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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Windows Mobile for Australia : TechEd</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: TechEd</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Smack!Down 2009 App Demo #2 - Microsoft Tag</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/15/smack-down-2009-app-demo-2-microsoft-tag.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:16:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9895248</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9895248.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9895248</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I love MS's new implementation of tag technology, and there is so much you cam already do with the new Microsoft Tag that you, well, just can't with std QR Codes.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Firstly it's pretty hard to find tag reader applications for phones to read 1 or 2D barcodes. For the MS tag simply point your phone (WinMo, iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian S60) to &lt;a href="http://gettag.mobi"&gt;http://gettag.mobi&lt;/a&gt; download the application. Of course on the iPhone you'll have to get it from the App Store.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Done!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;To create tags, head over to &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/tag"&gt;Microsoft Tag website&lt;/a&gt;, login with your LiveID (you'll have to create an account initially), and create to your hearts content.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There are 4 tag types you can create:    &lt;br /&gt;1) Dialler - save a phone number and the tag scanner will be prompted to dial this number directly from reading the tag. This is great for service and support options. If you sell a product, simply place a tag sticker on the product which directs users to dial your service dept without needing to remember a number etc.     &lt;br /&gt;2) Contact details. Scan the tag and you're prompted to save all of the contact details directly onto your phone. The obvious application here is on your business card and resume. Also on product or service catalogues.     &lt;br /&gt;3) Plain Text. Scan the tag and your offered a plain text message. This is great for everything from discount coupons to game clues, even simple &amp;quot;how to&amp;quot; instructions for product assembly etc.     &lt;br /&gt;4) URL - the most powerful of the four. Pointing a tag to a URL allows content (audio, video) distribution as well as anything you can put on a website. Scan the tag and hear the next track from an artist, or watch a short &amp;quot;how to&amp;quot; video, or even be connected to a prepopulated shopping cart.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;As you can see, this is immensely powerful technology from a user perspective, but there's even more for the marketer/merchant/service provider.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Because the tags contain link information, i.e. they direct the phone to content on the web, you can dynamically update the information (e.g. your contact details etc) as it changes, without having to update all of your printed media. So you can tie a tag to a particular service or product, then change the information about that dynamically based on market conditions. Change your phone number? No need to reprint and distribute your business cards. Change the discount on a book? No need to reprint all your billboards and flyers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;You can also assign different tags to different campaigns, then report in real time on those tags. So e.g. You could do a busstop campaign for a movie in two regions, with two tags, then see the relative success of the campaigns, even dynamically change the price in one region to drive up acceptance.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The tags bear a resemblance to QR Codes, however, there are some significant differences:    &lt;br /&gt;• The MS tag stores information in colour (although you can now print them in black and white) - this allows you to store more info in the tag, in a smaller size tag.     &lt;br /&gt;• The MS tag can be overlaid on another image.     &lt;br /&gt;• As mentioned the MS tag stores info on the web. Whilst this does give the benefit of being able to dynamically change infomation, and report on actual scans a lot easier, it does restrict you to phones with Internet access. Actually this isn't as constraining as first thought, as there are a lot more phones with Internet access than phones that can read QR codes. Personally I believe that the dynamic nature of the MS tag far outweighs this constraint.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Currently the MS tag program is in beta, so tags are free to create and report on. Microsoft has yet to release details of how it will charge for the services once it's released.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Definitely &lt;a href="http://gettag.mobi"&gt;download&lt;/a&gt; the reader, and &lt;a href="http://www.Microsoft.com/tag"&gt;create&lt;/a&gt; a couple of tags to try out the service.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;At the Smack!Down we gave away a phone to the first person whom could install my contact details on their phone. The winner (with an iPhone) had to download the reader, and read a tag onscreen. The while process (about 37secs) was much quicker than bluetoothing, infraredding, or typing in said contact details. Just imagine the power of that to sell beer?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img src="http://content.channel42.info/Rog42_50.png" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9895248" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobility/default.aspx">Mobility</category></item><item><title>Can You Stomach the Smack!Down?</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/10/can-you-stomach-the-smack-down.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:21:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9893365</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9893365.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9893365</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;As you can tell from the other videos we’ve released over the week, no other breakout session at TechEd comes close to the energy, interactivity and pure fun, than the Smack!Down. Some (speakers) have commented that it’s not a “real” session, because it’s not “serious.” I say that it doesn’t get more real than when you’re having fun.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In fact, having fun, is almost a prerequisite to learning. I mean we tend to remember what was fun, and what hurt. I go with the former. Who can forget setting up the phone as a Wireless Modem, with BA warning you to avoid downloading “donkey stuff?” I still have people telling me the “only” thing they really remember about TechEd07 was me eating a Blackberry for Breakfast in our “Pirates” Smack!Down.