April 2006 - Posts
Hey, if you are going to MEDC 2006 and learn anything cool or interesting about Windows CE (or other Windows Embedded Products) then feel free to update the MEDC 2006 Wiki with the information you learn. - Mike
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It's Tuesday 25th April - MEDC is a couple of weeks away, we have two keynote rehearsals a week at this point - next week we have a rehearsal each day of the week. I have so much gear for the keynote (three demos, one on Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded,
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IE7 Beta 2 is now available for download - I'm just installing the Beta now, interestingly, this news made it onto the radio station I was listening to on the way to the office this morning. First impressions/thoughts coming shortly... - Mike
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If you've attended a Microsoft event that has a registration area, hands on labs, communications network such as MEDC, Tech*Ed, PDC and others then you have probably seen some of the Microsoft TSG (Technical Support Group) lurking around the place - these
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At this years MEDC 2006 event we're running a SumoRobot competition, the robots are going to be running the .NET MicroFramework - Signup for the competition is going to be handled at the MEDC event registration desk starting on Monday May 8th and will
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Are you running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ? And want to install/run Windows CE 5.0 tools on that system? - The tools don't install by default, here's a set of steps to get the installer to work [Note: This is not supported, so you are on your
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The Windows CE 5.0 Networked Media Device Feature Pack gives you the ability to create a device that can stream content from PC's around your home network and 'play' that content on your TV set (photos, music, video) - the Network Media Device Feature
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Hey, if you are a reader of this blog you can now get a discount on the price for MEDC 2006 - Usual price $1195, blog discount price $895. Here's how you can take advantage of this offer... Use the MEDC 2006 registration link and use the Passcode: CAATU4Y
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Meet Bill Rainford... This guy has perhaps the coolest e-mail address at Microsoft - This is Bill Rainford who's presenting an audio performance session at MEDC 2006 - his e-mail, Brain at Microsoft.com - How cool is that! Also - Do you think Bill looks
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I've just been reviewing the MEDC internationalization session (covers Windows CE and Windows Mobile) - there are some interesting facts, did you know that only 8% of the world population speak English ? (5% native, 3% as a second language) - I'm surprised
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As we're getting ready for MEDC we're taking photos from behind the scenes - we're capturing images from speaker dry runs, MEDC content owner meetings, rehearsals, demo setup etc... Here's a link to the Flickr site Loke and I have setup - and if you want
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We've just released two more videos to the MEDC 2006 Video Podcast feed ( FeedBurner site here ). So what are the new videos? We're running a Sumo Robot competition at this years event (hoorah!) - this time with a difference, the Robots will be running
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Here's two announcements which in their own right are pretty cool, but add them together... It's just been announced that Visual Studio Express will be free indefinitely ! - this is awesome news for hobbyists, students etc... So, now that you have your
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ok, so I'm riding on the back of other Microsoft Live products here - the MEDC 2006 Podcast Feed is now live , first video is up - here's a link to the RSS feed In the first video we get to meet some of the content owners for MEDC and get to hear about
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You've probably heard about the Windows CE GotDotNet Shared Source WebCam Project - it turns out that Nic Sagez has about 25 Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 devices sat in his office. Nic wants to give them away to people that are interested in using/working
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The first MEDC 2006 Podcast video was recorded today - this should be edited over the weekend and posted live early next week, so I will be able to give you the URL for the RSS feed, I will of course also expose the content through a FeedBurner page.
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So, I've been thinking, how do VB programmers keep their pants (trousers) up without braces ? - Mike
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MEDC 2006 is just a few weeks away, today we had the first keynote demo review. Most of my demos are built and running, there's still some work to do, but at least I know what that looks like, so it's just a case of bashing out the code. So, if you owned
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Have you wondered what's driving the light shows you see at concerts? - perhaps it's Windows XP Embedded - check out this list of concerts that are using Windows XP Embedded based devices for their light shows. DL.2 Digital Lighting Fixture LeAnn Rimes
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The increase in coffee (burnt bean brew) intake seems to somehow be directly related to the amount of work I have to do on MEDC - this week we have the kickoff of the content reviews (speakers running their content and demos), we also have the first of
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Over the next two weeks I have the pleasure of sitting through over 50 MEDC Embedded session dry runs, by 9am this morning speakers should have their content and demos locked and ready to reherse. Each speaker gets 75 minutes to run through their content
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If you are developing applications for Windows Mobile Smartphone then you might want to check out the new 320x240 Emulator for Visual Studio - there are some interesting form factors coming ( Motorola Q for example) - The emulator will give you the chance
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Aaron Stebner, author of DUAScriptGen has released an update to the tool - details of the update can be found on Aaron's blog . - Mike
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Check out this Survey published today at ESC West . The survey was published by Dylan McGrath from EE Times SAN FRANCISCO — Only 17 percent of embedded systems designers are currently using embedded Linux, and 66 percent say they are either not interested
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So, this appears to be getting close to a tradition now... A couple of years ago we looked at the Mars Rover on the Wind booth Last year we looked at the spelling of DOS This year DSO is back again, but it also appears to have brought a friend with it...
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Most of the team are in San Jose for Embedded Systems West - We have some cool devices on the booth this year - I will see if I can get some photo's to post to the blog tomorrow. Over dinner this evening we rolled out some of our favorite logic puzzles
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The Windows CE 5.0 Networked Media Device Feature Pack has been released to the web today. This is the first Feature Pack release for Windows CE 5.0 - A feature pack updates the Platform Builder catalog with new operating system features without making
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Next week is the start of the world-wide MEDC tour (Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference) - The first conference is in April 4-6 Bangalore, India - The main Embedded speakers are Doug Boling (Windows CE) and Sean Liming (Windows XP Embedded) - both
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The next WE-DIG meeting has been moved to April 12th (was going to be April 5th) - the date has moved due to Embedded Systems West next week. The subject for this meeting is Windows XP Embedded. - Mike
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Check this out on MSDN Channel 9 - Using Windows CE to build a Network Enabled Refrigeration Device - see how Windows CE, Windows Mobile and Visual Studio 2005 can all be used together to build a super 'cool' device. - Mike
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