John Coyne's Embedded Blog : New Products

Upcoming Windows Embedded Webinars!

jcoyne — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:21:50 GMT

I get asked all the time “John, what are you guys doing over there at Microsoft that’s new for Embedded?” The Short answer to that question is “Tons!” The longer answer is that we a have a series of webinars coming up that will introduce you to...(read more)

Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP now available!

jcoyne — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:38:03 GMT

for those of you who haven’t heard, we’re working on our new release of Windows Embedded Standard – this one will be based on the binaries of Windows 7! (which is due out in Desktop form very soon! ) the Embedded release will be the “componentized”...(read more)

Cool new Windows 7 Feature – XP Mode!

jcoyne — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:06:54 GMT

For those of you who haven’t downloaded the Windows 7 Release Candidate yet, here’s yet another reason to. XP mode. Let’s say you have an application that you know has issues with Windows Vista or Windows 7, such as say… the CE 5.0 Tools, running...(read more)

Windows 7 hits RC today!

jcoyne — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:21:10 GMT

Earlier today, you may or may not have heard that we’ve published the Release Candidate for Windows 7 to IT pros, and for download. Here’s the main page for download. a few pointers: 1. Don’t put this on your primary home/office PC. While it’s great,...(read more)

ESC Keynote and industry address

jcoyne — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:05:23 GMT

I’m sitting live here at ESC Silicon Valley, where we just heard from Admiral T.K. Mattingly (USN, Ret.), who was an astronaut on the Apollo 13 mission. he gave a great talk about his life and gave us a lot of insight into what happened up there that...(read more)

PDC Day 2 – Lots of stuff to see!

jcoyne — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:15:20 GMT

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)

It’s Official… “7” it is!

jcoyne — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:11:19 GMT

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)

Canalys 2008 Forum

jcoyne — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:59:12 GMT

Windows Embedded is a platinum Sponsor for the Canalys Navigation Forum Happening this week in Budapest, Hungary. This is the event where all of the players in the PND space get together and decide which direction to go. Kind of like a trade show! in...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 Goes RTM!

jcoyne — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:55:36 GMT

Yesterday, we announced that the next version of SQL Server - SQL Server 2008 has Released to Manufacturing. this means that it will very soon be generally available - what does this mean to you in the embedded world, you ask? we also license "embedded"...(read more)