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/wmoz/WindowsLiveWriter/CanYouStomachtheSmackDown_FEFA/the-mobility-pirates_small_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="the-mobility-pirates_small" border="0" alt="the-mobility-pirates_small" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/wmoz/WindowsLiveWriter/CanYouStomachtheSmackDown_FEFA/the-mobility-pirates_small_thumb.jpg" width="398" height="272" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;And although there are prizes to win in the Smack!Down, not everyone wins one. No, to win the really big prizes takes commitment, an iron will, not to mention an iron stomach. Welcome to the Smack!Down…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D5ZGRFzfjzQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D5ZGRFzfjzQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:621c9e54-8d01-4283-90ee-00dce7aac416" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Rog42" rel="tag"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Smackdown" rel="tag"&gt;Smackdown&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9893365" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category></item><item><title>TechEd kicks-off: How to win Smackdown entry tags</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/09/teched-kicks-off-how-to-win-smackdown-entry-tags.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:36:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9892587</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9892587.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9892587</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;TechEd Australia 2009 is off an running, it was real busy on the expo-floor tonight, it was great to see the Window phone stand getting lots of people dropping by to see what we have on show, and a good crowd at the Intro to Windows Mobile 6.5 session too.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Smackdown is coming again at TechEd 2009 – Friday 1.45 in Central A is the place, and as is the tradition there will be a small number of special entry tags for specially allocated seats at Smackdown. Three skilful listeners at the session tonight walked away with an entry tag each.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;How can you get one?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;1. Enter the Forza Motorsport challenge – quickest time each day wins.You can enter at the Windows phone or the Jabra stand.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;2. Attend one of the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/05/windows-phone-teched-australia-the-session-overview.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Mobility sessions&lt;/a&gt; and answer the questions correctly.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;3. Be spotted with a Codemasons’ Guild sticker on your person – random allocations each day.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;4. Present evidence that you’ve completed a Windows Mobile HOL at the Windows phone stand – a limited number of tags are up for grab each day.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So drop by the Windows phone stand, play the Forza Motorsport challenge, attend a mobile session or HOL –&amp;gt; all to get a coveted Smackdown entry pass.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;DonK&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:6de7354c-54a9-4f23-a7cf-415a8bd86990" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd+Australia" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd Australia&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Smackdown!" rel="tag"&gt;Smackdown!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9892587" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobility/default.aspx">Mobility</category></item><item><title>Windows Phone @ TechEd : HOLs &amp; Interactive Theatres</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/06/windows-phone-teched-hols-interactive-theatres.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:19:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9891770</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9891770.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9891770</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Here is part 2 of answering the question&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;quot;I want to get across as much of Mobility &amp;amp; Windows Mobile as I can this year, what are the sessions I should attend, and how do they fit together?&amp;quot;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Along with the break-out sessions at TechEd, there are also Hands-on-Labs(HOLs) being run, plus on the Showcase floor there will be some smaller/shorter sessions in the Interactive&amp;#160; Theatres.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here’s a listing of the sessions in the Interactive Theatre, so you know which Mobility ones to look out for.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="580"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="39"&gt;Day&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="50"&gt;Time&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="56"&gt;Session ID&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;Title &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="183"&gt;How it fits&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="126"&gt;Speaker(s)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="40"&gt;Tue&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;18:30&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="58"&gt;THB001&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="123"&gt;Introducing Windows Mobile 6.5 - what's new for Windows phone&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="182"&gt;This will give you the 101 about Windows Mobile 6.5 and you’ll see it in action too!         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="125"&gt;Don Kerr (Microsoft) – yep DonK in action&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="40"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;15:00&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="58"&gt;THG004&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="123"&gt;Introducing Windows Mobile 6.5 - what's new for Windows phone&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="182"&gt;Re-run of Tuesdays session about Windows Mobile 6.5 and you’ll see it in action too!         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="125"&gt;Don Kerr (Microsoft) &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="40"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;15:00&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="58"&gt;THR004&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="123"&gt;SCMDM top Gotcha's and &amp;quot;Simplot a customer's tale&amp;quot;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="182"&gt;Some System Centre Mobile Device Manager experts will take you through a few common schoolboy errors and how to avoid them. Then a customer example of getting MDM up and running.         &lt;br /&gt;This is for the Management guys &amp;amp; girls.