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Fishbowl for Facebook Using the Windows 7 Taskbar for Extra Spice

During Wednesday’s keynote, Brian Goldfarb demoed an amazing Silverlight 4 client for Facebook. Beyond its amazing looks, this Silverlight 4 demo provides a full and complete desktop client application for Windows (and Mac). SilverFace is built...


New Windows API Code Pack Version

I am glad to announce that today we shipped a new version of the Windows API Code Pack – version 1.0.1. This is not a major version with a lot of new features, but rather a minor version focused on fixing bugs, improving performance, adding demos and...


Programming Windows 7 Using Visual Studio 2010

A few weeks ago, just two days before Windows 7 become generally available, Visual Studio 2010 hit its own major milestone with the release its second Community Technical Preview of Visual Studio, known as Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. To me, it is always...


Windows 7 GA – Time for Some New Windows 7 Developer Resources

Windows 7 is now available to the public and anyone can buy and install Windows 7, whether for a new computer or an existing one. Soon, people from around the world will run your applications on Windows 7. They will expect the application to work and...


Windows 7 At PDC09

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the one event that all developers who use any Microsoft technologies must attend at least once in their professional careers. It’s the flagship event for developers, offering the most comprehensive, future...


Windows 7 Sensor and Location .NET Interop Sample Library

The Windows 7 Sensor and Location platform enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment and change the way they look, feel, or behave. For example, imagine an application that uses a light sensor and so can change the brightness...