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Introduction Seemingly, the only safe option is to never access elements that are outside the valid boundaries of an array. However, there are cases when you need to access a memory address pointing to one element past the end of an array: when traversing an array, or in algorithms that manipulate a sequence of elements. […]

Introduction Coupled to the new C# Async Community Technology Preview released during PDC 2010; is a library called Task Parallel Library Dataflow (TDF). TDF is part of a growing list of technologies built on top of the Task Parallel Library (TPL) that are part of Microsoft’s Technical Computing Initiative. Like many of the other Technical […]

Microsoft today announced several new changes to their Windows Phone Marketplace policy. Several of these changes are geared towards making it easier for developers to publish apps to their storefront. Microsoft also provided a peak into users purchasing habits stating that 1 in 10 downloads of a trial app, results in the sale of the […]

When Microsoft loads a small form factor system with Windows 7 that sits on a stand, uses a touch screen and sells for under $1000, what do you call it? Most will call it a tablet however Microsoft is calling it a PC and if that’s the case, then Apple is the second largest PC […]

Even with all the hype, all the ads, and all the money and power put behind the launch of Microsoft’s new smartphone OS, Windows Phone 7 continues to slip farther and farther behind Apple’s iPhone and Google Android. This according to the latest data released this past Monday.

Introduction Not only has Microsoft changed the user interface with the new Windows Phone 7 platform, it has fundamentally redesigned the phone operating system. In this light, it is imperative that developers understand the execution model of the Windows Phone platform so that they develop applications which are responsive to user inputs, and reliable in […]

The latest report from Bloomberg confirms the statement made by Intel CEO, Paul Otellini in February Intel CEO Paul Otellini who stated that “Microsoft has paid Nokia an “incredible” amount of money for the smartphone deal”. The new Microsoft, Nokia deal is expected to be for five years and include Nokia paying Microsoft a yet, […]

Microsoft today announced the release of Service Pack 1 (SP1) of its Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). The release was announced by S. “Soma” Somasegar, senior vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft, during his keynote address at the Tech-Ed Middle East conference in Dubai.

While just one of the four bugs being patched today are considered critical, the other three are simply “bugs” however they do effect 3 different Microsoft products including Windows Media Player, Microsoft Directshow and Microsoft Groove. Microsoft has also released a non-security related update for the Windows Software Removal Tool.

In this guide from Intel, you’ll get key information on application threading, synchronization, memory management, programming tools and more.

In this article from Intel, you discover how simple it was to reach over 20 times performance improvement with little effort.

In this parallel programming talk from Intel, you’ll learn sights into parallel programming straight from a game programmer.