Fresh news! Angry Birds totally FREE for your Windows Phone 8 or Windows Phone 7 until May 15th. Don’t miss the opportunity to have one of the most downloaded games for smartphones.   With this new version (new ID in the Windows Phone Store as well...

One member of our MVPs and community members, Zahir Hussain Shah just published a book Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform . Here the overview: A complete step-by-step Hyper-V deployment guide, covering...

You can now watch Windows AzureConf videos online. This event will cover developing your web applications in the cloud using Windows Azure.Topics like Mobile Services, Web Sites, Service Bus, Virtual Machine and more. Whether you're just learning Windows...

Windows 8 has a new feature called File History that gives you an easy method to restore previous versions of your files. We are going to use a networked folder in for our article but you could always skip creating the network folder, and just use a USB...

Live tiles are the newest and the Coolest features of both Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. Imagine incorporating Live Tiles within your application! These Dynamic tiles are the features which draw users to using your application. I would like to share...

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Show the Community What You've Got and Win a Windows Phone! Come join us for the first Community Day organized by Microsoft DPE where you will have the opportunity to meet developers, IT Professionals and other amazing community members and showcase your...

What is Kinect? Kinect is simply a sensor. It is like eyes and ears, it can see and hear you. Kinect is a device that is known for its use with Xbox, and now has a new device to work more powerfully with PCs, K4W (Kinect for Windows). It will enable you...

“Virtual Machines deliver on-demand, salable compute infrastructure when you need to quickly provision resources to meet your growing business needs. With Virtual Machines, you get choice of Windows Server and Linux operating systems in multiple...

Those of you using Skype in Windows 8 will be happy to know that Microsoft's just bumped the app to version 1.6. It's been a few months since the last update , and this revision brings more features to the table, including contact blocking and a slew...

  With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on our experience of building and operating many of the world's largest cloud-based services and datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business...

Free calls, texts, and photo messaging help make Viber one of the most popular VoIP apps in the world. Today, a new and improved version for Windows Phone 8 arrived in the Store. Download it here . The redesigned app offers free calls with HD sound, pinning...

  Takeaway: Control panel settings and configurations are scattered all over in Windows 8, unless you know about super mode. I love Microsoft Windows 8 , but for many traditional power users, it can be bit  8 is that it is not easy find all...

أخبار سارة لمطوري الويب! ( وب ميتركس 3 ) هنا. إذن ما هو ( وب ميتركس 3 ) ؟ (وب ميتركس 3) هو أحدث إصدار من سلسلة برامج الـ( وب ميتركس )، و هو مجموعة أدوات رائعة لتطوير الويب. في المجموعة يوجد ( ويب سيرفر )، محرك قواعد البيانات، لغات برمجة مختلفة و...

Building a website has never been easier with the new CMS available today, but configuring it to be up and running was always a time consuming job; configuring the database, providing the connection string, configuring the domain, setting up ftp account...

Soon, your entire world could become a digitally immersive experience. Imagine it -- a physical version of the Web, one in which everything (and maybe everyone) has a digital signature. You'll have instant access to information about products, services...

There are many analogies between Windows Phone and Windows 8 applications, and the Application Bars are for sure one of these. Windows Phone introduced the application bar in his first release and, no matter if it's rough and limited, it's an important...

So, what is WebMatrix 3? WebMatrix 3 is the newest version of WebMatrix, which is an amazing web-development tool bundle. In the bundle are a Web server, database engines, various programming languages and more. Advised for developers using ASP.Net...

Last week I mentioned, after discussing the hidden interesting facts about the Windows Serial Number, I'll discuss another such interesting facts. It's amazing how within the complexity of a complete operating system, the Windows Developer team manages...

Our developers have encountered some issues regarding testing their Windows Phone 8 apps either because their PCs lack the required specs to run the emulator or the lack of devices to test their apps. I found a solution that should ease the pain and help...

For all those who wish to have a feel of what the cloud is like and how easy it is to implement a cloud based backend for your web application, this is exactly what you have to read. When I was asked to develop a cloud based system for my University...

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Hello developers! In this blog post, I have collected links that are useful for Windows 8 Store application developers and also for those who are new to it. Under each link a brief explanation of the link’s content is provided. Designing UX...

This tutorial helps a beginner build his first Windows 8 News App in a really simple, easy and quick way, also improving his understanding of the MVVM model that is used in this design. Basic Start: Create a New Project –> Windows Store...

Imagine Cup, I am pretty sure many of you would have heard about this competition which is organized and sponsored by Microsoft Corp every year, but for those who don’t here is a brief about it !   This competition brings together some of the brightest...