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On March 28 and 29, Microsoft Bulgaria will host in Sofia the traditional event "Microsoft Days". I am very happy to be the speaker of two pillar arguments of the next technology wave:Introduction to Windows Runtime (WinRT) The Asynchronous Pattern in WinRT/Metro and .NET 4.5 The abstracts are ...

Ten years ago Bill Gates decided to change the company's approach by introducing the Trustworthy Computing initiative in a famous e-mail addressed to all his employees. This decision triggered a huge change in software development not only inside Microsoft but also for all developers who use Micr...

The new Windows start screen 8 shows a number of tiles that may look like a revamped version of the old shortcuts: But appearances can be deceptive and tiles are not shortcuts and they do not launch directly the application process. The crucial point is that Windows Runtime (WinRT) is the laye...

As the WinRT world is an evolution of COM, the registration is similar but uses only the HKCU registry keys. This means that you don't need administrative privileges to install an application.Let's take a look to the most interesting registry keys involved during registration process: The HKCU\So...

During the build conference sessions, beyond the great thrilling sessions like the one from Matt, I had the change to make me explain many interesting details about WinRT. So I want to thank speakers and the other team members for their availability to answer the numerous questions coming from the...

There is no doubt that the new Office Open XML file format is a huge gain for every developer, and as conseguence for users too. The new file format is native in Office 2007 but can be also used natively with a plugin in Office 2003 and with external (free) utilities with previous Office releases...

This is the same article that was published in the Micro Framework blog on October 9, 2007.    The Swim Timer Application As one of my first projects with the .NET Micro Framework, I created a more sophisticated version of a little project I developed some time ago: a counter for swim training....

There are new huge news for DeployManager tool that I initially released last year (http://www.iamraf.net/Tools/DeployManager-first-release-certificates-management).Here is a list of the new additions.Filtering There is a new toolbar that enable filtering capabilities in both the tree and the lis...

DeployManager is the name that resemble my wishes since the first time I worked with Windows Communication Foundation. There is no doubt that deploying a WCF service is tricky and time-expensive. Probably the most difficult part is certificates management, both in development and in production. ...

There is no GetComputerName API on Windows CE and I could not find any Compact Framework class to obtain this functionality. On these devices you can find the computer (pda) name in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident\Name If you want to take a look at the registry on your devices/emulators...

While using the Compact Framework on a mobile device, you can need to invalidate some data if the user is inactive for a certain period of time. In my case I have a custom authentication system that create a custom Token class that is invalidated after few minutes the user is inactive. Windows CE...