Aaron Margosis blog on MSDN talks about running your PC as non-admin – the blog looks at some of the problems associated with running with full Admin rights on your desktop PC, and some of the tips/tricks to running in a less privileged mode. ...

Communication between companies and customers is becoming increasingly personal and available through blogs, podcasts, online chats, video tutorials and other technologies. Are you using these technologies to find out about what’s new with the technologies...

I’m using MSN Search as my search engine, just went looking for something and noticed that MSN Search has gone all colorful – I guess there must be a rugby game on this weekend – Mike

Only in England… A thought came to me at the Gym this morning… perhaps there is a link between the “Secret Bunker” sign and Open Source, if you have full access to an application or operating system source you could perhaps exploit vulnerabilities in...

BillG sent out an executive e-mail today which talks about Building Software That Is Interoperable By Design – you should go read it… – Mike

If you have questions around Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded or Application Development for Embedded Systems then you should check out the MSDN Chat Schedule (there’s a ton of other interesting chats also listed) Here’s some of the Embedded...

I’ve just found the following case study on the Microsoft web site – the video is pretty interesting, go take a look. Regal Entertainment Group Switches from Linux to Windows, Significantly Reduces TCO (1.5 MB video) ...

There’s an interesting article on O/S News which talks about the potential fragmentation of Linux – Having a standard operating system platform is a good thing for users and developers – why would Dell and other PC manufacturers continue...

A question that comes up at every customer meeting is how to choose between Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded – The answer can be pretty simple… Windows XP Embedded is a componentized version of Windows XP Pro, broken down to approximately...

If you have a PC, or Media Center PC at home which has music, photo’s, or video how do you get access to this content while you’re out on the road ? – perhaps give Orb a try. <from the Orb site>Orb gives you secure access to the digital media on...

Want to run an RDP client or VNC client on your Pocket PC – here’s two options… From PocketPCThoughts.com – VNC Viewer.NET (a completely managed VNC viewer) or use Nyditot software to set screen resolution and orientation and run the H/PC Pro RDP client...

If you’re interested in creating themes for your Pocket PC device then you should check out ThemeMaker McDeb by KAMWare – the tool supports landscape orientation, and up to VGA resolution. – Mike

Microsoft is going to have a booth at this years Embedded Systems Conference (ESC West) – the event is running March 6–10 2005 San Francisco, Moscone Convention Center. So, I’m thinking it would be good to have a geek meet sometime during...

Jack W. Crenshaw has written an article for Embedded.com which is titled “ Time to re-evaluate Windows CE? ” – Jack looks at a specific API, GetTickCount( ); which returns an unsigned int, this value is incremented every millisecond. The unsigned int...

John Eldridge has started blogging, John has been working in the Windows CE team since 1995, mostly at the lower levels of the operating system, kernel, drivers, bootloaders etc… John is going to be talking about debugging Windows CE operating system...

I’ve just received the latest newsletter from ThinkGeek – looks like they are getting ready for geeky valentines… There are some cool items on the site including binary clocks, LED watches (remember those ?) – Mike

I had meetings today in building 122, all of the external parking spaces were taken (there were a couple of visitor parking spaces free, but it wouldn’t be right to snag one of those) – so I parked in the parking garage across the road from the building...

In today’s Windows CE 5.0 online chat (which was pretty busy from start to finish) one of the questions that came up was whether Windows CE supports the ability to call managed code from native code (kinda like a reverse P/Invoke). There is limited...

In case you missed the near silent roll out of ActiveSync 3.8, here’s the details and download locations… Microsoft ActiveSync 3.8 is the latest synchronization software for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and Smartphones. ActiveSync 3.8 contains...

MEDC 2005 Call For Papers Microsoft MEDC 2005 ( Mobile and Embedded DevCon 2005) organizers invite you to submit proposals to speak at MEDC in our conference breakout sessions. MEDC is one of Microsoft’s most important annual technical training events...

Windows CE 5.0 and Windows XP Embedded SP2 ship with a ton of online documentation, but, do the products ship with the *right* documentation, or enough documentation for you to build and deploy the operating system images you need for your device ? If...

Hey, don’t forget that tomorrow, January 26th we have a Windows CE 5.0 online chat. January 26, 2005 – 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Pacific time – Go here to enter the chat room. We have regular Windows CE 5.0 and Windows XP Embedded SP2 online...

Windows CE 5.0 Live Chat! January 26, 2005 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Pacific time Additional Time Zones Do you have tough technical questions regarding Windows CE 5.0 for which you're seeking answers? Do you want to tap into the deep knowledge of the talented...

The Windows Embedded Student ChallengE has close to 100 teams signed up, interestingly there are not many European teams at this point – what’s up with that ??? The deadline for signing up a team is extended to Feb 6th 2005 – So, come...

Hey, excellent news, the Windows CE 5.0 video tutotials are now available for download – when you download the files, run the installer (or open the .ZIP and extract the .WMV files directly) – if you go for the .MSI install process then you...