One of the ways Microsoft helps chart the future, both publicly and internally, is with envisioning videos. These aren't rigid road maps but rather possible options at what the future of technology…

I had a chance to sit down and talk to Microsoft board member Mason Morfit recently. During our conversation, Mason speaks about his background at ValueAct Capital, his views on Microsoft's…

Facebook's Messenger app is an example of a leading mobile app running on Windows Phone. In this interview, Messenger Technical Lead Nick Reynolds shares his teams experiences of developing for the…

The Humanitarian Toolbox is a collection of open source software that helps disaster relief workers organize and collaborate more effectively. Bill Wagner was recently on campus for an event and we…

We are coming up on 20 years of ergonomic keyboards at Microsoft and today we take a look behind our latest products to sooth your tired wrists. Of the three, the most stark departure from 'normal'…

Several times each year Microsoft's board of directors get together and talk, and several times per year I wonder what they actually do, what they talk about, and how they operate. I got a chance to…

This morning the Office Blog announced some additions to Office Web Apps including the ability to embed PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets into your webpage or blog. I met with Senior…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. Mirko Mandic, Program…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. Herman Ng, Program Manager…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. In this video, Jane Kim, Senior…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. In this video, Jane Kim,…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. Jane Kim, Senior Program…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. Jane Kim, Senior Program…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. In this video, Jane Kim,…

We invited the Internet Explorer team to walk us through some of the new features and highlights of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. You can find more preview videos here. In this video, Jane Kim,…

While Jennifer is out this week, Mike and Michael talk about PDC10 content while standing just outside the Windows Phone 7 ship party on the main Microsoft campus. They answer many of your Twitter…

This morning we announced the latest Microsoft webcam, the Microsoft Lifecam Studio. This is our best webcam yet. First thing you will notice is a full 1080p HD sensor for an incredible picture.…

On today’s show we interview Volker Will, the group manager who runs the team of IT Professional evangelists at Microsoft Corporate (you’ll find them online at TechNet Edge). Volker talks about…

Congratulations to TallPaul (aka Paul Iddon) for winning the free pass! We appreciated his story about working for non-profits which has never allowed him to attend a large training conference…

I stopped by the hardware team to take a first look at the new Arc Touch Mouse, and shot this short video. The Touch folds flat, to about the same size as an HTC Touch phone. Where the old Arc Mouse…

First, congratulations to Jarem Archer for winning the free pass to PDC! We loved the inventiveness and creativity of his SketchFlow comic listing the 7 reasons why he should attend PDC10. Well…

Damn, that PDC timer! Tell @anyware to put a full 10 minutes on the hamburglar this week so we can tell you who won!

We have lots of news to share in our 10 minutes this week. First, we announce our keynote speaker, corporate vice president of the management and security division, Brad Anderson, will be kicking…

This month is important for TechEd Europe, if you register for the conference by August 31 you’ll receive both the €200 Euro price markdown (the last discount that will be offered), plus if you…

Content schmontent. Let’s get some fun on. In this week’s episode, after @anyware finishes up the important summary of the PDC themes, we move on to more important matters like where the PDC…

In this presentation, Seth McLaughlin, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at how developers can use HTML5 Canvas, audio, and ES5 in the fourth build of the IE9 Platform Preview. This…

In this presentation, Rob Mauceri, Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer, shows some of the new developer samples available in the fourth build of the IE9 Platform Preview, which you can explore…

In this presentation, Patrick Dengler, Senior Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at how developers can use SVG in the fourth build of the IE9 Platform Preview. This developer sample…

In this presentation, Josh Rose, SDET II for Internet Explorer, looks at a real-world example of how developers can use HTML5 audio support in the fourth build of the IE9 Platform Preview. This sample…

On October 28 and 29, Microsoft will open our doors and welcome you to our home for the next Professional Developers Conference to be held at MSFT HQ in Redmond, WA. PDC10 is a 2 day event where…

@anyware and @ritzy debut their first Countdown to TechEd Europe show, a 10 minute behind the scenes peek from the planning committee at Microsoft headquarters. For our first act we cover the…

Last month we held an invitation-only Silverlight Pivot Summit on campus. They were kind enough to let us record it for Niners. We'll air the five parts throughout the week. Andrew Miner discuss…

Last month we held an invitation-only Silverlight Pivot Summit on campus. They were kind enough to let us record it for Niners. We'll air the five parts throughout the week. Mark Bramley discusses…

Last month we held an invitation-only Silverlight Pivot Summit on campus. They were kind enough to let us record it for Niners. We'll air the five parts throughout the week. Mark Bramley walks you…

Last month we held an invitation-only Silverlight Pivot Summit on campus. They were kind enough to let us record it for Niners. We'll air the five parts throughout the week. Jeff Weir walks you…

Last month we held an invitation-only Silverlight Pivot Summit on campus. They were kind enough to let us record much of it for Niners. We'll air the five parts throughout the week. Andrew Cox and…

Digital Lens is a project out of Microsoft's Israel Innovation Labs that allows designers and developers to get an idea of what their applications will look like to visually impaired users. This…

Today we announced the availability of the Facebook and Windows Live Messenger plug-ins for the Outlook Social Connector in Microsoft Office. Outlook users can now connect their Facebook accounts and…

