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In January, there are those who like to make predictions about the upcoming year. I am not one of those people. Instead, I like to quote Niels Bohr who said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” However, I can say without a doubt that change is afoot in 2014. In...

Revision Note: V1.0 (November 12, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT to address known weaknesses in RC4. The update supports the...

BIME Hack Day borns!!!! The gretest unconference encounter in the state, especially created to encourage creativity and invention that will get together music lovers and new technology professionals with leading companies of this sector. Two days in which MAKERS, DEVELOPERS and HACKERS will...

You know how people have been complaining that quality apps are few in numbers in the windows 8 winstore? Well, I've been trying to help MS out by porting some of my quality apps over to windows 8. I've recently ported one of my more useful apps into the metro interface. The app itself is...

We are committed to adapting our policies as the world evolves and with the new Windows Store, we evaluated how to best release security updates for Windows Store apps. Our goal is to have a quick, transparent and painless security update process. With this in mind, we will deliver high quality...

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Many developers are working on building Windows 8 apps for their popular applications, but one company that’s forgoing Windows 8 altogether is Google. The company has revealed that it will not being developing apps for Windows 8, including one of their most popular apps, Gmail. The company said...

Microsoft has released a Free Evaluation version of Windows 8. The evaluation copy of Windows 8 Enterprise is valid only for 90 days after activation, and once expired, cannot be upgraded. It is intended for developers, but presents a safe method for those who don't have Technet/MSDN access and...

This is taken from Windows 8 blog: Reference: Blogging Windows

Hi all, As Microsoft has removed all the codes to prevent third party developers to create utilities/software to reenable the start button in Windows 8, I would like to know your opinions about that. After the release of the final verison of Windows 8, do you think the developers somehow...

In the leaked build 7989, some of the developers at Microsoft's had some fun with the boot screen, making a quick copy/paste job of the beta fish we came to know and love in Windows 7. Link Removed It's a cheesy job, but a good laugh. Also notable is that the crossword puzzle seen in previous...

Windows Phone "Mango" includes a lot of cool, exciting new features that users will be showing to all of their friends. Of course, there are some features so behind the scenes that users will never really be aware of them—but developers will. One such new feature is the addition of "SQL Compact"...

If you're dying for more Windows 8 news then you'll want to bookmark Microsoft's brand new blog, Building Windows 8 where the software giant plans to start dishing on the next iteration of its OS. Microsoft says it will use the new blog to talk about forthcoming features, user interface...

Microsoft has kicked off a Windows 8 dialog with developers and hardware manufacturers as it prepares to divulge additional OS details at the upcoming BUILD conference in September. read more Link Removed

Microsoft will show hardware makers and software developers how to build for Windows 8 in a technical preview in September. Link Removed

Microsoft will show hardware makers and software developers how to build for Windows 8 in a technical preview in September. Link Removed

Microsoft will show hardware makers and software developers how to build for Windows 8 in a technical preview in September. Link Removed

Microsoft will show hardware makers and software developers how to build for Windows 8 in a technical preview in September. Link Removed

You've learned a lot about Rx (Reactive Extensions) on C9 over the years. You've seen Rx go from incubation stage to DevLabs project to having a happy home on the Link Removed. Today, we're very pleased to announce that Link Removed Link Removed Rx V1 will ship as a stable release with...

Recently we had our Kinect launch with a special Channel 9 Live event. Just prior to this we held a 24 hour Code Camp to allow developers to play with the Kinect SDK for 24 hours and see what they could come up with. I interviewed the teams after the event to take a look at their project and get...