<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/mmm2008-07-24_12.50/rsspretty.aspx?rssquery=en-US;http%3a%2f%2fmicrosoftwow.spaces.live.com%2fcategory%2fGeneral%2ffeed.rss' version='1.0'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:msn="http://schemas.microsoft.com/msn/spaces/2005/rss" xmlns:live="http://schemas.microsoft.com/live/spaces/2006/rss" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The Microsoft Wow Blog!: General</title><description /><link>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_BlogPart=blogview&amp;_c=BlogPart&amp;partqs=catGeneral</link><language>en-US</language><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:51:08 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:51:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Microsoft Spaces v1.1</generator><docs>http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification</docs><ttl>60</ttl><cf:parentRSS>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/feed.rss</cf:parentRSS><live:type>blogcategory</live:type><live:identity><live:id>2924560840743405546</live:id><live:alias>microsoftwow</live:alias></live:identity><cf:listinfo><cf:group ns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/live/spaces/2006/rss" element="typelabel" label="Type" /><cf:group ns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/live/spaces/2006/rss" element="tag" label="Tag" /><cf:group element="category" label="Category" /><cf:sort element="pubDate" label="Date" data-type="date" default="true" /><cf:sort element="title" label="Title" data-type="string" /><cf:sort ns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" element="comments" label="Comments" data-type="number" /></cf:listinfo><item><title>Appointed as Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) for Bahria University</title><link>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1861.entry</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It’s with great honor, pride and responsibility that I announce that I’m appointed as &lt;strong&gt;Microsoft Student Partner&lt;/strong&gt; (MSP) for Bahria University Karachi Campus. I would also like to thank following people without whom this wouldn't have become a reality: &lt;p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Syed Khusro Azmat &lt;li&gt;Twaha Ahmed Minai &lt;li&gt;Sumair Samad Shaikh&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Mission&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;p&gt;At Microsoft, our mission is to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential. Everything we do reflects our mission and the values that make it possible.  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Values&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;p&gt;As a company, and as individuals, we value:  &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Integrity and honesty.  &lt;li&gt;Passion for our customers, our partners, and technology.  &lt;li&gt;Openness and respectfulness.  &lt;li&gt;Taking on big challenges and seeing them through.  &lt;li&gt;Constructive self-criticism, self-improvement, and personal excellence.  &lt;li&gt;Accountability to customers, shareholders, partners, and employees for commitments, results, and quality. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here, I am sharing some &lt;a href="http://cid-28962096f48747ea.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Pictures/MSP Wallpapers?uc=4" target="_blank"&gt;MSP wallpapers&lt;/a&gt; that I found randomly over the Internet. &lt;p align=center&gt;&lt;img alt="Taimur Asad - Microsoft Student Partner" src="http://0ke6pq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pphtrfizVyj7BuAxJEBtUJsdBTTvelZbJ_hBqI3JzN7OMCw57sjDEIBfx5UZBTvxfTSbQer3qtTyNMLtmk983TyphsRurfsmw/Taimur Asad (12).jpg"&gt;  &lt;p align=center&gt;&lt;img alt="Taimur Asad - Microsoft Student Partner" src="http://ccuepg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pphtrfizVyj4KHWXhlSMW3mKLZBwQEY4JXhb9TvlbNvirxYnPd7Qxc-oR6dxqUo632KMCUOlVRwmpBM3l9e7FaF37GHp0DAGV/MSP.bmp"&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taimur Asad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(The Microsoft &amp;quot;Wow&amp;quot; Blog!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=2924560840743405546&amp;page=RSS%3a+Appointed+as+Microsoft+Student+Partner+(MSP)+for+Bahria+University&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=microsoftwow.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=microsoftwow"&gt;</description><comments>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1861.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1861.entry</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:03:46 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1861/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1861.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2008-05-07T19:26:29Z</dcterms:modified></item><item><title>1 year old today!</title><link>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1358.entry</link><description>&lt;p&gt;January 27, 2008 marks the completion of first year for this blog.&lt;img alt="Taimur Asad" src="http://0ke6pq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pv-J_8eCN1ISD-ceyqs806xzljAyViDeC07uvy8Kq8DpbOH1itG3O4M0XvC04MYWcNYBf52J4SAJuShBxDjPQkA/Taimur Asad (8).JPG" align=right&gt;   &lt;p&gt;I started writing this blog on January 27, 2007 just a couple of days &lt;br&gt;before Microsoft shipped Windows Vista to consumers. Have a look &lt;br&gt;at my first post &lt;a href="http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!114.entry" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; titled &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!114.entry" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;Lets make a difference!&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br&gt;In this last one year, I have received close to &lt;strong&gt;50,000&lt;/strong&gt; unique hits (49,472) to be exact and ofcoarse a bit of recognition on the web too ;) &lt;p&gt;Looking forward to the year ahead i.e. 2008! &lt;p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taimur Asad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(The Microsoft &amp;quot;Wow&amp;quot; Blog!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=2924560840743405546&amp;page=RSS%3a+1+year+old+today!&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=microsoftwow.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=microsoftwow"&gt;</description><comments>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1358.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1358.entry</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:42:27 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1358/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1358.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2008-01-27T07:46:07Z</dcterms:modified></item><item><title>ZuneStyle.com launches with the launch of Zune v2</title><link>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1001.entry</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Today, The Microsoft Wow Blog! kicked of another site namely ZuneStyle.com which launches on the eve of the launch of Zune v2's.  &lt;p&gt;For more details, check out &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zunestyle.com/" target="_blank"&gt;ZuneStyle - &amp;quot;You Make it You!&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p align=center&gt;&lt;img src="http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2927/zunestyledotcom800x563te6.jpg"&gt;  &lt;p align=center&gt;&lt;img src="http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6022/zunestylezc8.jpg"&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taimur Asad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(The Microsoft &amp;quot;Wow&amp;quot; Blog!