This is a fun one. We played this to the crowd at the PDC before Eric Rudder's keynote. We did it as a thank you to all of you who come here and make Channel 9 a fun place to hang out. Sorry, the download is not available for this one. Music by Michael Lehman. Video length: 00:02:28.

Here's the videos we've posted in the past couple of weeks -- how many have you watched? Scoble's favorites are marked with an asterisk. We're gonna take a little bit of time off to recoup -- putting out 30 …[more ]

There are three segments to this walkthrough the PDC. We walk from one end of the PDC hall to the other. We start out behind the scenes. We run into Microsoft execs and Tantek Celik (CTO at Technorati). Oh the fun and the FOOD! This was filmed Wednesday night. Gives you a good idea of what the hall felt like.

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Hundreds of millions of people use Hotmail. Here's the first look at the next-generation of Hotmail, code-named "Kahuna."

You meet the team which is located at Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus, hear their design philosophy, and get a first look.

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Scott Isaacs is one of the inventors of DHTML. He is one of Microsoft's smartest Web developers and built a framework that's being used on Start.com, the future Hotmail, and other places like the new gadgets in Windows Vista. Hope you enjoy meeting Scott, sorry for the bad lighting at the beginning. If you've done any AJAX development, you'll find this one interesting and you'll get a look at some bleeding-edge Web development that MSN is doing.[more ]

Ever use Terminal Services? You know, get into one Windows machine from another? Or use Fast User Switching? Or use Remote Assistance? Well, then you are using Terminal Services and in this video you'll meet some of the team that makes those technologies.[more ]

What happens when an application crashes? Watson collects data and lets users send that in to Microsoft for analysis. Here you get to meet Kirk and Mike, two of the guys on that team and they talk about changes coming in Windows Vista.[more ]

We know you’ve been waiting for this! Here is part two in the series where we chronicle one guy’s journey to get to PDC05. If you missed the first episode, you can view that first here

The Nine Guy continues to impress

See you at PDC05!

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Today 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 subscriptions.

Check it out, first video demos of Longhorn and IE 7.

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   Demo One, at about 23:19. RSS in IE 7 and synchronization with other aggreg…[more ]

PDC05 Road Trip - Episode 1It is once again that special time that only comes around every so often.  It is the chance to leave the office, travel to an exotic location, and mix with hordes of fellow developers such as you.  However, there is at this time an agonizing decision to be made; who will go and who will be left behind?  Who will come back with zany stories, arms full of cool tchotkes, and sporting a brand new deluxe backpack laptop/skateboard messenger bag?  Yes,…[more ]

What's a Sony PSP doing on Channel 9? Well, Ken was showing us his new game machines and was bragging about how he watches Channel 9 videos on it. Oh, we're a sucker for stuff like that.

Check out his Samsung audio player and his Ultimate Ears headphones too!

Tell us about the gadgets in your bag. Or, visit our favorite gadget sites: [more ]