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Access PDC2008 videos by clicking on the desired session title in the session browser and selecting "play" icon located in the session details.  Please note that the session recordings open up in a Channel 9 window.  Scroll down to resources to download the session PPT deck.
10/29/2008

Microsoft Research Demonstrates Software-driven Breakthroughs

On stage at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference 2008 today, Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, showed developers how Microsoft is marshalling the power of software to help solve some of the toughest technological and societal challenges.  Read about Microsoft Research at PDC2008 [more...]
10/29/2008

Robochamps: Help Explore the Red Planet

Opportunity’s exploration of the Endurance Crater on the Martian surface among other challenges The competition brings robotics to a broader audience by overcoming the prohibitive cost, lack of access and specialist knowledge associated with physical robots Based on Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, RoboChamps enables students, developers and hobbyists to program virtual robots using the .NET languages [more...]
10/29/2008

Save the Date: PDC09! [Save the Date: PDC09!]

We’re excited to announce we’re back in LA next November 17–20, 2009 for our next PDC.  Mark your calendars! in reply to Save the Date: PDC09!
10/29/2008
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jQuery and Microsoft: Repercussions of Yesterday's Announcement

Microsoft announced yesterday it is looking to make jQuery part of their official development platform which means that jQuery will be distributed with Visual Studio. The news got a positive reception by the jQuery team: "we are quite excited by these prospects and wishes to take this opportunity to welcome both companies to the jQuery community." Blogs posts by [more...]
10/29/2008

Windows Media Center in the PDC Build of Windows 7

If you are attending the PDC 2008 you received a pre-beta Windows 7 build yesterday (6801) which contains many features the Windows Media Center team has been developing over the past year. Charlie Owen from the Media Center team took a few minutes to outline some of these new features for you Full story [more...]
10/29/2008

Live Blog of the Microsoft Research Keynote

Missed today's keynote? Wanna know more about The Worldwide Telescope, Project Boku (lightweight programming environment for kids) or SecondLight (extending surface computing)? Just visit the live blogs BetaNews and All Star Bloggers.
10/29/2008

Ray Ozzie on Azure, Office Web, and Openness

Interviewed by Steve Gillmor, Ray talks about the changes happening inside Microsoft three years after he wrote the famous Services Memo. Full interview here.
10/29/2008