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VS 2010, Oslo, WCF, WF, and Dublin PDC Bits Review

Marcelo Belinazo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:59:00 GMT

As many Europeans attending PDC, blogger Alan Smith took advantage of the extra "free time" from the time zone difference to play around with the bits delivered to attendees. You don't wanna miss his meaty review of VS 2010, Oslo, WCF, WF and Dublin. See full story here.

PDC 2008: Microsoft says Game On

Marcelo Belinazo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:50:00 GMT

Dion Almaer (Google) shares his thoughts about some of the things he saw at PDC 2008. "Windows Azure looks great. The “on premise” feature looks particularly intriguing. If they can bridge the data center and the cloud, they have something quite compelling… I am curious about the details… Even though we knew about this (PDC announcements), I don’t know if we thought they were this far along. Microsoft is executing." Read Dion's post here.

Video: Microsoft's 'SecondLight' project

Marcelo Belinazo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:43:00 GMT

Todd Bishop posted a video with the demo run by Microsoft researchers on Wed showing a project called SecondLight, an extension of the company's Surface tabletop computer. Technical details about this project can be found here.

jQuery and Microsoft: Repercussions of Yesterday's Announcement

Marcelo Belinazo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:48:00 GMT

Microsoft announced yesterday it is looking to make jQuery part of their official development platform which means that jQuery will be distributed with Visual Studio. The news got a positive reception by the jQuery team: "we are quite excited by these prospects and wishes to take this opportunity to welcome both companies to the jQuery community." Blogs posts by Scott Guthrie and Scott Hanselman, both at Microsoft, have posts on the subject matter from their perspective.

Windows Media Center in the PDC Build of Windows 7

Marcelo Belinazo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:26:00 GMT

If you are attending the PDC 2008 you received a pre-beta Windows 7 build yesterday (6801) which contains many features the Windows Media Center team has been developing over the past year. Charlie Owen from the Media Center team took a few minutes to outline some of these new features for you. Full story here.

Live Blog of the Microsoft Research Keynote

Marcelo Belinazo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:55:00 GMT

Missed today's keynote? Wanna know more about The Worldwide Telescope, Project Boku (lightweight programming environment for kids) or SecondLight (extending surface computing)? Just visit the live blogs BetaNews and All Star Bloggers.

Ray Ozzie on Azure, Office Web, and Openness

Marcelo Belinazo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:33:00 GMT

Interviewed by Steve Gillmor, Ray talks about the changes happening inside Microsoft three years after he wrote the famous Services Memo. Full interview here.

Azure and Architects: Clouds in the Sky?

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Justin Davies introduces an interesting discussion: the impact of Microsoft Azure for Enterprise Architects. He ponders: "for many organisations Architecture = Microsoft has simplified a very complex debate and cut short many a 12 month engagement for budding enterprise architects." What do you think? Join the conversation here.

PDC Buzz on Twitter

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:18:00 GMT

The conversation is happening now and here are the highlights:
Andrew Connell: "Azure, VS10, Win7... PDC2008 ROCKS!!!!"
John Osborn: "Applause for multiple WebConfig files to support dev and deployment scenarios..."
Robert Hallock: "Steve Sinofsky demonstrated a build of Windows 7 that was only 500MB small. It ran on an Eee PC w/ 1GHz CPU & 1GB DRAM. Daddy want."
Brady Anderson: "Watched some impressive Live demos at PDC2008”
DevHawk: "Did the Gu just say Silverlight is installed on 100 million machines? 25% of all internet connected machines? wow."
Daniel Cazzulino: "Web.config with support for Web.Debug.config, Web.Release.config, Web.Staging.config, etc.. KILLER!!!"

First Look of Windows 7

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:52:00 GMT

Windows 7 was demoed for the first time this morning at PDC 2008. Even if you attended the Keynote you can't miss this recap wrote by Ed Bott full of screenshots and details about the cool features of the new OS.

Office Web: What People Are Saying

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:29:00 GMT

Microsoft announced this morning that the next release of Microsoft Office will include “lightweight”, browser-based versions of some of its main office software products - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote (read the full story). Here is what people are saying: Joel Oleson thinks this is a pretty exciting stuff! Joe Wilcox wants to know “how will Google competitively respond, particularly since Microsoft has disclosed its plans?” Mark Hachman thinks that “Office Live compatibility with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari is a nice touch.” Henry Blodget notes that “Microsoft finally appears to have launched its own Google Apps killer.” And you? What do you think?

Meshfied Applications = Awesome Sync + Social Networking

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:56:00 GMT

Earlier this morning, Ori Amiga has joined Treadwell on stage, showing a "Meshfied" photo application automatically synching files between different machines and mobile devices . Live Mesh will have a broader beta starting later this week, with new features and support for Macs and Windows Mobile 6 phones. More details about this demo and the second PDC 2008 Keynote here.

"Damn, Windows 7 is Looking Goooood"

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:12:00 GMT

Get an inside scoop on Windows 7 and what the community is saying after the recent PDC 2008 announcements and demos. Follow the live blogs BetaNews and 8 Live Bloggers (Ed Bott, Paul Thurrott, Kip Kniskern, Mary Jo Foley, Rafael Rivera, Tom Warren, Todd Bishop, and Long Zheng).

