Just announced, Microsoft welcomes the next Professional Developers Conference (PDC) to be held for the first time at their corporate headquarters in Redmond, WA, on October 28 and 29, 2010. http://www.microsoftpdc.com/ Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will keynote the event. Price is $1,000. Space is...

Come and get it! Scheduled for November 17-19, 2009, in Los Angeles, Microsoft's coolest developer event, the Professional Developers Conference, is officially open for busines. Register today and save five hundred large! http://microsoftpdc.com Take note that on the new PDC web site , we have a fresh...

PDC2008 team member and author of Windows 7 Blog for Developers , announced the release of PDC Proceedings for the sessions held at PDC. If you weren't able to get to all the sessions you wanted to see this is a resource you will not want to miss! Videos of the PDC sessions are available and the PDC...

Take a break from watching the online sessions and see the keynote room get built and torn down in this timelapse video .

Mike Swanson, PDC2008 Content Owner, has rolled up all the top questions into one new blog posting letting you know where to get all the details on PDC Sessions, Codes, Titles, PPTs and more. Check it out here .

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Countdown to PDC2008 : 17 years in the same job? Yep, Senior Vice President of Microsoft Research, Rick Rashid has been doing the same thing since the first day he joined the firm, and he’s still loving it. Listen to Rick talk about all of the cool innovation coming out of MSR, and he foreshadows his...

Plan your PDC experience using the timeline view introduced on Thursday, October 16. This updated view of sessions allows you to navigate sessions based on day, time and location. Additionally: If you already have identified and selected sessions for your “My Sessions” group, look for those sessions...

Angelenos have a well-deserved reputation as laid-back -- but when it comes to movies, they can be as passionate and serious as the most diehard cinephile. There are convenient places to check out the latest high-profile releases – like downtown’s no-frills Laemmle’s Grande 4-Plex , or the pricey ArcLight...

The long awaited “ The Devil’s Field Guide to the PDC ” is the ultimate insider’s guide to having the best PDC experience ever. It answers questions that attendees of any type of large Microsoft conference event ponder, for example: • Where do all the Microsofties hang out after the event? • How do I...

Countdown to PDC2008 : We don't need no stinkin' badges ! Yes you do-- if they’re PDC Badges! Collecting PDC Badges is the way for anyone attending PDC to capture their experience at the PDC conference. Just for showing up at registration you’ll receive the “I was there at Microsoft PDC2008 Badge”. If...

The Los Angeles music scene may not be as cohesive as when jazz clubs lined Central Avenue in the 1940s or when Axl and friends emerged as the kings of the Sunset Strip in the 1980s – but there are always a huge number of live events going on, from classical to hip-hop to country to rock to bebop. We...

The manycore shift provides exciting opportunities for developers to create innovative natural and immersive computing experiences that harness the performance power of multi- and manycore processors. Multi- and manycore architectures have immediate applications in games, digital media, computer-aided...

Countdown to PDC2008 : Brian and Dan may have day jobs, but they are also doing a ton of work on PDC including running the Show Off contest. Show Off is a really cool experience, but it’s kinda hard to explain in writing so Brian and Dan give it to us in plain words and tell us how easy it is to get...

While you’re at PDC be sure to check out the Windows Application Compatibility and Quality Lab. This lab is available for you to test your applications for compatibility on Windows 7, and will be offered free of charge. The Windows Application Compatibility and Quality lab at PDC provides a private developer...

Countdown to PDC2008 : What are the platform infrastructure details behind the Mesh technologies? Corporate Vice President of Live Platform Services, David Treadwell, will be spilling all the beans in his PDC keynote in just a few weeks, but in this Q&A he gives us a sneak peek. David explains how...

Downtown L.A. offers a huge array of choices for business meals. But you’ll make your boss happy not only by picking out a top-notch restaurant, but by avoiding over-priced culinary blowouts that look bad on an expense report. The south end of the Frank Gehry-designed Disney Hall houses Patina – it’s...

Early Tuesday morning, September 30th, Pacific Sportswear Inc., the contract screenprinter for eCompany Store, had a fire in the facility producing the PDC attendee t-shirts. The PDC T-shirts were damaged. Pacific Sportswear ordered more shirts and found another printing facility in Tacoma to print the...

Countdown to PDC2008 : As Corporate Vice President of the .NET Developer Division, Scott will be giving a talk on client development covering both Silverlight and WPF at the PDC. What else does the 6’4” Dev Div chief chat about in this quickie interview? Silverlight 2, jQuery, and so much more. Plus...

PDC is a truly unique event for developers and architects that is built by developers and architects at Microsoft. Every week for the past five months the PDC team has met to create the unique 2008 experience. Lots of ideas get put on the table. We know that PDC is more than sessions. We took a moment...

Things are heating up a bit. Have you heard the latest buzz on the blogosphere re: PDC2008? " By the time we finish our PDC, there will be nobody out there with a wider range of Cloud Computing services as Microsoft ." - Steve Ballmer Amazon announced that their could platform will soon support Windows...

Are you a full-time college student or faculty member? Did you know the PDC offers a special academic rate for you? Contact the PDC Registration team at PDC2008@ustechs.com for more details!

Mike Swanson, PDC Content Owner, just posted some of the last session titles to go live before the PDC. The rest will be unveiled after the keynotes! Take a look at Mike's latest blog posting to get the full scoop.

Use the Letter to Your Boss to explain how this is not the typical conference that is more boondoggle than substance. The PDC is where the best and brightest come together with the technical geniuses of Microsoft. You'll get your questions answered, get insight to the future of the Microsoft platform...