Entries for D. Begley

Explore Live Mesh at MIX09

D. Begley — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:26:00 GMT

Learn how to extend your existing Web applications and get them to live and breathe within Live Mesh. MIX09 sessions provide Devloper's insight into Microsoft's Live Framework and Mesh Services. For the latest details go to: http://2009.visitmix.com

Special Discount for MIX09: Part of Microsoft's family of technical conferences

D. Begley — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:45:00 GMT

The PDC is part of a whole family of Microsoft technical conferences. PDC (November 17-20, 2009 in Los Angeles) is focused on the future of the Platform and technical strategy. MIX (March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas) is for designers and developers who build innovative web sites. Tech·Ed (May 11-15, 2009 in Los Angeles) is for developers who are looking for training and guidance on Microsoft products that are shipping or soon to ship.

We're offering discounted MIX09 conference passes at $795 USD (that’s over 40% off the full price) to the first 200 people to register. To take advantage of this offer, go to registration and select the "Register for the event using an RSVP Code" option. Enter the RSVP code MIXspecial1 to receive your discounted conference pass. This is a real, live, bona fide MIX09 conference pass that allows you access to keynotes, sessions, the party, the food, the lounges and much more!

Coding4Fun Book Released

D. Begley — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:20:00 GMT

Did you have a chance to see the Coding4Fun booth in the Channel 9 Lounge at PDC2008? Following up on the fun stuff displayed at PDC, C9 host Dan Fernandez has released his new book: Coding4Fun: 10 .NET Programming Projects for Wiimote, YouTube, World of Warcraft, and More.

So what happened during the sessions at PDC?

D. Begley — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:18:00 GMT

Yochay Kiriaty, PDC2008 team member and author of a new blog for Windows 7 Developers, has announced the release of PDC Proceedings for the sessions held at PDC. In a conference as big as the PDC, you may not always go to every session you want. This new resource aims to help fill that gap. While videos of sessions are available, it takes time to sit through them to see if they have the content you want, and who has time to sit and watch 400 hours of content? Download a short summary of 80+ sessions by going to the session and in the resource area select Proceeding (Detailed Session Description). See example here.

Supplement Your PDC Experience

D. Begley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:54:00 GMT

Supplement your PDC online or in-person experience by joining local and Microsoft Corporation subject matter experts for a 1-day MSDN Developer Conference held in one of 11 U.S. cities. Choose 4 sessions from 3 tracks or get your questions answered in the community courtyard. Take the time to connect locally and explore the recent announcements on Windows 7, the Azure Services Platform and more.

All the Post-PDC Content Information In One Place

D. Begley — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:16:00 GMT

Check out the wonderful new blog posting that Mike Swanson has made featuring where to get all the PDC2008 content, codes and session details.

Overflow Session for TL32

D. Begley — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:05:00 GMT

TL32 Microsoft Visual Studio: Customizing and Extending the Development Environment 404A (FULL) to 405 (FULL) to 401 (FULL) to 308A!

Session Overflow Thursday at 8:30 AM

D. Begley — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:04:00 GMT

BB11 Identity Roadmap for Software + Services is overflowing from 411 (FULL) to 405 (FULL) to 401

All VSIP Passport Winners Announced

D. Begley — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:54:00 GMT

Scott Leonard, from ESA Tallahassee Operations, is the VSIP Passport drawing winner for Wednesday, October 29. Kaimal from Texas System won on Tuesday, October 28 and William Wallace, from Motive, Inc., is the VSIP Passport drawing winner for Monday, October 27. All have won Xbox Elites.

Take PDC with you!

D. Begley — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:45:00 GMT

Thank you for joining us at PDC2008. We hope you enjoyed engaging with Microsoft and the developer community around our latest Software + Services announcements and offerings.

The action continues on Channel 9 and MicrosoftPDC.com where you will find PDC2008 sessions and keynote recordings posted, as well as session PPT Decks, PDC Proceedings and more. In addition, all the press releases, bios, videos, and links to additional resources are available for you in the Virtual Press Room.

Want to relive the good times we had this week? Check out and upload PDC2008-tagged pictures at Flickr.

And don’t forget to save the date for PDC09: November 17-20, 2009 in Los Angeles. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Announcing PDC2009

D. Begley — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Announcing PDC2009: November 17-20, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. After 3:00 PM PST (GMT-8), Thursday, October 30 you can add your name to the PDC2009 mailing list to receive all the latest information.

View Published Session Videos

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:46:00 GMT

Access PDC2008 videos by clicking on the desired session title in the session browser and selecting "play" icon located in the session details. Please note that the session recordings open up in a Channel 9 window. Scroll down to resources to download the session PPT deck.

Microsoft Delivers Surface SDK

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Microsoft Boku is a fun, intellectually-stimulating game, developed by Microsoft Research, that introduces kids to programming while they play. Through programming Boku, a virtual robot, kids learn the basic principles of logic, analysis and design used in programming. The 3-D interactive game is designed to demystify programming and spark kids’ interest in a career in science. Kids as young as nine have already used Boku in trials to create their own games.

