Microsoft Surface

Here is a first look at a new product out of MSR that uses a Microsoft Surface computer integrated as a drop in replacement for a stove top. The diffused glass normally used for a Surface is replaced with a tempered glass which is then heated with an array of lasers that heat the stove top while…

I met up with Luis Cabrera from the Surface team while at Mix 11 to talk about the recently announced Surface 2 SDK. I ask him about the new hardware, how you develop for it (with or without a Surface), and what developer tools the SDK supports. You can follow the Surface team at the Surface…

Microsoft Surface General Manager Panos Panay showed us a preview of the next version of Surface at CES, called the Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface. This matured device runs on Embedded Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and has a new technology in the screen that allows for 2 million sensors…

While there's nothing wrong with the California Club, you don't go to a Hard Rock Cafe because you love food. You go because you love music, and now you're likely to stay longer because you love technology. Knowing the value of memorabilia, Hard Rock took on the huge task of photographing their…

I went to SIGCHI last week and met up with Benko and Daniel Wigdor who were presenting their paper on Rock and Rails, several new gesture paradigms being explored in Microsoft Research. If you're a Channel 9 regular, you already know Benko, but this is Daniel's first time on C9. Daniel is…

One of the things I think holds the most promise for Microsoft technologies like Deep Zoom, Photosynth, and multitouch, is the deep exploration of art and artifacts. It's one thing to read about a place or device, but it's another to be able to explore every facet of an object on your own. Brown…

This week we had the pleasure of being joined by the most diabolical mind on Channel 9, Larry Larsen. Actually I just looked up "diabolical" and it means "having to do with the devil". Larry doesn't have anything to do with the devil, he's just from Florida. Either way it was…

Stuart Taylor is a researcher at MSR Cambridge and in his spare time he likes to mix bits as a VJ. He created an application called VPlay that allows him to mix video on a Surface like you would records on a DJ turntable. He stopped by the Channel 9 studio on his way to dinner last week and took a…

Lex Thomas welcomes Jeremy Rule to the show as they discuss Microsoft Premier Support for Developers. Tune in as they chat about what services are available such as application development, field engineering, 24 hours a day/ 7 day technical support and much much more! And what’s that you say?…

Windows 8 is ready for business - delivering the power and familiarity you want, along with new ways for people to interact with line of business apps, and support for more mobile devices. Technical Evangelist Kevin Remde interviews Sr. Marketing Manager for the Windows Commercial Team, Hye…