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HTML 5 is the glue for the cloud, says Ballmer

...out of the cloud, Ballmer told the audience at Microsoft's 2010 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) on Thursday. He highlighted Microsoft's work on natural... Read more

29 October, 2010 by Simon Bisson

Windows Phone 7 "selling well" so far

...this by giving phones to the 30,000 developers who attended its Professional Developers Conference held on Microsoft's Redmond campus last week, ahead of... Read more

3 November, 2010

The death of Silverlight has been greatly exaggerated

...unwittingly threw a spanner in the Silverlight works at last week's Professional Developers Conference by telling ZD Net's All Things Microsoft blogger Mary... Read more

1 November, 2010

Why all that crapware will kill the PC

Turn on a brand new PC - like I did for my mother-in-law last weekend - and the first thing I do is close a popup from a... Read more

13 August, 2010

Windows Azure: Inside Microsoft's cloud computing strategy

...norm," he said. A self-contained server unit on display at the Professional Developers Conference last year(Photo credit: Ina Fried/CNET) One significant difference... Read more

28 June, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Windows 7: Mixed reviews from PDC attendees

...operating system update. Windows 7 arrived in various forms at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Windows vice president Steven Sinofsky showed its... Read more

29 October, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft.Net to woo developers in US

...for its software-as-a-service vision. This week's annual Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Orlando will be Microsoft's true proving ground. If... Read more

11 July, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

IE9, Silverlight 4, Office 2010 in the PDC spotlight

...Division president Steven Sinofsky announced on the second day of Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Other key announcements included the beta of... Read more

19 November, 2009 by Mary Branscombe and Simon Bisson

Microsoft, Acer team up on Windows 7 laptop

...Sinofsky, at the day-two keynote at the software giant's annual Professional Developers Conference, being held in Los Angeles. "What we wanted to learn... Read more

19 November, 2009 by Liam Tung

Microsoft sets January date for Azure

...chief software architect, on the first day of the company's 2009 Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Integration with Visual Studio 2010 will simplify... Read more

18 November, 2009 by Mary Branscombe and Simon Bisson
Ozzie: Success of Azure comes down to trust

Ozzie: Success of Azure comes down to trust

...site, CNET News.com, in Los Angeles on Monday at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference. Ozzie said Microsoft is well-positioned to garner that trust... Read more

28 October, 2008 by Ina Fried

Glimpses into future Windows

...sites. Gates made the announcements during his keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) here. Gates opened his keynote by taking a swipe... Read more

13 July, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley
Ozzie gives the lowdown on Windows Azure

Ozzie gives the lowdown on Windows Azure

Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie talks with CNET News.com's Ina Fried about Microsoft's OS for the cloud Read more

30 October, 2008 by Ina Fried

Microsoft offers patch for unreleased software

The security update fixes a critical hole in the pre-beta version of Windows 7, due to be distributed to attendees of PDC 2008 on Tuesday Read more

28 October, 2008 by Elinor Mills
MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Live Update From the <endeca_term>Professional Developers Conference</endeca_term> (Level 300

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Mobile Application Development: Live Update From the Professional Developers Conference (Level 300

The presenter of this webcast share lots of news announced at Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and demonstrate some of the cool upcoming technologies Read more

29 October, 2008

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