&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="125"&gt;Warwick Brown, Chris Hatzis (Simplot), Andrew McMurray(Microsoft), Wayne Phillips (Airloom)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here are the Windows Mobile specific Hands-on-Labs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="581"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;HOL ID&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="202"&gt;Title&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="295"&gt;Abstract/Overview&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;WMB01-HOL&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="202"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;WMB01-HOL Building Real-World-Ready Applications for Windows Mobile with the Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0 and the Device Emulator Manager Automation API&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="295"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;Mobile applications must run within a far more dynamic environment than that faced by desktop applications. Assuring that your application remains stable and reliable within this dynamic environment requires that you include environmental changes in your application test plan. In this lab, you learn how to use the Device Emulator 3.0 and Device Emulator Manager Automation API to develop automated test scenarios that verify your application's reliability under a wide variety of environmental conditions including power changes, abrupt loss of connectivity, phone calls, SMS messages, and much more. Upon completion, you will be armed with the knowledge necessary to create mobile applications that remain stable in the most dynamic of mobile environments.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;WMB03-HOL&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="202"&gt;Hands-on with Widgets for Windows Mobile&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="295"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;The last few years have shown the world the power of having a full-fledged Web browser on a mobile device. From content providers building dedicated mobile sites to cheaper mobile data tariffs, mobile devices have ushered in a new era of content and experiences available on the go. A new programming paradigm called mobile widgets has emerged in response to these recent trends. Widgets enable Web developers to develop application-like experiences that run outside of the existing Web browser, but are powered by the same technologies [HTML, JavaScript, and CSS]. Gone are the days of building WAP sites. By leveraging the capabilities of a fully-fledged browser on Windows Mobile, Web developers can now build rich experiences for mobile devices without resorting to native/managed code. In this lab, learn about how to design, build, and deploy Widgets for Windows Mobile. Learn how to use the widgets APIs and apply best practices to build usable, performant, and delightful widgets.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;WMB04-HOL&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="202"&gt;Integrating the New Mobility Features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Windows Mobile&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="295"&gt;SharePoint Server 2007 improves worker productivity and effectiveness through simplified collaboration and document sharing. Historically, these features were only available to users with a desktop or notebook computer. As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, maintaining an effective workforce requires that users be able to collaborate from their mobile devices as well. In this lab, learn how to set up a SharePoint site, make it available to mobile devices, and access that site from a Windows Mobile device. Upon completion, you will know to set up and use the Mobile Features of SharePoint Server 2007 to provide mobile users with the benefits of SharePoint long available to the rest of the workforce.&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;WMB06-HOL&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="202"&gt;Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Deployment &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="295"&gt;Learn how to configure Active Directory for Mobile Device Manager and install the three key Mobile Device Manager server roles. This lab takes you through installing the Enrolment Server and validating the Enrolment Web Service functionality; installing the Device Management Server and validating Mobile Device Manager 2008 Device Management Installation; installing Gateway Certificates, Gateway Server setup, Gateway Certificates validation, validating Mobile Device Manager 2008 Gateway Server functionality; and opening required ports in the Gateway Server for Managed Devices&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;DonK&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ba0440d5-4783-4631-a6d1-e7e620e22939" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9891770" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobility/default.aspx">Mobility</category></item><item><title>Windows phone @ TechEd Australia : The session overview</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/05/windows-phone-teched-australia-the-session-overview.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:52:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9891764</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9891764.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9891764</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;TechEd is nearly on us again and again Mobility (Windows phone, SCMDM, Security, Development) has a strong list of sessions at TechEd 2009 Australia, we wanted to address the question of &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;quot;I want to get across as much of Mobility &amp;amp; Windows Mobile as I can this year, what are the sessions I should attend, and how do they fit together?&amp;quot;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Once you have registered for TechEd 2009, you will be able to plan your schedule via the Session Builder tool. If you select &amp;quot;Mobility&amp;quot; from the &amp;quot;Track&amp;quot; options you will be presented the list of sessions - but to help you out in advance, here are some with comment on how they all fit.&amp;#160; This is your &amp;quot;Windows Mobile guide to TechEd 2009&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="580"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="39"&gt;Day&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="50"&gt;Time&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="56"&gt;Session ID&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;Title &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="183"&gt;How it fits&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="126"&gt;Speaker(s)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="40"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;17:00&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="58"&gt;DEV260&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="123"&gt;Distributing &amp;amp; Monetising Windows Mobile Applications through the Windows Marketplace for Mobile&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="182"&gt;Kick start your grasp of the opportunity that Marketplace brings as a developer to reach millions of Windows phone users, and make some money too.         &lt;br /&gt;Developer session 1.&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="125"&gt;James McCutcheon (Mobile MVP)         &lt;br /&gt;Loke Uei Tan (Technical Product Manager – WM Product team Microsoft Corp)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="41"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;08:15&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="59"&gt;DEV310&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="123"&gt;Make some Magic! Shake, Flip &amp;amp; Flick your application for Windows Mobile 6.5&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="181"&gt;Get a depth understanding of the new gestures API &amp;amp; more in Windows Mobile 6.5 and spark your applications.         &lt;br /&gt;Developer session 2.