Entries tagged with tabletpc - Channel 9

Connected Show Podcast: Please Pass the Duct Tape

Brian Johnson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:54:00 GMT

In the latest episode of the Connected Show, guest Joe Stagner joins Peter to discuss the future of ASP.NET, what it means to be the Misfit Geek at Microsoft, what Plan 9 means for web developers and some comparisons to PHP.

Dmitry and Peter also discuss the news with Windows Azure management, Courier tablet rumors, the new WebsiteSpark program, and duct tape programming.

You can subscribe to the Connected Show through Zune or through iTunes.

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Dr. Crounse calls Windows 7 a Healthy Choice for Healthcare

Adam Kinney — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:21:00 GMT

Dr. Bill Crounse provides a look at Windows 7, not from a developer or IT point of view, but that of a medical professional. Of course the new visual look is nice, but the improved handwriting and voice recognition hit home. There's also a link, hidden in the comments, that leads you to a walkthrough on how to import your own lexicon into the Voice Recognition dictionary.

Adding Ink Support to a Silverlight-based Application

Adam Kinney — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:12:38 GMT

See an example of how Silverlight can take advantage of pen input for vector-based inking support.

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Visual Studio Orcas Sync Designer for Caching Data in SQL Server Compact Edition

SteveLasker — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:26:00 GMT

In this screen cast I demonstrates the new Sync Designer for caching data locally in SQL Server Compact Edition. This is part 1 showing the basics. In part 2 I'll demonstrate how to split the code from client to server using WCF to synchronize data across internet protocols.

For more info about our Occasionally Connected Services scenarios, and Sync Services for ADO.NET, you can use the following links:
My blog
Sync Services CTP:
Sync Services Forum

ADO.net Programming options for SQL Server Everywhere

SteveLasker — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:05:06 GMT

A screencast overview of the different programming options for SQL Server Everywhere including an updateable resultset (SqlCeResultSet)

Steve

Deployment Options for SQL Server Everywhere

SteveLasker — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:58:37 GMT

Another screencast in the SQL Server Everywhere series demonstrating the deployment options for SQL Server Everywhere. In this screencast I talk about the Admin, Central, MSI deployment model with the assistance of ClickOnce bootstrappers as well as the private deployment model.

More info on SQL Server Everywhere can be found on my blog at:
http://blogs.msdn.com/SteveLasker
or the SQL Server Everywhere team blog a
http://blogs.msdn.com/SQLServerEverywhere

The CTP of SQL Server Everywhere can be found at:
http://www.Microsoft.com/SQL/Everywhere

Steve

Video of installing the SQL Server Compact Edition

SteveLasker — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:49:29 GMT

To get a feel for what it means to install the SQL Server Compact Edition here's a screencast that describes the installation experience and the minimal impact to your machine. This covers the download from: SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition CTP Download

The screencast also covers how to install the ClickOnce bootstrapper package within Visual Studio to cleanly enable deploying SQL Server Everywhere with ClickOnce.

For info on SQL Server Compact Edition, there's been a healthy discussion on my blog a

http://blogs.msdn.com/stevelasker/archive/2006/04/10/SqlEverywhereInfo.aspx

Steve

Shanen Boettcher shows off Vista Beta 2

Duncan Mackenzie — Wed, 24 May 2006 20:37:04 GMT

Shanen, a member of the Vista team from the beginning, takes me through a bunch of features in the Beta 2 release of Vista. We get to see event reporting, new policy management features, some IE security features, and a cool help option that actually handles doing the work for you.

Some entertainment features are also covered such as Media Center on a Tablet and the new URGE music service that works with Windows Media Player 11.

Richard Anderson - Interactive teaching with Tablet PCs at University of Washington

scobleizer — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:10:48 GMT

Recently I visited Richard Anderson's classroom at the University of Washington and watched how he used Tablet PCs to teach his computer science class. It is really cool. Students can send him notes, post their thoughts, and interact with him, via their Tablet PCs. This technology came out of Microsoft Research's ConferenceXP Project and the UW Classroom Presenter has a site which has more details and downloads too. The first minute of the video shows off his classroom then we start an interview with Richard and a few others who use or helped build the Classroom Presenter.

