Windows SideShow Team Blog

We are very excited about Logitech's latest 3.02 software release for GamePanel-enabled devices! The new G19 keyboard has a color display that is now fully SideShow-enabled. Now you can enjoy using all of your favorite SideShow Gadgets without interrupting...

Bluetooth SideShow devices that are paired with a Computer running Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), may become disabled after rebooting the Computer. In particular, this affects the Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview . This is due...

The folks over at Mini-Box have just released a new SideShow-compatible picoLCD module , designed for use in one of your many spare drive bays. For those who are interested, the device has full support for SCF-based (Simple Content Format) gadgets (as...

This is a firmware release which is flexible enough to be used on many devices – devices integrated into the computer, remote controls, and wireless “fridge magnet” displays. It’s a turnkey solution that provides all the top-level code you need to create...

The Windows SideShow team is proud to announce the release candidates of these exciting software products. This SDK makes it possible to build Windows SideShow-compatible interactive touchpads, Wi-Fi based SideShow remote controls, and wireless “fridge...

The Windows SideShow team is very excited to announce availability of the Windows Media Center Gadgets for Windows SideShow in 16 more languages on the Windows Live Gallery ! Download locations: Japanese Simplified Chinese Traditional...

The Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview, which was prematurely showing a notification that the beta had expired, has been fixed and is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79f19684-f862-4e02-a2b0...

A bug has surfaced in the Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview that causes the software to prematurely report that the beta period has expired and to go online to download the RTM version. The download has been temporarily pulled, and...

Those who regularly frequent our MSDN forum might have noticed a big change in recent days: we've been migrated over to the new "Forums 3.0" platform! This new platform contains a number of exciting improvements which should make your overall experience...

The SideShow team is excited to announce the Windows SideShow Bitmap Driver! This is an open source project that we are hosting on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/SideShowBitmap We have provided source code for a Driver and a Simulator ...

The SideShow team is proud to announce the beta release of the Windows SideShow Device SDK For .NET Micro Framework 3.0! This SDK provides a new, touch-based SideShow interface for devices running the .NET Micro Framework 3.0, plus libraries and...

Today the RTM release of the Windows Media Center Gadgets for Windows SideShow is available on the Windows Live Gallery ! Download locations: Install the 32-bit version Install the 64-bit version 4 gadgets are included: · TV: Browse...

After our busy burst of software releases earlier this year, don't take the recent relative quiet as a sign that things are slowing down. In fact, we've been extremely busy getting a few surprises ready to unveil at WinHEC, which is coming up in just...

Interested in learning more about how to use the new Universal Driver for Windows SideShow, or how to build a device driver to SideShow-enable your existing devices? If so, you may want to attend Microsoft Windows Driver Developer Conference 2008 (September...

Greetings! Download the Release Candidate build of the Windows Media Center Gadgets for Windows SideShow here: Download If you have not joined this program you can join with this link: http://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=2380&SiteID...

There comes a time in every trademark's life where it either returns back to the public domain, or takes the leap into registered status. To that end, I now introduce you to the new and improved Windows® SideShow®! Yes, SideShow is now an officially registered...

Just a friendly reminder that the Gadget Development Contest for Windows SideShow entry period ends this coming Friday, July 18, at 11:59pm PDT, so be sure to get your entries finished and submitted before then! We want to see what you can do! - Dan

We’re excited to announce the Beta release of the Media Center Gadgets for Windows SideShow! Click the following link to join our open Microsoft Connect program for the Media Center Gadget Beta: http://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID...

The folks over at Ikanos Consulting have just released a Windows Live Messenger gadget for Windows SideShow! Check out the announcement, as well as more SideShow-related posts over on the SideShow Jim blog . I have a feeling this isn't the last of them...

Yesterday, the Windows Embedded team released support for Windows SideShow on Windows CE 5.0 ! Combined with our Universal Driver, this new platform can work over USB, Bluetooth or TCP/IP connections, and easily enable SideShow functionality on a wide...

Now that we've released the Windows SideShow Managed API SDK and Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview , we figured we'd give you some incentive to stick the two together: a gadget contest ! Yes, you heard us right: free stuff for building...

Today we released the Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview. Now any Windows Mobile 5 or 6 phone can work as a Bluetooth Windows SideShow device! We've got some favorite uses of it already, including using it to control PowerPoint presentations...

Download Locations Windows SideShow Managed API 1.0 SDK (for developers writing gadgets using managed code) Windows SideShow Managed Runtime 1.0 (for running gadgets built using managed code) It has been 16 months since the release of our...

Want to learn more about our new managed API, or just want to come see the latest and greatest Windows SideShow-enabled devices? Or do you just want to see what new things we have coming? Come visit the Windows SideShow team at TechEd: Developers (June...

Last week, we quietly released to Windows Update a new version of the Universal Driver for Windows SideShow! This new release includes support for additional transports, bringing the complete list to: USB Bluetooth TCP/IP TCP/IP with SSL...