Welcome to MSDN Blogs Sign in | Join | Help

News

  • Search the blog:

    MSDN developers center:


    RSS 2.0 Feed

    Add Feed to Live.com

    Locations of visitors to this page


    Disclaimer

    The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in anyway.

    ©Copyright 2008  Olivier Bloch - Microsoft Embedded Technical Evangelist

Browse by Tags

5 minutes to understand SPARK and the “SPARKS Will Fly” contest
Mike Hall , Windows Embedded architect, takes 5 minutes to explain the SPARK program and the contest that is actually running. Bet you will want to enroll into the contest after watching the video. You still have a couple of days to enroll though! www.sparkcontest.com Read More...
5 minutes to understand Windows Embedded CE
Dion Hutchings, Technical Product Manager, explains what Windows Embedded CE is in just 5 minutes… Well… 7 minutes ;-) 5 Minutes to understand Windows Embedded CE Read More...
SPARK contest round one deadline
The Spark contest first round is about to end. You still have some more days left to enter and make Sparks Fly ! The first round deadline is January the 7th. So as a new year resolution maybe you can plan to share your vision of the house of the future? Read More...
Windows Embedded CE 6 trial version: wherre can I find Visual Studio 2005 Trial edition?
If you are new to Windows Embedded CE you might want to get a trial version. There is a problem though: Platform Builder (the tool to build CE kernels) is a plug-in to Visual Studio 2005. So to try building a CE 6 kernel, you need a version of Visual Read More...
System pop-ups and message boxes on an Embedded device
Last week I travelled to Las Vegas with the whole family and my parents in law who were visiting us from France. Apart from the fact that our return flight was delayed 3 days because of the bad weather conditions in Seattle the trip was good. On our way Read More...
Become a Pool shark using Windows Embedded CE
Take a look at this amazing system these guys from Georgia Tech: a Windows CE device (eBox 2300) connected to a video projector and projecting directions to assist you when playing pool. Imagine that the eBox 2300 and Windows Embedded CE 6 tools are available Read More...
TechEd North America 2009, registration is opened!
The Web site is live and you can now register for TechEd US. This year it will take place in Los Angeles, CA from May 11-15. So what will be available for you Embedded developers? the answer is: 2 pre-con seminars and a full track of breakout sessions. Read More...
Control your festive lighting using .Net Microframework!
Rob has been publishing a great post describing how to build your own festive lights controller using .Net Microframework. http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2008/11/27/9149635.aspx You cannot miss this one! Not only your lights will be flashing Read More...
ESC Boston presentations are online on MSDN
During ESC Boston, a full track of sessions were presented on Windows Embedded. You can now download them on the MSDN website . Here is the list of the sessions available. I am working on putting together the labs manuals and will make them available Read More...
Thoughts about the “Windows Embedded” renaming
I am actually in the plane, flying back from Barcelona where we had a great TechEd EMEA: lots of sessions and some embedded developers eager to get deeper content on Windows Embedded. I spent a lot of time talking with Windows Embedded partners and with Read More...
Another Windows Embedded CE 6.0 book
Samuel Phung from ICOP Technologies has written a great book on Professional Windows Embedded CE 6.0 device development. This book complements the rest of the literature you can find on Windows CE : www.WindowsEmbedded.com/CEBooks . Read More...
Sparks will fly: how to get started?
I recently mentioned the contest called Sparks will fly . The theme of this contest is “Imagine the house of the future” and obviously you are given the opportunity to use the Spark kits to implement your solutions and ideas for a cool home automation Read More...
TechEd EMEA: we are missing you Mike!
Dion (Windows CE TPM), Pierre (French Embedded Developer Evangelist), Lynda (Windows Embedded Standard guru), me and other folks from the Embedded group are actually at TechEd EMEA in Barcelona. We are presenting sessions belonging to the huge Embedded Read More...
Windows Embedded Standard vNext based on Windows 7!
The PDC is taking place this week in Los Angeles and on Tuesday’s Keynote, Windows 7 (future version of the Windows desktop OS) was unveiled. If you want to learn more about this announcement, you can read this article . This is a really interesting news, Read More...
Sparks will fly: register now!
Show Microsoft your “home of the future” and win $15,000, plus a trip to TechEd 2009! I am sure you've got great ideas. So go to your quiet place, think big and enter the SPARKS Will Fly 2009 Challenge. Learn on how the contest works: http://www.sparkcontest.com Read More...
More Posts Next page »
Page view tracker