Otto Berkes - Origami's Architect gives first look at Ultramobile PCs

scobleizer — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:35:14 GMT

Otto Berkes is the architect (now general manager) behind the Ultra-Mobile PC team, code-named Origami. We have a conversation about Origami and the vision behind it. More on what was announced today is found here on Microsoft's Presspass site.

Target Indy Race Team - Inside the technology of a race team (3 videos)

scobleizer — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:50:16 GMT

Note: To see all three videos, click on the headline.

Does your code go 218 m.p.h.?

The code on this project goes that fast and faster. In October we traveled to meet the Target Indy Race Team (Chip Ganassi Racing) to find out how the Target team uses the technology.

OK, OK, a Microsoft employee, Eric Maino got us tickets and introduced us to the team. We knew the Target team uses lots of Microsoft stuff, so we were very fortunate to get into the garage and other behind-the-scenes areas.

The interview starts in the garage. It got a bit noisy, sorry about that (keep watching, the interview starts at about 1:30 after we stop and start). You meet Brad who's an engineer on the team.

More than 30 sensors on each car spits out tons of data on each car on all sorts of things. How high the car is off the ground (all four wheels). Fuel flow. Speed. Temperatures of tires and brakes.

Oh, and show this one to your kids! This will get them to go to University. You don't get on this team without a technical college degree.

Later, at about 33:00 you'll meet the race engineer. He runs the entire team from a Tablet PC.

There's actually three videos in this series. This one, a look at the equipment in the pits.

Sorry these took so long to get to you. We had some troubles encoding the video off of our new HD camcorder.

We want to thank the Target Race Team (Chip Ganassi Racing). They treated us very well and gave us access every kid dreams of.

In the pits with the Target race team

scobleizer — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:31:27 GMT

Ever been in the pits with an Indy race team? Well, the Target team invited us along. Here's just some raw shots we took while they were practicing for the Toyota 400. At about 4:30 in the video you'll see the application they use to track the cars as they go around the track (and see data from the more than 30 sensors on each car). We were at the race to see how the team uses Microsoft technology (they use SQL Server, .NET, and Tablet PCs, among other things). Oh, and at 7:30 you'll see a cool peelout.

Meet the new Mobile PC Team (new Tablet PC features too!)

scobleizer — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:56:34 GMT

Meet a large portion of the teams that make the Tablet PC and laptop/notebook features. We have a wide-ranging discussion from how to make battery life better (developers take note!) to new handwriting recognition features coming in Windows Vista.

We start out the meeting "is this the team that's about to get fired?" Hey, the Tablet PC team has its naysayers. :-)

We're not one of them.

And be sure to subscribe the MobilePC team's blog. Full of goodness.

Windows Sideshow Team - Auxiliary Displays (new laptop feature coming next year)

scobleizer — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:52:03 GMT

Next year there will be a new feature available on some laptops and Tablet PCs: auxiliary displays. This lets you do some things on your computer without needing to open up the computer and wait for it to start up. See what this new feature is. There's more information on the developer opportunity here on the new Windows SideShow page.

Shawn Van Ness - Inking with WPF

scobleizer — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:39:26 GMT

We have a short conversation with Shawn Van Ness of the Tablet PC team and he talks with us about using ink with the Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly Avalon).

Dr. Neil Roodyn - Fooling around in Scoble's office

scobleizer — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:21:15 GMT

Dr. Neil does the Via Virtual Earth site, among other projects for Microsoft (he also does work for the Tablet PC team). He's a consultant. He was on campus a few days ago and I invited him over to my office to have a chat about what he does.

Bill Gates - A short chat with Microsoft's Chief Software Architect

Charles — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:15:00 GMT

Bill Gates. Do we need to say anything more?

Visit Bill in his office for a few minutes to talk about where he sees the future going. This is a fun interview, prepares you for the PDC that's coming next week. It's going to be a fun next week, make sure to come back on Tuesday when we'll have tons of videos from teams showing off their secret stuff for the first time. Next Tuesday morning not only will his keynote at the Professional Developer Conference be broadcast live (it'll be on Bill's webcasts page on Tuesday), but we'll have a bunch of videos all week long.

Oh, and don't miss the interview with Marc McDonald. He was Microsoft's first employee and talks about the early days of working at Microsoft.

