MSDN Developer Conference coming to San Francisco (Only $99.00)

The nature of software development is radically changing are you ready ?

We’re bringing the PDC to you! For just $99 you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements around the Azure Services Platform and Windows 7.

Other sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight, Surface, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh, and more.
Register today so you can stay current in an ever-competitive job market, enhance your engineering skills and gain access to the next generation of tools and technology. The cost to attend is just $99. And, did we mention that attendees will get some cool giveaways? 
If you are a developer who missed the PDC but enjoys diving deep into the Microsoft platform or you are responsible for the technical strategy of your organization, then the MSDN Developer Conference is for you.
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Hope to see you at the MDC!!

Live Mesh Awarded Best Technology Innovation/Achievement Crunchie

 

Back in July’08 I had a written a blog on Live Mesh and yesterday at the 2008 Crunchie Awards and after ~ 350k votes were cast Ray Ozzie and David Treadwell from Microsoft accepted the award for Best Technology Innovation/Achievement on behalf of the Live Mesh team.

The Crunchies are an annual competition co-hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider, and TechCrunch which culminates in an award the most compelling startup, internet and technology innovations.

If you are a Live Mesh user, thanks, If you aren’t a Live Mesh user and would like to Meshfy – what are you waiting for? Try it out for Windows, Windows Mobile & Mac.

If you have any cool ideas using Mesh I would love to hear about it and also here are some good resources on Live Framework (Mesh) SDK on how to meshfy your application, data or devices:

· A Lap Around The Mesh Services

· http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd156996.aspx

· http://dev.live.com/liveframework/

Way to go Live Mesh !

Windows 7 Beta 1 Announced at CES 2009

Microsoft at the CES2009, announced advances in Windows 7 beta, Windows Mobile, Windows Live – all designed to help consumers connect and live a ‘life without walls.’ Over the past few years customers have asked to make some changes to Windows and we listened closely. Now it’s time to share an early look at how we we’ve used your feedback. Windows 7 is faster, more reliable, and makes it easier to do what you want to do.

I have Windows 7 installed on my PC at home and I love it. Some of my favorite features are the new UI innovations that make navigation easier; “Playto” which lets me enjoy all of the my family media on my PC anywhere in my home and “HomeGroup” which makes it easier to share files and printers across my home network with my other PCs.

And remember—this is just a preview. There’s more to come…

To get more information Windows 7 go to the following resources:

· Steve Ballmer Windows 7 Beta 1 CES09 announcement

· Windows 7 key features

· Channel 9 and Channel 10 tag pages for all videos on Windows 7

· Engineering Windows 7 post

· Windows 7 Developer Guide post

· Windows 7 Beta Download, Scenarios videos on Cool things to try at download (available starting 1/9/09)