&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;James McCutcheon (Mobile MVP)         &lt;br /&gt;Loke Uei Tan (Technical Product Manager – WM Product team Microsoft Corp)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="41"&gt;Fri&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;08:15&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="60"&gt;DEV370&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="123"&gt;Channelling your inner sexiness &amp;amp; other developer tricks for Windows Mobile&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="181"&gt;Liven up your application for Windows phone, find out the ways &amp;amp; means to have a great looking application running on Windows phone.         &lt;br /&gt;Developer session 3.&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;James McCutcheon (Mobile MVP)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="41"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;11:30&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="61"&gt;MGT305&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="122"&gt;System Center Mobile Device Manager Architecture &amp;amp; Policies for Windows Mobile&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="180"&gt;Come and hear from a customer who has deployed SCMDM, and an SCMDM expert on how to architect and deploy SCMDM in the real world.         &lt;br /&gt;Management session 1&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;Warwick Brown &amp;amp;&amp;#160; Chris Hatzis (Simplot), Wayne Phillips (Airloom)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="41"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;17:00&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="62"&gt;MOB201&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="122"&gt;Telstra’s Microsoft Mobility Solution&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="180"&gt;Been looking for a fixed rate Exchange email or managed device plan for your organisation?         &lt;br /&gt;Learn how the Window Mobile specific data plans from Telstra are designed and the technical requirements to implement them.          &lt;br /&gt;If you’re involved in either Exchange Direct Push or System Center Mobile Device Manager, this is the session for you.&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;Rick Anderson (Microsoft), Garron Leslie (Telstra)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="41"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;09:45&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="63"&gt;SEC306&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="122"&gt;Windows Mobile for Government – Common Criteria certification&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="180"&gt;Is Windows Mobile really secure?          &lt;br /&gt;Windows Mobile 6.1, System Center Mobile Device Manager (RTM and SP1) have received EAL4 certification under Common Criteria. The licensed evaluation facility will explain the evaluation scope and the functions included in the evaluations, and show you how these two products combine to provide a secure mobile solution.          &lt;br /&gt;A must attend session for any mobile security people.&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;Aleks Lubiejewski (Stratsec)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="41"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;09:45&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="63"&gt;UNC201&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="122"&gt;Introduction to Exchange 2010&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="180"&gt;The session to find out what is coming with Exchange 2010, and the enhancements on Windows Mobile with Outlook Mobile.         &lt;br /&gt;The #1 session for the Mobile Mail crew.&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="124"&gt;Johann Kruse (Microsoft), Roger Lawrence (Rog42 Enterprises)&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="41"&gt;Fri&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;13:45&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="63"&gt;UNC212&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="122"&gt;Mobility Smackdown!&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="180"&gt;The session of sessions for Mobile @ TechEd - a &amp;quot;must attend&amp;quot; for all parts of the Mobile crowd, with plenty of excitement to end the Mobility stream.         &lt;br /&gt;In 2008 over 600 people crammed into this session, and the room next door shut down with all the noise we made – watch out for the special entry tags!&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="126"&gt;The Smackdown Crew&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This is the order as it stands today (5th September), but stay tuned for another post on the Hands-on-labs and Interactive Theatre sessions for Mobility.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;DonK&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0139e724-68bb-4889-a929-3a8b1af2c9de" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Smackdown!" rel="tag"&gt;Smackdown!&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9891764" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobility/default.aspx">Mobility</category></item><item><title>Scarcity</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/04/scarcity.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:32:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9890918</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9890918.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9890918</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Scarcity is a well known, and thanks to Social Scientists, proven, characteristic of influence. The scarcer something is, the more people will desire it. I always find it intriguing that in taste tests people actually find the scarcer choice tastier. They don’t just want the food more, or will pay more for it, but the food actually, subjectively, tastes better.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;When you derive that scarcity through competition, you just ratchet up the desire. It seems we’re wired for survival, keenly sensitive to scarce resources. Thsi is the very principle that auctions use to drive people to spend way more on something than could otherwise be charged (this is also why I’ll never buy a house on auction).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;For the craziest contests though, and the only ones held in breakout sessions at TechEd, there’s only one session….&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;…The Smack!down&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_d2c5b642"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/d2c5b642/" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/d2c5b642/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_d2c5b642"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://rog42.tel" target="_blank"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0aedc82f-1698-4eea-a3cc-ff781edd6574" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Rog42" rel="tag"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Smackdown" rel="tag"&gt;Smackdown&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9890918" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category></item><item><title>All the Toys</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/04/all-the-toys.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:31:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9890916</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9890916.