Ian Dixon (and others) - Microsoft Home in London, UK

scobleizer — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:36:22 GMT

Ian Dixon starts this one off. He's not a Microsoft employee but has a great podcast that talks about the Windows Media Center. We met up with him at the Microsoft Home in London. That's a showcase for Microsoft technologies. After talking with Ian we walk through the home and get a tour. Since this home is by invitation only, it's an exclusive chance to get a look. Don't miss the cool gadgets including a mirror that has a monitor built in.

Emily Rimas - Tablet PC Education Pack revealed

scobleizer — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:01:52 GMT

Microsoft recently released the Microsoft Education Pack for Tablet PC. What is it? It's a free group of applications for students. Just in time for school to start.

Cool video to watch just to see some other things the Tablet PC is good for.

Dustin Hubbard - Demo of Tablet PC Experience Pack

The Channel 9 Team — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 07:17:35 GMT

Hey, Adam Curry, the Tablet PC Team released earlier this week the Experience Pack.

I tell ya if Steve Jobs had this he'd have the Mac fans eating out of his hands. Check out the UI in this video we shot of Dustin Hubbard, group manager on the ~~Tablet PC~~ Mobile Platform team.

The demo starts at about four minutes into the video, and here's a video Table of Contents:

4:10 Energy Blue Theme and Skinned Media Player (designed for pen input)

4:59 Ink Art (new version of Art Rage, drawing program designed for pen usage).

8:44 Ink Crossword Puzzle.

10:55 Ink Desktop (turns wallpaper into inkable surface).

13:18 Media Transfer to take videos/audios from home or Office PC with you.

18:40 New snipping tool (a must have for Tablet PC users).

A previous thread on this topic was posted here on Channel 9 which got quite a bit of discussion.

Bert Keely - SmartPhone and Tablet PC together

The Channel 9 Team — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:20:43 GMT

"What about those buttons on the Tablet PC?"

That got Bert Keely to talk about a future input device he helped design that might show up on Tablet PCs. (Bert is one of the visionaries behind the Tablet PC's development).

That led Bert to talk about how the Tablet PC might work with the SmartPhone in the future.

Bert Keely - What should developers do to leverage Tablet PC?

The Channel 9 Team — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:43:36 GMT

Since Bert Keely is one of the visionary behind the Tablet PC, we wanted to know what he'd like to see developers do to take the Tablet PC further.

Bert Keely - Why does a Tablet PC have three microphones?

The Channel 9 Team — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:00:16 GMT

Did you know that a new Toshiba Tablet PC has three microphones?

They call them "array microphones." What is the reason? What could they be used for?

We asked Bert Keely, one of the visionaries who developed the Tablet PC about what you could use the array microphones for.

Oh, something else you might not know. Bert is an accomplished musician and is a backup singer for Bob Weir, formerly of the Grateful Dead. So, he plays a lot with audio.

Why does this matter? One of Bert's goals is to keep your hands off of the keyboard. Something tells us that he'll find some interesting ways to use those microphones.

Anyone know of any software out there that is using the three microphones?

Bert Keely - Tablet PC and maps

The Channel 9 Team — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 02:58:19 GMT

Bert Keely is one of the visionaries behind the Tablet PC. Over the next week or so you'll get to hear more from Bert and see his passion for the Tablet PC.

One of the more interesting things he showed us, though, is when he demonstrated the Tablet PC combined with mapping software. Watch as Bert shows you how he uses Mappoint on his Tablet PC to find restaurants near where his son is living.

Bert Keely - Souping up the Tablet PC

The Channel 9 Team — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:37:17 GMT

We ran into Bert Keely, one of the visionaries behind the Tablet PC (he's an architect on the Tablet PC team), recently at dinner and he started showing us how he had souped up his Tablet PC.

"Wait, stop, let us film this," we said. And here's the resulting video.

He's the fastest Tablet PC user we've met. Do you know anyone who can work faster with a pen?

He's showing off some of the features of the new Tablet PC 2005 Edition (which ships with Windows XP Service Pack 2).

Oh, and yes, we want to know what the secret is to getting a Tablet PC manufacturer to give you a better screen. We guess that's one advantage of being an architect on the Tablet PC team!