SecondLight: A Magic Lens That Goes Beyond the Surface

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:29:00 GMT

The brainchild of Microsoft Researchers, SecondLight is a rear projection-vision surface technology that extends and enriches Microsoft Surface through the ability to project images both through and beyond the surface display, to a translucent piece of plastic for instance. With SecondLight, the translucent piece of plastic can also function as a “magic lens” that when passed over an image displayed on the primary surface – a car, for instance - provides a view of the “inner workings” behind the image. In another application of this so-called “layering effect”, the transparency could register images of constellations when passed over a surface displaying the night sky. The technology also permits gesture-based interactions with the surface from farther away than back projected systems allow.

Microsoft Research Demonstrates Software-driven Breakthroughs

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:29:00 GMT

On stage at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference 2008 today, Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, showed developers how Microsoft is marshalling the power of software to help solve some of the toughest technological and societal challenges. Read about Microsoft Research at PDC2008 here.

Robochamps: Help Explore the Red Planet

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:28:00 GMT

Opportunity’s exploration of the Endurance Crater on the Martian surface among other challenges. The competition brings robotics to a broader audience by overcoming the prohibitive cost, lack of access and specialist knowledge associated with physical robots. Based on Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, RoboChamps enables students, developers and hobbyists to program virtual robots using the .NET languages. RoboChamps will form part of the 2009 Microsoft Imagine Cup, the world’s largest student technology competition.

Save the Date: PDC09!

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:28:00 GMT

We’re excited to announce we’re back in LA next November 17–20, 2009 for our next PDC. Mark your calendars!

Micrsoft Demonstrates DryadLINQ

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:04:00 GMT

Developed by a team from Microsoft Research, DryadLINQ is a powerful programming environment that enables ordinary programmers to write large-scale data parallel applications to run on large PC clusters. The platform comprises Dryad, a distributed execution engine that allows reliable, distributed computing across thousands of servers for large-scale data parallel applications, and the .NET Language Integrated Query, or LINQ, which allows developers to write and debug applications in a SQL-like query language, using the entire .NET library and Microsoft Visual Studio.

Microsoft Announces CCR & DSS Toolkit 2008

D. Begley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:04:00 GMT

The Microsoft® CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008 delivers a set of .NET and Compact Framework class libraries and tools that enable developers to better deal with the inherent complexities of creating loosely-coupled concurrent and distributed applications. The Toolkit is designed to help developers take advantage of the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) and Decentralized Software Services (DSS) originally released as part of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio. Microsoft CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008 provide early adopters with access to select technologies today; transitioning to Microsoft’s .NET Framework in the future. To learn more about Microsoft CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/ccrdss

Ray Ozzie Reflects on Azure

D. Begley — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:43:00 GMT

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie appears on Channel 9 for a quick chat about the complexities of designing and implementing the Azure Services Platform, his key take-aways from PDC2008 and his guiding architectural principles for Azure.

The Best of Web and Windows Development with Visual Studio and .NET

D. Begley — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:29:00 GMT

Microsoft continues to help make it easy for developers to use their existing skills to build applications from the Web to the desktop, through both the recent Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 service packs, and the forthcoming Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 releases. Building on Monday’s announcements that Visual Studio and the .NET Framework will make it easy for developers to create applications for the new Azure Services Platform, the company revealed that Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 innovations will help developers build next-generation applications for Windows 7 and take advantage of new features in Windows 7, such as the Ribbon and support for multitouch enabled interfaces. Several other areas of improvements in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 were shown, with a focus on Win32, C++, ASP.NET, Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation.

Build Rich Social Applications with Live Services

D. Begley — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:27:00 GMT

Microsoft today demonstrated many capabilities of the Live Services platform, including how developers can build rich applications and experiences that can be extended to over 400 million users of the company’s Windows Live services such as Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft also emphasized that its Live Services platform is the means by which products such as Windows Live, Office Live and Xbox LIVE deliver experiences that span beyond the level of a single PC, mobile device or the Web, and that these same capabilities are now being offered to developers through its Live Services platform.

The company demonstrated many aspects of Live Services including Live Mesh. Live Mesh is a service for synchronizing any user’s documents, media, files and application data across multiple PCs and devices, and is available as an open beta at http://www.mesh.com for Windows and Windows Mobile. At PDC2008, those same powerful synchronization capabilities of Live Mesh have for the first time been opened to developers through a Technology Preview of the Live Framework, enabling Web developers to extend their Web applications to a world of Windows-based PCs and extending their Web applications offline.

Office Web Applications Extend Office to the Browser

D. Begley — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Microsoft demonstrated its new Web applications for Office showing how anyone can use all of the Web, phone, and PC versions of Office to edit the same rich document, switching among them seamlessly with lossless file compatibility. Office Web applications for Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote will be available to individuals through Office Live, and to businesses though a hosted subscription and existing volume licensing programs. This offering will be compatible with familiar Web browsers from Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. Microsoft will release a private Technical Preview of Office Web applications later this year. Customers interested in learning more are encouraged to sign up for Microsoft Office Live Workspace here.

Microsoft Shares First Code of Windows 7

D. Begley — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:16:00 GMT

Microsoft rallied software developers by sharing the first full public demo of Windows 7. Windows 7 extends developers’ investments in Windows Vista and encourages the creation of new applications and services for the Windows platform. PDC attendees will get the pre-beta build of Windows 7. Microsoft plans to release a full Windows 7 beta early next year.

Windows 7 is designed to make everyday tasks faster and easier, and make new things possible for end users. It reflects an evolved approach to engineering that incorporates customer and partner feedback more closely into the development process. It will deliver innovative new features while focusing on application and device compatibility.