Microsoft’s Kinect SDK for Windows version 1.0.3.190(released on 2nd Feb 2012) is replaced by 1.0.3.191 on May 2012. This is a minor update to fix the issue related to the installer certificate. The earlier version had the potential to produce certificate error messages during setup in limited scenarios. The issue was resolved in version 1.0.3.191.… Continue reading
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Windows Phone Development–Background Agents in Windows Phone
Windows Phone came through long way after it’s initial release on Oct 21st 2010. Windows Phone 7.5 update release called as “MANGO” brought lots of improvements including Multi tasking capabilities etc. With the introduction of multi-tasking ( it is not true multi tasking, but an efficient application switching which ensures that only one application will… Continue reading
Windows Phone Development–Developing for 256 MB (low profile) Windows Phone Devices
Microsoft has announced that upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh code named as “Tango” will have low profile 256 MB devices which would make Microsoft’s entry in to mobile market by delivering low cost Windows Phone devices. All existing Windows Phone devices are having 512 MB RAM, considering the mid-range or low entry market Microsoft has… Continue reading
Windows Phone Development–Choosers and Launchers
While doing windows phone application programming you will come across some requirements such as: a. “Selecting a contact from contact book” b. “Open up Camera, take a photo and upload or use the photo” c. “Open a link in Web Browser” How you can achieve these typical tasks? Answer is pretty simple Windows Phone SDK… Continue reading
April 2012 Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta
Microsoft has released an Update for Visual Studio 11 BETA. April 2012 Update for Visual Studio 11 Beta is a small patch that provides fixes and improvements for the Visual Studio development environment. For more information about the update, see the Visual Studio 11 Beta Readme File Download April 2012 Update for Microsoft Visual Studio… Continue reading
WebSockets endpoint/transport support with WCF 4.5 *New*
WebSocket is a web technology providing for bi-directional, full-duplex communications channels, over a single Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) socket. The WebSocket API is being standardized by the W3C, and the WebSocket protocol has been standardized by the IETF as RFC 6455. WebSocket is designed to be implemented in web browsers and web servers, but it… Continue reading
Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Updated to Final
Microsoft has released final version of Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 which includes the support for Windows 8 and 256 MB devices for debugging. (previously I blogged about the release of CTP version of the same here) Windows Phone… Continue reading
Team Foundation Server 11 support for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Microsoft has provided an update for Visual Studio 2010 to provide support for Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11 objects. This update will enable the developers to connect to Team Foundation Server 11 to manage your project activities using Visual Studio 2010. Download Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Team Foundation Server 11 Compatibility GDR Note: This update… Continue reading
.NET Framework 4.0.3–Multi Targeting Pack update and design time update for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.3 and design time support update for Visual Studio 2010 SP1. The MT(Multi-Targeting) Pack adds new reference assemblies, IntelliSense files, and other supporting files. Multi-targeting pack adds support for the new APIs that are introduced in Update 4.0.3 for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Runtime Update.… Continue reading
My Hands On with –Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Visual Studio 11 and SQL Server 2012
Recent days there has been some amazing releases by Microsoft such as long awaited Windows 8 Consumer Preview with lots of changes since Windows 8 Developer Preview. Windows 8™ is latest operating system by Microsoft – is mainly targeting Tablet and touch enabled devices which can hold the windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 consumer… Continue reading