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• See You in New York!

  I'm heading to New York City today for the Windows 7 launch. If you're going to be in town, and are 21 or over, please do stop by the Windows 7 launch party I'm co-hosting with Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, and Tom Warren . Others you may know from... Posted Oct 21 2009, 11:13 AM by pthurrott with | with 42 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Personal, Travel and events, Book: Windows 7 Secrets

• This week: Microsoft launch event in The Netherlands

  I'm traveling to The Netherlands this week to participate in the "Join the New Efficiency" launch event that's happening Thursday in The Hague, The Netherlands. Here's the info about my session from Microsoft The Netherlands: Windows... Posted Oct 05 2009, 09:36 AM by pthurrott with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Personal, Travel and events

• Yet another new version of Windows for Europe

  Or, to be more specific, for Amsterdam. The Red Light District of Amsterdam. :) Seen while waiting on my kids, who were shopping for souvenirs. It's called "Windows XXX." Posted Jul 30 2009, 05:57 AM by pthurrott with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: Humor, Travel and events

• I Amsterdam

  My family and I are flying to Amsterdam this evening. We'll be in Europe for about three weeks and should be doing some side trips around Belgium and The Netherlands, as well as five days in Paris visiting friends. I don't believe this will impact... Posted Jul 18 2009, 01:18 PM by pthurrott with | with 52 comment(s) Filed under: Personal, Travel and events

• WinHEC 2008: Microsoft announces support for 256 processors in Windows Server 2008

  Which is odd, since I wrote about this two weeks ago . Anyway. :) Here’s the word from Microsoft: The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) continued in Los Angeles today with a keynote from Bill Laing, corporate vice president, Windows Server... Posted Nov 06 2008, 02:05 PM by pthurrott with | with 46 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Travel and events

• News from WinHEC 2008

  Like many people, I opted out of WinHEC 2008 when Microsoft scheduled the show back to back with PDC. (They won’t be doing that again, fortunately.) Anyhoo, today is the first day of WinHEC, and here are some of the developments from the show: Today at... Posted Nov 05 2008, 02:25 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Travel and events

• PDC 2008: I’m always in the way

  I was sitting in front of Alexander Schek at the Windows 7 reviewers workshop Sunday. Here’s a funny picture he took of this.   Sitting behind Paul Thurrott who takes 80% of my view :) Good stuff. Sorry about that, Alexander. :) Maybe if you were... Posted Oct 31 2008, 11:12 AM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Travel and events, PDC 2008

• Live from PDC 2008: Day 3

  10/29/2008 10:29 PM – Final update – Well, it’s finally over. After hitting a final session with Raf, a big group of us went out to dinner after taking a ride on the famed LA Metro (someone has to use it). Here are some pictures… I’m flying home early... Posted Oct 29 2008, 11:31 AM by pthurrott with | with 78 comment(s) Filed under: Travel and events, PDC 2008

• Live from PDC 2008: Day 2

  Latest updates are on the top…. 10/28/2008 3:28 PM – In a session with Raf and Stephen.. 10/28/2008 2:53 PM – Here we go. 10/28/2008 2:44 PM – I’ll try to get a better one later, but here’s a shot of the Windows 7 boot screen. 10/28/2008 2:07 PM – Stephen... Posted Oct 28 2008, 10:45 AM by pthurrott with | with 59 comment(s) Filed under: Travel and events, PDC 2008

• PDC 2008: Microsoft Unveils the Windows Azure Cloud OS

  This will be in WinInfo tomorrow, but in the interest of expediency… PDC 2008: Microsoft Unveils the Windows Azure Cloud OS During the opening keynote address for its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 in Los Angeles on Monday morning, Microsoft... Posted Oct 27 2008, 01:35 PM by pthurrott with | with 43 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Travel and events, Cloud computing, PDC 2008

• Live from PDC 2008: Day 0

  10/26/2008 7:57 AM – Well, so much for an early start. :) We’re off soon to get our PDC passes, but first up is some photos from last night’s party at the Standard Hotel. Rafael and Long. Rafael and Gary. More in a bit… 10/26/2008 11:38 AM – Some photos... Posted Oct 26 2008, 12:03 PM by pthurrott with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: Travel and events, PDC 2008

• Live from PDC 2008 (well, sort of): Day –1

  10/25/2008 11:02 AM - I'm somewhere over the middle of the country as I write this, heading to LA on AA Flight 25. 4:45 am came painfully quickly, but that was expected. A few words about the technology I'm bringing along this time. Two laptops... Posted Oct 25 2008, 06:33 PM by pthurrott with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Travel and events, PDC 2008

• Microsoft to debut next Office at PDC

  This isn’t exactly news , but what the heck: Windows 7 and Windows Cloud may be the main attractions at Microsoft's upcoming Professional Developers Conference, but the next version of Office will also be on show. 'Office 14', as the product... Posted Oct 22 2008, 03:26 PM by pthurrott with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, Travel and events, Developer

• Tonight: Windows 7 presentation

  I’ll be discussing Windows 7 (and a few other topics; see below) at the Boston Area Windows Server User Group this evening, so if you’re in the area, come on down. Here are the details about the location and event: Boston Area Windows Server User Group... Posted Oct 01 2008, 11:59 AM by pthurrott with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Home Server, Personal, Travel and events, Small Business Server

• Microsoft announces PDC details

  PDC 2008 is going to be awesome. The latest example of why comes courtesy of Microsoft’s Channel 9, which notes that PDC attendees are getting a 160 GB hard drive full of software: Okay, okay, maybe we’ve been a little too tight lipped about what we’re... Posted Sep 23 2008, 10:52 AM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Live, Travel and events, Cloud computing, Developer