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  • Performance Tips For Metro Style XAML Apps

    Microsoft has published a paper named “Performance Tips For Metro Style XAML Apps”. This includes several suggestions for remaining responsive, ensuring fluid animations, improving startup time, consuming lesser resources and more. We present a summary here.

  • Localizing Your Windows 8 App

    In the article “Develop your app for everyone–localize your UI”, Tim Heuer shows how to localize the language of a Windows 8 .NET App along with various tools that can help in the process.

  • Enterprise Application Distribution with Windows 8

    Distributing the right applications and links to a user’s computer has always been a challenge. Login scripts tend to be fragile and tools that automatically install applications are often difficult to use. The increased use of personally owned computers and devices further complicates the story. Microsoft is attempting to fix both issues with Windows 8 and the Self-Service Portal.

  • WebSocket Support In Windows 8

    As both the WebSocket Protocol and the WebSocket API gain full-fledged support in the Windows 8 Consumer preview, ASP.NET developers can start taking advantage of the bidirectional capabilities by using System.Web.WebSockets library.

  • A look at Visual Basic 11

    Visual Basic 11 brings with it several new features including asynchronous functions and the long awaited iterators.

  • New Releases of Entity Framework Include First Look at EF 5

    This week's Visual Studio 11 Beta release was quickly followed by the new Entity Framework 5 Beta, which has been awaiting features only supported in .NET Framework 4.5. EF 5 adds Enum and Spatial support, Table-Valued Functions, and the option to use LocalDB.

  • Microsoft Details Windows 8 for ARM

    Microsoft has detailed Windows 8 for ARM: architected for low power consumption, apps that can only target WinRT, restricted desktop that allows only Office 15 and some Windows components to run.

  • Windows Phone 8 Is to Be Based on WinRT?

    Leaked information suggests that Microsoft is working on unifying the Windows ecosystem, while Windows Phone 8 will be based on WinRT rather than Windows CE.

  • Windows 8 ARM Marches Forward

    Reports indicate that Windows 8 for ARM is now stable and headed for developers in February.

  • Introducing Windows New File System: ReFS

    For the first time since 1993 Microsoft is posed to offer a new file system architecture. ReFS or Resilient File System is designed to both improve reliability and as a chance to drop obsolete features offered by NTFS.

  • Universal Password Storage in Windows 8

    Furthering their commitment to ubiquitous access, Windows 8 plans on offering universal password management. Windows 8 credential storage is intended to tie all other usernames names and password into a single account that will travel with the user. And this feature will be usable from all applications.

  • Windows Store Requires Processor Types to Be Treated Equally

    Microsoft has released the certification requirements for Metro style apps sold at the Windows Store. They range from technical specifications to strict controls on content. Not even processor types can be discriminated against.

  • Silverlight Has Had a Bumpy Road. Will It Have a Smooth Transition to WinRT?

    Microsoft had a great vision for Silverlight, a framework and a set of tools that would dominate the web development landscape, but it fell short of that. There are rumors there won’t be any Silverlight 6. If that happens, how easy is for the Silverlight developer to transition to WinRT? Some numbers show that it is pretty easy.

  • A Standardized Printing UI for Windows 8

    Windows 8 Metro is bringing with it a lot of changes and printing is no exception. Building upon the charm concept, there is a new API and extendable user interface for printing. This API is available for both XAML and JavaScript-based applications.

  • Windows Server 8 Marks Shift Towards GUI-Less Future

    Microsoft has alerted Windows Server developers and administrators that the platform's future will be one in which the traditional GUI applications will no longer be supported. The Server Core installation option, originally debuting in Windows Server 2008, will become the preferred installation option for Windows Server 8.

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