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The Kinect for Windows SDK v2 is almost out, the SDK is just about ready for public beta and the excitement is really starting to grow. A number of developers, including many of you, have been coding your fingers off in the private alpha/developer preview program. Until the curtains go up on...

Windows Phone 8.1 will be hitting phones soon now. Yeah, I know all of YOU are running the Windows Phone 8.1 Dev Preview, but for the general user, most should be getting in the coming weeks and months (insert standard disclaimer that your mileage may vary, dates are estimates and under external...

Microsoft has relinquished its previous statements that it would not provide Windows 8.1 RTM to developers on MSDN or Technet and has since published the following versions on both services. The final RTM version, a major update which includes numerous bug fixes and improvements to genuine...

Link RemovedSo Philips recently introduced their Hue Connected Bulbs: an easy-to-use set of LED light bulbs and Wi-Fi connected bridge which allows you to dynamically change the color of your home lighting using their iOS or Android app. What’s particularly cool is that the bridge has a web API...

The Verge has revealed more details on the Windows Blue release: Reference: Windows Blue public preview planned for Build developer conference | The Verge

Probably one of the most advanced games I've tried recreating. I don't make a lot of games, but the logic here on a matrix was a little convoluted through the development stages. What I mean by fully integrated logic is that the control itself does absolutely everything for you. You can...

Hey guys, I am not sure if most of you are aware, but the policy for Windows 8 has been relaxed to now be more open for us developers. If you look at the Windows Store Application Developer Agreement clause 4e). You will find that for In-App Commerce. You may elect to support purchasing...

Can’t get shortcuts to call up certain macros. All macro’s can be executed from Menu>Developer>Macros. Shortcuts for simple insert commands such as date & time are okay!! Shortcuts for simple VBA-defined macros do not work!!. Is there an option that needs to be set? Chuck Win 7 x64 SP1

This might interest you : http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-...Build-8102-M3-After-March-8-2012-224506.shtml In my case, I have covered all that I find that could be of interest in Windows 8. It is so similar to Windows 7, that this field is limited. With the news in the linked article, I...

By Paul Thurrott With developers now tearing up the Windows 8 developer preview and looking for hidden gems, we’re going to soon see an amazing number of utilities aimed at improving the Windows 8 experience and, in some cases, making it work more like its predecessors. While I can’t endorse or...

If you grabbed the Windows Developer Preview in excitement like many of us did, you may also have been displeased and somewhat confused to see the popular IM/calling program, Skype was not working. Skype claimed they released a version (5.5.117) of the program on Wednesday that was compatible...

# windows8 Many people trying out the Windows 8 Developer Preview are noting that they cannot open some of the Metro style full-screen immersive apps when clicking on that app's tile in the start screen. This comes from having a screen resolution set below the minimum 1024x768 for Windows 8...

Hi That's my question, what exactly is the Windows 8 developer preview and what is it used for? Is the a really early version of Windows 8 for developers to look and so they can start developing software that will work with Windows 8 when it comes out? Mike

Today at Microsoft BUILD, Microsoft confirmed that the developer bits of Windows 8 will be available for download starting at 8 PM AST (this translates into 12 am Atlantic, 11 PM eastern time and 4 am british). It includes demonstration/developmental apps and a fully featured metro UI. Taken...

Windows chief Steven Sinofsky launched a Building Windows 8 blog today, focusing on the engineering of Window's next operating system. The blog is designed to "begin an open dialog with those of you who will be trying out the pre-release version over the coming months," he said. Windows 8 is...

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Gov Maharaj is a developer on the Windows Compatibility team. You know Gov from the popular C9 show, Link Removed. He spends most of his time solving problems reported by customers over the phone, in email, or via automated telemetry data. Gov is one of those people who makes work-a-holics feel...

This week on Channel 9, Dan flies solo covering the week's top developer news (A technical snafu in our other studio hosed the audio of the first recording of the show with Brian Keller). [Link Removed] ADO.NET Team - Link Removed available, adds enum and spatial data types, stored procedures...

Mei Liang is our guest this week. She is here to talk about the Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework, a code sample library provided by the Microsoft Community team. The Microsoft Community team monitors the MSDN forums, as well as other developer hangouts, and then creates code samples that...