Today we announced the availability of the Facebook and Windows Live Messenger plug-ins for the Outlook Social Connector in Microsoft Office. Outlook users can now connect their Facebook accounts…

In this video, Brian Goldfarb and Brett Brewer stop by to discuss the new Silverlight PivotViewer control release. In addition to discussing its immediate availability, they talk about tech transfers…

Angus Logan from the Windows Live Messenger team stopped by to tell us about the Live Messenger Connect API, what devs can do with it and where to get it. There is a controls playground where you…

In this video, Rob Mauceri, Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer, shows some of the new developer samples available in the third build of the IE9 Platform Preview available on the IE Test…

In this video, Seth McLaughlin, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at a how developers can use HTML5 Canvas in the third build of the IE9 Platform Preview. This developer sample demonstrates…

In this video, Paul Cutsinger, Principal Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at how developers can use HTML5 Canvas in the third build of the IE9 Platform Preview. This sample, which…

In this video, Anderson Quach, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at a real-world example of how developers can use HTML5 HD video and audio support in the third build of the IE9 Platform…

In this video, Travis Leithead, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, discusses how to make a living playing games while showing some of the possibilities of using the newly supported ECMAScript 5.…

Web developers have long used jQuery to add new functionality to the browser and mask cross-browser incompatibilities. Now, eCSStender does the same for CSS, allowing you to mask cross-browser…

The Windows Home Server team have released and updated version of the Windows Home Server SDK. I stopped by SDK Program Manager Fabian Uhse's office to talk about what has changed in this update, what…

Brandon LeBlanc from The Windows Blog and I talk about using the Azure service WEIShare.net to capture scores from your Windows Experience Index.

In this video, Didier Vandenbroeck, TWC Security Lead PM, goes over how the SDL helped improve Office 2010 security, showing how one specific feature should improve both security and user productivity…

WEI Share ("We Share") is a Coding4Fun code sample that takes your Windows Experience Index score and shares it with the world (anonymously) to an Azure website with a Silverlight front end…

WEI Share ("We Share") is a Coding4Fun code sample that takes your Windows Experience Index score and shares it with the world (anonymously) to an Azure website with a Silverlight front…

Back in December, I talked to Dan Rosenfeld about the capacitive version of the Mouse 2.0 project (we also went by the Fab Lab where mice are born). Hrvoje Benko is a researcher in the Adaptive…

Recently the Windows Home Server team announced the beta of their next version of Home Server, codenamed Vail. This release tightens up the way you interact with Home Server. Jonas Svensson, Program…

Recently the Windows Home Server team announced the beta of their next version of Home Server, codenamed Vail. This release tightens up the way you interact with Home Server. Jonas Svensson, Program…

The Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is the software development security assurance process used at Microsoft. With the release of the Simplified Implementation of the Microsoft SDL…

Over the past several months, we’ve shared several introductory features about new assets for developers in SharePoint 2010. As Microsoft launches Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to businesses…

Over the past several months, we’ve shared several introductory features about new assets for developers in SharePoint 2010. As Microsoft launches Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to businesses this…

Currently, you have two choices for watching a movie at home: you can either stream the movie (if available), or you can buy/rent the DVD, which allows you to experience extra features such as…

Currently, you have two choices for watching a movie at home: you can either stream the movie (if available), or you can buy/rent the DVD, which allows you to experience extra features such as…

Part II in our "Channel 9 in the Dark" series is a look at how Microsoft streams an experience via IIS and Silverlight across devices. This video shows the experience of streaming…

While at NAB this year, Alex Zambelli showed us 3D streaming with Smooth Streaming. NAB this year was all about 3D and we had several announcements of our own for that. It's only a matter of time…

Today we're previewing the new Windows Live Messenger in Sao Paulo, so I stopped by Dharmesh Mehta's office to get you a look. This new Messenger has some things that we've been waiting for.…

While at NAB this year, Alex Zambelli showed us 3D streaming with Smooth Streaming. NAB this year was all about 3D and we had several announcements of our own for that. It's only a matter of time…

Today we're previewing the new Windows Live Messenger in Sao Paulo, so I stopped by Dharmesh Mehta's office to get you a look. This new Messenger has some things that we've been waiting for.…

Developed by a group of people at MSR Cairo, Mobicast is an experiment that allows users to sync and stream live video from a number of handheld portable devices (e.g., cell phones) and have those…

Developed by a group of people at MSR Cairo, Mobicast is a system that allows users to sync and stream live video from a number of handheld portable devices (e.g., cell phones) and have those streams…

The latest products to come out of Microsoft Hardware's Webcam Lab are the HD5000 and HD5001 webcams. This means that along with the Lifecam Cinema HD, we've now have three webcams available that…

The latest products to come out of Microsoft Hardware's Webcam Lab are the HD5000 and HD5001 webcams. This means that along with the Lifecam Cinema HD, we've now have three webcams available that…

This 75-second video provides a quick introduction to the Concurrency Visualizer, a new profiling tool available in Visual Studio 2010. The Concurrency Visualizer enables you to look under the hood…

Nicole and Brandy, Tech·Ed enthusiasts, want you to hear about the value of Tech·Ed from the community of experts who have attended a Tech·Ed (or ten) in the past. Watch this video for a quick…

