sChallenge #1 - Cut Some Mobile Code... Win a 32"LCD TV and a XBOX360

Hello Singapore!  We working on a number super cool community projects here on my team and we sure can use your help to make Southeast Asia's online experience even better.  We put together our first "sChallenge" (not the best name... Read More...

Embedded Solution Possibilities with DST Asia

The DST Asia booth was one of the most popular solution showcases at MEDC 2007 Singapore. During lunch and at all the breaks, their booth was pretty much packed. I was only able to meet up with them after the event. Check out the video to see what they Read More...

O2 Shows Us Windows Mobile 6 on the Xda Atom Life AND Check Out the O2 FLAME

The nice ladies at O2 Singapore took some time out recently to show us a few cool devices now out in Singapore. First up, the Xda Atom Life running Windows Mobile 6. O2 actually built in a few customized apps to make the entertainment features of the Read More...

Scheduling "Task" via Task Scheduler in Windows Home Server

For our company kick-off meeting (Microsoft Singapore), I'm working on a kick-butt Software + Services (S+S) demo on Windows Home Server. Source will be shared shortly but I came across an interesting challenge... how do I create a scheduled task (remember Read More...

Having Fun with Windows Embedded at Advantech Singapore

We went down to Chai Chee to meet up with the folks from Advantech. They're proud sponsors of MEDC 2007 Singapore and had a few cool Windows Embedded devices to show us. After visiting, I got my creative juices flowing on all the possibilities with Windows Read More...

You Too Can Watch TV in the Bathroom... Let Me Show You How

At our April 07 MSDN Connection Evening, I showed how you can watch your Media Center content on a Windows Mobile device hence allowing you to watch TV anywhere (including the shower, toilet, pool, etc). The funny thing is that you can do all this via Read More...

MSDN Connection Evening: Windows Mobile and Embedded Devices (MED) - Thurs 26 Apr 07

The details for this event is now locked down! Our speakers even made a few short fun videos introducing their topics (see below). This event will be focused on everything Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded. If you don't know the difference... this is Read More...

Getting Started with Windows Home Server (Beta)

For those of you who have seen my demos... awesome isn't it? For those of you who haven't... you've got to see it. Windows Home Server and all the cool stuff it can do is seriously going to make a contribution to the future of our digital homes. As promised, Read More...

Career in Computer Science Message from Microsoft Research

Here is a fun video from MSR about their vision for the future. Interesting how a number of PlayAnywhere tidbits show up in the video. This vision of our future is bright and I do agree with MSR that this all can only happen if we have more people developing Read More...

More Cool Progress Made with Microsoft Research's "PlayAnywhere"

In a number of my presentations in the past, I've showcased a cool technology being developed my Microsoft Research called "PlayAnywhere". The original demos were cool but new ones are even better. One of the coolest is the one where you drop your bluetooth Read More...

Outlook Vista Sidebar Gadget

A Vista Sidebar Gadget is a small app that runs in the "Sidebar" of Windows Vista. The gadget's goal is to provide a little tidbit of useful functionality. Example... the Office team just released a "Schedule" and "Task" gadget which ties into Office Read More...

Flame Based Display

Inline with all these cool displays and UIs I've found... check out what a friend of mine is working on. Yup... a flame-based display. A pixel is to a LCD display as a 6 inch fireball is to the infernoptix Digital Pyrotechnic Matrix. You've got to check Read More...