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Hello! Well, it has been quite some time since I have followed up here to discuss with you what is going on with the forum. Today, we have introduced some new features, for the first time in awhile: You can now deactivate your account or reactivate it at any time. You can now change the color...

Link Removed I first met Lucas Rizzotto at a Link Removed hackathon last December, where he and his team built a holographic advertising solution. Fast forward to August, and he’s now an award-winning mixed reality creator, technologist, and designer with two HoloLens apps in Windows Store...

A Retrospective In late 2016, the Windows Insider team did something new. We hosted a real-time Webcast. While the concept of a webcast is not new, this was the first one for us. We hosted it during the development cycle for the Creator’s update and we timed it with the first Bug Bash. It was...

The Chakra team was delighted to host the third Node.js VM Summit recently here at Microsoft. These meetings bring together JavaScript VM vendors, Node collaborators, and CTC members including participants from Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, nearForm, and NodeSource. This group is currently...

Welcome back to Ping! We talk about the return of robot combat return to television, we chat about a one-way ticket to Mars on the space desk, and more stories that 'softies are pinging each other about... Link Removed Last show... Link Removed Announcing: Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta...

With Microsoft’s latest open source code contribution to the Cocos2d-x project [https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/pull/12107], Microsoft has enabled Cocos2d-x to run on Windows 10 on the Universal Windows Platform. The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) makes it possible to target all Windows...

Can someone lease give me the rationale on this "Well Known Member " label....... how does one become a "well known member " when one has single digit of "messages" ? By the same token, one can be a "well known member" if one signed up 2 years ago and never posted a message. Yes?

In a fast paced world, three years after Windows 7, Microsoft’s upcoming successor OS, Windows 8 remains a hard sell. Does that mean it is not worthy of the buzz and hype? Browse a tech magazine lately? Check out a news site about technology? Chances are, you will read something about Windows...

Hi everyone! My name is Matteo and I am a doctoral student at the University of Pisa. I am new here and I got the permission from your administrator to post a message about my research. I think you might be interested in it! :razz: I have been studying the relationship between individuals and...

We have moved ahead with our agenda in several areas for September. Members can enjoy changes in the following areas: Post Messages Using Windows Live ID, Facebook, Yahoo!, and AOL As we proposed today, members can use the Facebook Graph API (and therefore the OpenGraph API) to post messages...

Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our Link Removed due to 404 Error at Black Hat. Now that everyone’s had some time to digest the basics, we’ve asked Senior Security Strategist and chief BlueHat Prize architect Katie Moussouris to stop by the Trustworthy Computing...

The following message was written for our administrative team, but when analyzed, I believe it can be applied to forum members as a whole. I hope that you will agree, as in many cases, there can be no room for error: I have spoken to whoosh and we are ready to go. As long as we don't get under...

Can social media make a real difference for a cause? It's a challenge taken on by Marc Ecko and his Unlimited Justice, a campaign to fight corporal punishment in U.S. schools. More than just an isolated campaign, it's an example of how the Internet is changing modern activism. Online...

Boris Jabes is fun guy to talk to about C++. He has the distinction of being the first guy to share the news about the removal of C++/CLI intellisense support in VC10. He also has a great perspective on why the decision was made and understands the complexity of intellisense projects and complex...

Tony Goodhew is a Microsoft veteran in the developer tools division and has returned home to his roots in VC++ (he was a program manager on VC6). One of Tony's priorities is that of effective communication with developer customers who expect open and honest answers to ALL of their questions. How...

NOTE: The main title should have read: ...and The World, .... had a minor brain cramp on that. I encourage any and all who are interested to check out this man's website. I heard a radio interview with him on 8-4-2010 and even though he's now 87 years in maturity, he is extremely lucid and...

There doesn't seem to be anywhere to post this query, except here, so it will probably get buried before answered! Why is it, in the members list, there are so many, even regular posters, who are listed as last visit in 1970??

George Broussard, the president of 3D Realms, has set up his Formspring account to let fans grill him on any number of topics. There are also a number of questions concerning the Duke Nukem franchise although when ask if we will ever get to see Duke Nukem Forever, Broussard states, 'Magic 8-Ball...

Microsoft’s User Research Team is conducting a usability study for those in the Austin area who recently purchased a computer with Windows 7 installed. This is a unique opportunity to provide direct feedback to help us improve our products you use every day! Only you can tell us how we can help...

How do users operate when they visit this forum (or any other) I have never posed a question, so regard myself as being in a "help" category. To merely select "New Posts", unless you are a very prolific poster, with time on your hands, can reveal a mass of material, a lot of which, if one is...