Comment Feed for USArcher http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png USArcher en Sat, 18 May 2013 19:42:57 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 19:42:57 GMT Rev9 Re: Launch a Web application with a Lync custom menu Looks easy enough.  I'll be curious how you folks enable these type of extensions in the Windows 8 and Window RT Lync app.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Launch-a-Web-application-with-a-Lync-custom-menu#c635012403796399250 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:26:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Launch-a-Web-application-with-a-Lync-custom-menu#c635012403796399250 USArcher Re: Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Released to Manufacturing!!! Congratulations!  Hopefully we will now see a quick build up of apps in the Windows Store before October 26th.

Btw, is Windows RT part of this announcement?

I can hardly wait to see consumer oriented Windows 8 devices that take advantage of touch/pen.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-8-and-Windows-Server-2012-Released-to-Manufacturing#c634794453631397885 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:16:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-8-and-Windows-Server-2012-Released-to-Manufacturing#c634794453631397885 USArcher Re: Kinect-cart... A prototype Kinect-enabled Shopping cart Cool prototype.  Didn't see it in the demo but I imagine produce would be a significant issue with such a cart/checkout system.  While I'd be tempted to build a scale into the cart I think it might be more cost effective and reliable to have the cart interface with a fixed digital scale and perhaps use Kinect's optics for "produce" recognition.  Beyond this, the biggest technical issue imo is how you build-in reliable/upgradeable shoplifting safeguards without doubling unit costs.  You can imagine how much easier it is to secure the stationary self-checkout registers we have today (simple weight checks, fixed cameras in addition to human attendants).  I hope the project continues to get funded though.

One fundamental change I would make to this prototype right off the bat would be to lose the robotic wheels, place the scanner on the front-edge of the cart (in view of the Kinect optics)...to maximize space for merchandise and even allow customers to immediately bag their items. Green LEDs in the handlebar would indicate to personnel that cart items are cleared to leave the building with the customer.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Kinect-cart-A-prototype-Kinect-enabled-Shopping-cart#c634734387723779947 Thu, 24 May 2012 06:46:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Kinect-cart-A-prototype-Kinect-enabled-Shopping-cart#c634734387723779947 USArcher Re: A New NUI - Tobii Eyetracking Hardware Playing an asteriod style game in this fashion is almost unfair.  Does Bill Buxton have this in his collection?

Btw, this is partially what I would like to see Kinect for PC enable.  Hopefully there is some collaboration around this scenario.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/A-New-NUI-Tobii-Eyetracking-Hardware#c634408223310000000 Thu, 12 May 2011 18:38:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/A-New-NUI-Tobii-Eyetracking-Hardware#c634408223310000000 USArcher Re: Bill Buxton Shows Us His Favorite Tech Many thanks for putting that collection together.  I've been immersed for the last half hour or so.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Show-Us-Your-Tech/Bill-Buxton-Shows-Us-His-Favorite-Tech#c634407647240000000 Thu, 12 May 2011 02:38:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Show-Us-Your-Tech/Bill-Buxton-Shows-Us-His-Favorite-Tech#c634407647240000000 USArcher Re: TouchDevelop - Script Your Phone on Your Phone Reloaded You've done a fantastic job surfacing the various libraries...very intuitive.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Peli/TouchStudio-Script-Your-Phone-on-Your-Phone-Reloaded#c634403007080000000 Fri, 06 May 2011 17:45:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Peli/TouchStudio-Script-Your-Phone-on-Your-Phone-Reloaded#c634403007080000000 USArcher Re: MAUI: Mobile Assistance Using Infrastructure Interesting.  With MAUI, maybe I can look forward to the day that our Windows Home Server can do some heavy lifting.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MAUI-Mobile-Assistance-Using-Infrastructure#c634401594600000000 Thu, 05 May 2011 02:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MAUI-Mobile-Assistance-Using-Infrastructure#c634401594600000000 USArcher Re: WordPress on Windows Azure: A discussion with Morten Rand-Hendriksen Great interview, covered alot of the things I've been thinking about.  From Morten's perspective, I certainly can see why this would make sense to their business ...a new option for their customers to leverage a cloud platform to better scale & support large membership sites.

