Olivier's Blog
A Blog about Interoperability in the Microsoft world
The Schtick demo explained
Some time ago I posted a video of a demo we got Beckhoff to build for us, showing Real time...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 06/19/2009
WindowsEmbedded.com localized versions
A brand new Website just went out: the French version of our Windows Embedded portal. You can access...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 06/10/2009
NY Times says: Microsoft wants gadgets to run Windows
An article has been published on the New York Times blog by Saul Hansell covering Kevin Dallas’...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 06/03/2009
Cool picture frame feature: motion sensor
Working on demos for future events, Mike and I went through some cool ideas. Here is one you might...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 06/01/2009
ESC Silicon Valley 2009 slides are online
Late March, beginning of April we were presenting technical sessions at ESC Silicon Valley. You can...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 05/22/2009
New Embedded blog: Fun with Embedded development
Check out this new blog, there should be some great stuff in there, David has lots of ideas and...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 05/20/2009
Industrial Automation demo
Here is a demo I have building with some colleagues and a designer for ESV Silicon Valley Keynote....
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 05/20/2009
Windows Embedded CE Real Time video
A while ago Kurt presented a session on Real Time capabilities of CE at ESC. Here is the Webcast he...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 05/14/2009
Windows Embedded CE start-up video
What happens when you boot a Windows CE device? How is the OS image moved into RAM and...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 05/14/2009
TechEd day 1
Today was day 1 at TechEd. Well, the real day one was yesterday with the precons. We had really...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 05/11/2009
Bowling with Embedded folks at TechEd
You are going to TechEd? Please join us to this great party on Tuesday, May 12th at Lucky Strikes...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 05/04/2009
Windows Embedded CE6.0 Real time numbers and proofing demo
We had numbers demonstrating that the previous version of Windows CE (version 5.0) was meeting the...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 04/24/2009
TechEd PRC12: Windows Embedded CE deep dive and future
TechEd 2009 North America will take place early may. 2 pre-conference will be presented about...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 04/17/2009
TechEd PRC13: Windows Embedded Standard deep dive and future
TechEd 2009 North America will take place early may. 2 pre-conference will be presented about...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 04/17/2009
A vision of the future…
I like this vision video presenting what our future can be in 2019. Lot’s of screens, lot’s of...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 04/10/2009
Windows Embedded Systems and Services video from ESC West Keynote
During his Keynote at ESC Silicon Valley, Kevin Dallas presented Microsoft vision of Windows...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 04/07/2009
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Bare essentials video
Kurt presents Windows Embedded CE 6.0 fundamental concepts in a really instructive video. Check it...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 04/07/2009
More Windows Embedded CE training
I mentioned some interesting training sessions in a previous post. Here are some other: EB, Windows...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 03/12/2009
Need some Windows Embedded CE training?
Microsoft has about 60 certified Embedded training partners. You can find the list of these partners...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 03/11/2009
Embedded World Nuremberg
I am in Nuremberg for the last day of Embedded World. Interesting meetings with partners and...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 03/09/2009
Windows Embedded Standard and PageFile
I am actually at Embedded World in Nuremberg and I have been asked a couple of times about the...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 03/03/2009
ATMEL – CE BSP source published
Atmel had a really interesting initiative. They published the source code of their CE BSPs for the...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 03/02/2009
Want to understand what KITL is about?
Windows Embedded CE provides a really convenient feature called KITL (which stands for Kernel...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 03/02/2009
Academic SKU for Windows Embedded Standard
If you are a student or a university teacher interested in Embedded then you might know about MSDN...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 02/17/2009
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 white papers
You want to learn why Windows Embedded Standard 2009 or to learn more about it, then here are some...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 02/17/2009
The MCP certification for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 is now live!
The English language version of the Microsoft Certification Program (MCP) exam for Windows Embedded...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 02/16/2009
Register for TechEd Embedded precons!
TechEd US will take place during the week of May 11th. Windows Embedded will be there and we will...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 02/04/2009
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Virtual Lab
If you want to give a try to the latest tools to build a Windows Embedded Standard 2009 image...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 02/02/2009
Is Windows CE dead?
This the question the NY Times is asking in one of its article. Mike has been reacting on his blog...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/16/2009
Looking for Windows Embedded CE 6 training?
Adeneo Embedded, Windows Embedded Gold Partner, offers Windows CE 6.0 training sessions in Europe...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/15/2009
Discuss on Microphone
Microphone is a Facebook app some people at Microsoft are using to get students in touch my...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/12/2009
5 minutes to understand SPARK and the “SPARKS Will Fly” contest
Mike Hall, Windows Embedded architect, takes 5 minutes to explain the SPARK program and the contest...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/06/2009
5 minutes to understand Windows Embedded CE
Dion Hutchings, Technical Product Manager, explains what Windows Embedded CE is in just 5 minutes…...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/06/2009
SPARK contest round one deadline
The Spark contest first round is about to end. You still have some more days left to enter and make...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/04/2009
Windows Embedded CE 6 trial version: wherre can I find Visual Studio 2005 Trial edition?
If you are new to Windows Embedded CE you might want to get a trial version. There is a problem...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/02/2009
System pop-ups and message boxes on an Embedded device
Last week I travelled to Las Vegas with the whole family and my parents in law who were visiting us...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 01/01/2009
Become a Pool shark using Windows Embedded CE
Take a look at this amazing system these guys from Georgia Tech: a Windows CE device (eBox 2300)...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 12/11/2008
TechEd North America 2009, registration is opened!
The Web site is live and you can now register for TechEd US. This year it will take place in Los...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 12/10/2008
Control your festive lighting using .Net Microframework!
Rob has been publishing a great post describing how to build your own festive lights controller...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 12/02/2008
ESC Boston presentations are online on MSDN
During ESC Boston, a full track of sessions were presented on Windows Embedded. You can now download...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 11/17/2008
Thoughts about the “Windows Embedded” renaming
I am actually in the plane, flying back from Barcelona where we had a great TechEd EMEA: lots of...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 11/15/2008
Another Windows Embedded CE 6.0 book
Samuel Phung from ICOP Technologies has written a great book on Professional Windows Embedded CE 6.0...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 11/15/2008
Sparks will fly: how to get started?
I recently mentioned the contest called Sparks will fly. The theme of this contest is “Imagine the...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 11/15/2008
TechEd EMEA: we are missing you Mike!
Dion (Windows CE TPM), Pierre (French Embedded Developer Evangelist), Lynda (Windows Embedded...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 11/11/2008
Windows Embedded Standard vNext based on Windows 7!
The PDC is taking place this week in Los Angeles and on Tuesday’s Keynote, Windows 7 (future version...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 10/30/2008
Sparks will fly: register now!
Show Microsoft your “home of the future” and win $15,000, plus a trip to TechEd 2009! I am sure...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 10/30/2008
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 hit RTM
Early October, Microsoft released to manufacturing Windows Embedded Standard 2009, the next...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 10/27/2008
Windows Embedded Videos
If you are looking for videos on Windows Embedded products, you can find some on Microsoft Video...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 10/27/2008
Preparing labs for ESC East
I just spent some time today with the guys from TSG (This is the technical support group of...
Author: Olivier Bloch Date: 10/27/2008