Windows Client Blogs

Amo Eno uses Samsung SUR40 to enhance the winebar experience

May 24 2012, 09:00 AM by Microsoft Surface Blog

Bernie Lo , host of CNBC's Straight Talk with Bernie Lo , recently sat down Andrew Bradbury, founder of Hong Kong winebar Ano Emo to discuss how technology is tranforming the hospitality...

Using async and await in Silverlight 5 and .NET 4 in Visual Studio 11 with the async targeting pack

May 22 2012, 05:13 PM by Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0) for tag WindowsClient

Last September, I introduced the idea of Tasks in Silverlight . One of the things I really like about .NET 4.5, and the C# compiler that comes with it, is the ability to simplify asynchronous...

My new role at Microsoft

May 22 2012, 02:27 PM by Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0) for tag WindowsClient

This past Monday (May 14th), I officially started a new role at Microsoft. I like to be as transparent as possible, so I thought I'd share with you all the details of this role...

Under the covers of the async modifier and await operator in .NET 4.5 and C# Metro style applications

May 21 2012, 07:04 PM by Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0) for tag WindowsClient

IL DASM (The Intermediate Language Disassembly tool) is something I haven't used in a while. When .NET 1.0 first came out in beta over a decade ago, a much younger me went and created...

Extracting Tar archives with C#

May 19 2012, 02:22 PM by IRhetoric - Convergence in the Simulacrum. A Blog by Karsten Januszewski

I needed to extract some tar files and came across the tar_cs library for .net , which was great except it didn't work with the tar files I was using. Fortunately, I was able to...

MSDN Webcast series on building Metro style apps

May 11 2012, 02:50 AM by Jaime Rodriguez

A few colleague evangelists are doing a series on MSDN Webcasts on building Windows 8 Metro style apps.. Catch the whole series and get a very concise, yet comprehensive...

Building Metro style apps with C++ event is now a live webcast

May 07 2012, 05:09 AM by Jaime Rodriguez

Two weeks ago, we announced an all day training for those Building metro style apps with C++ .. Event sold out within a few days, and we got a lot of requests for it to be recorded...

Visual Studio Achievements For Windows Azure Buzz

May 01 2012, 01:31 PM by IRhetoric - Convergence in the Simulacrum. A Blog by Karsten Januszewski

Here’s some links to posts and stories about the 15 new Windows Azure achievements added to Visual Studio Achievements: Visual Studio Adds Windows Azure Achievements Neowin Azure Gamified...

Surface Garage: ModeSelector sample control

Apr 25 2012, 09:00 AM by Microsoft Surface Blog

From the Surface Garage Surface Garage is a community of Microsoft employees that are passionate about Microsoft Surface , Samsung SUR40 , computer vision, and natural user interface...

Announcing the Building Windows 8 apps with C++ Windows camp

Apr 23 2012, 03:13 PM by Jaime Rodriguez

Join the Microsoft Visual C++ and Windows teams in Redmond on May 18, 2012 for a free, all-day event focused on building Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++ . If you are a beginner...