More on Windows Azure

Marcelo Belinazo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:31:00 GMT

Since this morning's Windows Azure announcement, a lot of details have materialized. Peter Bright provides a rundown of what was announced today.

Microsoft Azure Aims to Re-define the OS

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:45:13 GMT

Blogger Richard MacManus was among a small group of people who had a roundtable today with Microsoft executives Ray Ozzie, Bob Muglia and Amitabh Srivastava. The topic of conversation was Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing operating system announced earlier today. Richards asked Ray Ozzie about the relationship between Azure and the core Windows (in particular the new version, Windows 7). Read Ray’s answer for this question and much more here.

Ray Ozzie: "Windows Azure represents a major platform shift in our industry."

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:35:37 GMT

This morning, Ray engaged audience members by reminding them that Microsoft executives "viscerally understood" that for the company to be successful, developers also had to be. Microsoft Watch considered Ray's keynote "refreshing and down-to-earth. His early delivery was unusually engaging for someone who often is too heady in his delivery." Read the full story here.

Live Blogging from PDC08: Ray Ozzie Keynote, Windows Azure Announcement

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:45:00 GMT

Get the details about Windows Azure and other technologies announced this morning from the live blogs BetaNews, CNET or the community live blogging session done by Long Zheng, Ed Bott, Paul Thurrott, Kip Kniskern, Mary Jo Foley, Rafael Rivera, Tom Warren, and Todd Bishop directly from the fist PDC 2008 Keynote.

Expectation builds up for Windows 7 announcements @ PDC 2008

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:49:49 GMT

Last Fri, Microsoft posted the "Windows 7 Software Logo Program for Client." The 58K document is a quick download if you're curious, and can be found here. Charlie Azman blogged about the move. Is Microsoft trying to get the Windows 7 'buzz' going early? Or maybe, just maybe, Microsoft is pushing Windows 7 out faster than a lot of us think?

What PDC 2008 Attendees Will Get

Marcelo Belinazo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:34:58 GMT

How many times in the past year has anyone asked about a product, a service or a strategy to be told by Microsoft officials: “Just wait till the PDC. We’ll explain all”? Finally, that promised “tell-all” date is here. Microsoft PDC 2008 kicks off next week. Mary-Jo Foley reveals what attendees will get starting tomorrow morning.

Send Us Your PDC Videos!

Marcelo Belinazo — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:28:31 GMT

Attending PDC? Planning to capture all the action on camera? Don't forget to send your PDC videos to our Content Manager, Mike Swanson. Take a look at his post "Send Me Your PDC Video" for more details.

Sharepoint Enthusiast? You Don't Wanna Miss This Event

Marcelo Belinazo — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:09:00 GMT

"SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night - PDC 2008 Edition", coordinated by Andrew Connell, is a serious candidate for the most sought-after social pre-PDC event. In his own words: "We’ll be doing another SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night in LA the Sunday (Oct 26th) @ 7PM before PDC 2008 officially kicks off. So check into your hotel, drop your bags off and come on over to the Millennium Biltmore Hotel bar and join us (a few SharePoint MVPs will be there as well as a few folks from the SharePoint teams @ Microsoft).

Pack Your Bags... PDC 2008 is Here!!!

Marcelo Belinazo — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:36:00 GMT

It's fun to watch the excitement and anxiety now that attendees around the globe are packing their bags and getting ready for PDC 2008. Aali, a developer for Avanade, says he "can't wait to head to Helsinki airport and travel to Los Angeles where the famous PDC is held again this year. That is something I have waited for the last three years, so needless to say I expect it to be the ultimate Microsoft developer conference!" Rob Miles, lecturer at the University of Hull in the UK, wrote "the good news is that I'm presently preparing for a trip to PDC 2008 in LA. The way I see it, if I further my knowledge about technology and gadgets and stuff this will all feed into my teaching and make my lectures even more better than they already are." Robert Anderson is also going to PDC and while he wants to hear more about Windows 7, his excitement come from "meeting and hanging out with people." The Altova team is busy preparing to head to LA and exhibit at next week's PDC. They invited attendees to "stop by and visit us at booth #711, where we'd be happy to show you a demo of the Altova MissionKit tools for .NET developers. We may even have some nice swag and a drawing for you to enter."

What's Next After PDC 2008?

Marcelo Belinazo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:30:00 GMT

MDC! Building on the buzz, excitement, and industry-changing announcements of the PDC, the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC) will deliver the core message, content, and experience of the PDC in a one-day, multi-track event to multiple cities across the United States. Microsoft Evangelists Brian Johnson and Jennifer Marsman highlight the events that are scheduled to take place in Houston, Orlando, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington, New York, Boston, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, and San Diego.

Ballmer Promotes Windows Cloud, PDC 2008

Marcelo Belinazo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:27:57 GMT

The noise around PDC went up last week when Steve Ballmer, speaking at the final keynote at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, came to the stage and explained why people should care about Microsoft’s cloud OS: “We have a big announcement in two weeks at our Professional Developers Conference and we’re going to run through this stuff,” said Ballmer.