Windows Embedded Blog
A look at Embedded and other Cool Stuff.
Nicolas Besson Blog: Power Management on Windows CE.
Nicolas Besson is a software engineer working at Adeneo - he's recently posted to his blog three...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/28/2008
Time runs out for the MSN Direct Watch.
John Canan, a Program Manager on the MSN Direct team has recently blogged about the end of the MSN...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/24/2008
RoboChamps competition is open for business!
Today the RoboChamps web site goes live - RoboChamps is an extremely interesting competition, you,...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/24/2008
Hands on with Live Mesh
Last month, Ray Ozzie talked about "the mesh" at MIX 08, today the Live Mesh Technology Preview is...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/23/2008
Bad day for e-mail, and ASP.NET for Windows CE
A typical morning in the office gets started with browsing my Outlook Inbox for questions about...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/23/2008
FAQ: CE 6.0 and Visual Studio 2005/2008
I seem to be getting quite a number of questions related to CE 6.0 and Visual Studio 2005/2008 - so...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/21/2008
Windows CE for the hobbyist - thoughts, comments?
At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose last week the "Spark your Imagination" program was...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/21/2008
Slides from ESC West: Become a Windows CE Developer in 60 minutes.
Many of the people attending my session at ESC West "Become a Windows CE developer in 60 minutes"...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/18/2008
Sights from ESC San Jose - keynotes, Sessions, and Labs.
The Embedded Systems Conference is running this week in San Jose, California - The conference center...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/16/2008
PressPass: Microsoft Renames Embedded Operating Systems.
There are a number of press announcements at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley (ESC...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/16/2008
Windows Embedded Acceleration Workshop - 23 workshops, US, UK, Germany, France, May-June.
A Windows Embedded Acceleration Workshop offers professional embedded developers the unique...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/16/2008
Book: Expert .NET Micro Framework
Jens Kühner has just completed a book called "Expert .NET Micro Framework" Here's the Book...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/02/2008
What's new with the .NET Micro Framework 2.5?
Jim Mateer, a program manager in the .NET Micro Framework team has recorded (and posted) a video...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/31/2008
Program Manager Training Day - XPE, WinCE, and "other stuff"
The Windows Embedded Business ships three operating systems, Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, and...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/31/2008
KB Article: CE 6.0 QFE Cannot be installed on Windows Vista.
I recently posted a blog post about the .NET Compact Framework update for CE 6.0 - Some users have...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/26/2008
Microsoft Point of Service for .NET v1.12 (Download Available)
Microsoft Point of Service for .NET v1.12 has been released and is available for download Microsoft...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/20/2008
What's happening at Embedded Systems West ? (April 14-17, San Jose)
Embedded Systems West is coming up, there's just a month to the event! - We're doing a number of...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/18/2008
Dilbert and the role of Architect.
Found this Dilbert cartoon quite funny (not even remotely close though). - Mike
Author: mikehall Date: 03/18/2008
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Component for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (Catalog Component)
The Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update (January 2008) includes support for the .NET Compact...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/17/2008
Embedded Sessions at TechEd 2008 Developers (Reasons to come to TechEd 2008)
You are probably aware that we're not running the Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference (MEDC)...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/13/2008
Conference levels (100-400) - what do they mean?
With Embedded Systems West (April 14-18), and TechEd Developers 2008 (June 3-6) rapidly approaching...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/12/2008
CE 6.0 Developer Book available in Japanese.
A book called Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Developer book ~ Embedded OS Development principles has just...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/05/2008
Tuba spotted in Shenzhen!
Spotted at the opening ceremony of the Embedded Systems Conference in Shenzhen - a marching band,...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/03/2008
Don't play the Tuba on the freeway in Shenzhen
I arrived in Shenzhen/China at about 8pm last night for the Embedded Systems Conference China - Just...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/03/2008
Aachen to Nuremberg @ 130mph.
The trip from Aachen to Nuremberg went pretty well, a few slow spots (around Frankfurt for example),...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/26/2008
Video: XNA Games running on Zune
Check out this video of XNA games running on Zune - pretty cool! XNA Game Running on a Zune - Mike
Author: mikehall Date: 02/25/2008
Walk about in Aachen.
Today we finished our meetings in Aachen (Germany) at a good time, jetlag was catching up with...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/25/2008
The trip from Dusseldorf to Aachen.
Yesterday I took a flight from London to Dusseldorf and met one of my colleagues (who shall remain...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/25/2008
Microsoft Certification for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (Beta exam extended to March 3rd 2008)
The Beta MCP exam for CE 6.0 has been extended to March 3rd 2008 (more information below, and on the...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/22/2008
Zune Game Development with XNA Game Studio 3.0
From the XNA Creators site - The XNA Community Games Platform team has announced the first feature...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/20/2008
Online Seminar: Windows Server 2008 for Embedded Systems
"Windows Server 2008 for Embedded Systems"Date and Time: February 28, 2008 @ 8:00-9:00 AM PST During...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/14/2008
DUAScriptGen now available on CodePlex
Windows XP Embedded supports an update mechanism called Device Update Agent (DUA), this device...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/10/2008
ICOP eBox 4300 BSP now available for download.
the ICOP eBox 4300 BSP is now available for download. The eBox 4300 is an x86 board running the VIA...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/07/2008
TODAY: WE-DIG "Online" Meeting - Porting BSPs to CE 6.0
Porting a BSP to Windows Embedded CE 6.0...requires structural changes to enable KITL, OAL and the...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/06/2008
Feb 21st 2008: Webinar: Development of Consumer Electronics Devices with Windows XP Embedded
Date and Time: February 21, 2008 @ 1:00-2:00 PM PST During this live online 60 minute presentation,...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/06/2008
WE-DIG: Online Chat and Video - Porting BSPs to CE 6.0
The Windows Embedded Developer Interest Group (WE-DIG) have managed to get Travis Hobrla from the...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/30/2008
.NET Micro Framework Tetris - the gauntlet has been thrown!
About this time last year I was heading to Paris (France, not Texas) to present at a developers...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/29/2008
Windows CE: Adding two files of the same name to two different folders in the file system (Part two of one)
Based on some recent blog comments I wanted to add some additional information to the existing...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/29/2008
Imagine Cup - Embedded Invitational - Round One Reports Due THIS FRIDAY!
I wanted to point out that the Round One reports for the Embedded Invitational within Imagine Cup...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/29/2008
c|net - A golden anniversary for Lego
The humble Lego brick has turned 50 years old (amazing, huh!) - c|net has a series of photos of...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/29/2008
Tech*Ed 2008 Pre-Conference Tutorials Posted.
The pre-conference tutorials for Tech*Ed 2008 (US) have been posted online It looks like there are...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/23/2008
Windows CE: Adding two files of the same name to two different folders in the file system.
Here's the deal... You are building a Windows CE operating system image that includes a bunch of...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/16/2008
TechEd 2008 Developers (June 3-6) - Call for "Embedded" Content
TechEd 2008 is one of the events that will be replacing the Mobile and Embedded Developers...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/16/2008
CE 6.0 R2 technical videos now available...
We recorded a series of technical presentations for the launch of CE 6.0 R2, these are now available...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/14/2008
Windows Embedded Events for 2008
Welcome to 2008! I wanted to give you an update on the event plans for the coming year - you may...
Author: mikehall Date: 01/11/2008