Larry Larsen

In this video, Rob Mauceri, Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer, shows some of the new developer samples available in the third build of the IE9 Platform Preview available on the IE Test Drive. 

Back in October I told you about the launch of our Outlook Social Connector product, which gives Outlook the ability to aggregate all your social communication into one place. Here, Dev stops back by the studio to tell us about the latest announcement: the availability of the LinkedIn…

Developed by a group of people at MSR Cairo, Mobicast is an experiment that allows users to sync and stream live video from a number of handheld portable devices (e.g., cell phones) and have those streams stitched together on the viewer-end, creating a single, larger image. We don't get out…

In this video, Paul Cutsinger, Principal Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at how developers can use HTML5 Canvas in the third build of the IE9 Platform Preview. This sample, which demonstrates the value of GPU-powered Canvas, is available along with the third IE9 Platform Preview on…

In this video, Seth McLaughlin, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at a how developers can use HTML5 Canvas in the third build of the IE9 Platform Preview. This developer sample demonstrates a real-world example using Amazon.com and shows the value of hardware accelerated Canvas. This…

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA is available and includes a number of Windows 7 integration features. I stopped by to see CJ Saretto and get the latest on this Power Pack, the features, and where Home Server is heading in the future (of course). Some of the new features include: Win7…

Today we're previewing the new Windows Live Messenger in Sao Paulo, so I stopped by Dharmesh Mehta's office to get you a look. This new Messenger has some things that we've been waiting for. Fullscreen high definition video chat is here, and for $50 on each side you can now chat in…

Join James Brundage, PowerShell Tester, as he demonstrates how to Write quick user interfaces with WPK.  This video should help people get started writing rich WPF user interfaces in PowerShell script.  WPK is available as part of the PowerShellPack, which is available on the…

You see it every day (or every few weeks for those of us who leave their computers on) now you can see the thinking behind the Windows 7 Startup Animation. Rolf Ebeling was new to Microsoft when he was handed the task of coming up with what you would see when your computer starts. Some significant…

Defrag is a new series Nic Fillingham and I will be bringing you to look into murky subjects that need sorted out. We'll put the bits in order and tell you exactly what the story is. In this episode we look at multitouch in Windows 7. What are all the multitouch gestures? Will there be more? What…