Good morning, I thought I’d start the week with a give-away of the ten Tech-Ed Conference DVD sets sitting on my desk. So, if you live in the UK and would like me to pop one in the post to you, email me your address details and the first ten to reply will get the goodies. Have a good week. Allison

Hi! I'm Alfred Biehler, working with Microsoft UK alongside Claire in Microsoft's Developer platform group. My focus is on all our UK developers, and I've been given the opportunity to attend the MIX conference at Las Vegas. My expectations of the event was high, and I'm not disappointed! For starters: You can join in this amazing event ...

The .NET Framework 3.0 - Release Candidate also became available yesterday. Formerly known as WinFX, this Community Technology Preview of .NET Framework 3.0 enables you to continue experimenting with early builds of Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code named "Avalon")Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code ...

I received a mail just after midnight UK time from Jim Allchin that starts "A few moments ago, the Windows Vista leads completed the sign off process for Release Candidate 1!" The Windows Vista Team Blog is also carrying the news :-This just in:  Platforms and Services Co-President Jim Allchin has just now posted an announcement ...

I've just installed Windows Live Writer (Beta). I quite like it, although I note that the tablet input panel doesn't activate (neither does it in Firefox, hence GeckoTIP) so I've sent that feedback as I use a slate most of the time.