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Recently, MVPs from all over the world descended on Redmond to interact with product teams and fellow MVPs. They were given access to information relating to technology futures, roadmaps, etc. Al the things MVPs are privy to. I spent some time at the C++ MVP summit where several excellent…

I recently caught up with the great Kate Gregory, C++ MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, and all around excellent developer. Kate and several other MVPs from around the world were on the MS campus to take part in MVP Summit 2011. You will meet other C++ MVPs on C9 over…

It's always fun to talk to Dean Hachamovitch about IE. This conversation is no exception except for how early we filmed and that Dean and Ryan Gavin are joined, since it took place at that magical hour between exiting night and breaking day, by the team unicorn named Frank, who doesn't like to…

Tony Goodhew is a Microsoft veteran in the developer tools division and has returned home to his roots in VC++. He was a product manager on VC6 back in the day. One of Tony's priorities is effectively communicating with developer customers who expect open and honest answers to ALL of…

Sho is an interactive environment for data analysis and scientific computing that lets you seamlessly connect scripts (in IronPython) with compiled code (in .NET) to enable fast and flexible prototyping. The environment includes powerful and efficient libraries for linear algebra as well as data…

If you've spent any time on C9 over the years, then you've probably met some of the people from the RiSE team in MSR and are familiar with at least some of the great technologies they've developed. RiSE, which stands for Research in Software Engineering, is a rock star…

Meet some of the key folks behind the Async CTP, which contains a preview version of C# and VB.NET that contain two new modifiers, async and await (and iterators for VB.NET!), that will make it much easier to compose asynchronous code for .NET. Great work, C#, VB and Parallel Platform teams (and…

Microsoft Technical Fellow and C# creator Anders Hejlsberg explains the new C# and VB.NET asynchronous programming model, available as Async CTP now, which makes async programming much easier for .NET developers.

Meet the people behind Channel 9. This is an OldSchool stroll through the halls. Who are the key players on 9? Also, we drop in on Duncan and Dan in the midst of a bug triage. Tune in.

Joulemeter is a software-based Microsoft Research project designed to measure the energy usage of virtual machines (VMs), servers, desktops, laptops, and even individual software programs running on a computer. Joulemeter estimates the energy usage of a VM, computer, or software by…