I've been working with WordPress quite a bit lately.  Although I have no plans to host our WordPress site in Windows Azure, in short term we can probably take advantage of Azure CDN and ACS 2.0.  

Windows Azure CDN to alleviate disk i/o in our shared hosting environment.  Microsoft should either contribute or work with the creators of W3 Total Cache (currently does not integrate with Azure CDN) so that content is automatically sync'd with Azure.

The just announced ACS 2.0 is a great addition that I think many WordPress installs could take advantage of.  Frankly I'd like to see Microsoft workout some sort deal with WordPress to get their ACS 2.0 WordPress plugin included in the default WordPress package.  After all, Windows Live did migrate over 600k+ customers to WordPress.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Interoperability/Wordpress-on-Windows-Azure-A-discussion-with-Morten-Rand-Hendriksen#c634388518800000000 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:18:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Interoperability/Wordpress-on-Windows-Azure-A-discussion-with-Morten-Rand-Hendriksen#c634388518800000000 USArcher Re: A Look at Microsoft's Surface Computer V.2 PixelSense technology is amazing.  Hopefully we see that technology continue to evolve along with lower production costs so that it becomes a viable replacement for the capacitive screens we see in all these Slates.  I'd be curious if it can take input from a stylus and detect pressure applied..sort like what Wacom is doing.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/A-Look-at-Microsofts-Surface-Computer-V2#c634302971800000000 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:59:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/A-Look-at-Microsofts-Surface-Computer-V2#c634302971800000000 USArcher Re: PC Showcase with Ben the PC Guy Samsung Series 9 looks absolutely stunning and I'm pleasantly surprised by the battery life these 2nd gen iCore devices are getting.  The Acer Iconia looks like it has alot of potential but I'm curious if it can open up completely flat and work with a stylus.  Sofar, the Asus EP121 is the device I'll be taking a closer look at for my eveyday machine.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PC-Showcase-with-Ben-the-PC-Guy#c634301011960000000 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:33:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PC-Showcase-with-Ben-the-PC-Guy#c634301011960000000 USArcher Re: Microsoft Touch Mouse @Larry, thanks for the explanation.  Its just that I recall zoom/rotate being demonstrated in the older research videos.  I was sort of looking forward to using these gestures with Bing Maps.

@bas, I was wonder this too. Just guessing, but it might be translating gestures to scrollbar actions or keyboard shortcuts.  I don't think you can use the mouse surface to draw in MS Paint for example.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Microsoft-Touch-Mouse#c634300297580000000 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:42:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Microsoft-Touch-Mouse#c634300297580000000 USArcher Re: Microsoft Touch Mouse Thanks for the video.  Device looks great but I wonder why no zoom or rotate gestures?  These seem fairly easy to implement.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Microsoft-Touch-Mouse#c634299746230000000 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:23:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Microsoft-Touch-Mouse#c634299746230000000 USArcher Re: Is 2011 The Year That DLNA Kills the Printer Driver? Windows 7 already supports this?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Is-2011-The-Year-That-DLNA-Kills-the-Printer-Driver#c634269191070000000 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:38:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Is-2011-The-Year-That-DLNA-Kills-the-Printer-Driver#c634269191070000000 USArcher Re: Dell’s Inspiron Duo is the World’s First Fliptop PC I wonder where Dell got their inspiration from...remember this...