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9890916</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;There’s a lot that happens at TechEd in Australia, which to non-geek may seem, well, boring. At least that’s what my wife says. In the Microsoft ecosystem, however, it’s &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; conference that is chock full of the latest technology. You can get down and dirty with servers, and wireless networks, operating systems and databases.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Of course you have to be a rather large bank to afford all of this technology. Chances are, if you work for said bank, you’re working with 3 year old tech anyway, as their procurement processes lumber to catch up.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But there’s only &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; session that actually demonstrates the latest gadgets. Toys which &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; can afford.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to the Smack!Down.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_3d7e107f"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/3d7e107f/" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/3d7e107f/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_3d7e107f"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://rog42.tel" target="_blank"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a154b799-b0c6-4b7f-860d-96653703276f" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Rog42" rel="tag"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Smackdown" rel="tag"&gt;Smackdown&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Gadgets" rel="tag"&gt;Gadgets&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Toys" rel="tag"&gt;Toys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9890916" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category></item><item><title>We Aim to Fail</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/04/we-aim-to-fail.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:30:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9890913</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9890913.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9890913</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;In a conversation with someone (outside the tech industry) the other day, I asked the question “Why do you think Microsoft holds events like TechEd at a conference centre like at the Gold Coast?” and his response, no lies, was “Because they want a junket.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This from an accountant.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Of course this couldn’t be further from the truth. No-one gets to hold a $5m event, and justify it as a “junket.” Microsoft is the most metricised company on the planet. Everything gets measured. Every $1 that’s spent is accounted for across a number of metrics. And of course that leads to a culture of success. Inasmuch as “you have to be successful.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Success has to be defined, then it’s tracked. And let me tell you, people’s bonuses are determined by those metrics. Hence the eval sheets for everything at a conference from the lunch, to the exhibition floor, to the speaker sessions (just ask any speaker and they’ll know their scores to 5 decimal points).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So it’s pretty counter-cultural to aim to fail. To put together a session that seeks to amuse, please, and yes, educate our audience. Where the audience’s delight and energy is valued more than the official metrics. Customer experience over Policy.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to, the Smack!Down...&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_7441ce25"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/7441ce25/" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/7441ce25/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_7441ce25"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://rog42.tel" target="_blank"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:9f33ed2d-5d96-40e1-91d4-88a21fb8bf7e" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Rog42" rel="tag"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Smackdown" rel="tag"&gt;Smackdown&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9890913" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category></item><item><title>Are you Ready?</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/04/are-you-ready.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:29:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9890911</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9890911.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9890911</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;In just over a week, thousands of technical experts will converge on the Gold Coast Convention Centre to attend Microsoft TechEd09. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But are you ready for the session of sessions?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_7c8d9a45"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/7c8d9a45/" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/7c8d9a45/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_7c8d9a45"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;    &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://rog42.tel" target="_blank"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Rog42" rel="tag"&gt;Rog42&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Smackdown" rel="tag"&gt;Smackdown&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9890911" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category></item><item><title>Master Codemason Competition – The finalists announced</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2009/09/02/master-codemason-competition-the-finalists-announced.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:52:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9890310</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/9890310.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9890310</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The three Master Codemason Competition finalists have been decided, and are all booked for their trip to TechEd next week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;We were really impressed by the range of entries we received, covering Lifestyle apps, Music &amp;amp; Video, Business, Utility, Travel, Education – there was social networking integration, business use scenarios, and informational/education apps prototypes submitted.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The three finalists were;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Luis Ortega with The Follow me Clock &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Robert Crago with Musicradio &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Darko Radiceski with AAMHatcheye &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Luis, Robert &amp;amp; Darko are all booked in for TechEd, and will present their applications live at Smackdown – so if you are at TechEd, come along to the Mobility Smackdown session on Friday afternoon and help judge the Master Codemason! If you couldn’t get a TechEd ticket, then keep posted on the Codemason’s Guild blog, we’ll update you with information live from the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 and the opening to Windows phone users of the Windows Marketplace for Mobile have now been revealed as taking place globally on October 6th (US time). You can read the word from the Windows phone team &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/archive/2009/09/01/windows-phones-are-coming-on-october-6th.