Nicole and Brandy, Tech·Ed enthusiasts, want you to hear about the value of Tech·Ed from the community of experts who have attended a Tech·Ed (or ten) in the past. Watch this video for a quick…

Nicole and Brandy, Tech·Ed enthusiasts, want you to hear about the value of Tech·Ed from the community of experts who have attended a Tech·Ed (or ten) in the past. Watch this video for a quick…

Nicole and Brandy, Tech·Ed enthusiasts, want you to hear about the value of Tech·Ed from the community of experts who have attended a Tech·Ed (or ten) in the past. Watch this video for a quick…

Recently, Ford and Microsoft made an announcement about teaming up to help people who charge their vehicles, allowing them to do so when it has the least impact on the grid, and hopefully at a…

Ford and Microsoft had a recent announcement where we're teaming up to help people who charge their vehicles to do it when it has the least impact on the grid, and hopefully at a time that saves the…

Following up on our last intro video for Microsoft's SDL Process Template, Bryan Sullivan joins us to talk about MSF Agile+SDL, which adds security practices to Team Foundation Server.…

Today the Microsoft Surface team announced the Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta. This toolkit includes controls, APIs, templates, documentation, and sample code for WPF on Windows Touch…

Today the Microsoft Surface team announced the Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta. This toolkit includes controls, APIs, templates, documentation, and sample code for WPF on Windows Touch…

Susumu Harada is a Ph.D grad in the Computer Science and Engineering department at University of Washington. He invited me over to see a system he built, which allows someone to paint pictures using a…

Susumu Harada is a Ph.D grad in the Computer Science and Engineering department at University of Washington. He invited me over to see a system he built, which allows someone to paint pictures using a…

Up until recently, if you wanted to have a Media Center that recorded your cable pay channels, you had to buy a certified Windows Media Center. That changed last year when Microsoft opened up the…

Up until recently if you wanted to have a Media Center that recorded your cable pay channels, you had to buy an certified Windows Media Center. That changed last year when Microsoft opened up the…

Bob Visse is the GM of Product Management and was one of the people behind the new MSN redesign. Some of the new features include the integration of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and…

Andrew Phillips holds the title of Scientist with Microsoft Research Cambridge, and he's working on a method of programming that compiles into DNA. Part of this involves a visual programming language…

Andrew Phillips holds the title of Scientist with Microsoft Research Cambridge, and he's working on a method of programming that compiles into DNA. Part of this involves a visual programming…

Coming out of Microsoft Research Cambridge we have a project that explores how we might view our past through photos and videos that we've collected. But this is more than just photo collecting and…

I met with the folks from Carnegie Mellon who created the Dungeons and Dragons game on Microsoft Surface called Surfacescapes, which is a double helping of geek. I asked them about some of the…

Coming out of Microsoft Research Cambridge we have a project that explores how we might view our past through photos and videos that we've collected. But this is more than just photo collecting and…

At TechFest this year I met with Desney Tan and Dan Morris who showed me several very interesting systems, each of which allows your body to become the input device for hardware. Granted, this…

I met with the folks from Carnegie Mellon who created the Dungeons and Dragons game on Microsoft Surface called Surfacescapes, which is a double helping of geek. I asked them about some of the…

Pete LePage works as a PM on the Internet Explorer team working with developer security. He stopped by the studio today to give us some tips as surfers, as well as a few tips for developers, on some…

Every year at TechFest, Microsoft employees (and a few invited guests) get to take a look at some of the projects out of Microsoft Research. These aren't finished products--you'll see a lot of exposed…

Every year at TechFest, Microsoft employees (and a few invited guests) get to take a look at some of the projects out of Microsoft Research. These aren't finished products--you'll see a lot of exposed…

Sure, sure. MIX is mostly all about the great keynotes, sessions, networking, and all the awesome content that is going to make your brain hurt in a good way, but that doesn’t mean you can’t go out…

At the PDC last year, you may have seen that NASA and Microsoft made a number of announcements. New data APIs in Codename Dallas, a Silverlight+ASP.NET MVC 2 site on Azure...but did you realize…

At the PDC last year, you may have seen that NASA and Microsoft made a number of announcements. New data APIs in Codename Dallas, a Silverlight+ASP.NET MVC 2 site on Azure...but did you realize…

A very special guest joins @anyware and @ritzy this week to talk about his upcoming MIX10 keynote. Yep, the man of the 10 minutes is Scott Guthrie, vice president of the developer division at…

Back in October I told you about the launch of our Outlook Social Connector product, which gives Outlook the ability to aggregate all your social communication into one place. Here, Dev stops back by…

Back in October I told you about the launch of our Outlook Social Connector product, which gives Outlook the ability to aggregate all your social communication into one place. Here, Dev stops back…

In this week’s episode, we hear from Charlie Kindel, who has worked at Microsoft for over 20 years on projects like the Windows SDK and DDK, COM, ActiveX, IIS, the original Active Server Pages,…

While there's nothing wrong with the California Club, you don't go to a Hard Rock Cafe because you love food. You go because you love music, and now you're likely to stay longer because you love…

While there's nothing wrong with the California Club, you don't go to a Hard Rock Cafe because you love food. You go because you love music, and now you're likely to stay longer because you love…

