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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Hans VB's WebLog - For FREE!!! : Surface</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/Surface/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Surface</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>New resources for Microsoft Surface announced at PDC</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/2009/11/19/new-resources-for-microsoft-surface-announced-at-pdc.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9925407</guid><dc:creator>Hans VB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/comments/9925407.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9925407</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;iframe height="326" src="http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/player/embed/01512f52-ea4d-4575-867d-af5526aec3e7" frameborder="0" width="430" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/01512f52-ea4d-4575-867d-af5526aec3e7?vp_evt=eref&amp;amp;vp_video=Microsoft%20Surface%20at%20the%20Hard%20Rock%20Cafe%2c%20Las%20Vegas"&gt;Microsoft Surface at the Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Get the Surface SDK today and start playing! &lt;a title="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;amp;FamilyID=3db8987b-47c8-46ca-aafb-9c3b36f43bcc" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;amp;FamilyID=3db8987b-47c8-46ca-aafb-9c3b36f43bcc"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;amp;FamilyID=3db8987b-47c8-46ca-aafb-9c3b36f43bcc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Surface Web site (&lt;a href="http://www.surface.com"&gt;http://www.surface.com&lt;/a&gt;)       &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;A new &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/surface/Pages/Technical/Learn.aspx"&gt;Technical Resources section&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;to help you connect to the other available resources and support. &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;MSDN (&lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com"&gt;http://msdn.microsoft.com&lt;/a&gt;)       &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;A new &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee804845.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Surface section of the MSDN Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (under .NET Development), providing the Surface SDK documentation and other topics about developing Surface applications. &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;New &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=169175"&gt;Surface-specific forums&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; about designing and developing Surface applications. &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;TechNet (&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com"&gt;http://technet.microsoft.com&lt;/a&gt;)       &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;A new &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692162.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Surface section of the TechNet Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (under Products and Technologies), describing the basics of the Surface software and hardware and how to set up, customize, troubleshoot, and maintain Surface units. &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;New &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=169176"&gt;Surface-specific forums&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; about the Surface software platform, hardware, and applications. &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Microsoft Download center (&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads&lt;/a&gt;)       &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;A new product category for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/results.aspx?freetext=surface&amp;amp;displaylang=en&amp;amp;stype=s_basic"&gt;all Surface downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, including the Surface SDK Workstation Edition, applications, documentation, and any software fixes. &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Microsoft Support (&lt;a href="http://support.microsoft.com"&gt;http://support.microsoft.com&lt;/a&gt;)       &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=177396"&gt;Public Surface KB articles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for fixes, known issues, and workarounds. &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=177395"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Surface Solution Center&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to direct customers to the right self-support and assisted-support options. &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9925407" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/ISV/default.aspx">ISV</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/SI/default.aspx">SI</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/Belgium/default.aspx">Belgium</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/MSDN+Belux/default.aspx">MSDN Belux</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/Surface/default.aspx">Surface</category></item><item><title>Details on the Microsoft Courier</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/2009/11/05/details-on-the-microsoft-courier.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:22:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9917629</guid><dc:creator>Hans VB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/comments/9917629.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9917629</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Is it real? &lt;a title="http://gizmodo.com/5381011/microsoft-couriers-swipes-snips-and-scribbles-the-leaked-interface" href="http://gizmodo.com/5381011/microsoft-couriers-swipes-snips-and-scribbles-the-leaked-interface"&gt;http://gizmodo.com/5381011/microsoft-couriers-swipes-snips-and-scribbles-the-leaked-interface&lt;/a&gt; I don’t know.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5381011/microsoft-couriers-swipes-snips-and-scribbles-the-leaked-interface"&gt;&lt;img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_courierinterface__073.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;It sure is intriguing. What’s clear is that NUI’s are starting to be implemented. The Microsoft Surface is just scratching the, well…, surface. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9917629" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/Belgium/default.aspx">Belgium</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/Surface/default.aspx">Surface</category></item><item><title>Surface SDK finally there for all Microsoft Partners</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/2009/06/30/surface-sdk-finally-there-for-all-microsoft-partners.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:13:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9809777</guid><dc:creator>Hans VB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/comments/9809777.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9809777</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Go here and register: &lt;a title="https://partner.surface.com/en/Pages/default.aspx" href="https://partner.surface.com/en/Pages/default.aspx"&gt;https://partner.surface.com/en/Pages/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/hans_vb/WindowsLiveWriter/SurfaceSDKfinallythereforallMicrosoftPar_10049/Image_PartnerBenefits_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Image_PartnerBenefits" border="0" alt="Image_PartnerBenefits" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/hans_vb/WindowsLiveWriter/SurfaceSDKfinallythereforallMicrosoftPar_10049/Image_PartnerBenefits_thumb.jpg" width="476" height="312" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you are not a Microsoft partner yet then this is the place to go to:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://partner.surface.com/EN/Pages/MicrosoftPartnerProgram.aspx" href="http://partner.surface.com/EN/Pages/MicrosoftPartnerProgram.aspx"&gt;http://partner.surface.com/EN/Pages/MicrosoftPartnerProgram.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9809777" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/ISV/default.aspx">ISV</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/SI/default.aspx">SI</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/Belgium/default.aspx">Belgium</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/MSDN+Belux/default.aspx">MSDN Belux</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/tags/Surface/default.aspx">Surface</category></item></channel></rss>