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The opportunity for developers is to get your app’s into Marketplace now, so they are certified, signed and ready for users to access as the new range of Windows phones release.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;DonK&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9890310" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobile+Dev/default.aspx">Mobile Dev</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobility/default.aspx">Mobility</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Marketplace/default.aspx">Marketplace</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Codemasons+Guild/default.aspx">Codemasons Guild</category></item><item><title>Windows Mobile Hands-on Labs - win Smackdown Dog Tags</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/09/03/windows-mobile-hands-on-labs-win-smackdown-dog-tags.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:46:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8921175</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/8921175.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8921175</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Rog42 told you how to win Dog Tags for Mobility Smackdown (*SMACK*) on Friday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For the first 20 Hands-on-labs completed at TechEd, take your certificate/print out that validates your completion to the Windows Mobile stand to get a Dog Tag - first 20 only!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The list of HOLs you can complete are listed on this post: &lt;a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/08/26/windows-mobile-teched-australia-the-hands-on-labs.aspx" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/08/26/windows-mobile-teched-australia-the-hands-on-labs.aspx"&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/08/26/windows-mobile-teched-australia-the-hands-on-labs.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Go do HOLs @ TechEd, and win a Dog Tag for Smackdown (*SMACK*)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;DonK&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:f3496c25-49a4-4d7c-a35e-d643951cfaea" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/smackdown" rel="tag"&gt;smackdown&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd%20Australia" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8921175" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category></item><item><title>Office on the Beach - Panel members</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/09/03/office-on-the-beach-panel-members.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8921143</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/8921143.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8921143</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;At TechEd Australia 2008 this evening, 5.30pm in Bayside 202/203 is the "Office on the Beach" panel session.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The panelist we have lined up for today include;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Scott Taylor, General Manager - Rich Mobile Media, Telstra&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Robin Simpson, Enterprise Mobility Analyst, Gartner&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Rajeev Govinnage, Product Manager, Samsung&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Dr Neil Roodyn, Regional Director &amp;amp; MVP, nSquared&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Brian Walshe, National Microsoft Practice Manager, Dimension Data&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Hugo Ortega, Principal, Tegatech ("The Tablet PC Guy")&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Aleks Lubiejewski, Test Lab Manager, stratsec&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Garry Gross, Director for Customer Connection, Microsoft Corporation - in the Mobile Device Manager team&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Rick Anderson - Mobile Solution Specialist, Microsoft Australia&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We will be getting a broad overview of the direction of the mobile industry from these panelists, with some capacity to get questions submitted via email or SMS.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;As with all Mobility sessions @ TechEd Australia there will be the opportunity to win Dog Tags, for entry to the Mobile Smackdown (*SMACK*) &lt;A title=http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/09/02/te08-dogtags.aspx href="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/09/02/te08-dogtags.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/09/02/te08-dogtags.aspx"&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/09/02/te08-dogtags.aspx&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;DonK&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8921143" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobility/default.aspx">Mobility</category></item><item><title>Windows Mobile @ TechEd - Security &amp; Common Criteria</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/08/28/windows-mobile-teched-security-common-criteria.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:18:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8902600</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/8902600.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8902600</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;RickA picked-up that I had missed one session off the TechEd Mobile sessions post - and it's a really important one too.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Security &amp;amp; Windows Mobile is always a key discussion point. In March Windows Mobile 5 (+MSFP) and 6 received Common Criteria EAL2+ certification, in August Windows Mobile 6.1 complete evaluation for EAL2+ and is now listed on the Defence Signal Directorate's Evaluated Product List (&lt;a href="http://www.dsd.gov.au/infosec/evaluation_services/epl/epl.html"&gt;http://www.dsd.gov.au/infosec/evaluation_services/epl/epl.html&lt;/a&gt;). Common Criteria Certification is recognised across 24 countries, and the Windows Mobile platform is now at the same EAL level as RIM's solution (BBWS 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2 &amp;amp; BES 4.1 &amp;amp; 4.2).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The testing for this certification was performed in Canberra, and we are privileged to have one of the key personnel involved in the Common Criteria testing lab, Aleks Lubiejewski, to present this session.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="573" border="1"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="62"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SEC309&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="86"&gt;Thursday 14:00&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="167"&gt;Windows Mobile Security Architecture&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="256"&gt;Windows Mobile 5, 6 and 6.1 are now Common Criteria EAL2+ certified. Understand from the licensed evaluation facility that performed the Common Criteria testing, what the security profile of Windows Mobile is so you can fully understand how to use the range of security features offered on Windows Mobile powered Smartphones and PDAs.