Battery life is a hardware problem, right? Not entirely. Software is at least as responsible as hardware, for preserving battery life on Tablet and notebook PCs.
The .NET Framework 3.0 software platform is something of a challenge, because most samples and demo apps out there are more concerned about 3D rendering and glitzy animations, than they are about battery life.
Andre Michaud
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Tablet PC will be there showcasing the Vista release. Stop by the booth (in the User Productivity section) to see some of the latest hardware, talk with people on the team, and get your hands on a great Vista Tablet. There are developer education talks and Hands on Labs also being presented focusing on Tablet PC. You can also visit with
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Hammerheads: http://www.popcap.com/launchpage.php?theGame=hammerheads
Garden gnomes: delightful creatures living in your front yard or scary overlords swathed in primary colors? In this game, garden gnomes pop out of holes and you have to bop them on the head.
This is a “whack-a-mole” type game which is perfect for touch. I recommend playing it
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First, I must admit something. I have bad handwriting and I can’t draw. Yes, these are sometimes good traits since I can test the handwriting recognizer but, it might not help me out with this game.
Line Rider is a fun little physics game. You draw paths, jumps, loops, anything
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The Tablet isn’t all about productivity. It is good for playing games! I have been scoping out the wide world of internet for games that I can play on my Tablet and that are also fun and friendly–casual games that are good for pen or touch.
I’m not really going to be reviewing the games, some will probably be more interesting
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Aaron Stebner provided instructions in this blog post to help users optimize Media Center for Pen and Touch interaction.
“There are 2 new settings available in Windows Media Center for Windows Vista that can be used to control the visibility of mouse-related controls in the Windows Media Center UI. These settings are primarily designed for touch-screen development scenarios,
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Today’s apps must work in an increasingly mobile environment and must allow new means of input: ink, touch, and more. Build a great application that encompasses these needs, write an article about what you’ve done, and you may win one of three cool Samsung Ultra-Mobile PCs.
One winner per month, 3/15/07–6/15/07.
Check out CodeProject.com for more details.
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I was just read blog entry which complained about having to have administrative access to execute PowerShell commands against a remote server. This is not the case.
We are “secure by default” which means that if you want to do something that exposes a security risk to your machines, you have to make a conscious decision to do so. We are
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Here’s a great trick I learned recently… the window-switching experiences you get by pressing [Alt+Tab] or [Win+Tab] can be made “sticky” by holding the [Ctrl] key (ie, [Ctrl+Alt+Tab] or [Ctrl+Win+Tab]). The window-selection mode will persist, on-screen, until you choose a window (or press [Esc], or click somewhere else on the desktop).
This trick is super-useful. Why? For configuring Flicks to switch windows, of
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There’s been a lot of great excitement that’s accompanied the release of PowerShell V2 and Windows Remote Management (WinRM) – also known as the Windows Management Framework. We’ve also heard the occasional question on whether it’s possible to install them independently.
When we’ve heard this concern, it is usually focused on security. To be clear, Windows Remote Management (WinRM) has been
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Just a geek who loves to make his computer run extremely fast and reliably :-)
