Developers working with Windows Presentation Foundation applications and controls now have version 0.2 of the TestApi available in order to test their projects. Delivering what is essentially a library of Test APIs (application programming interfaces), TestApi can be downloaded from Microsoft's open-source proje... |
27 April 2009
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With the third version of Silverlight, now available for download in Beta, Microsoft has taken its technology, positioned as a rival to Adobe Flash, beyond the boundaries of the browser. In this context, Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president, .NET Developer Platform, revealed during his keynote address at MIX09 the... |
20 March 2009
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Microsoft is currently cooking the next generation of its surface computing product. Microsoft Surface 2.0, codenamed Second Light, is the evolution of the tabletop computer already available to select business customers around the world at prices over $10,000 per unit. Surface 2.0 is also being built with corporate ... |
16 March 2009
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If you are looking for a shortcut to integrating Virtual Earth 3D into your WPF and Microsoft Surface applications, then you need not look any further. InfoStrat.VE, produced by InfoStrat, is an open-source control made available via CodePlex under LGPL, served in two flavors. The first is designed for WPF applicatio... |
11 March 2009
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Windows Presentation Foundation Prism is now available from Microsoft. Prism is nothing more than the Composite Application Guidance for WPF, resources designed to streamline the building of programs aimed at the corporate environment. With architects and developers of the WPF client applications as the target audien... |
4 July 2008
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The biggest winner in the Microsoft PhizzPop Design Challenge is the Redmond company's very own Silverlight technology. The PhizzPop Design Challenge brought together no less than 30 web design and development companies that had to build solutions tailored for the Windows Live platform and using Silverlight. Con... |
17 April 2008
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Flotzam was initially introduced at MIX07 in Las Vegas the past year. At that point in time, Flotzam was nothing more than a screensaver mash-up pulling feeds from a variety of sources and built to leverage Windows Presentation Foundation. The project is still available as a screensaver for both Windows Vista and Win... |
28 January 2008
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Microsoft is offering a way for users of Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista to enjoy a consistent boost in performance of the instant messaging client. After it was announced at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the last year, Yahoo Messenger for Vista took approximately a whole year to com... |
28 January 2008
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Microsoft has made available as a free download the Software Development Kit for Syndicated Client Experiences Starter Kit & Reader. The SDK is designed to permit building applications similar to the New York Times reader introduced in late 2006 for Windows Vista users. The Syndicated Client Experiences Starter Kit &... |
17 January 2008
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At over a year since Windows Vista was released to manufacturing, and since the business launch in November 2006, but still just a few months short of the first 12 months since the operating system hit the shelves, Tim Sneath, Group Manager for Client Platforms, came out clean and admitted that killer applications ar... |
19 December 2007
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Microsoft is bridging the gap between design and development as far as software is concerned with XAML via Windows Presentation Foundation. Tim Sneath, Microsoft group manager for client platforms, addressed the issue of the incongruence between the development process and the design of the graphical interface for a ... |
14 December 2007
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Yes, Christmas is almost here, but this only means that 'tis the right season for some development involving Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight. Tim Sneath, Microsoft resident group manager for client platforms, made sure to send out invitations to the contest season for WPF and Silverlight. Well, t... |
5 December 2007
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Windows Presentation Foundation is a core feature of Windows Vista. Formerly codenamed Avalon, Windows Presentation Foundation is positioned as an unified presentation subsystem for the Windows operating system. Two components make up the subsystem: a display engine and a managed-code programming framework. This mean... |
9 October 2007
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