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Rob Relyea, a Principal Program Manager on the Kinect for Windows team joins us again on Channel 9 to discuss all of the new features with the 1.5 release of the Kinect for Windows SDK. Download the 1.5 Release at Link Removed [00:33] Overview of the Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 Release [03:00]...

Join the Microsoft Visual C++ and Windows teams in Redmond on May 18, 2012, 0900 - 1700 PDT for an all-day Windows Camp focused on building Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++. This event will be streaming live right here on Channel 9 (media player will be on this very page)! All sessions will...

I guess I got spoiled with XP. I'm a developer working on programs that generate XML files, most of which utilize external entity references. On my old XP machine, I could just double-click on the xml file and see the full document with the included externals, and be able to expand and contract...

I've confirmed this with a few others, but would like to know if anyone else sees it. In IE8 on Windows 7, clearing cookies via Tools -> Internet Options -> Browsing History/Delete... only deletes cookies with expiration dates, leaving all session cookies (those that expire when the browser is...

I'm on win7 Ultimate 64bit & i have developed a problem. I cant install the win7 visual C++ 2008 update SP1 as i get Error code:643 every time. This also prevents me from installing nero as that also tries to install a version of win7 visual C++ 2008 & gives an error at that stage & then closes...

It’s a great day for Windows enthusiastic and developers, Microsoft has released Windows 8 Developers Preview after the Windows 8 Build developers conference. The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. Windows Developer Preview with developer tools...

Christian Stockwell, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at how developers can use Positioned Floats, a new CSS feature in the second build of the IE10 Platform Preview. This developer sample demonstrates how to use Positioned Floats in combination with other advanced CSS constructs...

Sharon Newman, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at how developers can add drag and drop functionality to their websites using HTML5 drag and drop and the File API. The sample used in the video and the second IE10 Platform Preview are available on the Link Removed. Link Removed...

Herb Sutter introduces the Link Removed crowd (and the world!) to Microsoft's view on heterogeneous computing in the concurrency age and introduces one of Microsoft's upcoming technologies for democratizing GPGPU/APU/Multi-Core/Many-Core programming for native developers: C++ Accelerated Massive...

Join Brandon Watson as he interviews the people behind the next release of Windows Phone, Mango. In this installment he chats with Steve Cosman- one of the people behind the new Bing Audio. Link Removed Link Removed

In this episode of Visual Studio Toolbox, we talk about reuse, something we want as much of as we can get. We look at how you can create your own item template. We take an XAML splash screen and turn it into an item template that shows up when in the Add New Item dialog box. Then, we take a look...

Join Brandon Watson as he interviews the people behind the next release of Windows Phone, Mango. In this installment he chats with Andrew Clinick- one of the people behind the new App Platform. Windows Phone will challenge the way people think about apps. Today their usefulness is measured by...

You can learn all about the next release of Windows Phone, code named "Mango" in Link Removed video- this video is strictly for the devs. Matt Bencke gave us all the 411 on what is to be expected in the Developer Tools that were released TODAY. Make sure to Link Removed and start developing...

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Clint discuss the week's top developer news, including: John Papa - Mix11 3D HouseBuilder Silverlight application is now available Kirill Osenkov - Link Removed now available for WP7 Jef Claes - Link Removed WebMatrix site Somasegar - Link Removed IE Team blog -...

The recent Visual Studio Async CTP SP1 refresh includes many core improvements, bug fixes and new support for WP7 and VS Express. Architect Stephen Toub digs into some of the updates and explains how making your own awaitable types has gotten easier in this release. As usual, Stephen covers a...

Google's decision to transition its applications to Web standards offers telling insight into the HTML5 standardization process Google technologies are known for their extended beta test periods -- so much so that when the search giant actually ships a finished product it's front page news. But...

Tony Goodhew is a Microsoft veteran in the developer tools division and has returned home to his roots in VC++ (he was a program manager on VC6). One of Tony's priorities is that of effective communication with developer customers who expect open and honest answers to ALL of their questions. How...

In this inaugural episode of the SharePoint Sideshow show, Paul Stubbs and Donovan Follette, technical evangelists for SharePoint and Office, respectively, introduce developers to the possibilities of building solutions on the SharePoint and Office platform. Here you’ll see some examples of what...

Want to build a Bing web and image search using Silverlight for Windows Phone 7? Kirupa Chinnathambi of the Expression team shows you just how to do that in this week's episode. Kirupa covers a lot of topics as he builds the app, including how to: wire up the app add the image templates use...

You probably already know that the final version of Windows Phone Developer Tools wasshipped today! In celebration, we decided to walk through the corridors of Studio F (where most of the devs, PMs, and testers are), and talk with a few of the people who are behind this great release of Windows...