Windows Embedded Blog
A look at Embedded and other Cool Stuff.
.NET Micro Framework book is now shipping (guess who has a copy!)
Donald Thompson and Rob Miles have been hard at work producing titled Embedded Programming with the...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/20/2007
splash.bmx - what's a bmx file ?
Take a look at the CEPC bootloader disk images for CE 6.0...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/11/2007
New CE 6.0 SP1 Screencasts coming soon...
The CE 6.0 SP1 release contains a number of updates that are useful for developers using CE 6.0 -...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/10/2007
Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 Released (July 9th).
Robotics Studio 1.5 is now available for download - there are a number of improvements in the new...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/10/2007
Mobile Development Handbook
Andy Wigley, Daniel Moth, and Peter Foot have been hard at work developing an MS Press book called...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/19/2007
Imagine Cup, Embedded Invitational: Finalists Announced!
The results are in, 15 teams are moving forward to the finals of the Imagine Cup Embedded...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/16/2007
Windows Home Server Release Candidate - goes live!
Head on over to the Windows Home Server Blog for information about the Windows Home Server Release...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/12/2007
CE4All Blog up and running...
Some of the developers at Intrinsyc have started a blog to provide hints and tips to developers...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/12/2007
Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded (was Feature Pack 2008).
Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded enables OEM customers to use some of the latest Windows...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/07/2007
Blackfin now supported by .NET Micro Framework.
Here's some interesting news from Tech*Ed 2007 - the .NET Micro Framework team have announced...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/07/2007
Download: CE 6.0 USB Camera Driver
We've just released a CE 6.0 USB Camera Driver (download page here) - CE 6.0 introduces a new camera...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/07/2007
.NET Micro Framework - book, video, webcast!
Here's a couple of updates on the .NET Micro Framework - interesting stuff! Here’s a video interview...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/06/2007
Nicolas BESSON's Embedded Blog
Nicolas BESSON's from Adeneo has started an Embedded Blog - Adaneo focus on Windows Embedded CE...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/06/2007
Webinar: Windows Embedded Opportunities in Enterprise Organizations (June 28th 2007)
Devices based on the Windows Embedded platforms - Windows Embedded CE, Windows XP Embedded and...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/06/2007
Home control manufacturer uses .NET Micro Framework to create product quickly
Dave Baker and John Holdstock from the Embedded Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team have...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/01/2007
Kiosk Mode for CE 6.0
Last August I put up a blog post that showed how to create a Kiosk type device using CE 5.0 and I've...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/01/2007
A look at Microsoft Surface Computing.
Today Microsoft announced "Surface Computing" which is being developed by the Productivity and...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/30/2007
CE 6.0 MSDN Online Chat - May 30th 2007, 9am Pacific.
Do you have tough technical questions regarding Windows Embedded CE 6.0 for which you're seeking...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/28/2007
.NET Micro Framework Book - Read Chapter 4 online...
The Programming with the .NET Micro Framework book is now available to order online, if you want to...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/25/2007
.NET Micro Framework book - DONE!
The .NET Micro Framework book which is authored by Donald Thompson and Rob Miles is done and is...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/22/2007
Channel9: Robotics Tour: CCR, VPL, Simulation.
The Channel9 guys recently dropped into the Microsoft Robotics Studio team to take a look at CCR,...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/18/2007
Windows CE: That's fine, but will my application run ?
Windows Desktop (XP/Vista) and Windows Mobile have the benefit of being a well defined application...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/18/2007
MEDC 2007, the trip to NZ, if it can go wrong, it will...
Today (May 17th) we (that's Don Kerr, Rob Tiffany, Derek Snyder, and I) had an 8:30am flight from...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/17/2007
MEDC Australia - Done, next stop Christchurch.
MEDC Australia is now done, I had a great time in Sydney, it's been a tough schedule, arriving from...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/16/2007
The Matrix Fountain in Sydney
After we completed MEDC rehearsals it was time to get some top shelf tucker out with a few mates who...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/14/2007
Amazing Security at Microsoft Australia!
