Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Announcements Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Announcements http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/announcements Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/announcements en Sun, 26 May 2013 09:44:18 GMT Sun, 26 May 2013 09:44:18 GMT Rev9 25 1 25 The Future of Channel 9 Last week on this week on Channel 9 we announced a project that we’ll use to improve the user experience of Channel 9. This work along with improvements to our content strategy will enable us to bring Channels 8 and 10 content back into Channel 9.

We call this project Revolution 9 and when released it will consolidate Channels 8, 10 and Coding4Fun into Channel 9. The community aspects of Channel 8, will move into Microsoft.com/Student creating one place for students and Microsoft moving forward. TechNet Edge and Mix Online will stay exactly as they are, with no changes.

To find more information on why we’re making the changes on last week's This Week On Channel 9. It does a good job of walking through it in great detail. Over the coming weeks and months we’ll walk you through the experience and our progress towards launch.

Thanks again everyone who visits Channel 9 and our communities. We’re excited about what we have in store for the future and look forward to evolving Channel 9 together.

-Jeff

P.S. There is only one space after each period in this post. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/The-Future-of-Channel-9 Last week on this week on Channel 9 we announced a project that we’ll use to improve the user experience of Channel 9. This work along with improvements to our content strategy will enable us to bring Channels 8 and 10 content back into Channel 9. We call this project Revolution 9 and when released it will consolidate Channels 8, 10 and Coding4Fun into Channel 9. The community aspects of Channel 8, will move into Microsoft.com/Student creating one place for students and Microsoft moving forward. TechNet Edge and Mix Online will stay exactly as they are, with no changes. To find more information on why we’re making the changes on last week's This Week On Channel 9. It does a good job of walking through it in great detail. Over the coming weeks and months we’ll walk you through the experience and our progress towards launch. Thanks again everyone who visits Channel 9 and our communities. We’re excited about what we have in store for the future and look forward to evolving Channel 9 together. -Jeff P.S. There is only one space after each period in this post. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/The-Future-of-Channel-9 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:07:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/The-Future-of-Channel-9 Jeff Sandquist Jeff Sandquist 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/The-Future-of-Channel-9/RSS Announcements Channel 9 Channel 9 Team Welcome to the Channel 9 Team Blog
You know it is kind of ironic (some would say sad) that the team that for over five years who has worked to communicate what is happening behind the scenes at Microsoft does not have its own blog. Sure, many of us have our own personal blogs, but there is no official place on Channel 9 where we post regularly where we're headed.

So today, we're changing that and have created this new blog as a way to explain where we are headed in the future and to listen in on your feedback. We'll post updates when we have updated the site to fix a bug or added a new feature. You can expect content that is a simple text and sometimes videos from members of the team.

Over the years, the continued growth of Channel 9 has exceeded our wildest expectations and we are humbled by the fact that millions of visitors come to Channel 9 each and every month.

Right now, we are in the early days of planning for the next major release of Channel 9. Our goal with the next release is to focus on the basics from site performance, reliability and content discoverability. We want to deliver on a great experience that makes it easier for you to interact with content, your peers and connect with Microsoft.

So with that stayed tuned for news and updates on what's next for Channel 9 and thank you all for participating.

