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1. Game console sales show unexpected strength

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 20 March 2009

   Recession? What recession? February brought the sixth best unit sales result for game console makers since November 2006. Nintendo and Microsoft posted substantial increases over February last year. ...

2. Microsoft to go after netbooks with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 04 February 2009

   ... stated that "Microsoft is offering a clear path for Windows 7 across the board, so as we demonstrated at PDC, WinHEC and CES, Windows 7 provides a great user experience on small-notebook PCs." According ...

3. Slideshow: Windows 7 walkthrough

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 30 October 2008

     Feature – Earlier this week, Microsoft gave its first presentation about Windows 7 and explained the new feature set, which includes a new taskbar, live task thumbnails and new context menus with application-related ...

4. Side by side: Windows 7 vs. OS X Snow Leopard

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 28 October 2008

   ... will compare. Here is what we have come up with.   SLIDESHOW: Microsoft Windows 7 presentation, PDC 2008 (21 pictures)   Ok, so we have been unhappy with Vista so far and the ...

5. Thoughts about Windows 7: What to look forward to

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 28 October 2008

   ... Windows XP, and especially if you run Windows Vista, you will like what you will see with Windows 7. SLIDESHOW: Microsoft Windows 7 presentation, PDC 2008 (21 pictures) User interface:  ...

6. Windows 7: Clean UI, multi-touch and more speed

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 28 October 2008

   ... Windows 7 presentation, PDC 2008 (21 pictures) It is somewhat fascinating to see that with Bill Gates being in sort-of-retirement, that Microsoft has begun to aggressively pursue new ways ...

7. Microsoft promises Windows 7 beta for early 2009

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 28 October 2008

   ... confirmed that Windows 7 Beta will be made available in early 2009.   SLIDESHOW: Microsoft Windows 7 presentation, PDC 2008 (21 pictures) During a presentation at PDC 2008, Microsoft senior ...

8. Azure: A cloudless sky for the Windows cloud

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 27 October 2008

     Windows gave us a first idea about its future cloud computing model earlier today, which can, depending on your understanding of cloud computing, be described as a services platform or as a cloud ...

9. Microsoft unveils cloud service Windows Azure

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 27 October 2008

   ... skills,” said Microsoft’s Bob Muglia during the demonstration at PDC 2008. The usual Hello World application was created within two minutes and deployed here http://hellocloud.cloudapp.net. A limited ...

10. Windows 7: Will it be good enough?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 26 October 2008

      PDC 2008 Preview – Microsoft will give us a first glimpse at Windows 7 this week and will introduce developers to core components of the new operating system. So far, Microsoft used every opportunity ...

11. Windows 7 gets a name: Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 13 October 2008

    ... first glimpse at Windows 7 at the upcoming PDC 2008 event, at which the company will be handing out pre-beta releases of the software. Windows 7 was originally scheduled to be released in 2010, but apparently ...

12. PDC 2008 sheds light on Windows 7 features, promises pre-beta software

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 24 September 2008

      Microsoft is beginning to build up interest in its next-generation operating system. The company confirmed that it will be handing out a pre-beta software at the PDC 2008 event next month and ...

13. Windows 7 Beta in October, final in June 2009?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 16 September 2008

    ... by Computerworld, Microsoft may roll out the first beta at one of its upcoming developer conferences – which would be the Professional Developers Conference (PDC, October 27-30) and the Windows Hardware ...

14. Microsoft to unveil Windows 7 features next month

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 15 August 2008

    ... and "in-depth technical information" about Windows 7 to developers attending its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) set to take place from October 26-29 and at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference ...

15. Leaked memo offers a peek inside Steve Ballmer's head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 27 July 2008

    ... at work and in the home." Microsoft will reveal more about its cloud platform initiatives and the next version of Live and Online technologies at this year's PDC.   Shift towards cloud computing will ...

16. TechEd 2006: Microsoft preps flash-based "performance accelerators" for Vista

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 12 June 2006

    ... at PDC in Los Angeles last September, will be a Vista feature that maintains frequently accessed data from the hard drive. ReadyBoost (which had in previous demonstrations been referred to as SuperFetch) ...

17. Merom notebooks to launch operating system from Flash memory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 February 2006

    ... with Flash memory to improve performance features of a computer as well. At last year's PDC, the company outlined its "SuperFetch" feature in Windows Vista, which preloads library system codes of most ...

18. Windows Vista product editions revealed

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 12 September 2005

      Two days before the start of Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2005, I received exclusive insider information about the product editions that Microsoft intends to create for Windows ...

19. Windows Vista SDK prepares for September release

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 09 August 2005

    ... tools and documentation will be available via MSDN and distributed at next month's PDC conference in LA. Read the complete story, with a link to the Microsoft developer who broke the story on his blog,... ...

20. Microsoft cleans up AJAX with 'Atlas'

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 29 June 2005

      BetaNews has learned that Microsoft is preparing an object oriented JavaScript framework for AJAX developers code-named "Atlas." The first Atlas bits will arrive at PDC 2005 in September following ...

21. Microsoft schedules second Longhorn event

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 09 December 2004

      Microsoft has set a date for a second Longhorn-themed Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Microsoft has set a date for a second Longhorn-themed Professional Developers Conference (PDC). ...

22. Microsoft cuts Longhorn features to met 2006 delivery date

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 31 August 2004

      The next Windows release will not ship with the WinFS unified storage system, one of the three key components of Longhorn, as outlined by Microsoft at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) ...

23. Microsoft to bring DirectX 8 gaming to PDAs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 29 October 2003

    ... Conference (PDC) come to fruition. Microsoft plans to radically boost the multimedia performance of the next generation of PDAs and smartphones based on its software, if pronouncements made at this year's ...

24. Gates Rounds Up Longhorn Plans

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2003

      At Microsoft Corp.'s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates highlighted his company's vision for the next wave of software development in ...

25. Microsoft to Color Web Services 'Indigo'

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2003

      Microsoft will unveil its Indigo strategy Monday morning at the PDC. Microsoft will unveil its Indigo strategy Monday morning at the PDC. The new scheme represents a significant change in direction ...