MEDC 2007 Australia/New Zealand kicks off tomorrow morning (Tuesday 15th May), today we've been at...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/14/2007
Windows Mobile "Hulk Hogan" has a blog.
Finally Steve Hegenderfer (Hulk Hogan) from the Windows Mobile team has a blog up and running -...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/11/2007
First Architect job completed...
It's my first week on the job as Architect for the Windows Embedded Business - I'm pretty pleased...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/10/2007
Why use MFC on Windows CE?
Last week at MEDC in Las Vegas I presented a lab on application development for Windows CE using the...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/08/2007
Moving right along... (starting a new role within Microsoft)
It's time for me to move to a new job within Microsoft, don't worry, I'm not leaving the Embedded...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/07/2007
MEDC 2007: Sumo Competition - Interview with Joseph Fernando.
As soon as the Sumo Robotics competition finished I managed to grab an interview with Joseph...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/04/2007
MEDC 2007: Sumo Robotics competition - Competitor Interviews.
At the end of each round of the Sumo Robotics Competition we managed to grab an interview with the...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/04/2007
MEDC 2007: Sumo Competition (Photos).
Here's a set of photos from this years MEDC Sumo Robotics competition - thanks to Vetala Hawkins...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/04/2007
Mini MEDC coming to NZ...
Just been checking out Darryl Burling's blog - there's a mini-MEDC event coming to NZ on May 17th....
Author: mikehall Date: 05/04/2007
How to get CE 6.0 Service Pack 1.
CE 6.0 Service Pack 1 has been released to the web - the service pack includes updates to support...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/04/2007
MEDC 2007: Speaker Scores (Mobile vs. Embedded)
This year introduces another way for speakers to be competitive, not content with just seeing who...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
MEDC 2007: Sliverlight on Windows Mobile
Check out the interview with Scott Holden, Product Unit Manager for the .NET Compact Framework Team...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
MEDC 2007: Robotics Studio Final.
Here's the MEDC Sumo Robotics Final - the announcer for the competition was Michael Buffer! (listen...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
MEDC 2007: Highlights of the Sumo Robotics Competition.
Here's a video montage of last nights Sumo Robotics Competition... More videos on the way......
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
Windows Mobile Survey.
The Windows Mobile team are running a survey, they don't have prizes or T-Shirts to hand out but do...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
MEDC 2007: Instructor Led Labs.
We're running a number of embedded (and mobile) instructor led labs at MEDC - these labs are always...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
MEDC 2007: What is Windows Embedded CE ?
Here's Derek interviewing the Windows Embedded CE Product Manager, Dan Javnoson - so what is Windows...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
MEDC 2007: What's cool about Windows XP Embedded
Derek Snyder interviews John Doyle, the Windows XP Embedded Product Manager - find out what's new...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/03/2007
MEDC 2007: Microsoft Robotics Studio.
Joseph Fernando is one of the Architects working on Microsoft Robotics Studio, we've just released a...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/02/2007
Change the world...
- Mike
Author: mikehall Date: 05/02/2007
MEDC 2007: Rob Tiffany, scaling Windows Mobile across the Enterprise.
Rob Tiffany (Senior Technical Product Manager, Windows Mobile) has built a server rack with thousand...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/02/2007
MEDC 2007: Interview with Dave Kelley and Ilya Bukshteyn
Straight after the keynote there are typically a set of "General Sessions" covering Windows Mobile,...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/02/2007
MEDC 2007: The Good, Bad, and Ugly.
Yep, it's MEDC 2007 time again, we've just completed the first day (and at the time of this posting,...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/02/2007
MEDC 2007: Keynote excitement! (and vote for your favorite demo person!)
Here's some shots of the MEDC 2007 keynote, we get to see Derek Snyder talking about Windows Mobile,...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/02/2007