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;DonK&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:957648a6-3288-401b-93f0-7afe2d05607d" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows%20Mobile%206.1" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile 6.1&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd%20Australia" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd Australia&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Security" rel="tag"&gt;Security&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Common%20Criteria" rel="tag"&gt;Common Criteria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8902600" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category></item><item><title>Windows Mobile @ TechEd Australia</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/08/22/windows-mobile-teched-australia.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:08:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8886924</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/8886924.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8886924</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Windows Mobile &amp;amp; Mobility solutions has a strong list of sessions at TechEd 2008 Australia, we wanted to address the question of &lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;"I want to get across as much of Mobility &amp;amp; Windows Mobile as I can this year, what are the sessions I should attend, and how do they fit together?"&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Once you have registered for TechEd 2008, you will be able to plan your schedule via the Session Builder tool. If you select "Mobility" from the "Track" options you will be presented the list of sessions - but to help you out in advance, here they are with some comment on how they all fit. We will throw up another post covering the Hands-on-Labs that will be available, and together these will be your "Windows Mobile guide to TechEd 2008".&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="577" border="1"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="49"&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="54"&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="69"&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session ID&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="182"&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="221"&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How it fits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="55"&gt;10:15&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="71"&gt;SEC310&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="181"&gt;Mythbusters - The Top 10 Windows Mobile Security Issues&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="219"&gt;The WM security overview session.&lt;br&gt;Session 2 for the Security guys&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="51"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="56"&gt;14:15&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="73"&gt;UNC117&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="180"&gt;Windows Mobile: Overview &amp;amp; Roadmap&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="218"&gt;The intro to WM @ TechEd session - this will give you the starting point for all things Windows Mobile.&lt;br&gt;Session 1 for all WM folks.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="50"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;16:00&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="75"&gt;CLM307&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="179"&gt;Device Management Solutions Offered by Microsoft&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="216"&gt;What are the different Microsoft technologies I can use to manage a Windows Mobile fleet in my company.&lt;br&gt;Session 2 for the Management crowd.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="52"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;16:00&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="76"&gt;DAT284&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="178"&gt;SQL Compact Edition: Connection not required&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="215"&gt;If you have applications using SQL Server how do these application leverage the Compact Edition on Windows Mobile. &lt;br&gt;Session 3 for the App Dev &amp;amp; Database crowd.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;17:30&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="77"&gt;UNC219&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="177"&gt;Office on the Beach&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="215"&gt;Panel session for all the crowd. Will give you insite to where the industry is heading from a range of speakers.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Wed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;18:45&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="78"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="177"&gt;Ask the Experts&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="214"&gt;Come and talk to the Mobility speakers, ask them the questions you need answers to this TechEd.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;10:15&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="79"&gt;DEV350&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="177"&gt;Introducing Silverlight for mobile applications&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="214"&gt;As you are building Silverlight applications, how to ensure they will be ready for Mobile devices.&lt;br&gt;Session 4 for the App Dev crowd. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="52"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;11:45&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="80"&gt;DEV215&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="176"&gt;Windows Mobile 101: Cut the Fruit &amp;amp; Get the Cream&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="213"&gt;The "getting started" sessions for Windows Mobile app dev, how to take your existing skills to Mobile, or what skills are needed.&lt;br&gt;Session 2 for the App Dev crowd.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;14:00&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="81"&gt;DEV370&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="176"&gt;Mobile App Architecture &amp;amp; WM LOB Solution Accelerator&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="213"&gt;The key session for application architects. Session 5 for the App Dev crowd.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="52"&gt;Thur&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;15:45&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;CLM315&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="176"&gt;System Center Mobile Device Manager Deep Dive 1 - Device Management&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="212"&gt;Session 3 for the Management crowd, deep dive on device management&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Fri&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;08:30&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;BIN281&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="176"&gt;BI in my Pocket&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="212"&gt;How do you get BI out to Windows Mobile.&lt;br&gt;Session 4 for the Database crowd.