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Conference taking place in early November. The conference will cover the Windows 7 operating system extensively, and the sessions will be guidelines to designing hardware that takes advantage of the new technologies implemented in Windows 7.
Windows 7 can also be found on the agenda of the PDC 2008 conference that takes place from October 27 to 30, as the official website of the conference (MicrosoftPDC.com) puts it: "you can expect a lot more on Windows 7."
Five different sessions will cover Windows 7 at PDC: "Windows 7: Web Services in Native Code", " Extending Battery Life with Energy Efficient Applications", "Windows 7: Touch Computing", "Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware", "Developing for Microsoft Surface."
The WinHec conference has the following sessions this year:
Connected PCs and Devices
Audio Design for Unified Communications
Building a Communication Device in Windows 7
Building a Windows Certified Electronic Picture Frame
Common Driver Installation Errors and How to Diagnose Them
Design Considerations for Building a Windows Home Server
Discussion: Windows Home Server
PC and Device IDs in Windows 7: What You Need to Know
Plug and Play Basics
Printer Driver Development Tools and Print Verifier
USB Technology Update and Windows Strategy
Windows 7 Device Experience Overview
Windows 7 Logo Program and Design Considerations for Network Infrastructure Devices
Windows Connect Now for Wireless Devices
Windows Logo for Network Media Devices and the Role of DLNA
Windows SideShow: Building Better Devices and PCs
Core Platform & Fundamentals
Core Platform & Fundamentals
Distributing Drivers on Windows Update
Leveraging Solid-State Drives in Windows
Making Drivers Available on Windows
Network Power Management Fundamentals
New Developments in the Storage Platform
System Integrated Flash Storage
UEFI Industry Momentum: The AMD Perspective
Windows 7 Power Management Overview
Windows Logo Program Future Strategy
Enterprise Computing
Enterprise Computing
BitLocker: Protecting Portable Data in Windows
Directions for Virtualized I/O in Windows
IPv6: Deploying the Foundation for Tomorrow
Microsoft Data Center Transformation
New Windows Server Logo Requirements and Programs
Understanding the Performance Cost of Power Optimizations
Windows Presentation Virtualization
Windows Server Power Management Overview
Windows Virtualization and Cluster Shared Volumes
High Fidelity Graphics and Media
High Fidelity Graphics and Media
DirectX: Core Graphics for Windows 7
Discussion: Windows Media Center
Display and Monitor Technologies
Perspectives on the Windows TV Tuners Ecosystem
Video Improvements in Windows 7
Windows 7 Logo Program for TV Tuners and Remotes
Working with the Windows 7 Graphics Architecture
Mobile Computing
Mobile Computing
Connecting Projectors and Using Docking Stations with Windows 7
Multi-touch Designing and Testing for Logo Compliance
Multi-touch Driver Development
Multi-touch in Windows 7 Overview