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Microsoft integrating DVR with XBOX soon

Jan

2012

Microsoft has been taking steps to make your Xbox 360 a set-top TV box with television channel apps and more on the way. New patents have been discovered, showing the possibility of even more boob-tube functionality, as the company considers adding DVR to the system’s list of bells and whistles. DVR-MS (Microsoft Digital Video Recording) ...

(Part 7) Tools for Metro Style Application Development

Nov

2011

This is the last blog from my side in this series. In this I would discuss about CSS property panel, Projects panel, Platform panel, Styles panel and Attribute panel. So let us discuss them one by one : CSS property panel The CSS Properties panel in Microsoft Expression Blend 5 for Windows Developer Preview is ...

(Part 6) Tools for Metro Style Application Development

Nov

2011

In this post I would like to describe areas of the workspace layout of the Microsoft Expression Blend 5 like as Workspace layout, Artboard, Tools panel. So we start elaborating these one by one : Workspace layout The workspace in Microsoft Expression Blend 5 for Windows Developer Preview consists of all the visual interface elements: the ...

(Part 4) Tools for Metro Style Application Development

Nov

2011

In my last post I had talk about Creating projects, designing user interfaces, editing and formatting code, member list and statement completion. As I told in this post we discuss Code snippets, Outlining, Refactoring, Additional formatting options, Navigating and exploring code, Solution Explorer, Class view, Object browser etc. We talk it about one by one ...

(Part 2) Tools for Metro Style Application Development 2

Oct

2011

In the first part I had a talk about how Visual Studio 11 Express can be used by JavaScript developers. In this part I would like to tell you how to use the JavaScript project and item template. For most apps, you can use the project and item templates included with Microsoft Visual Studio 11 ...

Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Preview

Sep

2011

Overview Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview is an integrated development environment that seamlessly spans the entire life cycle of software creation, including architecture, user interface design, code creation, code insight and analysis, code deployment, testing, and validation. This release adds support for the most advanced Microsoft platforms, including the next version of Windows (code-named “Windows ...