Do you think when the MIX event comes to a close that we close up shop and go away for a year until the next conference? No way. Meet Thomas Lewis (or TommyLee as some of us like to call him),…

Seesmic recently launched Look, a Twitter client aimed toward tech novices and people who want a very clean, simple Twitter experience. TechCrunch called it A Tablet-Friendly Twitter Client For…

Seesmic recently launched Look, a Twitter client aimed toward tech novices and people who want a very clean, simple Twitter experience. TechCrunch called it A Tablet-Friendly Twitter Client For The…

Jennifer is missing, and Mike manages to stop talking just long enough for Nishant Kothary to explain what user experience means, how survey results help to refine content, and what kind of sessions…

Nitin Bhandari from Skyfire was in town and stopped by the Channel 9 studio to talk to us about their latest release, version 1.5. As Gizmodo so boldly put it, version 1.5 has "more speed, less…

Nitin Bhandari from Skyfire was in town and stopped by the Channel 9 studio to talk to us about their latest release, version 1.5. As Gizmodo so boldly put it, version 1.5 has "more speed, less…

Juan Goni is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft in the Exchange Online Deployment group and invited us over to take a look at his home setup. Juan has some of the same challenges many of us do, for…

Closing our CES 2010 coverage, this is a look at some of the hardware that Lenovo currently has or will be offering this year. It includes everything from the typical business machines to contemporary…

On this week’s show, @anyware and @ritzy talk about a cornucopia of MIX activities, including mobile content at MIX10 where you’ll learn about developing applications *and* games for the next…

Closing our CES 2010 coverage, this is a look at some of the hardware that Lenovo currently has or will be offering this year. It includes everything from the typical business machines to contemporary…

Last year Microsoft announced that we would let people add their own digital TV Tuners to their computers to create their own Media Center PC's. (The big difference with CableCard and the TV Tuners…

Jonas Helin, the SDE in Office Labs behind the Ribbon Hero project tells us about the application, how they came up with it, show us some early mockups and talks about the lessons he learned from…

Last year Microsoft announced that we would let people add their own digital TV Tuners to their computers to create their own Media Center PC's. (The big difference with CableCard and the TV Tuners…

Jonas Helin, the SDE in Office Labs behind the Ribbon Hero project tells us about the application, how they came up with it, show us some early mockups and talks about the lessons he learned from the…

The regular conference content just isn’t enough to fill your brain? That’s cool, we’ve got a whole day of pre-conference intense sessions we’re offering that will help you get even more out of your…

KNFB Reader CEO Ray Kurzweil joined me to talk about the state of e-reading and show us a demo of Blio. Blio is a WPF reading application and bookstore that reads XPS files. They've taken it a…

KNFB Reader CEO Ray Kurzweil joined me to talk about the state of e-reading and show us a demo of Blio. Blio is a WPF reading application and bookstore that reads XPS files. They've taken it a step…

Inside the Microsoft booth at CES is a row of computers that we call Muscle Beach. These are some of the latest PCs from partners that will be coming out over the next year. I'm really impressed this…

Rob Chambers from the Speech at Microsoft group stopped by to show us a little more about our Speech platform and where developers can get started and a look at some of the things that are possible.…

Sean Butterworth stopped by the Microsoft booth and gave me a look at the new Microsoft Arc Keyboard, the mate to the Arc Mouse. I'm a huge fan of the Arc Mouse (cnet review here) mainly because…

Microsoft's Gary Schare demos some of the new hardware for Windows 7 at CES including network media devices and touch-enabled monitors that will allow you to multitouchify your current laptop or…

Inside the Microsoft booth at CES is a row of computers that we call Muscle Beach. These are some of the latest PCs from partners that will be coming out over the next year. I'm really impressed this…

Rob Chambers from the Speech at Microsoft group stopped by to show us a little more about our Speech platform and where developers can get started and a look at some of the things that are possible.…

Sean Butterworth stopped by the Microsoft booth and gave me a look at the new Microsoft Arc Keyboard, the mate to the Arc Mouse. I'm a huge fan of the Arc Mouse (cnet review here) mainly because it's…

Microsoft's Gary Schare demos some of the new hardware for Windows 7 at CES including network media devices and touch-enabled monitors that will allow you to multitouchify your current laptop or…

Windows Automotive had several announcements at CES this year, Kia has announced Uvo which was shown at the keynote last night. You can see the short video that was put together to show Uvo here. Ford…

Zig Serafin is the General Manager of Speech at Microsoft. This is a new group that combines all the different areas of speech across Microsoft products into a central group. He joined us to talk…

Zig Serafin is the General Manager of Speech at Microsoft. This is a new group that combines all the different areas of speech across Microsoft products into a central group. He joined us to talk…

With CES coming up, Entertainment and Devices President Robbie Bach invited me over to talk about where we're at and where we're going, and what consumers will be interested in this year. We also talk…

With CES coming up, Entertainment and Devices President Robbie Bach invited me over to talk about where we're at and where we're going, and what consumers will be interested in this year. We also talk…

For many, Natural User Interface (NUI) is a new term, but over the past few years it's become an incredibly important one to Microsoft. If you want to know what we're thinking when it comes to…

For many, Natural User Interface (NUI) is a new term, but over the past few years it's become an incredibly important one to Microsoft. If you want to know what we're thinking when it comes to…

