John Coyne's Embedded Blog

I’ve been receiving emails for weeks “What’s with the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Commercials?” and “What do they mean?” Basically they were primers for our newly launched Campaign: Windows – Life without walls. While they didn’t say that, the new one does...

  I poked in on the teams yesterday, and they were hard at work, still trying to identify all the things that should be on the Certification exam... I must say, it is a very difficult task - there's so much information to cover, and we have to figure...

  Today, we announced the v3.0 launch of the Zune Software ! Lots of new features, as well as new devices ! Included in this are a new Blue 8, a 16, and a 120! very cool devices.   New software features include the ability to Tag songs heard...

I'm here on Campus in Redmond, sitting in on the debate discussions on what should and should not be on a certification test, as well as how to ask the right questions. There are several MVP's and industry experts here in the room with our Learning folks...

  So a lot of you read about the Microsoft Certified Professional Exam for Windows Embedded CE a while back. Initially, we offered a voucher for 50% off - that expired August 31st... Well I'm happy to say we're putting it back on! simply email mswepp...

  Hey Campers, As Promised here's a couple pictures from our Booth at CEDIA Expo 2008 in Denver, CO. we were showcasing the latest and greatest from the Media Center PC category, as well as Home Server . Very cool Show!   You should seriously...

  as you may or may not have heard, we recently launched the Microsoft Certified Professional Cert for Windows Embedded CE . Now we're at it again, with a certification for Windows Embedded Standard (the next version of XPE), as   I mentioned...

Windows Embedded is a platinum Sponsor for the Canalys Navigation Forum Happening this week in Budapest, Hungary. This is the event where all of the players in the PND space get together and decide which direction to go. Kind of like a trade show! in...

  Hey friends - You may have seen Mike or Olivier's post about the next innovation from the Spark your imagination program. This latest program is setup so you can submit cool ideas to Microsoft - then a panel of judges will pick the coolest idea...

I was on the show floor today at CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design & Installation Association) Expo 2008, in Denver Colorado! From the home theater aficionado to the guy who needs the dummies book, this is one of the cooler trade shows out there. from...