Windows Embedded Blog

Following on from the I’d never use Windows CE or Windows XP Embedded post one of the requests that came up was for the list of features or technologies contained in Windows CE 5.0 (and a comparison against Windows CE 4.2), one reason to choose an embedded...

It’s been pretty awful watching the news over the last few days, hearing about the thousands that have lost their lives, homes, families and belongings, it was only this morning that I heard on the news the number of people that are in desperate need...

From eWeek Vegas Airport is going to offer FREE wireless access starting January 4th, this won’t be interesting for the flight into Vegas for CES next week since you don’t typically hang around in the airport for long on the way into a city...

Uwe Keim posted the following comment to my “Dumber” post. But if I think about the future, I fear that we (the developers) are slightly loosing bit for bit of our knowledge to the "big framework author" (like e.g. Microsoft) and some day...

I needed to take my car for a service today (I had some strange knocking noises coming from the engine), while the mechanic was delving around under the hood and making appropriate mechanic sounds (the odd ‘hmm’ here and there – which is always a little...

This weeks CodeProject e-mail arrived with the usual interesting topics covering managed application development, controls, tools, Win32, C++, MFC etc… (I’d like to see more embedded articles on CodeProject – perhaps I need to start writing some) – one...

Question: if you have a Pocket PC or Smartphone device, how many of you have customized the Today/Home screen ? – if so, what software did you use to customize the UI ? – what customization features are important to you, image rotation, image...

I was out doing some last minute food shopping yesterday afternoon and found the display of Valentines clothing in Fred Meyers – is it just me, or are holidays and special days such as Valentines just blurring into one long shopping experience ...

I’ve just been responding to some interesting comments around my Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded post from yesterday – and noticed that I’ve just passed the 500 post mark – this month is going to be somewhat quiet since I’m...

That’s quite a strong statement, right ? – so why wouldn’t I use Windows CE or Windows XP Embedded ? The operating systems are too big There’s no support for real-time functionality The operating systems are not secure It’s too hard to configure an operating...

Just in time for “the holidays” Master Chief gets a friend, The “Channel 9 Guy” I plan on taking the Channel 9 guy to CES with me, so look out for the “C9 Guy” from CES… – Mike

I’m heading down to CES on January 5th, I think I get a whole day to run around the show floor looking at what’s cool/new/interesting – If you know of something that I need to go check out then do let me know, I will add it to my list...

I guess Christmas must be getting close, it’s cold and wet outside (actually that closely describes most days in Seattle), and the stores look like they are getting ready for Valentines day, or Easter, or something like that… I see that you...

I recorded some MSDN Channel 9 videos with Joe Morris (Windows XP Embedded SP2) and Don Box (yep, him), these have been up on MSDN Channel 9 for a few days now, so I decided to update my Blog’s Channel9 Video page – Mike

Steve Makofsky has been having some fun – check out the “Portable CE” project over on the FurryGoat blog . Steve has a USB key with an emulator image of Windows CE booting, from here he can run his Internet Browser or local applications...

If you’ve been programming against the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 (and if you haven’t, then shame on you!) then you probably have a wish list of classes that would have been nice to have in the 1.0 product (like serial support for instance...

I’ve decided to read a number of books over the Christmas period, one of the areas that interests me is user interface design, especially for embedded systems, there are some really, really bad user interfaces out there, and also some good examples...

Windows XP Embedded SP2 is now available for download – this provides a number of updates from Windows XP Embedded SP1, including Hibernate Once Resume Many (HORM), updates to the Enhanced Write Filter, all of the XP Pro security updates (Security...

I got to play with an Akimbo Video on Demand (VoD) player tonight, the box looks exactly like a set top box, and includes an IR remote control – the only thing missing from the box is the channel number, and this is deliberate. Akimbo run a service that...

RSS Feeds come to Smartphone – Handango have the FeedBurner RSS Reader for Smartphone going for about $8.00. Pretty cool, eh? – this could be useful for getting news headlines or status information from your servers etc… The FeedBurner...

I installed the MSN Desktop Search Beta a couple of days ago, this integrates an outlook search tool ( http://www.lookoutsoft.com ) with a desktop search tool – the integration with outlook is very similar to the LookOut product, the desktop search...

Technology is moving forward at a startling rate, think about how we get music – over the last 50 years we’ve gone from using records which were great for random access play (lift the needle, move to a different place on the record and drop...

From http://www.windowsfordevices.com – Microsoft is asking Windows Embedded and Windows Mobile developers to recommend technical content for publication on the Microsoft Developer Network ( MSDN ). To gather input, the company has created a pair...

ok, so this was fartoo good to pass up, this taken from Engadget – We’re not exactly sure what kind of drag races you’d want to get this thing into, but if you’re the Al Bundy type, why not go on the go? Strapped to a 750-pound...

Last night I decided to setup an 802.11g network at home so that we could remote my son and his XBOX from the main family room to the kids play room – the plan is to also use the newly connected 802.11g XBOX to remote the Media Center UI – I already have...