Microsoft's Mouse 2.0 project is an interesting look at the next step for pointing devices in five completely different versions of multitouch mice. One of the things I liked about the Mouse 2.0…

Microsoft's Mouse 2.0 project is an interesting look at the next step for pointing devices in five completely different versions of multitouch mice. One of the things I liked about the Mouse 2.0 news…

Spend 3 minutes with Mike Swanson as he explains the who, what, when, where, why and how of MIX10. Hear who attends, including some of the companies that have attended in prior years. Learn what…

You see it every day (or every few weeks for those of us who leave their computers on) now you can see the thinking behind the Windows 7 Startup Animation. Rolf Ebeling was new to Microsoft when he…

You see it every day (or every few weeks for those of us who leave their computers on) now you can see the thinking behind the Windows 7 Startup Animation. Rolf Ebeling was new to Microsoft when he…

You probably know this image as the default Windows 7 background, to Denise Trabona it is the Windows 7 Iconic Background. She joins us to walk us through the progression from concept to finished…

You probably know this image as the default Windows 7 background, to Denise Trabona it is the Windows 7 Iconic Background. She joins us to walk us through the progression from concept to finished…

As you look at things like Bing's Streetside, you might be thinking it would be great for something like real time driving directions. Billy Chen, a research in MSN's Advanced Engineering team, has…

As you look at things like Bing's Streetside, you might be thinking it would be great for something like real time driving directions. Billy Chen, a research in MSN's Advanced Engineering team, has…

If there's any geek in you at all, you've probably put together a combination of technology that fits your lifestyle and personality, whether it's a modest MP3 player and speaker dock, or an executive…

Dare to Dream Different was a contest held to see what cool ideas people could come up with using a standard hardware reference board using .NET Micro Framework. During the final judging, I got…

Dare to Dream Different was a contest held to see what cool ideas people could come up with using a standard hardware reference board using .NET Micro Framework. During the final judging, I got…

Fishbowl for Facebook is a WPF application created by Microsoft that takes advantage of some of the new Windows 7 features like jumplists and multitouch. Working like a WPF version of the Facebook…

Fishbowl for Facebook is a WPF application created by Microsoft that takes advantage of some of the new Windows 7 features like jumplists and multitouch. Working like a WPF version of the Facebook…

One of the new features we're announcing today at PDC is the Outlook Social Connector SDK. This is a new way to integrate social networking data into Office Outlook 2010. Too busy with the @Ch9Live…

One of our most popular PDC speakers, Steve Marx, joins us today to talk about Azure and the cloud as he teases his PDC sessions. Think there isn’t much new in the last year, or that the news…

How many times have you tried to copy a huge number of files only to accidently hit space or escape cancelling the transfer and you don't want to re-start from scratch? Well there's a better way to…

Today a new experiment comes out of Redmond in the form of a new toolbar for Internet Explorer that analyzes the web pages you are looking at and applies what it sees to your social networks. This…

Charles Torre joins us today to discuss the Technical Leaders series to be held at PDC. For the first time ever, you’ll get to participate in a perfect storm of intelligence, imagination, …

Join James Brundage, Software Tester from the PowerShell Team, as he walks through how to write a multitouch finger paint in ~30 lines of Windows PowerShell script using WPK (WPF PowerShell Kit). …

This week, Thomas Lewis (a.k.a. The Spider King) co-hosts with the always loveable Mike Swanson to talk about From The Labs which will debut at PDC09. It kicks off with Mike talking about the $300…

In this episode, Mike talks with Kenny Young, an architect on the Expression Blend team, and Josh Benaloh, a senior cryptographer in Microsoft Research about the puzzles they plan to inflict on…

Join James Brundage, PowerShell Tester, as he demonstrates how to Write quick user interfaces with WPK. This video should help people get started writing rich WPF user interfaces in PowerShell…

Clint Rutkas joins just Ritzy this week (Mike wasn’t allowed out of his PDC09 keynote cage), to discuss some of the fun we’ll be bringing to LA! The Coding4Fun apps will be on display, including…

Stuart Taylor is a researcher at MSR Cambridge and in his spare time he likes to mix bits as a VJ. He created an application called VPlay that allows him to mix video on a Surface like you would…

I stopped by HP's Smart Home to see the refreshed TouchSmart TX2 Tablet/Laptop. The HP TouchSmart TX2 laptop has been my main (work) PC now for several months and it's easily the most versatile laptop…

When I heard Microsoft's Brion Taylor would be visiting the HP Smart Home to see the new TouchSmart hardware, I grabbed a camera and tagged along. This hardware refresh has some significant…

When I heard Microsoft's Brion Taylor would be visiting the HP Smart Home to see the new TouchSmart hardware, I grabbed a camera and tagged along. This hardware refresh has some significant…

Stuart Taylor is a researcher at MSR Cambridge and in his spare time he likes to mix bits as a VJ. He created an application called VPlay that allows him to mix video on a Surface like you would…

Meet the owner of the PDC cloud services track, James Conard. Yep, it’s true, general availability of Azure will be announced at PDC (buy a datacenter in the cloud, if you will) but don’t think…

