From: Channel 9 on Wed, Jun 22 2011 7:28 PM

Montage is a free service from FUSE Labs that makes it simple to create and share online albums of web content on any topic you like. Richard Zaragoza walks us through using MyMontage and tells us more about what it is, what it’s for, and how to use it.

From: Channel 9 on Wed, Jun 22 2011 2:27 PM

Laura and Paul bring you the hottest stories that Microsofties are pinging each other about. Here’s a look at some of this week's juicy stories:Xbox 360 in the leadKodu CupCalling Droid devleopers to WP7Kinect Shop- the future?

From: Channel 9 on Tue, Jun 21 2011 8:29 PM

Last week we had our Kinect launch with a special Channel 9 Live event. Just prior to this we held a 24 hour Code Camp to allow developers to play with the Kinect SDK for 24 hours and see what they could come up with. I interviewed the teams after the event to take a look at their project and get...

From: Channel 9 on Mon, Jun 20 2011 10:20 PM

Today we are exciting to announce the release of the Windows Azure AppFabric June CTP which includes capabilities that make it easy for developers to build, deploy, manage and monitor multi-tier applications across web, business logic and database tiers as a single logical entity on the Windows ...

From: Channel 9 on Mon, Jun 20 2011 8:19 PM

Last week we had our Kinect launch with a special Channel 9 Live event. Just prior to this we held a 24 hour Code Camp to allow developers to play with the Kinect SDK for 24 hours and see what they could come up with. I interviewed the teams after the event to take a look at their project and get...

From: Channel 9 on Mon, Jun 20 2011 6:19 PM

Continuing on with our coverage of ICSE 2011, meet Dr. Victor Pankratius. Dr. Pankratius heads the Multicore Software Engineering investigator group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. He also serves as the elected chairman of the Software Engineering for parallel Systems (SEPARS)...

From: Channel 9 on Fri, Jun 17 2011 4:08 PM

Herb Sutter recently announced C++ AMP at the AMD Fusion Developer Summit as part of his keynote. Here, Daniel Moth, a program manager on Microsoft’s Parallel Computing Platform Team, digs deeper into C++ AMP with code samples and more. Please download the slides from the link be...

From: Channel 9 on Thu, Jun 16 2011 5:05 PM

You saw it at Mix—in typical fashion, our mission was to build two Jellybean robots in three weeks for the Mix keynote; no pressure, right?—and now it’s time to introduce Project Jellybean on Coding4Fun. So, here it is—the Kinect drivable lounge chair! The lounge chair has Omni-directional wheel...

From: Channel 9 on Thu, Jun 16 2011 2:05 PM

This video covers the basics of skeletal tracking using the Kinect sensor. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Kinect for Windows SDK Quickstarts samples and slides.[00:31] Skeleton Tracking API [01:24] Understanding Skeleton Quality and Joint data [03:27] Setup skeleton tra...

From: Channel 9 on Thu, Jun 16 2011 1:04 PM

Channel 9 and Microsoft Research are excited to announce the Kinect for Windows SDK Beta available to download at mark the launch we’ve hosted a 24 hour CodeCamp on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington.Fueled by coffee and pizza, 30 lucky developers were given a Kinect, the SDK Beta bits...

From: Channel 9 on Tue, Jun 14 2011 5:53 PM

Ribbon Hero 2 is a new game from the office team. It’s played inside the office applications. It's a way for the office team to get users to explore the office applications in an entertaining way. Ribbon Hero 2 has a narrative with Clippy, yes he is back and if you played Ribbon Hero 1 then...

From: Channel 9 on Tue, Jun 14 2011 4:53 PM

In part two of this two-part series, Larry Waldman, Excel Program Manager, talks in detail about how to execute the migration of Excel client solutions to web-based Excel Services solutions. Larry walks through the migration of a sample Excel client application to its new incarnation as a Web-ba...

From: Channel 9 on Mon, Jun 13 2011 3:49 PM

ICSE, the International Conference on Software Engineering,®is the premier software engineering conference, providing a forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of software engineering.Tha...

From: Channel 9 on Fri, Jun 10 2011 2:01 PM

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, Brent Stineman joins Steve to discuss the newly-released Topics and Queues features in the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus.In the news:AzureWa...

From: Channel 9 on Thu, Jun 09 2011 2:57 PM

Interested in creating a game for Windows Phone using Silverlight? In this episode, Jeff Paries, Silverlight MVP and author of the book Silverlight Animation, walks through the source for his Bird Hunt game for Windows Phone 7. He offers tips on how to create a game concept and keep your scope m...

From: Channel 9 on Mon, Jun 06 2011 12:30 PM

Paul and Laura are back in action and here to bring you the hot stories that 'Softies are pinging each other about. Stories like these: Microsoft on the ones and twos!Hacker hiredXbox 360: Not just for gamesPanoramic street views

From: Channel 9 on Thu, Jun 02 2011 7:14 PM

Susan shares her insights on how to do quick and dirty UX testing to help your application be more successful. Susan (who works with great people on the UX team, including Corrina Black, Tsitsi Gora, and Arturo Toledo) has a lot of experience working on usability and spends a lot of time working...

From: Channel 9 on Thu, May 12 2011 2:18 PM

NUI is fast becoming ubiquitous when it comes interacting with our computers. Speech, touch, and now gesture are becoming everyday control methods for our machines. What is next on the horizon of user interaction? Tobii would like that to be the gaze of your eye. I met Anders Olsson at CES this ...

From: Channel 9 on Mon, May 09 2011 1:48 PM

Games can go wrong, but they don’t have to stay that way. In this video, Elbert Perez demonstrates how you can find and squash problems in your code with the debugger. Watch, then code along at We will be featuring a new XNA Game Development video each Monday for the next ten weeks. If you simp...

From: Channel 9 on Mon, May 02 2011 5:16 PM

You don’t have to be a famous artist to make great game art. In this video, David Thany walks you through creating a background that sets the stage for your game. Watch, then draw along with the tutorial at We will be featuring a new XNA Game Development video each Monday for the next ten weeks...