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=2924560840743405546&amp;page=RSS%3a+ZuneStyle.com+launches+with+the+launch+of+Zune+v2&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=microsoftwow.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=microsoftwow"&gt;</description><comments>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1001.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1001.entry</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:02:28 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1001/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!1001.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2007-11-13T00:11:44Z</dcterms:modified></item><item><title>The Microsoft Wow Blog! goes mobile</title><link>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!829.entry</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://0ke6pq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pphtrfizVyj5_72XJNdLmQe1wYDVp8tolzXJ9PMPVQfdmv-lIAEgJis-SMai7xpPKKrILJzWju1Io74tHbJC701XbgefxHD5L/HTC Touch.jpg" align=right&gt;Yes you read it right. You can now access your favorite blog(The Microsoft Wow Blog!) right from your mobile/cell phone. You can access the mobile version of this site from virtually any phone which has browsing capability. So now you can access this site anytime  anywhere on the go using this link: &lt;a href="http://mobile.microsoftwow.net/" target="_blank"&gt;http://mobile.microsoftwow.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img title=Open-mouthed style="vertical-align:middle" alt=Open-mouthed src="http://shared.live.com/HjKMzTS-xzcms40!CabizA/emoticons/smile_teeth.gif"&gt;
&lt;p align=left&gt;&lt;img src="http://0ke6pq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pphtrfizVyj5lDRWFcDFLhu9FJWIJnhjXsV0Hvg4vsDRE4u3zptOpg2jSpQ5dkxkKW_xtbvZ2czkq1ELKYCRsZ52eE6sTH9iS/Mobile Blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;img alt="Microsoft Corporation" src="http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/558/microsoftax1.jpg"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taimur Asad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(The Microsoft &amp;quot;Wow&amp;quot; Blog!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=2924560840743405546&amp;page=RSS%3a+The+Microsoft+Wow+Blog!+goes+mobile&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=microsoftwow.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=microsoftwow"&gt;</description><comments>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!829.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!829.entry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:19:25 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!829/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!829.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2007-10-20T19:24:21Z</dcterms:modified></item><item><title>Hey.. its my Birthday!</title><link>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!609.entry</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Just a few minutes ago.. on 31st August, I turned 20 but will this bring any change in me? well.. only time will tell!!! 
&lt;p&gt;On this eve, I would like to share my biggest achievement in this past one year with all the readers of my blog: Check it out&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://ccuepg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pv-J_8eCN1ISdFVk3Vq-MAUh-viF2d6uswt4_nu38kHKdskphi63uhUx6L5YHIlRgajKcVXOB-rlHNsGUA4BATQ/taimur asad.JPG?download" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (If this link doesn't work then click &lt;a href="http://cid-28962096f48747ea.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Misc/taimur asad.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p align=center&gt;&lt;img alt="Happy Birthday to me!!!" src="http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5971/taimurasadcq5.jpg"&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taimur Asad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(The Microsoft &amp;quot;Wow&amp;quot; Blog!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=2924560840743405546&amp;page=RSS%3a+Hey..+its+my+Birthday!&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=microsoftwow.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=microsoftwow"&gt;</description><comments>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!609.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!609.entry</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:02:36 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!609/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!609.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2007-09-02T20:27:18Z</dcterms:modified></item><item><title>The 10,000+ hits milestone!</title><link>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!510.entry</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Well as of today, my blog surpassed 10,000 hits mark. Of course it isn't something to write home about as it took approximately 5 months to get here but it still is quite an achievement for a blog which started on 27th January 2007 just a couple of days before the consumer launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.  &lt;p align=center&gt;&lt;img alt="Stats showing 10,000+ hits on my blog." src="http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1408/hitsqp0.png"&gt; &lt;p&gt;On this eve, I would like to list some posts and sites which dragged most of the traffic to my site: &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Top Posts&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!360.entry" target="_blank"&gt;Mac OS X Dock for Windows Vista&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!212.entry" target="_blank"&gt;Apple iPhone emulator for Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!127.entry" target="_blank"&gt;Windows DreamScene Beta - Leaked&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Top Sites&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Google  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/blogs/microsoftwow.spaces.live.com" target="_blank"&gt;Technorati&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.danilopalermo.it/wp/2007/06/10/test-vodafone-ita-con-iphone/" target="_blank"&gt;danilopalermo.it Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;I would like to thank all the contributors and visitors particularly to &lt;a href="http://technobuddy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Umair Khan Jadoon&lt;/a&gt; who was initially a &lt;a href="http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!124.entry" target="_blank"&gt;co-writer&lt;/a&gt; of this blog and is a valuable contributor today to this site. &lt;br&gt;Hopefully this is just the beginning!!! &lt;p align=center&gt;&lt;img alt="Taimur Asad - The Microsoft Wow Blog!" src="http://0ke6pq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNP5WfeAKjPhnnkUVK2gR0ItK3C4iJMyg31-yGvUJTU_9ixrQLRL8vRbPWhssX7JDzgVNjLlb3peaSkP8ZuRXIYH2qroDoYms/Taimur Asad.jpg"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taimur Asad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(The Microsoft &amp;quot;Wow&amp;quot; Blog!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=2924560840743405546&amp;page=RSS%3a+The+10%2c000%2b+hits+milestone!&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=microsoftwow.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=microsoftwow"&gt;</description><comments>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!510.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!510.entry</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:15:05 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!510/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://microsoftwow.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!28962096F48747EA!510.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2007-07-22T23:11:09Z</dcterms:modified></item></channel></rss>