PDC2008

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...

All week long the Channel 9 team will be bringing you demonstrations of Visual Studio Team System 2010 along with in-depth interviews with the product team. Click here to read about all of the details, including the schedule of upcoming content. Perfect...

Countdown to PDC2008 : The chair of the PDC Symposia joins Mike and Jennifer this week to talk about the detailed workshops that will be offered on the last day of the conference. Parallel Computing – A Detailed Look at How Multi-Core Architectures will...

With thousands of office workers to feed every day, downtown L.A has no shortage of restaurants . But amid the scads of so-so places, there are some truly memorable lunches to be had. There’s no need to be stuck going to Subway, unless you really want...

Learn where the brain has been since PDC05 in this exclusive interview with Tina Wood . Discover what the brain likes to do when not developing software; why a jar and if it is a mascot for PDC2008 ? Enjoy!

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. Find more details on collecting or creating your own Badges from Adam Kinney , the BadgeMaster.

Be one of the first to get a look at Windows 7. Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group , will keynote on Tuesday, October 28. Windows 7 is the next major version of the Windows client operating system. With...

In our first keynote at PDC2008 Ray Ozzie will talk about the new world of Software Plus Services, with Bob Muglia joining him, to unveil our new Cloud Computing platform. In a second keynote, Ray will return to talk about building immersive user experiences...

Each symposium consists of three related sessions on the last day of PDC, and they provide much more detail about two key topics covered throughout PDC. A Parallel Computing symposium extends the PDC discussion to how multi-core architectures will significantly...

Countdown to PDC2008 : Maybe we’ve been a little too tight lipped about what we’re going to announce at the PDC this year. We’ve dropped a few hints with some of our recent guests on the show ( Amitabh Srivastava , Dave Campbell , Don Box and Chris Anderson...

Countdown to PDC2008 : Dave Campbell, a Microsoft Technical Fellow and SQL Server guru, talks about what his group has been working on and what they will be unveiling at the PDC . Dave is giving a session on data-driven applications that go from the device...

Countdown to PDC2008 : Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate Vice President of Cloud, Infrastructure, & Services joins Mike and Jennifer to talk about what his team will be revealing at PDC (well, he can’t really say that much yet – you’ll just have to go...

Earlier we told you about the brain you could ask questions and get PDC answers from....well the brain is learning and getting more clever. Go out to: http://www.askthebrain.net/ and pose a new question or two. Share your clever and witty responses!

When Dilbert talks about being "Agile," you know it has become main stream. This is also evident from the increased adoption of agile techniques and practices in the software development industry. Mary and Grigori just finished their duties has the program...

Countdown to PDC2008 : Technical Fellow, and longtime PDC veteran, John Shewchuk joins Mike and Jennifer to talk about his session at PDC. What’s the scoop? He’s going to explain how easy it is to take your apps, using Microsoft’s collection of services...

Mary-Jo Foley, one of the most viewed bloggers in the IT industry, dedicated two blog posts to discuss Live Mesh and Oslo in the last week. Mary-Jo is also connecting dots with the new sessions revealed this week. Gill Cleeren writes ,"It now really cannot...

We just published over 50 new sessions on our way to over 200 total sessions at the main event in October. Hear how the NBC Olympics site was built and about lessons learned. Learn what’s in store for the future of ASP.NET. Have some fun with XNA and...

Like the movie business, powerful cars, or the Lakers, Mexican food is a topic on which Angelenos hold passionate opinions. (For example, check out this thread by self-proclaimed “heavyweights” on the dining site Chowhound). While some of most highly...

This week's Countdown to PDC reveals a little more than before. Leaking a little bit about the upcoming session update next week. Surface, SharePoint, Live Platform, Identity, Mesh, SQL Server 2008, Exchange, Ad Platform, Office Communication Server,...

Yes. Simply go to http://www.askthebrain.net/ and get your PDC inquiries answered. It's that simple.

Countdown to PDC2008: Clothing optional keynotes, comparisons to the pains of childbirth, the joys of sharing an office, how to give a 90 minute speech minus PowerPoint and only writing 130 lines of code, and why PDC is the most special developer conference...

Yes. The Engineering Windows 7 blog is getting a lot of attention. Robert Scoble blogged about some organizational changes in the Windows Client team that could positively impact Windows 7. He also refers to PDC and the Windows 7 announcements to be made...

If you don’t, the city just might prompt a change of heart. The best restaurants are that good, whether in the historically Japanese-American neighborhood downtown known as “Little Tokyo,” or in Hollywood. So hop on the subway, or the daytime 25 cent...

Not every service in "software + services" will run in an Internet datacenter. The Windows Home Server team believes that some services should "stay at home." Want an example? How about a service that controls the energy usage in your home-- turning off...

You have until 11:59 PM Tuesday, August 26, 2008 to submit entries to win $500 Visa Gift Card or a trip to the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater in L.A. on Sunday, September 21st. Capture the essence of PDC by designing the PDC attendee...