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Introduction The control library that ships with Windows is undoubtedly the most widely used component library that has ever shipped, and when this high usage is combined with the great time span that Windows has been shipping, the compatibility challenge for the control libraries of Windows is very difficult to address. The wonderful MSDN blog […]

The details for this years Professional Developers Conference have finally been posted and one of the sessions will cover Microsoft Silverlight and includes a cryptic message “This will be a great Silverlight session, but we can’t disclose any details until after PDC keynotes.” Delegates are encouraged to check back in after the keynote for additional […]

HTML5 support could spell the end for the Microsoft dominated smartphone market. iDevices from Apple are the single most used devices in Starbucks stores than any others device. With no support for Microsoft Silverlight, .NET code and noting special for Windows Mobile 7 features, could this set a trend for smartphone devices in the years […]

At the SAE Convergence 2010 event this week, Microsoft announced that their new Windows Embedded Automotive 7 is currently available partners. New new OS offers touch input, improved speech commands, upgraded mapping, navigation, third-party applications and of course music. The integrated Silverlight engine will allow their partners to create 2D and 3D graphics on their […]

Introduction Microsoft introduced LightSwitch applications very recently. It is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio which can be a standalone on Visual Studio 2010 or could accommodate itself as a part of the normal Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 IDE. The LightSwitch applications are introduced for creating a line of business applications which are more data-centric. Most […]

The new Microsoft AppHub is a subscription based website created by Microsoft and for developers who create marketable apps for Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and Xbox LIVE. The App Hub will also offer many free tools that will include Visual Studio 2010 Express, a Windows Phone Emulator, XNA Game Studio 4.0, Microsoft Expression Blend for […]

Microsoft Windows Automotive 7 will provide a better user interfaces, a wider range of in-car applications and a much improved voice control system. The new platform will also provide support for Microsoft Silverlight for Windows Embedded. Windows Automotive 7 will primary be used to create fancy GUIs for the on-board infotainment systems.

Sling Media will offer another way to to see live TV and record TV on your new Windows 7 Phone. Sling will offer a set top box that you can use to stream video from your TV and over the internet to your Windows 7 Phone equipped with Sling. Sling already offers a mobile apps […]

Introduction Since the advent of computing, production mode application failures have caused many developers to grimace in pain because of the lack of ability to debug on a production server which could amount to huge monetary impact on business operations). Since these developers don’t have access to the live process, they ask for the next […]

Microsoft released their new Business Productivity Online BPOS, Live@Edu and Office Live Small Business services which are now bundled under the new “Office 365” umbrella. In addition, Microsoft launched a beta release of their new BPOS v2 services. Final delivery is promised by 2011.

Microsoft unveils the all new Windows Embedded Automotive 7. This is their latest version of their embedded Automotive platform. Built on Silverlight, the Microsoft Embedded Automotive 7 is geared towards auto makers and suppliers who build the components such as communication, entertainment, navigation and information systems for vehicles.

Microsoft has made many attempts at the mobile market. With such products as the WinPad, Windows Mobile and the Win CE OS’s, their efforts have just not paid off. And while Microsoft has been able to grab a small market share, they still cannot compete with the major players like RIM, Apple or even Google. […]