We just released a feature that integrates MSDN profile information directly into Channel9. Now, for any niner that has an MSDN account, Channel9 shows that user's MSDN statistics – points earned in the MSDN profile system, badges, and links to their MSDN activity page and profile – both on hover of…

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to…

There has been quite a lot of buzz going around about the updates and changes to Bing. So we thought it was a prime opportunity to speak to the design manager and program manager of the new release and answer some of your questions directly. You've got questions...we've got answers. 

Stephan T. Lavavej, aka STL, is back on C9! This time, STL will take us on a journey of discovery within the exciting world of Core C++. We know lots of folks are either coming back to C++, coming to C++, or have never left C++. This lecture series, in n parts,…

When I saw this, the first thing I thought was just how cool a thing an amusement park could build with this. Gone could be the days of the "You must be taller than this bar," instead replaced with an interactive, themed for the park, height measurement experience. Image standing there…

Today's project is a kind that I don't usually highlight, one that relies on a commercial third party SDK, but I really appreciated the author's intent and goals with it. I just can't get enough of people taking their hard learned lessons, packaging them up and then sharing them freely…

Paul and Laura sit down, chat, reflect on the past, wax poetic, dig deep and roll with the punches while they discuss all this and more:The new Bing!  [06:14]Disney Kinect titles & Make a Wish [02:25]Microsoft Soundwave  [11:40]360's for cheap  [16:00]

Teaching resources have a special place in my heart and in seeing this course, 34 class rooms sessions, with all the lesson plans, resources, labs, etc for learning to develop with the Kinect, well, how could I not share it?Game Development with XNA and Microsoft Technologies: Kinect…

Get a glimpse at what it is like to be at the Center of IT this June in Amsterdam! One of the top reasons delegates attend TechEd Europe is the networking opportunities. Denise (@teched_europe) stops by to talk about some of the networking opportunities you will have at this year's event: the…

It's been way too long since Dare Obasanjo (of RSS Bandit and Carnage4Life fame) has appeared on C9. The last time was several years ago in an interview conducted by me and Scoble on a summer day outside of building 35 on the main MS campus in Redmond. What's Dare been up to since we last…