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Starbucks iCup coming to campus!
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Just been reading Alex Barnetts blog - Alex has evidence that Startucks iCup (interractive cup) is being installed across campus. - Mike
Windows Embedded Blog
Windows CE 6.0 (Beta) Virtual Lab LIVE!
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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If you are interested in getting "Hands on" with the Beta of Windows CE 6.0 you can now head over to MSDN Virtual Labs and take a 90 minute hands on lab - you don't need Visual Studio or Windows CE tools installed to run the lab - you will need to install...
Windows Embedded Blog
Robot SDK coming to WE-DIG August Meeting.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Date: Wednesday August 2, 2006 Time: 6:30 - 9:00pm At: Bldg 117, Chinook, Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA ===== Theme: Robotics SDK ===== Yes, we know. You got into software because you were inspired by visions of robots from all the Sci-Fi...
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XPE - HORM Manager Pro.
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Alexander Wechsler (MVP for Windows Embedded) has been working on a utility to make it easier to build Windows XP Embedded systems that use EWF (the Enhanced Write Filter) and HORM (Hibernate Once, Resume Many) - The utility is called HORM Manager Pro...
Windows Embedded Blog
Virtual PC Differencing Drives.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Sometimes you really don't know what you don't know until you stumble across something that shows you what you didn't know. In my case I'm using Virtual PC 2004 to build some Virtual labs for Windows CE 6 - We get 'daily builds' of the Windows CE operating...
Windows Embedded Blog
Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell (of SysInternals fame) are moving to Microsoft through the acquisition of Winternals Software . Mark Russinovich will join the Microsoft Platforms & Services Division as a technical fellow, working with numerous...
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Windows XP Embedded Boot.ini and Arc path.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Ever wondered how the boot.ini and arc path settings are used to determine the boot device on your Windows XP Embedded system? - Sean Liming has an article on Windows for Devices that explains the boot arc path settings. - Mike
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Microsoft, LG-Nortel Sign MoU to Develop and Market Windows CE based IP Phones
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Interesting news from the LG-Nortel web site - Microsoft and LG-Nortel announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for broad range collaboration in Voice over IP (VoIP), including Windows CE-based IP terminals and a new Windows CE 6.0...
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LSP (Layered Service Providers) sample for Windows CE - CodePlex Community Project.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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The number of Windows CE community projects is growing - over the last couple of days a Phidgets and LSP sample have bee added to the community projects. Expect to see some additional projects being added shortly. - Mike
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Marvel Releases Halo Graphic Novel
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Marvel Comics has released a Halo graphic novel (Master Chief is now as much a super hero as SpiderMan, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men!!) - you can preview the graphic novel on the Marvel Comics web site . ComicIcon has more information about the...
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Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs "Eiger" Released.
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is based on Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 (SP2) and is designed for companies with a significant number of older Windows PCs that they aren't ready to replace and that can't be easily upgraded to Windows...
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Microsoft: Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE)
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Check out the following Microsoft/Robotics/Academia press release , and the second Microsoft Robotics announcement <snip> Microsoft Corp. today announced the creation of the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) in partnership with...
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Neopoleon is Dynamite!
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Rory Blyth (of Neopoleon blog , MSDN Events, and DNR fame) has a growing series of Windows Mobile development tutorials up on MSDN Channel 9, go check them out here . - Mike
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Windows CE 6 Beta running in Virtual PC - handing off lab to MSDN today...
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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The first Virtual PC lab is now tested/running (see the screen shot below) - I'm handing the lab over to MSDN today for testing and to release to the MSDN Virtual Labs web site. This seems like an interesting way to get "hands on" with the Windows...
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Status of First Windows CE 6 Virtual Lab.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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You will be pleased to know that I've finished building the first (of several) Virtual Labs for Windows CE 6 - the first lab is going to be based on the MEDC 2006 Windows CE 6 Beta drop and will cover configuring a Windows CE 6 operating system, adding...
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Windows CE 6 and Windows Mobile Virtual Labs
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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I'm working on a number of Windows CE 6 Virtual Labs - if you want to see what the experience is like you might want to check out some Windows Mobile 5.0 Virtual Labs I know that Loke Uei is working on some more Windows Mobile labs as we speak (well...
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Windows XP Embedded - .NET Framework 2.0 Released !
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Thought this might be useful to people building on Windows XP Embedded - the .NET Framework 2.0 has now been released as a component - you can download/install the from here . - Mike
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What versions of .NETCF will VS "Orcas Support" ?
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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The Visual Studio for Devices team are planning their support for the next release of Visual Studio (codename Orcas) - The current plan is to drop support for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 - The VSD team are looking for your feedback over on their blog ...
Windows Embedded Blog
Windows XP Embedded Feature Pack CTP
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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The Windows XP Embedded team has been working on a Feature Pack with a bunch of interesting features and are getting close to making this available as a Community Technology Preview (CTP), note that this isn't a Beta. I snagged the following from the...
Windows Embedded Blog
ActiveSync 4.2 Released
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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ActiveSync 4.2 has been released to the web. Changes in ActiveSync 4.2 help resolve connectivity related issues with Microsoft Outlook, proxies, partnerships, and connectivity. Microsoft Outlook Improvements: Resolves issues relating to error code...
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x86 & ARM Phidgets driver/sample available on CodePlex
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Phidgets have released an x86 and ARM driver and sample applications for Windows CE 5.0 - here's a link to the CodePlex Phidgets workspace - Mike
Windows Embedded Blog
Microsoft MES has been selected as the official ECU supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2008, 2009 and 2010
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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This extract from SpeedTv.com - Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to be the sole suppliers, of tires and ECUs respectively, of Formula 1 beginning in 2008. The move to a single tire supplier and standardized ECUs (Electronic...
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WE-DIG July 2006 - Managed Development
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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This evenings WE-DIG session is covering some of the updates to the .NET Compact Framework v2.0 SP1 - There are a ton of useful updates, including headless support for embedded devices! - more information on the update to v2.0 sp1 can be found on the...
Windows Embedded Blog
Windows Mobile Team Hiring
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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If you are interested in a Technical Product Manager Position over in the Windows Mobile team (the job spec looks very similar to my embedded job!) then you should pay a visit to Loke Uei's blog to get more information about open positions within their...
Windows Embedded Blog
Device Security Manager Powertoy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Released!
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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This test tool helps developers of Windows Mobile applications test various security policies for Windows Mobile devices. It is designed as a desktop application that ships with a preset list of “security configurations”. A security configuration...
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