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Check out Reed Townsend’s Windows 7 touch deep dive session at PDC. This session is targeted at developers interested in building touch-optimized experiences. You can watch the presentation online or download the presentation file (ppt) and video here
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Jason Zander put together a reference application “Image Viewer” that shows how to enable some cool Windows 7 features in your XP or Vista applications with relatively little effort and without sacrificing backward compatibility. You can download the
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While comparing HTC Pure vs. HTC Tilt, I found by serendipity John’s youtube video on Windows 7. As John said he is a Mac user. But I really appreciated his frank views on Windows 7. Check out the video and let me know what you think.
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The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers includes several sample applications that can help you get started with creating multitouch applications in managed code (C# or VB), native code or MFC. The managed code and native code samples require Visual
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Part 1 : Get your questions answered on the most common challenges around application compatibility when coming from a legacy operating system, why changes were made along the way, compatibility technologies inside the OS and methods for getting incompatible
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Microsoft has put together a list of online resources to help developers get started with creating Windows 7 applications, including links to application compatibility tool, Windows SDK, managed code for Windows 7 APIs, and the training kit. See more
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Microsoft has just released a set of runtime libraries to support some Windows 7 features on Vista and Windows Server 2008. This means that developers can add Windows 7 features to applications that run on Vista and Windows Server 2008. These libraries
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It’s not too late to register for the free Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp to be held on November 16 (the day before the PDC conference). Top Windows 7 engineers will lead a full-day, technical workshop focused on optimizing application performance,
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To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 we are launching an exciting new online competition called 7 Ways to Change the World on October 21 st 2009. The competition encourages people to create a two minute video explaining how they believe a Windows
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Check out this cool photo book tool called SmileBooks on Windows 7. It makes editing and publishing photo/text albums easy and enjoyable and allows you to order prints of your photo book inside the tool. Watch the video and download the demo to see how
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MSNBC.COM has just published a PCWorld article by Harry McCracken that goes over some basic and advanced features of Windows 7 from the perspective of end users. Mr. McCracken shares his experience and views regarding user interface, file management,
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Windows 7 and Windows 7 PCs are available today in more than 45,000 retail stores around the globe. Watch Windows 7 launch events live at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/windows7 Also, the very first Microsoft retail store opens for business
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Microsoft has put together a collection of Windows 7 online training resources for developers at Channel9. Topics in the collection include: multitouch sensors and location taskbars ribbon shell libraries background services instrumentation and performance
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At 11 a.m. EST, October 22, 2009, Steve Ballmer will host a press event and webcast in New York City to celebrate this worldwide launch of the Windows 7. To view the live webcast (or to watch the recording later) tune in to: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/
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(Starting at 2'50" of the video clip) Why asked by FoxBusiness reporters why businesses may not put off upgrading to Windows 7 this time, Intel CEO Paul Otellini responds by saying that three are three things coming together. Most corporations are
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