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October 2008 - Posts

Windows Embedded Quebec!
  I’m sitting in the Theater here at PDC – I figured this deserved a Live Blog! Shabnam Erfani, one of our Lead Program Managers on the Windows Embedded team, is presenting “Windows Embedded Quebec: Developing for Devices”   There are about Read More...
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:16 AM by jcoyne | 0 Comments
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I’m a PC… and now, so is a MAC
I’m sitting in the Staff/Speaker room here at PDC, and happened to notice Ryan McMinn, PM on the Access team, and his super tricked out Apple PC!   Take a look! Even Apple Computers want to be PC’s!   Here’s to you Ryan JC Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:25 PM by jcoyne | 1 Comments
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PDC Day 2 – Lots of stuff to see!
  Checking in from PDC here in Los Angeles – it’s actually day 3 as I write this, but I wanted to give you all some info from Day 2.   Keynote – as usual, Ray Ozzie did a great job of talking vision for Microsoft in the future. He talked about Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:15 PM by jcoyne | 0 Comments
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PDC Day 1 – Sights and Thoughts!
  Hey Campers! Checking in from day one at PDC. This morning’s keynote address led off with Ray Ozzie talking about his vision for our next iteration of Software+Services. talking about expanding from the single node, like with a desktop or a mobile Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:42 AM by jcoyne | 0 Comments
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Welcome to PDC!
  Today we made the journey to Los Angeles, CA for the Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference. Close to 6000 folks are converging on downtown LA as we speak! Windows Embedded is onsite in the Microsoft Pavilion – we’re nested in with other Read More...
Posted: Monday, October 27, 2008 6:00 AM by jcoyne | 1 Comments
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PDC 2008! right around the corner
  For those of you who missed my post a few weeks ago, I wanted to remind you that I’ll be attending the PDC 2008 in Los Angeles, CA next week. This is sure to be a great event. Windows Embedded will be on hand talking about the latest products as Read More...
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:55 PM by jcoyne | 0 Comments
What is Windows Embedded POSReady 2009?
I’ve been getting asked a lot of questions about the new naming conventions – for instance What is POSReady 2009? Here it is in a Nutshell:   POSReady 2009 is the next generation Point of Service operating system from the Windows Embedded Family. Read More...
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:33 PM by jcoyne | 0 Comments
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Viva La Mexico! y dispositivos enbarcados (can you figure it out?)
  Hola Amigos!   I’m here in Mexico City visiting some of our partners. Very interesting city! (there’s like 20 million people here) I’ve been here before, but it’s been a really long time. I am much more familiar with the “tourist” parts of Read More...
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:03 AM by jcoyne | 1 Comments
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My New toy – and possibly a new feature on the blog?
Hey campers! for my birthday , my wife got me a flip camera , which is pretty darn cool, if you ask me. very compact, ultra portable, and encodes directly to AVI. oh the other thing – very inexpensive! (like $120 US) one can, very easily, record a video, Read More...
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 7:21 AM by jcoyne | 2 Comments
Mike Hall has done it again! (oooo…. ahhh….)
Mike hall has done it again! He’s demonstrated that GNU runs on Windows CE… single handedly tearing down the walls of the religious war between Windows and GNU/Linux… Glad that’s over!    Here’s Mike’s post!   R.I.P. Linux, R.I.P HAHA… Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:22 PM by jcoyne | 1 Comments
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It’s Official… “7” it is!
if anyone saw the formal announcement yesterday from Mike Nash regarding the name for the next version of Windows, we’ve officially decided on “Windows 7” – check here to see reasoning… I’m glad it’s been decided. we’ll be showing off quite a bit at the Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:11 PM by jcoyne | 0 Comments
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I’m Still a PC! (and I’m in Times Square!)
So you’ve all undoubtedly heard of our newest campaign … if not, see my post from a few weeks ago… I was told that I’m famous, but didn’t believe it until I saw this: Yep… that’s yours truly in Times Squre, New York, in all my geekdom. Pretty cool, eh… Read More...
Posted: Sunday, October 12, 2008 12:59 AM by jcoyne | 2 Comments
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Tough Choice - PDC or ESC Boston?
So in case you missed it - Mike Hall has posted some fun about the upcoming PDC 2008 in Los Angeles... along with a video on engadget. Pretty funny, IMHO. He will not be at PDC, but I will, along with Dion Hutchings, the TPM for Windows Embedded Compact, Read More...
Posted: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:59 PM by jcoyne | 2 Comments
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