The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is the annual conference where Microsoft sets out its hardware plans for Microsoft Windows-compatible PCs.

Events

• 2006 – Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington. May 23-25, 2006. Attendance of about 3,500.
  • Microsoft announced the release of beta 2 of Windows Vista, Windows Server "Longhorn" and Microsoft Office 2007.
  • The Free Software Foundation staged a protest outside the venue, wearing yellow hazmat suits and handing out pamphlets explaining that Microsoft products are "defective by design" because of the Digital Rights Management technologies included in them.

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