-Jeff ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Welcome-to-the-Channel-9-Team-Blog Welcome to the Channel 9 Team blog. You know it is kind of ironic (some would say sad) that the team that for over five years who has worked to communicate what is happening behind the scenes at Microsoft does not have its own blog. Sure, many of us have our own personal blogs, but there is no official place on Channel 9 where we post regularly where we're headed. So today, we're changing that and have created this new blog as a way to explain where we are headed in the future and to listen in on your feedback. We'll post updates when we have updated the site to fix a bug or added a new feature. You can expect content that is a simple text and sometimes videos from members of the team. Over the years, the continued growth of Channel 9 has exceeded our wildest expectations and we are humbled by the fact that millions of visitors come to Channel 9 each and every month. Right now, we are in the early days of planning for the next major release of Channel 9. Our goal with the next release is to focus on the basics from site performance, reliability and content discoverability. We want to deliver on a great experience that makes it easier for you to interact with content, your peers and connect with Microsoft. So with that stayed tuned for news and updates on what's next for Channel 9 and thank you all for participating. -Jeff http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Welcome-to-the-Channel-9-Team-Blog Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:18:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Welcome-to-the-Channel-9-Team-Blog Jeff Sandquist Jeff Sandquist 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Welcome-to-the-Channel-9-Team-Blog/RSS Announcements Channel 9 Team EvNet Explore Live Mesh at MIX09 http://2009.visitmix.com ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Explore-Live-Mesh-at-MIX09 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 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Explore-Live-Mesh-at-MIX09 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:26:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Explore-Live-Mesh-at-MIX09 D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Explore-Live-Mesh-at-MIX09/RSS Announcements Special Discount for MIX09: Part of Microsoft's family of technical conferences 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! 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Special-Discount-for-MIX09-Part-of-Microsofts-family-of-technical-conferences 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!  http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Special-Discount-for-MIX09-Part-of-Microsofts-family-of-technical-conferences Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:45:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Special-Discount-for-MIX09-Part-of-Microsofts-family-of-technical-conferences D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Special-Discount-for-MIX09-Part-of-Microsofts-family-of-technical-conferences/RSS Announcements Coding4Fun Book Released 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.
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Coding4Fun-Book-Released 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Coding4Fun-Book-Released Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:20:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Coding4Fun-Book-Released D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Coding4Fun-Book-Released/RSS Announcements So what happened during the sessions at PDC? 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.   ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/So-what-happened-during-the-sessions-at-PDC 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.   http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/So-what-happened-during-the-sessions-at-PDC Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:18:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/So-what-happened-during-the-sessions-at-PDC D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/So-what-happened-during-the-sessions-at-PDC/RSS Announcements Supplement Your PDC Experience 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. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Supplement-Your-PDC-Experience 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Supplement-Your-PDC-Experience Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Supplement-Your-PDC-Experience D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Supplement-Your-PDC-Experience/RSS Announcements All the Post-PDC Content Information In One Place blog posting that Mike Swanson has made featuring where to get all the PDC2008 content, codes and session details. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-the-Post-PDC-Content-Information-In-One-Place Check out the wonderful new blog posting that Mike Swanson has made featuring where to get all the PDC2008 content, codes and session details. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-the-Post-PDC-Content-Information-In-One-Place Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:16:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-the-Post-PDC-Content-Information-In-One-Place D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-the-Post-PDC-Content-Information-In-One-Place/RSS Announcements All VSIP Passport Winners Announced ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/All-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced/RSS Announcements View Published Session Videos 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. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/View-Published-Session-Videos 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/View-Published-Session-Videos Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:46:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/View-Published-Session-Videos D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/View-Published-Session-Videos/RSS Announcements Microsoft Research Demonstrates Software-driven Breakthroughs here. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Microsoft-Research-Demonstrates-Software-driven-Breakthroughs 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Microsoft-Research-Demonstrates-Software-driven-Breakthroughs Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:29:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Microsoft-Research-Demonstrates-Software-driven-Breakthroughs D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Microsoft-Research-Demonstrates-Software-driven-Breakthroughs/RSS Announcements PDC 2008 PDC08 Research Save the Date: PDC09! We’re excited to announce we’re back in LA next November 17–20, 2009 for our next PDC.  Mark your calendars!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Save-the-Date-PDC09 We’re excited to announce we’re back in LA next November 17–20, 2009 for our next PDC.  Mark your calendars! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Save-the-Date-PDC09 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:28:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Save-the-Date-PDC09 D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Save-the-Date-PDC09/RSS Announcements Developers Conference PDC09 PDC 2009 Robochamps: Help Explore the Red Planet RoboChamps is a simulated robotics programming competition in which contestants get the opportunity to program a simulated Mars Rover to recreate 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.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Robochamps-Help-Explore-the-Red-Planet RoboChamps is a simulated robotics programming competition in which contestants get the opportunity to program a simulated Mars Rover to recreate 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Robochamps-Help-Explore-the-Red-Planet Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:28:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Robochamps-Help-Explore-the-Red-Planet D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Robochamps-Help-Explore-the-Red-Planet/RSS Announcements Micrsoft Demonstrates DryadLINQ 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.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Micrsoft-Demonstrates-DryadLINQ 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Micrsoft-Demonstrates-DryadLINQ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:04:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Micrsoft-Demonstrates-DryadLINQ D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Micrsoft-Demonstrates-DryadLINQ/RSS Announcements PDC 2008 PDC08 Ray Ozzie Reflects on Azure 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.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Ray-Ozzie-Reflects-on-Azure 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. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Ray-Ozzie-Reflects-on-Azure Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:43:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Ray-Ozzie-Reflects-on-Azure D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Ray-Ozzie-Reflects-on-Azure/RSS About Announcements Azure Azure Platform Azure Services PDC 2008 PDC08 Windows Azure Show Off and VSIP Passport Winners Announced The Show Off votes have been tabulated, and we have winners!  In third place:  Clipboard History for Visual Studio; in second place: Multi-Channel Virtual Earth and in first place… Brian the Build Bunny.  These entries will each recieve $500 Visa Gift Cards.  Check out these innovative creations on Channel 9.


