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Latest Windows Embedded case studies

obloch — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:22:53 GMT

Regularly our team works with partners to publish case studies related to Windows Embedded devices. You can access these case studies on this page. Here are some samples of these case studies: Touch-Screen “Frame” is the Next Generation of Home Phone...(read more)

Imagine Cup 2009: Day 5

obloch — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:25:15 GMT

I am back from Imagine Cup and still have lots to tell you about this great competition. To start with here is the latest video of the “Windows Embedded @ Imagine Cup” series. I will put together more detailed info about the finalists and their projects....(read more)

Imagine Cup 2009: Day 4

obloch — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:54:35 GMT

In this extra special edition of Imagine Cup Today, we share the students' cultural day and experience the spectacle of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. We also get unrestricted access to sites that few others managed to capture. Check out Team Korea...(read more)

Imagine Cup 2009: Day 3

obloch — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:39:27 GMT

Yesterday was the day that the Windows Embedded competition reached boiling point. The final 6 face the judges for the last time as we look forward to the spectacle of the live finals at the Pyramids in Giza....(read more)

Windows Embedded @ Imagine Cup 2009 – Game On

obloch — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:47:58 GMT

Yesterday everything started to get serious: the 20 embedded invitational finalists were whittled down to just 6. In this behind the scenes piece, we witness the tension, and sometimes the rough edges of students presentations as well as having some fun...(read more)

Imagine Cup 2009 Cairo: meet Lindsay from our video crew

obloch — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:48:19 GMT

Working with Microsoft folks seems exhausting... Do I need to comment :-)...(read more)

Windows Embedded @ Imagine Cup - Day one video

obloch — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:38:03 GMT

We have a video crew here with us in Cairo. With them we'll be tracking the highs and lows of all the Embedded finalists as we whittle down the first 20 to the top 3 finalists and the eventual winner. We'll be following the students and the judges, and...(read more)

Imagine Cup 2009 kick off

obloch — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:32:00 GMT

So yesterday was kick off day for Imagine Cup 2009 Egypt. We had the different briefings for judges and competitors and then buses picked up every single participant to bring them to the Citadel (see previous post) for the opening ceremony. Prior to the...(read more)

I was not the only one to wear it.

obloch — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:42:01 GMT

So if you are reading Mike Hall's blog you might have seen this picture of me wearing that nice pink ladies hat. well I have proof that I was not the only one! Dion also put it on his head for some picture. Personally I think it suits him better than...(read more)

Imagine Cup D-1: roaming around the facility

obloch — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:26:25 GMT

Imagine Cup kicks off tomorrow with registration, set up, showcase, opening ceremony. Today is more of a setup day where the crew is preparing the rooms. Anil (Program Manager at Microsoft), myself and other MS folks have been roaming around to check...(read more)

Imagine Cup D-1, H-15: on the way to Cairo

obloch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:06:25 GMT

I am in Paris airport waiting for my connection to Cairo, having a Perrier and a good croissant! I will be judging the Embedded Development competition over there. I can't wait to see the projects the finalists will present. So if you don't know much...(read more)

Running Windows Embedded Standard on Hyper-V

obloch — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:51:56 GMT

So here is something interesting I have been doing and that I wanted to share. I am working on some labs and I needed to have a Windows Embedded Standard image running in a Virtual machine on top of Hyper-V. I felt like I would have a hard time doing...(read more)

CE 6 tools on 64-bits machine

obloch — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:52:56 GMT

You should check this blog post Mike has been writing about running Windows Embedded CE 6.0 tools on a Windows 64-bit machine, which is something that does NOT work....(read more)

The Schtick demo explained

obloch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:03:30 GMT

Some time ago I posted a video of a demo we got Beckhoff to build for us, showing Real time capabilities and performances of Windows Embedded CE, along with a distributed architecture leveraging Windows Embedded products like Windows Embedded Standard,...(read more)

WindowsEmbedded.com localized versions

obloch — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:53:13 GMT

A brand new Website just went out: the French version of our Windows Embedded portal. You can access it using this url: www.windowsembedded.fr Here are the links to all of the localized versions of the site: China France Japan Korea Russia Taiwan Some...(read more)