Go to VSLive.com and register for Windows Anywhere - The Tablet and Mobile PC Developer Conference on February 6-10 in San Francisco. There will be three tracks:

Tablet PC Solutions Development - pen & digital ink integration
Mobile PC Solutions Development - building Mobile Windows XP applications
Business Development for Independent Software Vendors - helping ISVs get product to market

New Microsoft Conference Set for San Francisco

FTP, Inc. to Manage Microsoft Windows Anywhere - The Tablet and Mobile PC Developer Conference

Conference Dates: February 6-10, 2005

SAN MATEO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/28/2004 -- Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. (FTP) announced today that it is launching a new conference for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Microsoft Windows Anywhere - The Tablet and Mobile PC Developer Conference. This new event will run concurrently with FTP's own VSLive! San Francisco, the premier independent development conference.

"Microsoft is excited about partnering with FTP to bring the Microsoft Windows Anywhere conference to our developer community. Mobile PC applications, including those for the Tablet PC, are experiencing a great deal of growth as companies increasingly look for ways to get at their data anywhere and at anytime," said Frank Gocinski, business development manager for the Mobile Platforms Division at Microsoft Corp.

This is the first event that has a specific focus on mobile PCs, which aligns directly with Microsoft's Mobile Platforms Division. This division is focused on furthering the development of not only Tablet PC functionality, but features in the operating system that will enhance mobile computing on any notebook PC. The conference will feature three tracks of content: Tablet PC Solutions Development, which focuses on the pen and digital ink-based integration; Mobile PC Solutions Development, which focuses on building truly Mobile PC applications taking advantage of full Windows XP on mobile PCs; and a new and somewhat unique track focused on Business Development for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), which is aimed at helping ISVs produce the business value evidence and partnering expertise necessary to sell their products into the marketplace. Microsoft Windows Anywhere - The Tablet and Mobile PC Developer Conference will be February 8 and 9, plus a pre-conference workshop on February 6.

FTP founder and CEO James Fawcette said, "We're pleased to be working with Microsoft to create this exciting, new conference. Mobile PCs is a strategic area for Microsoft. By running this event concurrently with VSLive!, Microsoft and our other event sponsors will reach thousands of IT professionals in one event-packaged week."

VSLive! returns to San Francisco's Moscone West Conference Center in 2005 to deliver the most in-depth information on maximizing performance in Visual Studio .NET with how-to sessions on VB fundamentals, the .NET Framework, C# black-belt development, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and much more.

2004's stellar event turned out to be the largest VSLive! conference ever! More than 4,000 attendees and more than 100 exhibitors packed the west wing of San Francisco's Moscone Center this past March to partake in new developer and platform innovations, and hear informative keynote presentations from industry luminaries, including an appearance by Microsoft's Bill Gates.

VSLive! will be in San Francisco February 6-10, 2005, at the Moscone West Conference Center. For more information, including agenda updates and overviews of the sessions, visit http://www.vslive.com/sf.

About Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc.

FTP, founded in 1990, is the leading, independent multimedia provider of information for IT and development professionals. FTP's award-winning products include Windows Server System Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Java Pro, Enterprise Architect and WebLogic Pro; the FTPOnline network of technical sites at www.ftponline.com; and the VSLive!, Thunder Lizard, Java Pro Live! and Enterprise Architect Summit series of technical conferences.

About VSLive!

VSLive! is the premier independent developer conference for IT professionals building applications with Microsoft .NET technologies. Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. has produced VSLive! conferences, including VBITS, for 12 consecutive years in cities worldwide from Tokyo to Toronto. The event is the culmination of four unique conferences -- 10-year legacy VBITS, ASP Live!, C# Live!, and SQL Live!. VSLive! delivers smart, pragmatic content and best-of-breed exhibitors and speakers with the authority and experience to show sophisticated corporate IT professionals how to extend their development for universal impact. For more information, go to http://www.vslive.com.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. VSLive! is a registered trademark of Fawcette Technical Publications Inc. Visual Studio and Windows Server System are used by Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. under license from Microsoft.

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