July, 2009

This is the title of an excellent white paper Kurt just published. This whitepaper describes the minimum hardware and software requirements necessary to produce a robust, configurable, and reusable Board Support Package (BSP) for product design. It describes...

So if you are reading Mike Hall's blog you might have seen this picture of me wearing that nice pink ladies hat. well I have proof that I was not the only one! Dion also put it on his head for some picture. Personally I think it suits him better than...

So yesterday was kick off day for Imagine Cup 2009 Egypt. We had the different briefings for judges and competitors and then buses picked up every single participant to bring them to the Citadel (see previous post) for the opening ceremony. Prior to the...

We have a video crew here with us in Cairo. With them we'll be tracking the highs and lows of all the Embedded finalists as we whittle down the first 20 to the top 3 finalists and the eventual winner. We'll be following the students and the judges, and...

Working with Microsoft folks seems exhausting... Do I need to comment :-)

Yesterday everything started to get serious: the 20 embedded invitational finalists were whittled down to just 6. In this behind the scenes piece, we witness the tension, and sometimes the rough edges of students presentations as well as having some fun...

Yesterday was the day that the Windows Embedded competition reached boiling point. The final 6 face the judges for the last time as we look forward to the spectacle of the live finals at the Pyramids in Giza.

In this extra special edition of Imagine Cup Today, we share the students' cultural day and experience the spectacle of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. We also get unrestricted access to sites that few others managed to capture. Check out Team Korea...

I am back from Imagine Cup and still have lots to tell you about this great competition. To start with here is the latest video of the “Windows Embedded @ Imagine Cup” series. I will put together more detailed info about the finalists and their projects...

Regularly our team works with partners to publish case studies related to Windows Embedded devices. You can access these case studies on this page. Here are some samples of these case studies: Touch-Screen “Frame” is the Next Generation of Home Phone...

I am in Paris airport waiting for my connection to Cairo, having a Perrier and a good croissant! I will be judging the Embedded Development competition over there. I can't wait to see the projects the finalists will present. So if you don't know much...

Imagine Cup kicks off tomorrow with registration, set up, showcase, opening ceremony. Today is more of a setup day where the crew is preparing the rooms. Anil (Program Manager at Microsoft), myself and other MS folks have been roaming around to check...