software development

Speech recognition is in many ways at the heart of Artificial Intelligence. The 18th Century essayist Samuel Johnson captured this beautifully when he wrote, “Language is the dress of thought.” If the ultimate goal of AI research is a machine that thinks like a human, a reasonable starting point...

Hello, Can someone tell me what do I need to learn and start programming tweaks for the UX in Windows 10. Example would be the "7+ Taskbar Tweaker.exe" program that allows you to customize the windows taskbar. thanks Tim

“He walks off the plane from Tokyo at 3 a.m. and joins my call with Toronto at 5 a.m.,” remarked David Sidhu, VP of customer success at Litmus Automation. David was describing the incredible work ethic of Co-founder and CEO Vatsal Shah, the man behind the rapid growth and development for his...

Hello friends! My company is i the final stages of developing our first software for windows. Ours is a small company with just 6 staff and we don't have any previous major experience in releasing our own software and releasing it. But we have managed to complete the major modules of the...

The Composition APIs allow you to enhance the appeal of your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app with a wide range of beautiful and interesting visual effects. Because they are applied at a low level, these effects are highly efficient. They run at 60 frames per second, providing smooth visuals...

We’ve already seen how to get your devices to send data to the cloud. In most cases, the data is then processed by various Azure services. However, in some cases the cloud is nothing more than a means of communication between two devices. Imagine a Raspberry Pi connected to a garage door...

Link Removed Link Removed The Windows 10 Anniversary Update comes with a great set of enhancements to digital ink for both the user and developer. Along with gaining knowledge from general inking resources, you will finish this post knowing how to create a custom ruler with DirectInk. There...

Link Removed How easy is it to integrate Inking into your app? As easy as one line of XAML. In this post, we’re going to walk you through the new Windows 10 Inking capabilities, which are making communication via writing and drawing easier than ever for users. You’ll learn how to implement...

I’m very happy to announce another addition to the Link Removed. Microsoft will be hosting a bounty for Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge on Windows Insider Preview builds. This bounty continues our partnership with the security research community in working to secure our...

Secure communication in the cloud normally involves the following: Data encryption: hiding what is sent Data integrity: protecting data from being tampered with Authentication: validating the identity of the parties in the communication Using a cryptographic protocol such as the TLS takes...

Link Removed If design can be said to have one big secret, something that makes designers what they are and distinguishes them from coders, it is sketching. At the same time, it is an easy skill to learn—though not to master—and you have probably been doing it all of your life without realizing...

Last December Miguel de Icaza blogged about a cool, cross platform, light weight 3D game engine that's very C# and friendly... Link Removed [Post Copied in Full] Building 3D experiences and games using a high-level framework that works across all of the major platforms is now as easy as...

I'm currently trying to update from Win 10 version 10249 to version 1151 and using the media creation tool since the update has not yet appeared in Windows Update. I updated a few other computers to the original version of Win 10 some time ago. When those ISOs were downloaded using the media...

For those of you who read this blog there was one piece of news last week that I'm sure got you excited. A team of volunteers, with the full support of Microsoft, has taken our loved Windows Live Writer (which I am using right now to write this) and given it a new lease on live. Say hello to...

This update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2015 with Update 1. Link Removed

Let's take two of our favorite teach, and just all around fun, tools, Lego Mindstorm EV3 and Small Basic and combine them into one awesome project! Link Removed shares EV3 Basic! Link Removed Using the EV3 extension for Small Basic 1.2, you can use Small Basic to program your Lego Mindstorm...

This is a release candidate (RC) for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Extensions for Project Server 2015 with Update 1 (2015.2). Link Removed

This is a release candidate (RC) for Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 (2015.1). Link Removed

Ever wish there were a way to condense the entire CppCon 2015 into less than an hour? Well, realistically speaking, there may not be a way to really do that, but we hope this month's episode comes close! CppCon 2015 was packed to the brim with all sorts of great content, great people, and great...

The .NET Framework 4.6 Targeting Pack is a package that enables developers to build applications targeting the .NET Framework 4.6 using either Visual Studio 2013, Visual Studio 2012 or third party IDEs. You need to download and install the .NET Framework 4.6 prior to installing the targeting...