I am leaving Microsoft at the end of the month to pursue a new career direction.  For all of you who have been reading my sporadic posts, thanks for listening and posting so many good questions. I’m certain I will start blogging again at some point...

    In 2008, NEXT decided to work with Microsoft ® and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Conchango to develop a proof of concept for a scalable Web-based kiosk application and says it was immediately impressed with the solution. The development...

I’ve been meaning to blog this for ages.  For those of you who aren’t aware the .NET Micro Framework porting kit is now available through the MS Store. The price has been significantly reduced in price and is available through the US Store &...

1. To help you deliver their next generation of embedded devices successfully, we have announced the availability (as of July 1) of Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition with Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Embedded subscription.  This provides...

A new addition to the Windows Embedded Server product range was announced at ESC Silicon Valley yesterday Windows Embedded Server enables OEMs to design, build and deploy dedicated, durable server appliances that have smaller footprints, robust networking...

Today MySpace have announced support for Silverlight and Windows Mobile - http://in.sys-con.com/node/898377 .  Later this week the Silverlight Toolkit for MySpace on will be made available on CodePlex - http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2009/public...

Catherine pointed me at some really interesting research that she has been doing recently, highlighting the impact of various forecasts for future supply/demand of embedded devices. Forecasts from the EU’s Artemis initiative predict “ more than 16 billion...

Windows-based POS Terminals Steal Market Share from Linux: Study March 8, 2009 POS Terminals running Microsoft Windows operating systems increased from 71 percent of shipments to nearly 76 percent in 2008, taking share away from Linux and other operating...

We would like to invite you to a session titled “Windows Azure Update, What it is & What it isn’t” including a Q&A session with 3 x members of the Azure team from Microsoft Corp along with a session that introduces “UK AzureNET” which is the name...

Here’s some resources from last week’s Windows Phone announcement. Steve Ballmer and Andy Lees’ Mobile World Congress keynote featured this video showcasing Windows Mobile 6.5 … ( Source with lots more content, including Windows Mobile, Zune and Desktop...

If you're interested in Windows CE 6 and want to install the trial version, you'll find that it is hosted as a Visual Studio 2005 plug in. The visual studio trial edition is no longer available on the Microsoft Download web site, but you can still download...

Rob Miles has come up with a new spin on seasonal project by making his festive lights flash red whenever he posts a new entry on his blog :). Check out http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2008/11/27/9149635.aspx for all of the information on the...

Microsoft Silverlight powers rich application experiences wherever the Web works including mobile devices. Silverlight provides a homogenous platform for developers to target a large number of devices as well as deliver rich interactive applications with...

Rob Miles , a professor at the University of Hull , and with whom I had the pleasure of delivering a couple of .NET Micro Framework [2] sessions at TechEd EMEA last year, has released his C# teaching materials for free. He has called it the "yellow book...

You need to look no further than... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/aa714506.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/aa714516.aspx Happy building - Dave

Frank blogged about this cool device yesterday .  MirrorPilot is a Satellite Navigation device that's behind a semi-transparent mirror (so you don't see it when it's off).  Running CE 5.0, the BSP is designed by Keith & Koep and the navigation...

If you're looking at connected device solutions and are interested in how they fit into the Next Web then check out ReMIX 08. ReMix UK 08 runs from 18 - 19 September 2008 at the Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton . We'll be looking at the 'Next Web...

The .NET Micro Framework v3.0 Beta is available to download from the Microsoft Connect Site.  More information on the Micro Framework team Blog ---> here . The beta is hosted at http://connect.microsoft.com/netmf includes the following features...

OK - so this blog is in desperate need of a relaunch. But whilst I'm working on some new content I couldn't resist bringing you a sneak preview of our newest version of Windows CE. ScarecrowReady... No it's not a real product, but always interesting...

I blogged about this a while back , to guage demand, and I'm happy to report that, based on your feedback, a .NET Micro Framework Porting Training session has been scheduled for Sunday, November 4, 2007 in conjunction with TechED Developers Europe in...

I recently did some work with Road Angel, a Satellite Navigation company in the UK, around an Enterprise vehicle tracking system called Mileage Management, which they have developed with their Partner Alpha Micro. Checkout the Video Case Study . Well...

The June 12th XP Embedded Chat transcript is available on MSDN. The chat, covers a number of topic areas including XP Embedded "Update Rollup 1.0", Windows Media Player 11 componentisation, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) availability and what the...

Every considered that, in certain circumstances, it would be useful to query the XP Embedded repository directly rather than using the Target Designer or Component Database Manager? If you simply want to find out which components contain a particular...

Whilst at MEDC last week I had a number of conversations regarding the possibility of running a Micro Framework Hardware Porting Lab in Europe. We would really like to do this but would like to assess demand, so that we can ensure the training is appropriate...

Those of you at my MEDC session in Berlin would have seen me build a Micro Framework application, from scratch, that allowed you to visually set a desired temperature and then communicate this across an RS232 interface. For the demo I used the Freescale...