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The new Outlook Express: Windows Mail demoedAs part of our journey around Windows Vista teams, we wondered what was being done to Outlook Express. Well, for Windows Vista it's been renamed to Windows Mail. And that's not all. -
Robert Fripp - Behind the scenes at Windows Vista recording sessionRobert Fripp was on the Microsoft campus a few weeks back. He's the famous guitarist and composer, known for his founding role in the band King Crimson. Charles Torre (a big King Crimson fan) was invited over by Steve Ball to film the session.So, what was he doing on campus? Recording the… -
Sean Alexander (and others) - Windows Vista Sidebar and GadgetsSidebar lives!But it's even better, here Sean Alexander, David Streams, and special guest Sanaz Ahari of the Start.com team, demonstrate the new sidebar and gadgets that come in Windows Vista. Plus, we cover the three different kinds of gadgets and show how to build your own.You can learn… -
Kam Vedbrat - Looking at Windows Vista's user interface (AERO)Kam Vedbrat is a lead program manager on the AERO team which redesigned the User Interface of Windows Vista (the next version of Windows). We spend half an hour looking at the user interface. -
Rob Short (and kernel team) - Going deep inside Windows Vista's kernel architectureRob Short is the corporate vice president in charge of the team that architects the foundation of Windows Vista. This is a fascinating conversation with the kernel architecture team. It's our Christmas present to all of the Niners out there who've stuck with us day after day.This is a… -
Jeff Henshaw and David Alles - Xbox 360 and Media Center: Living room of the futureThis is the first of a series of videos we'll have on the Xbox 360 over the next few months.You might think that the Xbox 360 is only a game machine. But, here you'll learn it's a lot more than a game machine and that when you plug a Media Center and an Xbox 360 together you get a new kind of… -
Longhorn (heart) RSSToday Microsoft announced the addition of several new RSS features in the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn. The Longhorn Browsing and RSS team (the one we interviewed here) is also are announcing a new RSS extension, to be released into Creative Commons, that lets you do lists in… -
Chris Jones - Beta 1 of Windows Vista revealedToday Microsoft is signing off on beta 1 of Windows Vista. There's a big party on campus and all that. Betas will soon be available for MSDN Universal, Enterprise, Professional, and Operating System Subscribers. As usual, we (Robert Scoble and Jeff Sandquist did the interview) wanted to get the… -
Windows Sideshow Team - Auxiliary Displays (new laptop feature coming next year)Next year there will be a new feature available on some laptops and Tablet PCs: auxiliary displays. This lets you do some things on your computer without needing to open up the computer and wait for it to start up. See what this new feature is. There's more information on the developer opportunity… -
Cleartype Team - Typography in Windows VistaWe always enjoy meeting with Bill Hill, so we thought we'd drop in on him with our camcorder and talk with the ClearType team again and see what's the latest with the fonts in Windows Vista.Those Japanese fonts sure are beautiful!We talk about trends in display resolution, research done in…
