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1. Game console sales show unexpected strength

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   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)

   ... 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)

     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)

   ... 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

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... 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)

   ... 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)

   ... 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)

     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)

   ... 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?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      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)

    ... 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)

      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)

    ... 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)

    ... 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)

    ... 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)

    ... 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)

    ... 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)

      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)

    ... 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)

      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)

      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)

      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)

    ... 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)

      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)

      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 ...