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• Platform for Metro style apps

  Sep 15, 2011 at 4:30 PM

  6 hours ago

  Will Win8 be set up to run Ink-enabled apps, or does it extend only to touch devices?

   

  Ink is still there.

  I've used it on my HP TouchSmart tm2 Tablet PC.

  The ink input panel shares the same Metro look as the virtual keyboard.

  It's a bit big though. Would be nice to be able to resize to half its minimum height.

• TWC9: The First Look at the New Channel 9!

  Jul 24, 2010 at 12:42 PM

  Regarding timecodes, it'd be cool to also be able to specify an ending time code so you could link to a certain segment of a video (cooler still to specify a segment list, but I digress). This would be similar to feature WMP had up to v.11 where you could mark in/out a segment of online media, then share that segment (great for linking to the demo section(s) of a keynote for instance) . This C9 style would be better actually (at least for single videos) as WMP used a .asx file for the segment list vs. being able to specify it inline in a URL.

• Microsoft announces Kin! The next Windows Phone (Formerly code named Pink): Full Demo

  Apr 12, 2010 at 9:51 PM

  You guys are forgetting that the current 6.x devices also carry the Windows Phone brand.

  There shouldn't be much confusion as, like Windows CE, PocketPC/Phone, and Windows Mobile before it, Windows Phone is a background brand signifying the base platform, not available featureset.

  To the general public, it has minimal impact. The brands seen by them will be ODM or carrier brands as always.

  People will be buying a Kin, not a Windows Phone.

  Similarly, with Windows Phone 7 (and 8 and 9...), people will be buying an HTC X or T-Mobile Y. Windows Phone will just be a small logo on the box, boot screen, and back of the device -- cool for us that pay attention and like devices built on Windows, but it sadly hasn't been widely effective in itself at getting non-geeks to not call my PocketPC a Palm, or realize their Windows Mobile phone w/ slideout keyboard  isn't a Blackberry.

• Jason Zander: Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Released - General Download Available

  Feb 09, 2010 at 7:28 PM

  I'd guess sometime around March 15th (Mix) would be a likely time for the next SL4 drop unless MS has SL-related plans for Mobile World Congress. Even if they do, I'd expect only an announcement there with code following at Mix.

• This Week on C9: Bing, Changes to .NET FX 4.0, & play Apple IIe games on your Xbox

  May 31, 2009 at 4:47 PM

  If the WMVs are too big, you may not be able to maintain the wormhole long enough to get them in one shot. The PowerShell BITS cmdlets can help with that issue though.

  Seriously, on top of being great shows in general, it was cool that Tablet PCs were often used in the SG series (particularly Atlantis). MS should've capitilized on that. Tablets have never gotten much TV marketing. Hopefully they'll get a much needed push with Windows 7's release.

• Windows 7 Taskbar: Incorporating Your Beta Feedback into RC

  May 09, 2009 at 12:28 PM

  As in Vista, hold Ctrl+Shift and press Enter or click the item to launch as elevated.

• Ruchi Bhargava on Windows CardSpace Geneva

  May 09, 2009 at 11:57 AM

  CardSpace is part of .NET 3.x and runs on XP in addition to Vista and Windows 7.
  Moreover, there are several Information Card selector implementations for other platforms that are the equivalents of CardSpace on Windows. CardSpace is just Microsoft's brand name for their specific implementation.

• Larry Osterman: Windows 7 Audio - What's New

  Nov 01, 2008 at 3:08 PM

  If I understand you correctly Minh, what you want is still in Vista.
  Right-click on the speaker icon in the notification area and then click Recording Devices.
  Right-click the whitespace and click Show Disabled Devices.
  If supported by your audio device, other recording devices such as Phone Line, Mono Mix, CD Player, and Stereo Mix will appear.
  Right-click the Stereo Mix device and click Enable.
  If you set it as your default recording device, you'll be able to record the audio being played through your soundcard.

• Patrick Dussud: Garbage Collection - Past, Present and Future

  Jul 28, 2007 at 7:31 PM

  littleguru wrote:

  
  Yeah. It's ok. Could you point me to the blog that is mentioned when he talks about the woman that's developing the GC? Thanks!

  
  
  Maoni Stephens
  http://blogs.msdn.com/maoni/

• Processes Gone Wild: Understanding Windows Vista Reliability Mechanics

  Mar 19, 2007 at 8:21 AM

  Documentation on the Vista Application Recovery APIs is available at the following links:
  
  Vista Application Crash Recovery in C#
  http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/VistaApplicationRecovery.asp
  
  Application Recovery and Restart
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373340.aspx
  
  Also, the Vista Restart Manager API is useful for saving/restoring app state in the event that your app needs to be shutdown to avoid a system restart.
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373654.aspx

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