clio c1000

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Dells-Inspiron-Duo-is-the-Worlds-First-Fliptop-PC#c634268478460000000 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:50:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Dells-Inspiron-Duo-is-the-Worlds-First-Fliptop-PC#c634268478460000000 USArcher Re: Dell’s Inspiron Duo is the World’s First Fliptop PC Yeah, the lack of video/hdmi port is a bummer but the bigger issue for me is why they didn't put the webcam on the "flippy" part...so you could skype or what not when it is sitting in its dock.  With a few hardware improvements (hdmi, directx, viewing angle, webcam), I think Dell has a great "device" on their hands.  Microsoft has alot of work to do to make Windows work great on these devices though.  I'm a bit hestitant in buying a Windows based slate until I know what Microsoft has planned to address this.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Dells-Inspiron-Duo-is-the-Worlds-First-Fliptop-PC#c634268476510000000 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:47:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Dells-Inspiron-Duo-is-the-Worlds-First-Fliptop-PC#c634268476510000000 USArcher Re: Settling Down to a Movie? It Must Be Popcorn Hour! Interesting.  But as far as I can tell, it won't playback Media Center TV recordings, it won't act like a Media Center Extender, it isn't able to access Zune MarketPlace to stream content and I have a feeling that the apps for this won't support support Silverlight/Silverlight streaming.  Other than Media Connect, there really isn't much of any Microsoft platform or service support here.  One nice thing is that Popcorn has its own app store.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Settling-Down-to-a-Movie-It-Must-Be-Popcorn-Hour#c634263925010000000 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:21:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Settling-Down-to-a-Movie-It-Must-Be-Popcorn-Hour#c634263925010000000 USArcher Re: Acer Joins the Windows 7 Tablet Party (in 2011) Great looking Windows device.  The Android based units offer 10 point multitouch, hdmi, dolby...so I imagine those specs will definitely be part of the Windows sku as well.  And with AMD processor its probably a sure bet this will come with a DirectX 10+ graphics.  Then again, in 2011, with Intel Oaktrail etc, it doesn't make sense to buy anything without DirectX 10.  Especially if you want to take advantage of IE9's hardware acceleration.  The big unknown, price. 

Microsoft better be prepared to compete on finger friendlyness and low cost apps or those Android/Chrome models might grab 20% of consumer market in its first year. And I'm not entirely sure those folks who go the other way will bother buying a Windows PC in addition.  2011 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for Microsoft.  I'm looking forward to what they have announce at CES.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Acer-Joins-the-Windows-7-Tablet-Party-in-2011#c634262153760000000 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:09:36 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Acer-Joins-the-Windows-7-Tablet-Party-in-2011#c634262153760000000 USArcher Re: LG Outs New 10.1” Windows 7 Tablet $850 with no webcam...please, dead on arrival.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/LG-Outs-New-101-Windows-7-Tablet#c634260582650000000 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:31:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/LG-Outs-New-101-Windows-7-Tablet#c634260582650000000 USArcher Re: Silverlight TV 53: T Minus 2 Weeks to the Silverlight Firestarter @CKurt: +1 on expanding Silverlight to TV.  At least a more formal way of doing that.  Today you can build Silverlight apps targetting Media Center.  I'd like to see a shared app store between Media Center, XBox and perhaps other devices.  It would be interesting to know if anything came of that partnership with Intel and Broadcom to get Silverlight on their SOC solutions.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SilverlightTV/Silverlight-TV-53-T-Minus-2-Weeks-to-the-Silverlight-Firestarter#c634257866610000000 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:04:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SilverlightTV/Silverlight-TV-53-T-Minus-2-Weeks-to-the-Silverlight-Firestarter#c634257866610000000 USArcher Re: Get Ready to Lync Up Your Kinect to the Office Thats cool.  I've been looking at Video Kinect as a way to potential bring video conferencing to the big screen at my parents house.  You know, see the grandchildren from out of state.  And having an XBox at the grandparents house would be welcomed news too.  I'm still investigating this.  I use Live Messenger for my small business as well.  However, Lync and Office 365 are potentially very interesting for my business.  I'm particularly interested in the VOIP capabilities.  Until now, Live Messenger has suited my business partners and I perfectly for IM/Video. The challenge I see is balancing business/personal communications.  Do I just run Lync and Live Messenger as needed or do I run both Lync and Live Messenger?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-Ready-to-Lync-Up-Your-Kinect-to-the-Office#c634257055520000000 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:32:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-Ready-to-Lync-Up-Your-Kinect-to-the-Office#c634257055520000000 USArcher Re: Dean Hachamovitch: IE9 - Questions and Answers @Charles/Dean, thank you for making this Q&A video.  

Dean's response to ZippyV's question regarding plugins was insightful.  My personal opinion is that the traditional plugin model (for any browser) is a dead end.

