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Windows Embedded Standard - Launch Event (June 3rd)
Please join us on June 3 rd for the launch of Windows Embedded Standard, the next generation of Windows XP Embedded. At this virtual launch event, you’ll be among the first to learn about the embedded technologies in Windows Embedded Standard and how Read More...
MSDN Channel 9: Robotics Developer Studio Update.
Tandy Trower, GM of the Microsoft Robotics team provides an update on what's new in the Robotics Developer Studio CTP ( Channel 9 video ). There are a number of interesting updates, including the distributed services node editor - this gives you the ability Read More...
Smart Device Development Chat (Windows Embedded and Windows Mobile)
Please join experts from the Windows Mobile, Windows CE, SQL Server CE and .NET Compact Framework communities in a chat around application development for smart devices. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by experts from Read More...
VIA Pico-ITX (Artigo) CE 6.0 BSP download
I've received a couple of e-mails from people that have Pico-ITX kits from Embedded Systems West and want to build a custom CE 6.0 operating system image. The VIA Pico-ITX CE 6.0 BSP is available to download from the VIA site . - Mike Read More...
Nicolas Besson Blog: Power Management on Windows CE.
Nicolas Besson is a software engineer working at Adeneo - he's recently posted to his blog three articles on Windows CE Power Management (see below). Power Management Part 1 Power Management Part 2 Power Management Part 3 - Mike Read More...
RoboChamps competition is open for business!
Today the RoboChamps web site goes live - RoboChamps is an extremely interesting competition, you, the developer, get to play with Visual Studio (Express or above), Robotics Developer Studio 2008, and some amazing simulation environments (Maze solving, Read More...
Bad day for e-mail, and ASP.NET for Windows CE
A typical morning in the office gets started with browsing my Outlook Inbox for questions about Windows Embedded tools and technologies and replying to any questions that have come in overnight, this usually consumes ~30 minutes. This morning wasn't any Read More...
FAQ: CE 6.0 and Visual Studio 2005/2008
I seem to be getting quite a number of questions related to CE 6.0 and Visual Studio 2005/2008 - so here's the story... Developers building Windows CE based devices fall into one of two groups, you are either an operating system developer, or an application Read More...
Windows CE for the hobbyist - thoughts, comments?
At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose last week the " Spark your Imagination " program was launched - This gives non-professional developers (ok, so you might be a professional developer by day, but just like Clark Kent have an embedded hobbyist Read More...
Slides from ESC West: Become a Windows CE Developer in 60 minutes.
Many of the people attending my session at ESC West "Become a Windows CE developer in 60 minutes" requested a copy of the slides - Given that my session was at 8:30am on Monday morning I was quite surprised to see so many people in the room. The Windows Read More...
Sights from ESC San Jose - keynotes, Sessions, and Labs.
The Embedded Systems Conference is running this week in San Jose, California - The conference center that hosts the event was also the venue for the first Windows CE developer conference I attended in 1997 (I ended up sharing a hotel room with one of Read More...
PressPass: Microsoft Renames Embedded Operating Systems.
There are a number of press announcements at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley (ESC West) this week ( link to the Microsoft Press Pass site ) The first announcement is the renaming of the Windows Embedded Family - the new naming will take Read More...
Windows Embedded Acceleration Workshop - 23 workshops, US, UK, Germany, France, May-June.
A Windows Embedded Acceleration Workshop offers professional embedded developers the unique opportunity to attend a one day workshop on Windows Embedded CE and/or Windows XP Embedded that will be presented by experienced system integrators who are also Read More...
Program Manager Training Day - XPE, WinCE, and "other stuff"
The Windows Embedded Business ships three operating systems, Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, and Windows Embedded for Point of Service. The "Embedded Windows" team (responsible for Windows XP Embedded) recently held a full day of training on Windows Read More...
KB Article: CE 6.0 QFE Cannot be installed on Windows Vista.
I recently posted a blog post about the .NET Compact Framework update for CE 6.0 - Some users have experienced a problem installing the QFEs - when installing, the following message is displayed. "There is a problem with windows installer package. A script Read More...
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