu provides an end-to-end creative environment for designing, building, and playing your own

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  • Create a Powerful Leadership Brand

    I want to share with you, an interesting artcle regarding how to “create a powerful leadership brand” I just had a very good discussion on this with Simon Vetter (coach and expert in behavioral change and personal brand management) who has done the article here-below with Patricia Wheeler. My take-out of this article and discussion are

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  • 10 things Microsoft did right in 2009

    Very interesting post done by Joe Wilcox. Click here-below to know more.  http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/10-things-Microsoft-did-right-in-2009/1261377163To summarize, here-below, the 10 things Microsoft did right in 2009:  Opened retail stores.   Flawlessly launched Windows 7. Offered crapware-free PCs. Launched Bing. Released Security Essentials. Promoted Steven Sinofsky. Released Zune 4.0 software and Zune HD. Settled antitrust case with the European

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  • Take a look at my interview in 9lives.

    Take a look at my interview in 9lives by clicking HERE This is in Dutch. http://www.9lives.be/gamepublishers/microsoft/specials/eindejaarsinterview-2009-microsoft

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  • Take a look at this new Site for BD Lovers !

      Have a look at this site www.sandawe.com This site targets the BD-lovers (it stands for bande dessinée or comic strip in French).  They can invest in 10€-shares on their favorite projects.  As return, they get up to 60% of the profit, the book signed by the author(s) and their name is printed in every

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  • 6 Tech Trends for 2010

    James Rogers, Professor at Earlham,Richmond, postet his list of six top tech trends for 2010. This has been published in TheStreet.com. If you want to look at the details, just click HERE Here-below, a summary of this list : Cloud Computing Cloud services offer computer power or data storage via the Internet. Cloud computing has

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  • All the best for 2010 !

    We wish you Health…So you may enjoy each day in comfort. We wish you the Love of friends and family…And Peace within your heart. We wish you Wisdom to choose priorities…For those things that really matter in life. We wish you Generosity so you may share…All good things that come to you. We wish you

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  • Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for 2010

    My familly and I wish you all all the best for 2010. If you can dream it in 2010, you can do it ! The coming week (last week before 2010) is always a good week to take some resolution for 2010. I’ve discovered an interesting site with Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for 2010, which is

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  • Read this Interview of Ray Ozzie, on Cloud Computing.

    Gartner analysts Neil MacDonald and David Smith interviewed Ray Ozzie (Chief Technical Officer Microsoft) earlier this year to discuss how Microsoft and the industry have progressed in cloud computing during the past year, and to look ahead at what’s next for cloud computing. The resulting report is now available to Gartner clients and is you can read it

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  • 4 levels of energy : learn to manage your energy !

    I attend 3 weeks ago a great training on “leadership from the core”. We’ve learned to manage our energy (and not our time) thru 4 levels of enegry : physical, emotional, mental and emotional. This is a very interesting approach that you can easily practive in your daily life both at work or in your

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  • 5 Steps to learn how to manage your stress

    Take a look at this very intesting article “MANAGING YOURSELF – Pull the Plug on Stress” from harvard business review. Having worked with more than 50,000 workers and managers in more than 100 organizations, including Boeing, BP, Cisco, Unilever, Bank of Montreal, and Shell, this study show that learning to manage stress is easier than most

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  • From now Xbox 360 @ 149 Euro, with 2 free games !

      Kerstmis werd net nog beter dankzij een nieuwe prijsdaling van Xbox 360 :  Xbox 360 Arcade met twee games nu verkrijgbaar vanaf 149,99 EUR *  Tijdelijke actie Benelux- geldig vanaf 18/12/2009 tem 31/01/2010      Trek je stoute schoenen aan, trotseer die vrieskoude en haast je naar de winkel, want het is zeker de moeite

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  • Changing the game OR how video games make an impact in the workplace.

    Interesting reading about how playing video games in the workplace makes good business sense for training, recruiting and fostering innovation. You will learn how  Video games make an impact in the workplace.  Companies use “in-game” and “around-game” advertising to promote their products. Simulation games have proven effective in helping doctors reduce medical mistakes. Many companies

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  • TOP 10 trends for 2010.

    There is an interesting website giving interesting consuler insights / trends Take a look at these ten consumer trends that will inspire you to introduce new products and services over the next 12 months. Here-below, an overview of these TOP 10 trends for 2010. To know more and download the PDF document, just click Here  

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  • Consumer technology gene: innovating in consumer products and services (Solvay Alumni).

      On the 3rd of December 2009, Microsoft and with McKinsey & Company hold a presentation, in front of the Solvay Business School Alumni (Marketing & Sales Club), in the building of Microsoft. 130 people attended to this event, at Microsoft,  organised by Solvay Business School Alumni and McKinsey & Company. During this presentation, we

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  • 5 traits of leadership.

    Jack Welch is “classic” but always to the point. Here-below, a summary of the 5 traits of leadership. – From our experience, the first essential trait of leadership is positive energy – the capacity to go-go-go with healthy vigor and an upbeat attitude through good times and bad. – The second is the ability to

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  • Video on Demand, Facebook and Twitter are on Xbox 360.

    Facebook and Twitter are Xbox Live The new features are contributing to “turning Xbox and Live into this rich media portal that continuously surfaces the most engaging things to do in the living room.” he said. This update brings social networking to the Xbox 360 with Twitter and Facebook support–in an interface that has been

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  • Bing market share continues to grow

    Bing market share continues to grow Bing is just a hair shy of the 10 percent mark in comScore’s search-engine market-share report, released Tuesday to Wall Street. Microsoft’s search engine captured 9.9 percent of the market in October, up half a percentage point from September. Meanwhile, Google’s share also increased – from 64.9 percent to

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  • Microsoft Sees ‘Natal’ as Your Next TV Remote

    SAN JOSE – It’s entirely possible, and reasonable, that the controllerless Project Natal technology Microsoft is developing will replace a remote control on Xbox 360-powered TVs, Marc Whitten, the general manager responsible for Microsoft’s Xbox Live service, told attendees at the Streaming Media West show. Whitten highlighted four areas – content, community, curation, and control

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  • Facebook On Xbox Live Sees 2 Million Users

    Some 2 million Xbox Live users have logged into Facebook since it launched over the service on November 17, Microsoft says — which means about 10 percent of the total userbase has tried the new feature. Discussing early indicators of strong performance for its social networking features with CNet, Microsoft also said that Xbox Live

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