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Exam Ref 70-687: Configuring Windows 8 Released

13 days ago

Exam Ref 70-687: Configuring Windows 8 Released

Microsoft Press has released the new book "Exam Ref 70-687: Configuring Windows 8" which is available for purchase from various stores. If you are planning to take up the certification exam 70-687: Configuring Windows 8, this book will help you prepare for it. The book "Exam Ref 70-687: Configuring Windows 8" is Read More →

Windows Store App Essentials using C# Jump Start Series

29 days ago

Windows Store App Essentials using C# Jump Start Series

Here comes another Jump Start Series on Windows Store App Essentials using C# from the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team which is scheduled to be held on May 2, 2013. The Windows Store App Essentials using C# will be hosted by Jerry Nixon, Microsoft Technical Evangelist and Daren May, co-founder of Read More →

Free Text Editors for Windows

68 days ago

Free Text Editors for Windows

This article will explore some of the free text editors available for Windows apart from WordPad and Notepad. By default , the Windows operating system comes with Notepad and WordPad which are basic text editors . There are plenty of free text editors that are available for Windows . TheseRead More →

Videos2Learn App for Windows 8 in the Windows Store

72 days ago

Videos2Learn App for Windows 8 in the Windows Store

Want to Ace the interview and land your dream job ? Here's an Windows 8 app for it . Videos2Learn is a Windows 8 app developed by MPower which includes trainer led lessons and helps students to understand and assimilate various concepts that includes

communication
leadership
interview skills
and more...

The App is listed in the Read More →

British Council’s English Club Windows 8‏ App for Improving your English

84 days ago

British Council’s English Club Windows 8‏ App for Improving your English

At some point of time , Everyone of us would have thought about improving our English Vocabulary . In this technology driven time , it might sometimes be difficult to go to a English Learning class in order to improve your English . If you are using Windows 8 , then Read More →

How to Create a Batch file in Windows 8 ?

106 days ago

How to Create a Batch file in Windows 8 ?

In this article , we will explore one of the easiest way on how to create batch file in Windows 8 . The process of creating batch file in Windows 7 or other versions of Windows too remains the same.

What is a Batch File ?

Batch file is a text Read More →

Book – Windows 8 for Dummies

111 days ago

Book – Windows 8 for Dummies

Windows 8 is the latest operating system from Microsoft that was released in the month of October , 2012 . Windows 8 includes some cool features like

Live Tiles
New Start Screen
Windows 8 Style UI
cloud-based service etc

If you are a newbie to Windows 8 , here's a book to get you started with Read More →

Download Windows 8 90-day trial edition from MSDN Evaluation Centre

156 days ago

Download Windows 8 90-day trial edition from MSDN Evaluation Centre

Few days back, I was having a discussion with one of my friend who is a developer and very keen on trying out Windows 8 on one of his laptop. Well, I was suggesting him for an upgrade offer from Microsoft that was announced few months back which was one of Read More →

Free Book Download – Developing an end-to-end Windows Store app using JavaScript: Hilo (Windows)

158 days ago

Free Book Download – Developing an end-to-end Windows Store app using JavaScript: Hilo (Windows)

Microsoft has released the book developing an end-to-end Windows Store app using JavaScript: Hilo (Windows) which is available for download from Microsoft Download Centre. The book Read More →

How to validate a required URL in HTML5?

174 days ago

How to validate a required URL in HTML5?

I came across this one when trying out a sample Windows 8 app using HTML5 and JavaScript.

How to validate a required URL in HTML5?

You could validate the URL and also specify it as a required field in a Windows 8 App by using simple HTML5 tags and attributes. To specify the Read More →

How to run Google Chrome in Modern Style UI mode in Windows 8?

186 days ago

How to run Google Chrome in Modern Style UI mode in Windows 8?

I use Internet Explorer a lot and sometimes Google Chrome too. When using the latest version (v23.0.1271.64m) of the Google Chrome today, I came across this interesting feature in Google Chrome where the Google Chrome runs in the Windows 8 mode.

How to run Google Chrome in Modern Style UI mode Read More →

Live SDK for .NET and Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Released

187 days ago

Live SDK for .NET and Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Released

Microsoft has announced the release of the new Live SDK for .NET, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 which is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Centre.

What is Live SDK?

Live SDK includes the set of API's and controls that enables the developers access to the SkyDrive, Read More →

Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7

192 days ago

Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7

The Wait for IE10 on Windows 7 is finally over. Microsoft has released the Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system which is now available for download from the Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview website To install Internet Explorer 10 Release Read More →

Free eBook – Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals

192 days ago

Free eBook – Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals

Microsoft Press has announced its free eBook Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Press Blog post. The book Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals is written by Jerry Honeycutt and the book introduces the new features and capabilities Read More →

Player Framework v1.0 for Windows 8 and Windows Phone

197 days ago

Player Framework v1.0 for Windows 8 and Windows Phone

The Player Framework for Windows 8 v1.0 is released and is now available for download from codeplex. The version 1.0 of Player Framework is a stable release after the 7 previews of the Player Framework.

What is Player Framework?

Player Framework is an open source component that is part of the Microsoft Read More →

LINQ to Twitter now supports Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

198 days ago

LINQ to Twitter now supports Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

The LINQ to Twitter Beta v2.1.2 was released and is now available for download from codeplex.

What is LINQ to Twitter?

LINQ to Twitter is a popular LINQ provider for the Twitter service. It is an open source project and lets the developers use LINQ syntax for querying and interacting with the Read More →

Free Windows 8 for Dummies eBook from Dell

202 days ago

Free Windows 8 for Dummies eBook from Dell

Windows 8 was officially launched by Microsoft few days back. I have been trying Windows 8 on my Dell XPS laptop and the experience on the new Windows 8 Operating System is awesome. If you are new to Windows 8 and wanted to know more about how to use the features of Read More →

Windows Phone App for Windows 8

203 days ago

Windows Phone App for Windows 8

Windows Phone 8 was officially launched on October 29, 2012. Along with the launch of Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has also launched a Windows Phone App for Windows 8 which is available for download from Windows 8 Store. The Windows Phone App for Windows 8 is a kind of replacement for Read More →

Developing Windows Apps using HTML5 and JavaScript – Jump Start Videos

203 days ago

Developing Windows Apps using HTML5 and JavaScript – Jump Start Videos

Few weeks back, Microsoft’s learning and Developer platform Evangelism team had organised an online Jump Start series for Developing Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS & targeting the Microsoft Certification Exam (70-480 and 70-481). Jeremy Foster and Michael Palermo delivered the sessions. I watched them online and were one of the best Read More →

Developing in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 – Jump Start Videos – 1

205 days ago

Developing in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 – Jump Start Videos – 1

Few weeks back, Microsoft's learning and Developer platform Evangelism team had organised an online Jump Start series for Developing Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS & targeting the Microsoft Certification Exam (70-480 and 70-481). Jeremy Foster and Michael Palermo delivered the sessions. I watched them online and were one of Read More →

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