July, 2010

I am sure you heard about Windows Embedded Handheld , the new offer from the Windows Embedded group for Handheld terminals manufacturers. If not, you can read more about this here and here . While the ultimate objective of Windows Embedded Handheld is...

If you are not aware, the Windows Embedded CE/Compact team regularly sets up live chats for you to come and ask questions about their product. You can find the dates and info on this MSDN page or below. Next one will be on July 27th. No specific agenda...

I say wow! This is impressive and very very promising. we are getting close to he point where what used to be pure science fiction is getting real. Embedded technologies are progressing so fast that what used to be part of our fantasy world just a few...

If you are a fan of the $150 TI OMAP3530 based tiny board that is heavily used in the hobbyists world, you will be happy to hear that MPC Data is working on providing Windows Embedded CE BSPs for it. As a matter of fact MPC Data just announced a CE 6...

A team in our group is running a survey to enhance our documentation and Websites. This is your chance to tell Microsoft what’s really important to you.  The Windows Embedded group is rolling out this short survey by Customer Carewords designed to...

Yesterday was the Imagine Cup semi-finalists presentations at the Opera House in Warsaw. The 6 teams selected in the first 2 rounds of the Embedded Development competition had to present their project in front of all the Imagine Cup competitors. A pretty...

This morning at Imagine Cup I presented along with Sam Phung (VP of iCop) and James Hamblen (Professor at GeorgiaTech University) an introduction to Embedded development. You can find the deck over here .

For those who are twitter addicted (like I am becoming ), here is my twitter feed I started some weeks ago. I am definitively not stopping blogging, on the contrary, but twitting allows for another way of spreading news, ideas, thoughts.

On Sunday 4th was the first day of judging at Imagine Cup . For the Embedded development competition, the participating students had to do a 10 minutes presentation, then a 10 minutes demo. A few little stories made me think we have a great generation...

Yesterday (Saturday 3d) was the registration and judges briefing day at the Palace of Culture and Science of Warsaw. The embedded Development competition I am following counts 15 teams coming from 15 different countries. I started meeting the students...

Imagine Cup 2010 kicks off tomorrow here is Warsaw. The second bigger competition is the Embedded Development one, and I will be following up the 15 teams arriving today not only to compete for a nice check but also and certainly mostly for the experience...