Today at the User Interface Software and Technology Conference, Microsoft will show five new mouse prototypes that combine normal mousing with multitouch controls. Here is a video that gives you a…

Today at the User Interface Software and Technology Conference, Microsoft will show five new mouse prototypes that combine normal mousing with multitouch controls. Here is a video that gives you a…

Join thousands of SQL Server & BI professionals at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle from Nov. 2-5 for the largest SQL Server conference in the world! PASS Summit…

Join thousands of SQL Server & BI professionals at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle from Nov. 2-5 for the largest SQL Server conference in the world! PASS Summit…

Dare to Dream Different was a contest held to see what cool ideas people could come up with using a standard hardware reference board using .NET Micro Framework. During the final judging, I got…

Did you really think we were going to have a PDC without a boatload of new Windows content? Puhleeeeeze! Meet Tim Sneath, the manager of the Client track, who is guiding and overseeing sessions…

Dare to Dream Different was a contest held to see what cool ideas people could come up with using a standard hardware reference board using .NET Micro Framework. During the final judging, I got…

Dare to Dream Different was a contest held to see what cool ideas people could come up with using a standard hardware reference board using .NET Micro Framework. During the final judging, I got…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs…

Developers scoffing at Office and SharePoint? Not anymore they don’t! Steve Fox, the productivity track owner for Office, SharePoint, CRM and Unified Communications, talks to us about what kind…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs…

Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of Microsoft Hardware…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of…

Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of Microsoft Hardware and…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs…

You think PDC this year will be all about the cloud, tools and the OS? Think again! We’ve got loads of server content coming out our 64-bit procs. Volker Will, our content guru overseeing all of…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of…

As promised I give you a quick walk-through of how we did the PDC Countdown video in 3D. Hardware used included a pair of Flip Ultra HD cameras, a bracket and connector, and an affordable little…

Meet Drew Robbins, the evangelist organizing the content that is dear and near to all PDC attendees: developers tooling, application lifecycle tools, the CLR and the .NET Framework. Think you’ve…

As promised I give you a quick walk-through of how we did the PDC Countdown video in 3D. Hardware used included a pair of Flip Ultra HD cameras, a bracket and connector, and an affordable little…

Daniel Anguiano sat down with us to show us Microsoft's newest webcam, the LifeCam Cinema. This is the best webcam on the market today with full HD resolution, an incredible framerate, and the ability…

Sean Butterworth sat down with us to show us Microsoft's newest and thinnest keyboard, the Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000.

Carla Forester sat down with us to talk about the latest products out of Microsoft hardware including the Mobile Mouse 4000, Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 with detachable numpad (also sold…

Gary Schare sat down with us to talk about his role in development of Microsoft hardware and our goals in providing hardware that compliments Windows 7.

If you've poked around your fonts list in Windows 7, you might have come across a display font called Gabriola. What you may not have known is that this font is an important first step in some…

If you've poked around your fonts list in Windows 7, you might have come across a display font called Gabriola. What you may not have known is that this font is an important first step in some…

Watch out James Cameron, the PDC team has done their first ever show in 3D, and that’s because we’ve got the width, the depth, and the length. And how do we have those? Well, check out the…

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA is available and includes a number of Windows 7 integration features. I stopped by to see CJ Saretto and get the latest on this Power Pack, the features, and…

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA is available and includes a number of Windows 7 integration features. I stopped by to see CJ Saretto and get the latest on this Power Pack, the features, and…

Earlier this week the Office team released a video that showed some of the new features of PowerPoint 2010, part of the Office 2010 suite. The latest version is hardware-accelerated with new…

Do you easily get car sick? If so, you’re in for a ride as Mike and Jennifer go mobile and take their show on the road this week. This episode includes the return of the Hard Hat Challenge,…

Earlier this week the Office team released a video that showed some of the new features of PowerPoint 2010, part of the Office 2010 suite. The latest version is hardware-accelerated with new…

P. Anandan, who leads Microsoft Research in India, stopped by to show us a project they worked on called the India Digital Heritage Project. This was a very cool attempt to recreate the experience of…

P. Anandan, who leads Microsoft Research in India, stopped by to show us a project they worked on called the India Digital Heritage Project. This was a very cool attempt to recreate the experience of…

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…

Defrag is a new series Nic Fillingham and I will be bringing you to look into murky subjects that need sorted out. We'll put the bits in order and tell you exactly what the story is. In this episode…

Defrag is a new series Nic Fillingham and I will be bringing you to look into murky subjects that need sorted out. We'll put the bits in order and tell you exactly what the story is. In this episode…

In this week’s episode, Mike & Jennifer talk about how to keep up with PDC news via Twitter, highlight the 7 deep-dive Workshops being offered this year, remind folks that students and…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

There's no doubt that the backgrounds in Windows 7 are the most unique in Microsoft's history. What was the thinking behind them? Who comes up with the backgrounds? How do you determine what art…

There's no doubt that the backgrounds in Windows 7 are the most unique in Microsoft's history. What was the thinking behind them? Who comes up with the backgrounds? How do you determine what art…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

After IE8 debuted, Latika Kirtane (of Song Smith fame) took the challenge of showing us 10 add-on's that developers have built for IE8 in less than 60 seconds (each). 1. eBay Visual Search…

