PDC

This Week on Channel 9, Scott Hanselman, Clint Rutkas, and Brian Peek join us to share their thoughts on PDC, Azure, and even share their thoughts on the best geeky Halloween costumes.

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).

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,…

Microsoft enthusiast and blogger Long Zheng arranged for seven bloggers to participate in All Star Blogging from PDC: Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Kip Kniskern, Rafael Rivera, Paul Thurrott, Tom Warren, and Long Zheng. The group will be contributing to a single Coveritlive blog so you’ll…

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…

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…

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…

Go to: http://m.microsoftpdc.com/ for the PDC mobile experience.

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…

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…