WinFX is dead, and other TechEd Announcements

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Always interesting to see what announcements come out of TechEd each year. Here are a few of the more interesting ones that are related to collaborative technologies.

WinFX is dead

In an effort to more closely align the naming of developer technologies with the strategic (Web 2.0) direction of Microsoft with WinFX is being rebranded as .NET Framework 3.0. More…

MSDN Wiki

Contribute tips and code examples to run alongside Microsoft's official Visual Studio and .Net Framework documentation. Find it here.

Services Disruption

Ray Ozzie in his keynote address sets out Microsoft’s Client-Server-Services vision that is driving the Office Live and Windows Live concepts. More…

Windows Live Dev

New Developer Site for Windows Live with Beta SDKs for Gadget and Virtual Earth development. Find it here.

There are no specific Office/SharePoint announcements yet, but Chris Capossela gets his turn to deliver a keynote session later today, so there is bound to be something to talk about a little later...