Windows Live Essentials 2012

Microsoft has released Windows Live Essentials 2012 which includes the latest version of Live Messenger(2012), Live Writer(2012) and included Microsoft SkyDrive application as part of the bundle.  Removed windows live mesh from the package as it is getting deprecated. Microsoft made some new Movie Maker additions, including a new video stabilization option made especially for […]

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Kinect for Windows SDK – Version 1.5 Released

Microsoft has released Kinect SDK for Windows – Version 1.5  on yesterday which includes improvements over skeleton tracking and facial tracking features. The Kinect for Windows SDK enables developers to create applications using C++, C# or Visual Basic, which support gesture and voice recognition using the Kinect for Windows sensor and a PC or embedded […]

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Kinect SDK for Windows updated to 1.0.3.191 *MINOR UPDATE ONLY*

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. […]

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Announced: Windows Server 8 is now Windows Server 2012

Microsoft has announced the name for upcoming Windows Server 8(which is BETA now, and you can download it through MSDN Subscriptions) and it will be called as “Windows Server 2012” . Windows Server 2012 includes a number of new features or feature changes. It would be purely a Server for Cloud and User interface similar […]

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Introducing Monocross – A cross-platform MVC pattern for mobile development in .NET/C# and Mono

I am evaluating different cross platform mobile development solutions. This is just a quick introduction to a framework I came across. What is cross platform mobile applications? A mobile application developed in such a way that it will work or run on most of the mobile platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry etc. […]

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Mobile Application Development

Mobile Applications are rapidly developing segment in the global mobile sector. Developing mobile applications targeting different mobile platforms such as Windows Phone, iOS, Android, Blackberry and Bada(Samsung’s Proprietary OS) is the trend setter now. Quoting from Wikipedia Mobile application development is the process by which application software is developed for small low-power handheld devices such […]

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