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Last updated: June 5, 2008

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Below find clips from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates keynote for download in off-line viewing or for reuse by broadcasters. To download the clips, please right-click to save.
  • Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Announced (2 min 49 sec)
    Bill Gates announces Silverlight 2 Beta 2 and S. Somasegar demonstrates how the Crossfader application was built with Silverlight.
    .wmv file (15.8 MB) | .mpg file (159 MB)
  • Demo of SQL Server 2008, SQL Server Data Services and Sync (6 min 28 sec)
    Demo showcasing SQL Server 2008 (Spatial and FileStream), the Entity Data Model, Microsoft Sync Framework, SQL Server Compact local store and the new SQL Server Data Services cloud storage.
    .wmv file (33.1 MB) | .mpg file (338 MB)
  • Application Development, Looking Ahead (1 min 44 sec)
    Bill Gates discusses the future of application development and what to expect in the coming months.
    .wmv file (10.3 MB) | .mpg file (103 MB)
  • Microsoft Robotics Studio Kit (2 min)
    University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Ballmer Bot takes the stage at Tech•Ed 2008.
    .wmv file (12 MB) | .mpg file (120 MB)

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Join Gert Drapers in this Channel 9 interview for a tour of the newly announced Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR. Gert shows the added support for SQL Server 2008, changes to the build and deploy model, the new dependency analyzer, as well as an assortment of other upgrades coming soon with the release of the GDR. Bill Gates sat down with Channel 9 right after his keynote to talk about the speech, Tech•Ed, and some of the big announcements made yesterday.

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