In a race to optimize everything, developers often go to extremes to build software that performs routine tasks. MissionControl is a system that allows users to program a control center that stores interfaces with attached hardware sensors, allowing the users to control any other devices that can be…

In this video, Larry and Gavin go extreme by setting up a dual AMD 7970 CrossFire setup, and then showing a 3:1 1080p (5760x1080) Eyefinity setup with Battlefield 3 running on Windows 8 at up to 146 FPS! For more info, please see the post on the Extreme Windows Blog.

In part 3 of their Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series, Kevin Remde and Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas show us some improvements in Windows 8 that will help people be more productive. [1:35] Demo: Windows Key Shortcuts [14:27] Demo: Manage startup with Task Manager [20:11] Demo: Get…

Scott Davis came by to open up about his experiences developing applications and tell us how he got started. Scott is well versed in developing games for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Check him and hear all about what it's like to develop his massively multi-player game, QONQR,  for…

See this sketch in action We create a colorful particle field. We learn how to define a class for our Particle object and have each particle take care of its own properties, such as position and direction. We also explore the creation of dynamic colors and some rendering tricks to make the…

At [04:50] Symon Perriman meets with Joseph Chan, a Principal PM Manager on the System Center team, to talk about System Center Advisor and how it now integrates with System Center 2012. Joseph first gives an introduction to Advisor and how people can start using this free cloud service.…

We are excited to announce the launch of TechEd achievements for both TechEd North America and TechEd Europe.  There are five achievements you can earn:  Go Getter (10 points)Comment on five sessions before the conference begins. Visit the content catalog, search for the sessions you…

Episode #6 of the 2013 countdown season has Joey and Rick absconding away with a prized item from TechEd NorthAmerica's office at Corp. Come on - how can we talk about it if we don't put "The Bag" to the test... Oh - we also talk about the Birds of A Feather voting process and where…

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In this episode Nick Harris and Nathan Totten are joined by Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of Windows Azure, who introduces us to the new Windows Azure SDK 2.0. Scott shows off a few of the many new features in SDK 2.0 including the new Table Explorer and Query Builder.…