Microsoft to unveil Windows 7 Preview during Oct.08

Next month at Microsoft 's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, Microsoft will give attendees a pre-beta version of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista that's slated for release in late 2009.


Microsoft had said that it plans to use the event to highlight its progress on the Windows 7 kernel, networking, hardware and devices, and user interface.

"At this year's PDC, keynote attendees will be among the first to receive the pre-beta build of Windows 7," and the event will also include 21 different Windows 7 related sessions, Microsoft said in the post.


Microsoft traditionally schedules the PDC whenever it reaches a critical mass of momentum and coming technology to offer developers a sneak preview of what's coming down the road.


Microsoft has said that Windows 7 will include multi-touch powered tools for editing and arranging digital photos, as well as interactive mapping applications similar to the Concierge offering developed by Microsoft's Surface team.

Microsoft TechVista'08

TechVista, Microsoft Research (MSR) India's annual research symposium, features some of the best recognized scientists from across the world as speakers. TechVista brings together the research community, academia and government onto a common platform.

This time its going to be held at the Convention Center of The Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam. Its on 1st October.

TechVista highlights the impact research has had in various fields and demonstrates the benefits and rewards of taking up research as a career, in addition to bringing the latest developments in various research areas to the audience through the speakers.
In addition to globally recognized speakers, TechVista also features an exhibition/ poster session where the best projects from computer sciences and electrical engineering are showcased by PhD students from India’s leading technical institutions.


The speakers at TechVista 2008 include:

Prof. John Hopcroft, IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science at Cornell University.
Talk title: Computer Science in the Future. Abstract

Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and of computer science and applied mathematics at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Talk title: Program Obfuscation and One-Time Programs. Abstract

Prof. Shree Nayar, T. C. Chang Chaired Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University.
Talk title: Computational Cameras: Redefining the Image. Abstract

Dr. Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research.
Talk title: Making an Impact, Microsoft Research. Abstract

Dr. Rick Szeliski, Group Lead, Interactive Visual Media Group, Microsoft Research.
Talk title: Weaving the World's Photos. Abstract

Dr. Vijay Chandru, Chairman, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Strand Life Sciences. He is an academic turned entrepreneur.
Talk title: Computational Biology and Vice Versa. Abstract


For More details see: http://research.microsoft.com/india/techvista/