Browse by Tags
All Tags »
Cool Stuff (RSS)
The United Nations has identified some of the hardest challenges in the world today in its Millennium Goals. This year the Imagine Cup uses these ambitious challenges as a guiding light to inspire change all over the world. Learn more about the eight
Read More...
You’ve probably seen the new “I’m a PC” adverts, either on TV or the internets (what do you think of the adverts?), there’s also downloadable Life without walls (wallpapers) available from the Windows Vista Team Blog – the tagline for the wallpapers is
Read More...
Check out this low cost .NET Micro Framework board from GHI Electronics - The GHI web site also contains a video of the board being used to play a .MP3 file from a USB stick - pretty cool! The board is listed at $99, and has the following hardware and
Read More...
Zune 3.0 software is available for download today . What's new? - check out the new features list here . There are new device features, Software Features, and Social Features. Here's some of the device features: New device hardware (16GB, 120GB) Buy from
Read More...
Graças ao Windows Live tradução (Equipe de tradução de automática do Microsoft Research), a documentação de CE 6.0 agora está disponível em português! - Eis um link para o material traduzido . Thanks to Windows Live Translation (Microsoft Research Machine
Read More...
Today, Monday September 1st is Embedded day at TechEd Australia - a couple of months ago, Don Kerr, the Embedded guy in Sydney asked me to present the opening session at the Embedded day - The session is 30 minutes, followed by Q&A. It doesn't seem
Read More...
I've been in Cambridge, UK for the last few days, and spotted perhaps the best coffee cart in the world (see below). The coffee making kit is on the back of the car (click to get the large version of the image). Very cool! - Mike
Read More...
From MSDN Coding4Fun - Typically we think of robots as machines from science fiction or as industrial robots such as those that build and paint cars. In the world of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio, anything that has sensors and/or actuators can be
Read More...
Have you ever wanted to search the CE 6.0 online documentation (yes, of course you have!), the problem with typical search engines is that you get a ton of other links/information back that isn't quite so useful. Veronica, one of the CE 6.0 documentation
Read More...
The finals of the Imagine Cup are coming up tomorrow, July 8th - the theme for this years competition is "Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment", this sounds like the perfect challenge for embedded hardware and software engineering!
Read More...
Just launched on MSDN is the CE 6.0 Exam Preparation Kit Download - There are six chapters in the kit that cover the following topics. Chapter 01 : Customizing the Operating System Design Chapter 02 : Building and Deploying the Runtime Image Chapter 03
Read More...
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...
With the release of Popfly Game Creator Alpha Master Chief needs to find a new job Popfly: On Set with Halo Master Chief To get more information on the Popfly Game Creator, go take a look at the Channel 9 video . - Mike
Read More...
Last month, Ray Ozzie talked about "the mesh" at MIX 08, today the Live Mesh Technology Preview is available and there's a lot of discussion going on about what Live Mesh is, and the problem that Live Mesh is trying to solve. Here's my take on Live Mesh,
Read More...
Spending two weeks on the road can be a harrowing experience, here's some of the sights and sounds from Embedded World Germany and ESC China/Shenzhen. First the eating shots ... Here's a shot of Mike Glass, the new Group Program Manager for the Embedded
Read More...
