Congratulations to the Windows SideShow team on the release of the Windows SideShow Device SDK 1.4 ! Windows SideShow is a technology that lets users write small gadgets for external displays. The SDK includes a simulator so you can start working with...

I've been exploring using multiple desktops in Windows and found some great resources online: Chris Jackson discusses multiple desktops (as well as how it relates to the login screen and UAC prompts) at http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/archive/2006...

Sometimes it's useful to turn off animations to improve performance, battery life, or simply because the flashiness gets in the way and becomes annoying. The obvious but incorrect solution is to simply not run the animation because sometimes the animation...