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Hey folks, in an earlier C9 team post we explained how we are moving event content from various places (MIX, PDC, TechEd, etc...) into Channel 9 to give you a single repository of as much technical content as we can bring together. Well, phase 2 of that move has occured and 464 PDC sessions from…

Last year, Clint Rutkas contacted me about building a project involving lasers, graffiti and code. When you get a request like that, you never decline, especially when lasers are involved. The project requirements sounded quite simple: create an application that can, using a laser pointer as a…

If you were at PDC09, you might have played “WI-FI Warthogs”, a computer robotics Laser Tag Game that uses the Xbox 360 controller to remotely control Power Wheels vehicles. In this article, I'll tell you how to build your very own WI-FI Warthogs game, from start to finish. Getting Started I'll…

In this episode guests Sumit Chawla & Tim Wise join Peter to discuss offloading a Java server infrastructure to Windows Azure to save pizza money (Starts at 40:31). Guest hosts Gary Russo and Sara Chipps also join me for a wrap up of PDC 2009.

Wednesday, the second day of Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, was jam-packed with news about upcoming products, beta releases and more. If you didn’t tune into the live stream, here’s what you missed: Internet Explorer 9Arguably one of the bigger announcements from PDC, Steven…

On Tuesday, Microsoft kicked off the 2009 Professional Developer Conference (PDC) with some big news about Windows Azure, the cloud computing platform announced a year ago at PDC 2008. The biggest news to come out of the keynote was the announcement that Azure will launch into production on…

Coding4Fun is in attendance at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference!  We are demoing 5 projects that will have full how-to's and will be open-sourced as well.  Drinktendr, Mind Blaster, Laser Graffiti, Augmented Reality, and Wi-Fi Warthogs are powered by .Net, XNA, WPF,…

Countdown to PDC09: Win a Free Trip to PDC In a speedy 10 minutes, Mike and Jennifer cram in an update about PDC content, Birds-of-a-Feather, hotel options, the PDC attendee directory, and how to win big bucks and a free trip to the PDC by entering the www.Code7Contest.com.  Phew,…

How do you find out about developer events? Find out by watching this clip. Save the dates for the PDC and mark your calendar for many SQL Saturdays, Code Camps, MSDN Events, WinMoDevCamps, and more coming your way. Not only is it important to know tools, but it is perhaps even more…

How do you find out about developer events? Find out by watching this clip. Save the dates for the PDC and mark your calendar for many SQL Saturdays and Code Camps coming your way. Not only is it important to know tools, but it is perhaps even more challenging just keeping up with tool…