The Show Off votes have been tabulated, and we have winners!  In third place:  Clipboard History for Visual Studio; in second place: Multi-Channel Virtual Earth and in first place… Brian the Build Bunny.  These entries will each recieve $500 Visa Gift Cards.  Check out these innovative creations on [more...]

Go to: http://m.microsoftpdc.com/ for the PDC mobile experience.

The long awaited “The Devil’s Field Guide to the PDC” is the ultimate insider’s guide to having the best PDC experience ever.  It answers questions that attendees of any type of large Microsoft conference event ponder, for example: • Where do all the Microsofties hang out after the event? • How do I get the backchannel instead of what the mainstream media wants me to hear? [more...]

Angelenos have a well-deserved reputation as laid-back -- but when it comes to movies, they can be as passionate and serious as the most diehard cinephile.  There are convenient places to check out the latest high-profile releases – like downtown’s no-frills Laemmle’s Grande 4-Plex, or the pricey ArcLight [more...]

The Los Angeles music scene may not be as cohesive as when jazz clubs lined Central Avenue in the 1940s or when Axl and friends emerged as the kings of the Sunset Strip in the 1980s – but there are always a huge number of live events going on, from classical to hip-hop to country to rock to bebop.  We’ve picked out some downtown-centric music highlights for the week of the PDC [more...]