Portable

Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac is a hypervisor-based virtualization solution that makes it easy to run any number of operating systems inside separate windows on your Mac desktop. For developers, this means you can simultaneously run Xcode on Mac and Visual Studio on Windows 8. The Parallels window…

Today's Modern UI Monday project and post from Alnur Ismail provides some great guidance and information on to increase your code's portability across many of the Microsoft development platforms. With the number of platforms growing, the more code we can reuse, via a binary library, the better,…

Tricky situations in modern life #237: Using smartphones and other portable devices outdoors in the winter. Despite the best efforts of UI designers and engineers, it’s nigh on impossible to operate a handheld device with gloves on. In years gone by, that was probably okay – if it was a call on our…

The Eee PC was one of the first sub-notebooks to arrive on the market, launching a whole new trend for computing. These new “netbooks,” as they’re being called, are finding surging popularity as they offer low-cost computing in a time when the economy is putting strain on consumer’s wallets.  On…

Blogger Scott Kingery, who recently took Windows Live Writer portable, just announced that he has created a new version of that portable Windows Live Writer app that now works with U3. (U3 is a software launcher found on most SanDisk portable USB sticks.) However, even if you don't have a USB stick…

Everyone on the team has headed off to Mix 06, except for Tina and me (Duncan), so I've put up a video with just the two of us in it!Interested in portable video devices? Want to know how to get our show onto your Portable Media Center, iPod or PSP? Then check out this episode! I show off some new…