Windows Embedded Blog
A look at Embedded and other Cool Stuff.
TechEd Europe (Nov 7-10) Barcelona - Embedded Sessions.
TechEd Europe is going to be an interesting conference this year, it seems like TechEd is being...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/13/2006
Windows Embedded Student Challenge merges with Imagine Cup '07
The Windows Embedded Student Challenge is getting merged into Imagine Cup '07 being held in Korea....
Author: mikehall Date: 09/13/2006
What would you do with Embedded $100 ?
I've just read Scott's $100 mobile question this seems like an interesting exercise. It's very easy...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/12/2006
MSDN Channel9: A look at the new CE 6.0 Driver Model
CE 6.0 ships with a new kernel and memory architecture (see this MSDN Channel9 video for a look at...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/07/2006
MSDN Channel9: 3rd Generation Kernel for CE 6.0
CE 6.0 ships with a new kernel and memory architecture, in this MSDN Channel9 video we talk to...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/07/2006
Personal Area Networking with .NET
Peter Foot, MVP has been working on a managed assembly for desktop and devices that makes...
Author: mikehall Date: 09/07/2006
Elan Dumps Linux For Windows In New Music Server
From Dr.Dobb's Portal - In a move to bring more speed, drivers and future applications to its new...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/31/2006
Windows CE 5.0 and CE 6 Beta Live Chat! - August 30th 9am Pacific
Do you have tough technical questions regarding Windows CE 5.0 for which you're seeking answers? Do...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/30/2006
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP1 for CE 4.2 and CE 5.0
There's an update available that adds support for .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP1 to Windows CE 4.2...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/25/2006
Windows XP Embedded Virtual PC Image (lab coming soon!)
We've been delivering Windows XP Embedded labs at a number of conferences dating back to the initial...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/22/2006
Barry Bond Emulation interview on MSDN Channel 9
Check out the interview with Barry Bond, architect (and developer) on the ARM based Device Emulator...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/18/2006
WindowsForDevices: Shared Source Contest: Results are in...
WindowsForDevices has been running a Windows CE Shared Source Contest - people taking part in the...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/17/2006
What's with the moon ?
When I was at MEDC Malaysia with Loke and the MEDC team I noticed the new moon looked different to...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/17/2006
LinuxWorld: March of the Penguins...
Yesterday, Jason Stolarczyk, Dan Javnozon, and Mike Hall (yep, that's me!) headed for LinuxWorld -...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/17/2006
Jason Browne, bSquare, Windows CE Blog.
Jason Browne, a software developer at bSquare has now created a blog (hoorah!) - the blog is going...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/17/2006
Feedback on Windows XP Embedded Feature Pack
The Windows XP Embedded SP2 Feature Pack CTP (Community Tech Preview) was released to the web in...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/15/2006
Windows CE - Developing applications for "retail" devices.
When writing a managed application today against a debug (or retail) Windows CE 5.0 device (using...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/14/2006
So quiet ? - And where's the Windows CE 5.0 Virtual Labs ?
You are probably wondering why the blog appears to be quieter than normal - Over the last few weeks...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/10/2006
University of Florida and Windows XP Embedded win Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition
This is awesome, for the second year running the University of Florida have won the AUV (Autonomous...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/08/2006
Windows Embedded @ LinuxWorld ! (again)
If you are attending LinuxWorld in SFO on August 16th why not come along to Jillian's @ the Metreon...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/02/2006
Windows CE 5.0 and CE 6 Beta Live Chat!
We have a Windows CE 5.0 and CE 6.0 Beta MSDN Online Chat coming up - this is a great opportunity...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/02/2006
MSDN Chat: Windows XP Embedded Feature Pack
We have a Windows XP Embedded Feature Pack discussion coming up on MSDN - so mark your calendars and...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/02/2006
Why Windows CE Shared Source and Community Projects?
Windows CE has been shipping with Shared Source for some time now (at least since Windows CE 3.0...
Author: mikehall Date: 08/02/2006
Starbucks iCup coming to campus!
Just been reading Alex Barnetts blog - Alex has evidence that Startucks iCup (interractive cup) is...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/31/2006
Windows CE 6.0 (Beta) Virtual Lab LIVE!
If you are interested in getting "Hands on" with the Beta of Windows CE 6.0 you can now head over to...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/28/2006
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,...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/25/2006
XPE - HORM Manager Pro.
Alexander Wechsler (MVP for Windows Embedded) has been working on a utility to make it easier to...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/19/2006
Virtual PC Differencing Drives.
Sometimes you really don't know what you don't know until you stumble across something that shows...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/19/2006
Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software
Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell (of SysInternals fame) are moving to Microsoft through the...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/18/2006
Windows XP Embedded Boot.ini and Arc path.
Ever wondered how the boot.ini and arc path settings are used to determine the boot device on your...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/15/2006
Microsoft, LG-Nortel Sign MoU to Develop and Market Windows CE based IP Phones
Interesting news from the LG-Nortel web site - Microsoft and LG-Nortel announced the signing of a...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/13/2006
LSP (Layered Service Providers) sample for Windows CE - CodePlex Community Project.
The number of Windows CE community projects is growing - over the last couple of days a Phidgets and...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/13/2006
Marvel Releases Halo Graphic Novel
Marvel Comics has released a Halo graphic novel (Master Chief is now as much a super hero as...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/13/2006
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs "Eiger" Released.
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is based on Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 (SP2)...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/13/2006
Microsoft: Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE)
Check out the following Microsoft/Robotics/Academia press release, and the second Microsoft Robotics...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/12/2006
Neopoleon is Dynamite!
Rory Blyth (of Neopoleon blog, MSDN Events, and DNR fame) has a growing series of Windows Mobile...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/12/2006
Windows CE 6 Beta running in Virtual PC - handing off lab to MSDN today...
The first Virtual PC lab is now tested/running (see the screen shot below) - I'm handing the lab...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/12/2006
Status of First Windows CE 6 Virtual Lab.
You will be pleased to know that I've finished building the first (of several) Virtual Labs for...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/12/2006
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...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/11/2006
Windows XP Embedded - .NET Framework 2.0 Released !
Thought this might be useful to people building on Windows XP Embedded - the .NET Framework 2.0 has...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/11/2006
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...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/10/2006
Windows XP Embedded Feature Pack CTP
The Windows XP Embedded team has been working on a Feature Pack with a bunch of interesting features...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/10/2006
ActiveSync 4.2 Released
ActiveSync 4.2 has been released to the web. Changes in ActiveSync 4.2 help resolve connectivity...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/10/2006
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...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/07/2006
Microsoft MES has been selected as the official ECU supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2008, 2009 and 2010
This extract from SpeedTv.com - Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/06/2006
WE-DIG July 2006 - Managed Development
This evenings WE-DIG session is covering some of the updates to the .NET Compact Framework v2.0 SP1...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/05/2006
Windows Mobile Team Hiring
If you are interested in a Technical Product Manager Position over in the Windows Mobile team (the...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/05/2006
Device Security Manager Powertoy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Released!
This test tool helps developers of Windows Mobile applications test various security policies for...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/05/2006
David Jones (RMIT) Embedded Blog - Windows CE 6 Beta, Footy and Soccer.
David Jones (left), university lecturer at RMIT (Melbourne, Australia) has an embedded blog where he...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/04/2006
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...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/03/2006