One of the really cool features of WPF is being able to take any 2D user interface and easily place it on a 3D surface. The most common request after doing this is then having the ability to interact with this 2D content on the 3D object. V1 of WPF doesn’t have this feature built in, but with some…

While at TechEd 2006, I caught up with some of the folks who are innovating Community principles and implementation in the UK, from Girly Geek to Next Generation User Group. Here we talk about community, why it matters, what is needed to grow community, etc. The interviewees are also Niners.…

The last two days have been rather exciting for those of us who follow Skype. First off we have the Skype 2.2 Beta for Windows Mobile. For a while now everyone rocking a PocketPC device could use Skype anywhere they liked. As of yesterday those of us with Smartphone devices can install the beta and…

In an announcement that will surely send geeks and paranoid futurists into equal states of excitement, Microsoft Robotics Studio goes 1.0 today. Keep this man's face in your mind, as Tandy Trower is on his way to becoming the real-life Alfred Lanning.Earlier this summer Channel 9 interviewed…

Programming Outlook? Outlook as a platform? Yes! Think about it. What application is the first one you start in the morning? What is the one you are looking at all day? What application pops up messages that grab your attention instantly and cause you to switch context so you can reply to that…

The Microsoft Robotic Studio just got released.  Coding4Fun will have new and cool robotic content shortly too!  Visit their download section to get started on your own. Using the Visual Programming Language, beginner programmers along with advanced developers can use…

Sue Loh, Software Design Engineer on the Platform Builder Remote Tools Team, demonstrates how to look at  virtual and physical memory usage on a device using control window commands. In this hands-on demonstration, Sue uses the Target Control Window to examine memory usage, and explains how…

I couldn't resist attending Ignite Seattle!  A bridge building competition held in downtown Seattle to unite those with a little competitive edge.  Okay, it was way more then just a popsicle bridge building competition but that's what got me excited.  We will also have more…

If you are charged with managing e-mail, messaging, and other forms of electronic communication and collaboration in a healthcare organization large or small, you will be very interested in learning more about Exchange Hosted Services from Microsoft. For starters, check out the new audio-cast on…

In this episode Chris Avis sits down with Josh Edwards, a Technical Product Manager on the Microsoft Office Client Technical Product Management Team, to discuss deployment of the 2007 Microsoft Office system.  Responding to challenges with current deployment, new tools were created for…