Techno Babble

MIX is an annual conference for developers, designers and business professionals to learn all about the current and forthcoming technologies from Microsoft, particularly targeted at the Web and Web applications.

This years conference was held from March 5-7, 2008 in Las Vegas.

Sessions presented at MIX 08 can now be found at

http://sessions.visitmix.com/

together with those from previous years.

For Mix 08 there are a total of 89 presentations which are summarised in the following list:

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• Accessing Windows Live Services via ATOM Publishing Protocol (APP)
• Anatomy of a Dynamic SharePoint Website
• Adding Instant Messaging To Any Site
• Applications = Designers + Developers
• Advanced Cross-Browser Layout with IE 8
• Beneath the Surface: The Natural Experience Vision
• Advanced Search Engine Optimisation (SEO): Generating More Site Traffic from Search.
• Bring Your Data to Life with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

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AT&T are bringing the Microsoft Surface™ to their stores in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Francisco on April 17.

The Microsoft Surface™ is the first commercially available computer from Microsoft that allows the user to interact with the device by using touch or gestures and the placement of other devices on the display surface. AT&Tare the first company to use the device in a retail outlet.

Customers will be able to find out the details of a particular mobile phone by simply placing it on the display surface or compare features of 2 phone by placing them side by side.

Other features will be provided that allow a customer to check the coverage in their local area using interactive maps that can be explored using simple touch and hand movements.

In the future, customers will be able to drag ring-tones, graphics and videos from a menu of options on the display and dropping them into the phone.

Details (press release) from AT&T are available at

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2604 

Details of the Microsoft Surface™ (from Microsoft) are available at

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

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