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TWC9: Windows 8, C++ Amp, NuGet, Mouse Mischief and more

2012-02-11T19:58:48Z

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Duncan discuss the week's top developer news, including: [0:39] Mark your calendar: We are hosting a Windows 8 Consumer Preview event on Feb 29 in Barcelona! [1:52] C++ AMP Open Specification (S.Somasegar) Read More......(read more)

Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator Beta

2012-02-10T21:32:35Z

This new calculator is based on all new prediction data and is designed to work with both Exchange on-premises and Office 365 deployments. The brief was concise and simple for this calculator; we wanted to be able to predict the client network bandwidth Read More......(read more)

Episode 70 - Windows Azure Demos with Steve Marx

2012-02-10T16:45:00Z

Join Wade and Steve each week as they cover the Windows Azure platform. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow . In this episode, we are very sad to bid Steve Marx farewell as he looks for new challenges outside of Microsoft. Fortunately Read More......(read more)

Peter Heldens - Creating Scripts with TouchDevelop

2012-02-09T18:19:22Z

Peter Heldens , a manager at Microsoft University in the Netherlands, recently visited the touchdevelop team in Redmond, WA. Peter wrote My Online Meetings, the popular script that allows users to join a conference call in a single script using touchdevelop Read More......(read more)

System Center 2012 Release Candidate Orchestrator Integration Packs

2012-02-09T15:09:07Z

Following the release of System Center 2012 Release Candidate , Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate of the Orchestrator Integration Packs for the following System Center 2012 components: System Center 2012 Virtual Read More......(read more)

Updates to Restricted Groups ("Member of") behavior of user-defined local groups

2012-02-09T13:30:00Z

In versions of Microsoft Windows earlier than Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4), the Restricted Groups Member of security setting in Group Policy cannot be used to add domain groups to local groups on member computers. The Restricted Groups Read More......(read more)

Windows 8 Consumer Preview On February 29th

2012-02-08T19:12:00Z

On February 29, Microsoft will finally release the Consumer Preview, a partly-finished beta, to the entire world. It's announcing the preview at an event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The venue is interesting, since MWC is all about (duh Read More......(read more)

OneNote available for Android

2012-02-08T19:10:00Z

Today, we’re excited that the Office team is making OneNote for Android available in 57 markets worldwide with easy access to your notes on SkyDrive. The app also offers key OneNote features like checklists, image capture, table editing and support for Read More......(read more)

Hot Apps: Krashlander, NFL Pro '12, MixTapes, Weave, Network Dashboard

2012-02-07T22:52:36Z

Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at 5 of the winning apps from the "Your APP here" monthly contest: KrashLander NFL Pro '12 MixTapes Weave Network Dashboard Read More......(read more)

Defrag: Change Pinned Sites Icons, Laptop WiFi Router, Full Path for File

2012-02-06T20:57:07Z

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 ( see this for Read More......(read more)

Microsoft Flight Launches February 29, 2012

2012-02-06T19:52:00Z

On the heels of a successful beta, we’re excited to announce that “Microsoft Flight” will be available to download worldwide for free starting February 29, 2012, right here at www.microsoftflight.com . In addition, the Hawaiian Adventure Pack – which Read More......(read more)

Hacker News vs. Google+

2012-02-05T18:20:23Z

I might as well have titled this “Hacker News vs Marketers.” Or “Hacker News vs Bloggers.” Or “jerks vs nice people.” But I never participate in Hacker News for a few reasons and I just was faced with these reasons Read More......(read more)

It’s too late for Dave Winer and John Battelle to save the common web

2012-02-05T01:02:39Z

The date was January 3, 2008. Facebook had kicked me off for running a script to try to save the common web. See, I worked with Plaxo to run a simple script. One that would have taken my contacts out of Facebook and put them back into the common web. Read More......(read more)

TWC9: 4 Years of TWC9, Kinect SDK, C++, & more

2012-02-04T05:47:06Z

On our four year anniversary of This Week on Channel 9, we wanted to give a special thank you to all of our viewers for supporting and watching us over the years. Amusingly, our first show aired Feb 1, 2008 without a name and Niners Ian & ChadK suggesting Read More......(read more)

Episode 69 - SQL Azure Federations with George Huey

2012-02-03T18:58:19Z

Join Wade and Steve each week as they cover the Windows Azure platform. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow . In this episode, Wade is joined by George Huey — Principal Architect Evangelist for Microsoft — to discuss how to scale Read More......(read more)

Windows Phone Marketplace expands to 5 new countries

2012-02-03T17:37:00Z

Good news—the Windows Phone Marketplace for apps and games is opening for business today in five new spots—Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru and the Philippines. If you live in one of these countries, tapping on the Marketplace tile will soon (it might Read More......(read more)

Kinect for Windows SDK v1.0

2012-02-03T15:45:00Z

The Kinect for Windows SDK enables developers to create applications that support gesture and voice recognition, using Kinect sensor technology on computers running Windows 7, Windows 8 developer preview (desktop apps only), and Windows Embedded-based Read More......(read more)

HTML 5 pushback in San Francisco? Best mobile app designers say yes

2012-02-01T23:39:10Z

The new Path? The one that won a Crunchie last night for great design? It’s not done in HTML 5. This morning I saw something new coming soon from Storify. Not done in HTML 5. This morning I visited Foodspotting, which just shipped hot new apps on Read More......(read more)

Why Facebook will be worth a half trillion by 2015: the mobile and open graph revenue it’s leaving on the table

2012-02-01T22:48:28Z

Lots of people think Facebook is overvalued, at about $100 billion (it just released their S1, announcing its IPO). But in talking with developers, like I did with Foodspotting’s founder, Alexa Andrzejewski, and in reading the S1 I see that Facebook Read More......(read more)

[Special Edition] It's Kinect day! The Kinect For Windows SDK v1 is out!

2012-02-01T15:46:24Z

As everyone reading this blog, and those in the Kinect for Windows space, knows today is a big day. From what was a cool peripheral for the XBox 360 last year, the Kinect for Windows SDK and now dedicated Kinect for Windows hardware device, has taken Read More......(read more)

2012 brings a pause in the disruption

2012-02-01T00:58:17Z

OK, I’ve been talking with hundreds of geeks from around the world this year at three conferences, CES, DLD, and World Economic Forum. I’m seeing a trend that is worth talking about. What is it? We’re seeing the end of one of the most Read More......(read more)

Troubleshooting Active Directory operations that fail with error 8452: "The naming context is in the process of being removed or is not replicated from the specified server."

2012-01-31T23:31:00Z

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Computer stops responding with a "Stop error code 0x000000D1 (Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_Or_Equal)" error message

2012-01-31T18:43:00Z

Provides a resolution for an issue that occurs when your Windows Server 2003-based computer stops responding, and you receive a Stop error 000000D1 (Error 0xD1, Driver IRQL Not Less Or Equal). Share this post: Read More......(read more)

YOW 2012 Keynotes and Session Videos Now Available

2012-01-31T04:50:04Z

You met some of the YOW 2012 speakers recently on C9 . Now you can watch their presentations. Start with Simon's and Damian's keynotes. Kudos to Eventer for supplying the media. http://yowaustralia.com.au/general/speakers.html C Share this post Read More......(read more)

Ping 130: Xbox LIVE for Droids and iPhones, Where's MIX, Microsoft points, SQL Server Party

2012-01-31T01:36:12Z

It's another week of highlights and rumors, scandals and success stories! It's Ping! Laura and Paul cover all this and more: Xbox LIVE for all? Nix on MIX? Peace out Points Paul knows how to PARTY (SQL server style) Share this post: Read More......(read more)