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Fri&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;10:15&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;OFCCT202&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="176"&gt;Pocket Office - take your office with you&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="212"&gt;Session 5 for the Dev crowd, session 3 for the Mobile UC crowd. How to extend Office apps to Windows Mobile. Will be held in the Cabanna area.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Fri&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;11:45&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;CLM316&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="176"&gt;System Center Mobile Device Manager Deep Dive 2 - Mobile VPN&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="212"&gt;Session 4 for the Management crowd. A deep dive on the Mobile VPN solution in SCMDM.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="53"&gt;Fri&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="57"&gt;14:00&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="82"&gt;UNC220&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="176"&gt;Mobility Smackdown!&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="top" width="214"&gt;The session of sessions for Mobile @ TechEd - a "must attend" for all parts of the Mobile crowd, with plenty of excitement to end the Mobility stream.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;This is the order as it stands today (26th August)  &lt;p&gt;DonK&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:f67aeff9-83b3-4216-b8a1-b103a527594c" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd%20Australia" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd Australia&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows%20Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/System%20Center%20Mobile%20Device%20Manager" rel="tag"&gt;System Center Mobile Device Manager&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/SQL%20Compact%20Edition" rel="tag"&gt;SQL Compact Edition&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Visual%20Studio" rel="tag"&gt;Visual Studio&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Security" rel="tag"&gt;Security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8886924" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobility/default.aspx">Mobility</category></item><item><title>TechEd Interview series: WMOz talks to James McCutcheon</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/2008/08/18/teched-interview-series-wmoz-talks-to-james-mccutcheon.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:13:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8875522</guid><dc:creator>wmOz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/comments/8875522.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8875522</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;James McCutcheon is another of the Australian Windows Mobile MVPs, and will be presenting a number of sessions at TechEd Australia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;RickA caught up with James and interviewed him for the WMOz blog;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Part 1: James talks about his background, and the first of his sessions @ TechEd&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:5697aeae-951b-4a77-a4d5-d7f10b4942f4" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div id="f23786bd-f925-4382-8064-a2ade94ecf22" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=d58f3796-29ca-4f90-9edd-8fa27006a6a6&amp;amp;from=writer" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/wmoz/WindowsLiveWriter/TechEdInterviewseriesWMOztalkstoJamesMcC_8426/videoa8d5dfee2998.jpg" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('f23786bd-f925-4382-8064-a2ade94ecf22'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &amp;quot;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;embed src=\&amp;quot;http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf\&amp;quot; quality=\&amp;quot;high\&amp;quot; width=\&amp;quot;432\&amp;quot; height=\&amp;quot;364\&amp;quot; wmode=\&amp;quot;transparent\&amp;quot; type=\&amp;quot;application/x-shockwave-flash\&amp;quot; pluginspage=\&amp;quot;http://macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\&amp;quot; flashvars=\&amp;quot;c=v&amp;amp;v=d58f3796-29ca-4f90-9edd-8fa27006a6a6&amp;amp;from=writer\&amp;quot; &amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/embed&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&amp;quot;;" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Part 2: James discusses his other two sessions&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:616ec56f-6575-4b43-b28a-f55867769480" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div id="44f2ef13-bdba-410d-883f-391e6556d7fb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=0ec5fa04-8e68-4402-abb2-8c8a311cf7af&amp;amp;from=writer" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/wmoz/WindowsLiveWriter/TechEdInterviewseriesWMOztalkstoJamesMcC_8426/video3228ce10be74.jpg" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('44f2ef13-bdba-410d-883f-391e6556d7fb'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &amp;quot;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;embed src=\&amp;quot;http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf\&amp;quot; quality=\&amp;quot;high\&amp;quot; width=\&amp;quot;432\&amp;quot; height=\&amp;quot;364\&amp;quot; wmode=\&amp;quot;transparent\&amp;quot; type=\&amp;quot;application/x-shockwave-flash\&amp;quot; pluginspage=\&amp;quot;http://macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\&amp;quot; flashvars=\&amp;quot;c=v&amp;amp;v=0ec5fa04-8e68-4402-abb2-8c8a311cf7af&amp;amp;from=writer\&amp;quot; &amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/embed&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&amp;quot;;" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Part 3: What is James involved in today, and what is his phone of choice&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:f0ad7b2f-2922-4360-8ba1-1c98fc116c03" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div id="8728170c-47ec-4236-8d01-4a0cd99924de" style="margin: 0px; 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&lt;p&gt;For more information &amp;amp; to register @ TechEd visit &lt;a title="http://www.microsoft.com.au/teched/" href="http://www.microsoft.com.au/teched/"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com.au/teched/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out the Sydney Windows Mobile User Group (SWMUG) at &lt;a title="http://www.swmug.org/" href="http://www.swmug.org/"&gt;http://www.swmug.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;RickA, DonK&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:35ed0be6-c4e7-4e74-b8f8-47f31e74b9b5" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows%20Mobile" rel="tag"&gt;Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/TechEd%20Australia" rel="tag"&gt;TechEd Australia&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Security" rel="tag"&gt;Security&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/BI" rel="tag"&gt;BI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8875522" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Mobile+Dev/default.aspx">Mobile Dev</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/TechEd/default.aspx">TechEd</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/People/default.aspx">People</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/archive/tags/Windows+Mobile/default.aspx">Windows Mobile</category></item></channel></rss>