Each week between now and the PDC, we’ll be sharing with you a 10 minute video update on the PDC. From an insider’s perspective, Mike Swanson and Jennifer Ritzinger from the PDC crew will share with…

As we get closer to the start of the Channel 9 Revolution, we wanted to give you a peek behind the thinking that is going into the new UX, how we came to some of the decisions we have, and a chance…

Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Office 2010 will be opening up the tech preview to tens of thousands of people. This iteration of Office brings great collaboration tools and a web client…

Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Office 2010 will be opening up the tech preview to tens of thousands of people. This iteration of Office brings great collaboration tools and a web client…

Channel 9's own Dan Fernandez has come up with one of the coolest hacks I've seen recently. TweetCraft is a Twitter client that runs within World of Warcraft. It allows you to tweet, read tweets,…

The Microsoft SDL Process Template is a new process template for Visual Studio Team System intended to ease adoption of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle. The template integrates the SDL…

A new version of Robotics Developer Studio 2008 is out and includes some cool new enhancements like DSS Log Analyzer as well as a wrap up of bug fixes. Trevor Taylor, Stewart MacLeod, and Stathis…

One of my favorite features of Windows 7 is the home networking system called Homegroup. Using Homegroup you can easily connect your computers, sharing files and printers. Join me while I talk to the…

Office Service Pack 2 is out and Program Manager Zeyad Rajabi stops by to show us some of the latest developer tools we have created for it. Along with significant stability and perf, SP2 extends…

Kurt Brockett, Director of UX Evangelism at Identity Mine in Seattle gave us a first look at this proof of concept they have created for Elektra. Elektra is a massive retailer in South America and the…

Truth be told, I'm just a huge fan of the Arc Mouse. I like everything about it and along with earbuds and phone it's a gadget that I always tend to have in my pocket. Recently while sitting on hold I…

IdentityMine is a Seattle company that builds interesting multitouch and Surface applications, you might have seen some of their videos online including the Surface air hockey game or the Snoboard…

Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 is out so we stopped by CJ Saretto's office to see what new features and fixes are included. Along with some nice fixes, PP2 has better remote access, better domain…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

10 Add-ons in 60 Seconds or Less (each) By now you've heard the IE8 announcement from MIX. They're actually giving out a special release of IE8 at the MIX Conference that includes some extensions…

By now you've probably seen Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision video, also known as the 2019 video. But why does Microsoft make envisioning videos? What's the process? Is it all vapor or are we…

By now you've probably seen Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision video, also known as the 2019 video. But why does Microsoft make envisioning videos? What's the process? Is it all vapor or are we…

Nathan Fish stopped by from Office Labs to show us a new application we're releasing today called Canvas for OneNote. You can think of it as DeepZoom for OneNote, allowing you to fluidly move in and…

We had an Army Symposium on campus and Josh Wall from Information Strategies invited me over to take a look at some of the apps they are working on using the Surface. It's very cool to see the…

Skyfire has proven to be an amazing little Windows Mobile web browser. Having support for Flash, Silverlight, and full AJAX means you get a complete desktop experience from your phone. New to this…

I got together with Greg Baribault from Microsoft Auto while at CES to get a look at what new things Microsoft Auto is working on. They include the new V.3 of Ford Sync, of course, but also some…

Matthew MacLaurin, Principal Program Manager for Kodu (the game formerly known as Boku), sits down to show us a preview of playing the game. And what better way to show off a programming tool for kids…

Today in the keynote, Steve Ballmer talked about Life Without Walls. A big part of that is mobility, Greg Sullivan stops by to show us the latest devices, user interfaces, apps, and a peak into the…

Today Steve Ballmer talked about the ways tomorrow’s technology will be able to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Ballmer put the spotlight on a future oriented demonstration…

Matthew MacLaurin is the man behind Kodu (formerly Boku), a Xbox game designed to help children learn the basics of programming launching on Xbox Live this spring. Kodu is both surprisingly simple and…

Charlotte Jones walks us through some of the new features we're looking forward to in Windows 7. Check out some of the features like the Jump List, the new task bar with previews, and other UI…

Ben Vanik invited me over to Live Labs to see a hobby project he took on in his spare time running Seadragon on a mobile phone. Seadragon is the juice behind Photosynth and DeepZoom (If you need a…

Noah Edelstein stopped by and gave us a first look at the Mac client for Live Mesh, so now if you've got some electro-diversity in your home ecosphere, you can drag & drop, share & push all…

I followed Charles Torre recently to meet with Ori Amiga from the Mesh team and see his "Mesh Mobile". Ori and some other folks tricked out his car with a custom display and PC, controlled…

It's hard to top Microsoft Surface, but the brains at Microsoft Research (with help from MS Hardware) certainly did with SecondLight. SecondLight is a variation on the Microsoft Surface computer, the…

Charles Torre and I paid a visit to the Windows Home Server team to get the latest on what's up with the SDK they released, what it means to consumers, what Add-In's they're playing with now, and what…

Traditionally laptops have been the lower-performance compromise you make for leaving your desktop. Lenovo has changed that paradigm by producing this monster machine. With the first Quad Core Extreme…

Bill Gates and Charles Torre got together at TechEd to talk about his transition into the future and the changes in his goals as he goes from driving Microsoft to driving the Gates Foundation. This is…

