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Two events are happening next week that will be streamed live online. You have a chance to join both. One has Scott Guthrie, the other has me!

Are you heading to TechEd 2012 in Orlando this year? Even if you are not, are you aware of the Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions that will be streamed live?

While nearly everyone seems to agree that Microsoft simplified the numbers of editions of Windows 8, there seems to be confusion on how to count the Windows 8 editions.

Gartner predicts that by 2013, "Cloud computing will grow to 20% or more of the total IT budget. As a developer, where do your Cloud skills current stand? Have you built your first application yet? Have you even taken thirty minutes to follow one of the walkthroughs that are available?

A Windows 8 Developer Preview was released several months ago and an updated preview is due to be released any time (word on the street is end of February). When you look at Windows 8, and you consider statistics such as the one in my headline, you can see that things could get interesting when Windows 8 hits the market.

Microsoft officially announced that a new Kinect for Windows device will be released on February 1st along with a commercial license for using the Kinect SDK. This new device shouldn't be seen as simply a toy any more than a computer mouse is a toy.I posted an article today on Codeguru, "Kinect for Windows: A New Interface for Your Apps." In this article, I touch on the licensing, show a bit of code, and more. Using a few lines of code, You'll see how little code is needed to start integrating with a Kinect! Rather than my repeating everything here, take a look at the article! Click now!