William Wallace, from Motive, Inc., is the VSIP Passport drawing winner for Monday, October 27.  He is the winner of an Xbox Elite.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Show-Off-and-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced The Show Off votes have been tabulated, and we have winners!  In third place:  Clipboard History for Visual Studio; in second place: Multi-Channel Virtual Earth and in first place… Brian the Build Bunny.  These entries will each recieve $500 Visa Gift Cards.  Check out these innovative creations on Channel 9. William Wallace, from Motive, Inc., is the VSIP Passport drawing winner for Monday, October 27.  He is the winner of an Xbox Elite.  http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Show-Off-and-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:16:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Show-Off-and-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Show-Off-and-VSIP-Passport-Winners-Announced/RSS Announcements PDC PDC 2008 PDC08 Social Experience WorldWide Telescope at PDC WorldWide Telescope.  Take a 5 minutes to check out some cool stuff Microsoft Research and their partners are currently working on in the Big Room.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Experience-WorldWide-Telescope-at-PDC See the same images that scientists at NASA use for their research and then perform your own research with those images by using WorldWide Telescope.  Take a 5 minutes to check out some cool stuff Microsoft Research and their partners are currently working on in the Big Room.  http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Experience-WorldWide-Telescope-at-PDC Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:36:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Experience-WorldWide-Telescope-at-PDC D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Experience-WorldWide-Telescope-at-PDC/RSS Announcements PDC 2008 PDC08 Windows Live ID committed to OpenID Beginning today, Windows Live ID is publicly committing to support the OpenID digital identity framework with the announcement of the public availability of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider.

You will soon be able to use your Windows Live ID account to sign in to any OpenID Web site!

