The worst kept secret about Netflix, just stepped out into the light. The goal is to distribute rentals over the Internet -- shipping DVDs is only for generating revenue and biding time. This morning Netflix announced the rollout of their immediate viewing feature.By June all existing…

One of the biggest questions I get about HD DVD is “when are there going to be more players other than Toshibas and Microsoft’s?” Today, we announced that we’ve been working with Broadcom to address that need. It combines Windows CE 6.0 running on the Broadcom BCM7440 SOC (System-on-a-chip)…

Compression guru Brandon Wirtz reminds me he is both the Omniscient Deity of Video and Greatest Living American. And we compression nerds need to stick together (because no one else will)...I'm happy to report I remain the World's Greatest Compressionist after using that as a .sig for six weeks back…

Chris Satchell, General Manager of the XNA group, was kind enough to give us some of his time at GDC for an update on XNA, the success of Game Studio Express and how far away the "youtube of games" really is. Be sure to check out our video on the GDC XNA…

The Silverlight-based Seesmic application, a desktop software app for interacting with the microblogging network known as Twitter, is one of the more innovative clients currently available. The reason? With Seesmic, they’ve launched a plugin platform which allows Twitter developers to customize…

Last time I discussed accessibility here, it was to hold out a carrot.  Designing for accessibility makes your site more mashable, skinnable, and maintainable.  But if the carrot isn't enough, the government holds a big stick. The U.S. District Court of Northern California has just ruled…

Michael "Delicate Genius" Kordahi sent this around via internal mail and it was a great find Kordsey.. http://www.mason-zimbler.com/festivegreetings/ The fact they were able to put together a Silverlight "holynight" music & lyrics together was sheer imaginative talent. Well…

The PDC is part of a whole family of Microsoft technical conferences. Just as the PDC is focused on the future of the Platform and technical strategy, our annual Tech-Ed Developers Conference (June 3-6, 2008 in Orlando) offers in-depth technical training on our current products. Our annual MIX…

For more information please check out this post on the IE Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/05/05/html5-and-same-markup-second-ie9-platform-preview-available-for-developers.aspx

This week, Steve Ballmer interrupts Thomas and Mike while they provide tips and tricks for MIX08 attendees. Then, Nishant Kothary and Michael Suesserman talk about the designer-focused “conference within a conference” called MIX UX. Hear about sessions that explore the practice of user experience…