PDC 2005 - CLR: Leveraging Dynamic Language Features - Erik Meijer - 2005/09 YouTube video by WalkingCat

PDC 2005 - CLR: Leveraging Dynamic Language Features - Erik Meijer - 2005/09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E31k...

Theseus, a static Windows emulator

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#windev #win32 #windows #windowsdev

Saturday reading 📚

Stephen Toub on 10 months of Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime.

Data-driven, honest, what worked and what didn't.

devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/ten-months-with-cca-in-dotnet-runtime/

Session Catalog Explore the session lineup. Gain the insights and expertise you need to drive impact.

Build 2026 Session Catalog
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Session Catalog Explore the session lineup. Gain the insights and expertise you need to drive impact.

Build 2026 Session Catalog
build.microsoft.com/sessions/

Microsoft’s executive shake-up continues as developer division chief resigns Another veteran Microsoft executive departs

scoop: another veteran Microsoft executive is leaving the company. Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft’s developer division (DevDiv), is resigning from the software giant after 34 years. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/908793/...

When a billboard survives the wind, but not the boot This GRUB is not an advert for some tasty fried food Bork!Bork!Bork!  It's one thing to bare your undercarriage in private. It's a whole other thing to do so on the side of a road, risking the possibility that passing drivers will question your Linux competence.…

When a billboard survives the wind, but not the boot

Windows World 1993 - [Keynote] Announcing Windows NT 3.1 Release - Bill Gates - 1993/05 YouTube video by WalkingCat

Windows World 1993 - [Keynote] Announcing Windows NT 3.1 Release - Bill Gates - 1993/05 www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0KV...

the Z-80 SoftCard.

On this day in 1980, Microsoft announced their very first hardware product: the Z-80 SoftCard for the Apple II.

It’s a special year, please join us for a special Xbox Games Showcase and Gears of War: E-Day Direct double feature on June 7th. Xbox FanFest also returns. We cannot wait to show you what teams have been working on!

news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

Monday night Richard Campbell and I recorded the 2000th episode of .NET Rocks!, a podcast I started in 2002!

Celebrating 30 Years of Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Community Hub Exchange Server is 30 years old!  

Celebrating 30 Years of Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Community Hub! 🦋
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchang...

Announcing TypeScript 6.0 - TypeScript TypeScript 6.0 is now available! TypeScript 6 is a stepping-stone release, aligning with the upcoming native-speed 7.0 release.

TypeScript 6.0 is now available!

This release brings better type-checking for methods, new standard library features, new module features for Node.js, and more!

But most important, this release brings us one step closer to the upcoming native-speed 7.0!

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...

The .NET Show - Ep. 32: IIS 6.0 & ASP.NET - Eric Deily, Rob Howard - 2003/05 YouTube video by WalkingCat

several long lost episodes of .NET Show and MSDN TV videos are recovered, thanks to some @archive.org user who archived a rare MSDN Library DVD recently, so I will publish them on YouTube in the coming weeks :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK_s...

Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes - but no apologies Microsoft's Windows boss just sent out a long non-apology to frustrated Windows 11 users, promising big changes. Here's a translation of what you can really expect.

Microsoft finally started paying attention to what its customers are saying about Windows 11. Good news: You will soon be able to move the taskbar to the top or side of the display again!

wondering what @markrussinovich.bsky.social thinks about this, IIRC he always put the taskbar aside since 20 years ago 😝

Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar Microsoft is also working on a smaller taskbar option

Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar. You'll be able to move the taskbar to the sides or top of your screen, and Microsoft is also working on a smaller taskbar too. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/897849/...

MDC 2004 - Windows Mobile Hardware Update - Avi Geiger - 2004/03 YouTube video by WalkingCat

MDC 2004 - Windows Mobile Hardware Update - Avi Geiger - 2004/03 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5P_...

Mobile DevCon 2004 - [Keynote] Developing Seamless Computing Experiences - Bill Gates - 2004/03 www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Eh...

Microsoft Fortran PowerStation 32 for Windows NT Demo - 1993/10 YouTube video by WalkingCat

Microsoft Fortran PowerStation 32 for Windows NT Demo - 1993/10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_rn...

Keynote: 25 Years of the Microsoft SDL - Michael Howard - NDC Security 2026 YouTube video by NDC Conferences

Keynote: 25 Years of the Microsoft SDL - Michael Howard - NDC Security 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co8G...

GDC 2026: Announcing new tools and platform updates for Windows PC game developers Our focus is clear: making Windows 11 the best place for game developers to create, experiment, ship and scale. Windows is an open, flexible platform that supports choice across engines, tools,…

GDC 2026: Announcing new tools and platform updates for Windows PC game developers

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#gdc #windowsdev #gamedev #windows #directx #xboxmode

PDC 2005 - Visual Basic: Future Directions in Language Innovation - Paul Vick - 2005/09 YouTube video by WalkingCat

PDC 2005 - Visual Basic: Future Directions in Language Innovation - Paul Vick @panopticoncentral.net - 2005/09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHuB...

.NET 11 Preview 2 is now available! - .NET Blog Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 2 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, .NET MAUI, and more!

.NET 11 Preview 2 is now available!

Tony Hoare: "Software error is a form of lower back pain" 😅

The Science of Computing and the Engineering of Software - Tony Hoare - 2009/05 www.youtube.com/watch?v=buvl...

Sir Tony Hoare has passed. He gave us Quicksort and the logic underpinning modern concurrency. Yet, he’s most famous for what he called his "billion dollar mistake": the null reference. A titan who shaped every line of code you've ever written. #programming 1/4

The Microsoft Game Business - Chris Satchell - 2007/04 YouTube video by WalkingCat

The Microsoft Game Business - Chris Satchell - 2007/04 www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_NW...

Microsoft Build, June 2-3, 2026 / San Francisco and online Go deep on real code and real systems with the teams building and scaling AI at Microsoft Build, June 2–3, 2026, in San Francisco and online.

The registration site for Microsoft Build is now live and it uses Cascadia Code EVERYWHERE ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

(Cascadia Code is the new font we built for Windows Terminal ✨)

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