The Windows Live ID OpenID Provider (OP) enables anyone with a Windows Live ID account to set up an OpenID alias and to use that alias for identification at an increasing number of OpenID 2.0 relying party sites.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Windows-Live-ID-committed-to-OpenID Beginning today, Windows Live ID is publicly committing to support the OpenID digital identity framework with the announcement of the public availability of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider. You will soon be able to use your Windows Live ID account to sign in to any OpenID Web site! The Windows Live ID OpenID Provider (OP) enables anyone with a Windows Live ID account to set up an OpenID alias and to use that alias for identification at an increasing number of OpenID 2.0 relying party sites. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Windows-Live-ID-committed-to-OpenID Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:35:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Windows-Live-ID-committed-to-OpenID D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Windows-Live-ID-committed-to-OpenID/RSS Announcements PDC 2008 PDC08 Bluehoo Application hosted on Windows Azure Steve Marks invited Jonathan Greenstead, CEO of Sentinent on stage during Monday's PDC2008 keynote to demo Bluehoo, a rich application hosted by Windows Azure. Built in Silverlight and coded entirely in Visual Studio C++, Bluehoo is a location-based social networking tool to see people that are nearby.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Bluehoo-Application-hosted-on-Windows-Azure Steve Marks invited Jonathan Greenstead, CEO of Sentinent on stage during Monday's PDC2008 keynote to demo Bluehoo, a rich application hosted by Windows Azure. Built in Silverlight and coded entirely in Visual Studio C++, Bluehoo is a location-based social networking tool to see people that are nearby. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Bluehoo-Application-hosted-on-Windows-Azure Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:32:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Bluehoo-Application-hosted-on-Windows-Azure D. Begley D. Begley 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Bluehoo-Application-hosted-on-Windows-Azure/RSS Announcements PDC PDC 2008 PDC08 Identity: Enabling Adoption of Services here. You can also view the PDC08 session detailing these technologies here: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/bb29/ ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Identity-Enabling-Adoption-of-Services Today at PDC, we announced the availability of some new identity related services and technology, specifically the Microsoft Federation Gateway (full release) and the Microsoft Services Connector (community technology preview) - both of which make it possible for organizations to easily adopt Microsoft services and applications built by third parties using the Azure Services Platform. Read full details here. You can also view the PDC08 session detailing these technologies here: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/bb29/ http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Identity-Enabling-Adoption-of-Services Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:45:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Identity-Enabling-Adoption-of-Services D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Identity-Enabling-Adoption-of-Services/RSS Announcements PDC 2008 PDC08 Welcome to PDC2008 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Welcome-to-PDC2008 We're excited to have you here in L.A. to engage in in-depth discussions around upcoming technologies and the future direction of the Microsoft platform.  http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Welcome-to-PDC2008 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:47:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Welcome-to-PDC2008 D. Begley D. Begley 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Welcome-to-PDC2008/RSS Announcements PDC PDC 2008 PDC08 We Love Robots ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/We-Love-Robots At Microsoft, we love Robots.  Turns out, we’re not the only ones.  Our friends at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have brought a full scale replica of the Mars Exploratory Rover to display in the “Big Room” next to the Robotics Booth.  In addition, some of the actual engineers and scientists from the Pasadena lab working on the Rover will be on-hand to answer questions and geek out with PDC attendees.  Make sure to stop by, get a picture of yourself with the Rover, and ask all those questions you have for the “rocket scientists” at NASA! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/We-Love-Robots Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:44:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/We-Love-Robots D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/We-Love-Robots/RSS Announcements PDC PDC 2008 PDC08 Robotics Meet Silverlight Authors and Anders Hejlsberg at PDC2008 book signings and more. Anders Hejlsberg, who will be signing copies of the C# Programming Language on Monday, October 27 at 3:30 PM, will only be around for 30 minutes, and we're expecting a lot of people to show up!  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Meet-Silverlight-Authors-and-Anders-Hejlsberg-at-PDC2008 There's going to be some great stuff going on in the bookstore @ PDC -- including some book launchings, book signings and more. Anders Hejlsberg, who will be signing copies of the C# Programming Language on Monday, October 27 at 3:30 PM, will only be around for 30 minutes, and we're expecting a lot of people to show up!  http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Meet-Silverlight-Authors-and-Anders-Hejlsberg-at-PDC2008 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:04:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Meet-Silverlight-Authors-and-Anders-Hejlsberg-at-PDC2008 D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/Meet-Silverlight-Authors-and-Anders-Hejlsberg-at-PDC2008/RSS Agenda Anders Hejlsberg Announcements Laurence Moroney PDC PDC 2008 PDC08 Silverlight 2 "Oslo": Building Textual DSLs session on Day 4 of PDC to learn how you can use the “Oslo” SDK to build your own Domain Specific Language.  Learn not only how to put your DSL to work, but how to create an interactive and textual development experience that is a dramatic improvement on today’s solutions. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/quotOsloquot-Building-Textual-DSLs As PDC approaches, the buzz surrounding the Microsoft’s modeling platform, “Oslo,” grows louder and louder. The “Oslo” modeling language sits at the center of the “Oslo” platform, and has the potential to change the way developers think about modeling.  Join Chris Anderson and Giovanni Della-Libera's session on Day 4 of PDC to learn how you can use the “Oslo” SDK to build your own Domain Specific Language.  Learn not only how to put your DSL to work, but how to create an interactive and textual development experience that is a dramatic improvement on today’s solutions. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/quotOsloquot-Building-Textual-DSLs Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:24:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/quotOsloquot-Building-Textual-DSLs D. Begley D. Begley 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PDCNews/quotOsloquot-Building-Textual-DSLs/RSS Agenda Announcements Breakout Session Oslo PDC PDC 2008 PDC08 Game Developers Conference - a total success! Game Developers Conference.  This week was great for those who are interested in working in the gaming industry and what's happening in the gaming industry. Every major developer and publisher showed up. The week was filled with presentations, workshops and announcements from game makers like Shigeru Miyamoto to Cliff Bleszinski. Talking about next-gen to graphics to storytelling. Microsoft came to the table with some solid stuff this year. 

