http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Headline+03/headline 03http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Headline+03/en-usWed, 29 Oct 2008 04:36:48 GMTWed, 29 Oct 2008 04:36:48 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<p><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/projects/boku">Boku</a> is a fun, intellectually-stimulating game, developed by Microsoft Research, that introduces kids to programming while they play. Through programming Boku, a virtual robot, kids learn the basic principles of logic, analysis and design used in programming. The 3-D interactive game is designed to demystify <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/projects/boku/video/silent/boku_programming_1600_download_silent.wmv">programming</a> and spark kids’ interest in a career in science. Kids as young as nine have already used Boku in trials to create their own <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/projects/boku/video/silent/boku_montage_1500_download_silent.wmv">games</a>.</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/436608/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Boku-Turning-Programming-Into-Kids-Stuff/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Boku-Turning-Programming-Into-Kids-Stuff/Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:29:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Boku-Turning-Programming-Into-Kids-Stuff/3471http://channel9.msdn.com/436608/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Boku is a fun, intellectually-stimulating game, developed by Microsoft Research, that introduces kids to programming while they play. Through programming Boku, a virtual robot, kids learn the basic principles of logic, analysis and design used in programming. The 3-D interactive game is designed to&#8230;D. Begley1http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Boku-Turning-Programming-Into-Kids-Stuff/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/436608/Trackback.aspxHeadline 03Keynote 03<p>Microsoft today demonstrated many capabilities of the Live Services platform, including how developers can build rich applications and experiences that can be extended to over 400 million users of the company’s Windows Live services such as Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft also emphasized that its Live Services platform is the means by which products such as Windows Live, Office Live and Xbox LIVE deliver experiences that span beyond the level of a single PC, mobile device or the Web, and that these same capabilities are now being offered to developers through its Live Services platform.</p> <p>The company demonstrated many aspects of Live Services including Live Mesh. Live Mesh is a service for synchronizing any user’s documents, media, files and application data across multiple PCs and devices, and is available as an open beta at <a href="http://www.mesh.com/">http://www.mesh.com</a> for Windows and Windows Mobile. At PDC2008, those same powerful synchronization capabilities of Live Mesh have for the first time been opened to developers through a Technology Preview of the Live Framework, enabling Web developers to extend their Web applications to a world of Windows-based PCs and extending their Web applications offline.</p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/436270/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Build-Rich-Social-Applications-with-Live-Services/http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Build-Rich-Social-Applications-with-Live-Services/Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:27:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Build-Rich-Social-Applications-with-Live-Services/3059http://channel9.msdn.com/436270/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Microsoft today demonstrated many capabilities of the Live Services platform, including how developers can build rich applications and experiences that can be extended to over 400 million users of the company’s Windows Live services such as Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger.D. Begley0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/Build-Rich-Social-Applications-with-Live-Services/RSS/http://channel9.msdn.com/436270/Trackback.aspxHeadline 03Keynote 02