Infragistics building cross-platform development strategy on XAML says CEO
Updated: 2012-11-30 21:56:41
I spoke to Dean Guida, CEO at Infragistics, maker of components for Windows, web and mobile development platforms. Windows developers with long memories will remember Sheridan software, who created products including Data Widgets and VBAssist. Infragistics was formed in 2000 when Sheridan merged with another company, ProtoView. In other words, this is a company ...continue reading Infragistics building cross-platform development strategy on XAML says CEO
Greg Shultz shows you several techniques you can use to launch your Desktop applications in Windows 8 that don't involve a Start Menu.
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I received a Kingston DataTraveler Workspace for review, one of the few devices supported for use as a Windows to Go drive. Windows to Go is a way of running Windows 8 from a USB drive. If you need to take work home and continue on a home PC, Windows to Go lets you do ...continue reading Kingston DataTraveler Workspace and Hands On with Windows to Go
Sometimes you have to create a tile on the Windows 8 Start Screen manually.
I attended an online seminar by Nokia’s Jure Sustersic on Windows Phone 8 development. It was a high level session so not much new, though Sustersic says the 7.8 update for existing 7.x Windows Phones is coming very soon; he would not announce a date though. The slide that caught my eye was one on ...continue reading Apps sell better with Live Tiles, says Nokia, with other tips for phone developers
Work smart when cleaning up foreign data. Text To Columns can divide data and get rid of delimiters.
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RIM has announced key dates for developers in the run up to launch on January 30 2013. The schedule looks like this: November 29: SDK update December 11: Gold SDK available January 21: Deadline for app submission to qualify for the $10,000 giveaway January 30: BlackBerry 10 Launch Following the release of Microsoft’s Windows Phone ...continue reading BlackBerry 10: key dates for developers announced, $10,000 incentive dangled
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Today there are reports of a breathtakingly bad vulnerability in Skype, that allows anyone to hijack another person’s account simply by knowing the email. Password resets have now been disabled, fixing the problem temporarily, but it remains inexcusable. It is basic security practice that ownership of an email address must be validated with ...continue reading Skype vulnerability exposes poor security in web application. Who will trust Skype now?
Microsoft has announced that Windows chief Steven Sinofsky is leaving the company: Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky will be leaving the company and that Julie Larson-Green will be promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering. Tami Reller retains her roles as chief financial officer and chief ...continue reading Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft – but why?
If you are running Windows Server 2012 you can install the Remote Administration Tools on Windows 8, which lets you administer your server from the comfort of the Windows 8 GUI, even if your servers are Server Core. However, it is unlikely that you log onto your Windows 8 client with the same credentials you ...continue reading How to run Server Manager or any application as a different user in Windows 8
At Microsoft’s Build conference last week I attended a Server 2012 press event led by Jeffrey Snover, the Lead Architect for the Windows Server Division. He and others spoke about the key features of Server 2012 and how it justifies Microsoft’s claim that it is the cornerstone of the Cloud OS. It is a strong ...continue reading Improving Windows Server: the really hard problem
Someone (and you wonder who) has taken it upon themselves to document rubbish apps in the new Windows Store. The stated reason: Here we call out all the trash in the hopes that someone at Microsoft is listening and can remove them. He or she has found plenty of examples – like the developer who ...continue reading Rubbish apps in Windows Store – encouraged by Microsoft?
Posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & ThemesMicrosoft’s Surface device family comes in two flavors: first the Surface RT which is powered by ARM hardware and Windows 8 RT, and second the Surface Pro, powered by Intel…Microsoft Surface Pro pricing and availability revealed by German shopping site was posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes. If you are not reading this content in an email newsletter, it is being used without permission.
I watched the Windows Runtime (WinRT) “Ask the Experts” session from Build 2012; I did not get to attend in person as it conflicted with Herb Sutter’s session on C++. The session was chaired by Martyn Lovell. Here is what I thought most significant or interesting. Microsoft knows that certain types of apps ...continue reading Microsoft answers Windows Runtime questions
I am just back from Microsoft’s Build conference, at the company’s headquarters near Seattle. This is a company in transition and the event had that feel to it. There was not much that we did not know about before, but this is the moment of full release into the market for some key products, and ...continue reading Microsoft Build 2012 is done. Now the market gets to judge Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8