They held an XNA competition where four community game developer teams from four different countries each set out to create an original game in just four days. At the end of GDC, the XNA Game Studio Express Challenge teams unveiled their completed games to the public at the Game Developers Conference.  We snagged an interview with two of these community game makers which you will see in the near future. 

Microsoft also made a few announcements:

Microsoft Announces 512MB Memory Unit for Xbox 360 and Increased Xbox Live Arcade Game Size Limit
512MB Memory Unit enhances storage capabilities and choice for Xbox 360 gamers; increased Xbox Live Arcade size limit provides additional flexibility for game developers. Read the press release.

Microsoft Unlocks Game Development and Encourages Everyone to “Dream-Build-Play”
Providing the opportunity for game developers to create visions in a world where they make the rules, Microsoft Corp. today kicked off the Dream-Build-Play game development contest, offering a $10,000 (U.S.) grand prize and the opportunity for a winner’s game to be published on Xbox Live® Arcade. Read the press release.


Laura, Nic and I got some great interviews with the guys from XNA, Penny Arcade, and tons of cool peripherals.  We will be bringing you all of these videos soon. 

For more information on what went down at GDC 2007 check this out.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Game-Developers-Conference-a-total-success So I spent last week in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference.  This week was great for those who are interested in working in the gaming industry and what's happening in the gaming industry. Every major developer and publisher showed up. The week was filled with presentations, workshops and announcements from game makers like Shigeru Miyamoto to Cliff Bleszinski. Talking about next-gen to graphics to storytelling. Microsoft came to the table with some solid stuff this year.  They held an XNA competition where four community game developer teams from four different countries each set out to create an original game in just four days. At the end of GDC, the XNA Game Studio Express Challenge teams unveiled their completed games to the public at the Game Developers Conference.  We snagged an interview with two of these community game makers which you will see in the near future.  Microsoft also made a few announcements:Microsoft Announces 512MB Memory Unit for Xbox 360 and Increased Xbox Live Arcade Game Size Limit512MB Memory Unit enhances storage capabilities and choice for Xbox 360 gamers; increased Xbox Live Arcade size limit provides additional flexibility for game developers. Read the press release.Microsoft Unlocks Game Development and Encourages Everyone to “Dream-Build-Play”Providing the opportunity for game developers to create visions in a world where they make the rules, Microsoft Corp. today kicked off the Dream-Build-Play game development contest, offering a $10,000 (U.S.) grand prize and the opportunity for a winner’s game to be published on Xbox Live® Arcade. Read the press release. Laura, Nic and I got some great interviews with the guys from XNA, Penny Arcade, and tons of cool peripherals.  We will be bringing you all of these videos soon. For more information on what went down at GDC 2007 check this out.  http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Game-Developers-Conference-a-total-success Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:45:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Game-Developers-Conference-a-total-success Tina Tina 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Game-Developers-Conference-a-total-success/RSS Announcements Gaming Xbox 360 XNA San Francisco GDC XNA framework