You can't hang around thousands of developers for days on end without building an appreciation for their craft and a desire to learn their skills. Such was the case for Laura, who took it upon herself…

Day two at Tech Ed and Laura mixes with the peeps to see what's cool and popular, which so far has included socks with sandals, lots of swag, and a lot of jargon. So watch as Laura glazes over, talks…

While Dan Fernandez was busy interviewing Bill Gates (link) Channel 9 decided to send Laura Foy out to the front lines of Tech Ed (link). The Orange County Convention center is one of the largest in…

DeepZoom really shines in showing a large amount of information. To get a sense of this, check out Jess Bachman's Death and Taxes poster. This ginormous infographic shows you where much of the US…

Superna is a company that makes solutions to connect all your different systems together. They have a software layer that will connect your XP Media Center, Vista Media Center, home automation, and…

While in Orlando at the Electronic Home Expo, I got a chance to visit with John Oliver from Cutting Edge PC's. Cutting Edge makes some really nice high end Media Center machines with features like…

While in Orlando for the Electronic Home Expo, I talked to Michael De Nigris from Autonomic Controls. They have a very cool system for Media Center that includes some very innovative solutions. For…

I was in Orlando for the Electronic Home Expo and met up with Gregg Cannon from CannonPC.com. Cannon PCs are high end Media Center PCs including HTPC boxes, rack mount PCs, and a very nice EX series…

The incredibly nice folks at Hard Rock gave us a chance to peek behind the scenes at their memorabilia warehouse. Wow, what an experience. With 700 guitars, racks of clothes, shelves of gold records,…

Surprise! IE8 beta is going to be available for download starting today at 12:00 PST. Matthew Lapsen from the IE team gave me a spur of the moment demo for you all showing us some of the core features…

A new update for Windows Home Server was announced last night at CES. The update, called Power Pack 1 (formerly code named UR1) will ship in the first half of 2008 and hit servers via Windows Update.…

Robbie Bach and Kevin Johnson hosted an event for Microsoft employees showing us some of the products that will be available this season and let us sit in and talk to them afterwards. The presentation…

The Fall Dashboard Update pushes out to our Xbox's starting today and Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb invited me over to see what's new. The dashboard sports a faster interface, new video features…

When I first saw the Halo 3 commercial, I thought that it was rendered (how else do you have still explosions?) And even while I had walked past the two Halo 3 dioramas setup in the Microsoft Company…

This week the Windows Embedded group released Windows Embedded 6.0 and Scott Davis invited me over to talk about gadgets, where things are going, and why you may not have as many cables in the future.…

Today the Home Server team announced HP's Windows Home Server is available for pre-order (Amazon, CompUSA) and will be shipping before the holidays. I stopped by Charlie Kindel's office to get a look…

Forbes Senior Editor Dan Lyons, also known as The Fake Steve Jobs, stopped by the Microsoft campus to talk about technology, the absurdity of technology personalities as portrayed by the media, and…

Just announced today; no more begging on the digital street for an invite to Popfly, it's now open to the public. As someone who is programmatically challenged, I love the idea of Popfly -- a way for…

Raj Jain stops by from Live Labs to show me their latest tech preview. Listas is a list management system. It's a way for you to create lists of anything you like and store them on a central place.…

The guys are back with another podcast full of your weekly gaming news. Check in to find out what they're playing this week and what we all have to look forward to upcoming events like the Imax Halo 3…

About a week back I got an internal email asking us to kick the tires on a new Silverlight/search demo called Tafiti. Tafiti is a mashup that uses the resources of Windows Live Search driven by a…

We’ve followed the Windows Home Server group since their first public announce at CES (part 1 | part2), and we would like to congratulate them on releasing early! On Friday, Sr. Product Manager Joel…

I caught up with James Coleridge via satellite phone about the latest from the top of Mount Logan in the Yukon. James tells me about some of the set backs that the team has been dealing with,…

About a year ago I gave a presentation to a group of journalists about gadgets of the future and showed a video about a theoretical multi-touch computing system. When asked when we would see something…

Channel 10, in conjunction with Summits of Canada, is sponsoring an expedition to summit Mount Logan in early May. During the month-long trek, James Coleridge will document, blog, shoot pictures, and…

Sorry to quash the irrational exuberance of suspected Zune and Halo 3 announcements, but this one is still big and you're getting it early. There’s a new web browser in town for Windows Mobile fans…

Flashback: Last night Karsten Januszewski tipped us off to a really cool new WPF version of their instant messenger application from Yahoo! Jeff and I dropped by today to check it out. This is a good…

Bill Gates was kind enough to spend a few minutes with me talking about the future of the digital home, Tablet PCs, and technology. This was held in the Microsoft Partners Pavilion which was full of…

Nadine Kano invited us over to show us some of the new computers that will be on the market this year. It included everything from the smallest functional PC in the world (according to Guinness) by…

Barry Goffe invited us up to his plush suite at the Bellagio (motorized curtains – I’m impressed) to show us the new Ultimate Extras. They include Bit Locker, Windows Hold’em, and Motion…

Just before leaving for Vegas, Dan Polivy invited me over to see some Windows SideShow devices that have never been seen before. Check out the cool new SideShow enabled laptops, speakers, remotes, and…