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Monday, August 14, 2006 12:55 PM

Windows CE - Developing applications for "retail" devices.

When writing a managed application today against a debug (or retail) Windows CE 5.0 device (using Visual Studio 2005) you need to run two applications on your target device (conmanclient2 and cmaccept) before connecting VS to your target - for native
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:11 AM

Robot SDK coming to WE-DIG August Meeting.

Date: Wednesday August 2, 2006 Time: 6:30 - 9:00pm At: Bldg 117, Chinook, Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA ===== Theme: Robotics SDK ===== Yes, we know. You got into software because you were inspired by visions of robots from all the Sci-Fi that you
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:15 AM

Neopoleon is Dynamite!

Rory Blyth (of Neopoleon blog, MSDN Events, and DNR fame) has a growing series of Windows Mobile development tutorials up on MSDN Channel 9, go check them out here. - Mike
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Monday, July 10, 2006 10:23 PM

Windows CE 6 and Windows Mobile Virtual Labs

I'm working on a number of Windows CE 6 Virtual Labs - if you want to see what the experience is like you might want to check out some Windows Mobile 5.0 Virtual Labs I know that Loke Uei is working on some more Windows Mobile labs as we speak
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Monday, July 10, 2006 8:57 PM

What versions of .NETCF will VS "Orcas Support" ?

The Visual Studio for Devices team are planning their support for the next release of Visual Studio (codename Orcas) - The current plan is to drop support for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 - The VSD team are looking for your feedback over
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Sunday, July 09, 2006 9:29 PM

ActiveSync 4.2 Released

ActiveSync 4.2 has been released to the web. Changes in ActiveSync 4.2 help resolve connectivity related issues with Microsoft Outlook, proxies, partnerships, and connectivity. Microsoft Outlook Improvements: Resolves issues relating to error code
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Friday, July 07, 2006 10:52 AM

x86 & ARM Phidgets driver/sample available on CodePlex

Phidgets have released an x86 and ARM driver and sample applications for Windows CE 5.0 - here's a link to the CodePlex Phidgets workspace - Mike
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006 7:05 PM

Device Security Manager Powertoy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Released!

This test tool helps developers of Windows Mobile applications test various security policies for Windows Mobile devices. It is designed as a desktop application that ships with a preset list of “security configurations”.   A security configuration
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Monday, July 03, 2006 6:44 PM

Monitoring Critical Processes on Windows CE

As an update to the "Flying with Unreliable Penguins" post I thought it would be useful to point you at the WatchDogTimer APIs on Windows CE - Watchdog timers are used to make sure critical processes are running as expected. Typically, every critical
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Friday, June 30, 2006 3:17 PM

WE-DIG Meeting, July 5th - Managed Code and XNA

Date: Wednesday July 5, 2006 Time: 6:30 - 9:00pm   At: Bldg 117, Chinook, Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA   ===== Theme: Update on Managed Code =====   This past spring, Microsoft announced XNA - a managed code framework for game developers
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:36 PM

Heading for Malaysia and my new Windows CE 6 Tools Demo

Tonight I head for MEDC Malaysia - I fly from SeaTac at 11pm heading for Vancouver Canada (one hour flight), then pick up the Cathay Pacific flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong at 2:55am (13 hours 15 minutes), then Hong Kong to Malaysia at 8:50am (3 Hours
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:52 AM

Phidgets - jumping in at the deep end.

Yesterday I decided to get Phidgets working with my ICOP eBox II reference board - Since I have a working Windows CE 6 Beta BSP for the ICOP board I decided to jump in at the deep end and try to get the driver and an application working (why not, eh?).
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:13 PM

.NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP1 available for download

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 Service Pack 1 has been released as a download.  The service pack includes stability improvements, new debugging features, extended platform support, and new developer functionality.  Most notably,
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Thursday, June 15, 2006 2:57 PM

MEDC 2006 - Next stop, Malaysia.

The first leg of the MEDC International events is done (Las Vegas/USA, Melbourne/Australia, Tokyo/Japan, and Nice/France) - the second leg of the tour gets started this coming weekend with Taiwan, China, and then Malaysia - unfortunately I don't get to
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:39 AM

New Abacus MSN Direct (SPOT) Watch and .NET MicroFramework

Abacus have announced the latest MSN Direct Watch - From the MSN Direct site - The new Abacus® Smart Watch 2006 is better than ever!  It delivers the MSN® Direct content you depend on and it's designed with the fashion-conscious person in mind. 
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