I should have been more specific with my question regarding touch.  IE9's chrome was the intended target.  So thanks Dean, you did the best he could with a open question like that.  If I had to reframe the question, it would be around usability testing and ui design philosophy.  I could be very wrong, but I don't think the IE9 team does enough testing when it comes to touch.  Now many of the same issues (ex. context menus, scaling) affect the rest of Windows as well.  I just thought with 60% of PC usage centered around web browsing and the coming wave of slates/tablets that IE would be the precursor (similiar to Office Ribbon or Zune UI) of what eventually will need to be done with Windows v.Next and touch.

The question about webslices rose from the removal (hidden) Feeds icon in the default IE9 Beta chrome.  That suggested to me that Microsoft was backing away from this.  Sure you can move your mouse over content to see if there are webslices to be had.  Though thats not the way I would want to discover content.  It will diminish webslice uptake.  Maybe there is a better way, so I was glad to see Dean churn for a brief moment on the idea of previewing webslices from a pinned site.  I actually think pinned sites are the way to go long term.  Possibly leading to removal of the traditional favorites bar, etc... Instead let the act of pinning a site subscribe the user to related RSS feeds and webslices in one shot.  To do this, pinned site jumplists would need a way to interface with the IE Feed Store/Sync.  An additional user benefit, users wouldn't need a full brower session just to preview updated webslice/rss...providing an enhanced app like experience.  I don't pretend to have thought this through (your job IE team) but I believe there are more ways to leverage pinned sites.

Re: Bookmarklets:  RoboForm is one of the better ones out there.  Personally, I'd get more out of having accellerators listed in an easy to access icon (on the default IE chrome) instead of being accessed through a context popup menu.

Thanks again!!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dean-Hachamovitch-IE9-Questions-and-Answers#c634256985800000000 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:36:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dean-Hachamovitch-IE9-Questions-and-Answers#c634256985800000000 USArcher Re: Hot Apps: Thumba, Netflix, Sound Recorder, MusixMatch, Fake Caller Thanks Laura, MusixMatch looks like a must have.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Thumba-Netflix-Sound-Recorder-MusixMatch-Fake-Caller#c634255217020000000 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:28:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Thumba-Netflix-Sound-Recorder-MusixMatch-Fake-Caller#c634255217020000000 USArcher Re: Ask the Experts - Evan Lew Three questions:

- Is there a way to configure an embedded Office document to go fullscreen as opposed to a popup browser window?  I prefer how the vast majority of web content viewers/players work.

- Are you looking to support playing Slideshow from the embedded PowerPoint viewer?

- Are you looking to support viewing pen/ink in OneNote web app?

Btw, I really hope you add XPS and/or PDF viewers to the Office Web App suite.

Thanks

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Ask-the-Experts-Evan-Lew#c634248539850000000 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:59:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Ask-the-Experts-Evan-Lew#c634248539850000000 USArcher Re: Gigabyte’s Booktop T1125 Offers Three Form Factors for the Price of One I definitely think these docks are where things are going with Convertibles and Slates.  The T1125 looks like it is a pretty lightweight device...and thats great.  At $1299 though, this is a bit pricey in my opinion.  You can get a HP TM2 for $850 today and that includes a wacom stylus.  One other critique about this particular dock station...its not clear it has a HDMI port which is crucial if you want to playback any protected content.  Also, I would have much preferred a dock that lets you seat the device at an angle.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Gigabytes-Booktop-T1125-Offers-Three-Form-Factors-for-the-Price-of-One#c634245098650000000 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:24:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Gigabytes-Booktop-T1125-Offers-Three-Form-Factors-for-the-Price-of-One#c634245098650000000 USArcher Re: Watch What You Shout At the TV - It May Be Able to Hear You Love the premise behind this, it really minimizes the need for menu navigation so you can enjoy content and not the menu UI so much.  I might be way off, but I believe they are pretty much using the built-in speech capabilities in Windows 7.  Finally someone has a real voice application and included a voice other than Ana.  The one thing I really wish it did like Kinect though, is detect who is speaking instead of having to say "I am {yourname}" to switch profiles. 

It also has me thinking how I would sync speech profiles between other media center PCs.  Something for the Live Mesh team?  Frankly with Kinect coming out, Microsoft should be looking at voice profile syncing not only between PCs but also between XBox, PC and Phone.

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