John Coyne's Embedded Blog

Windows Embedded Quebec!

  I’m sitting in the Theater here at PDC – I figured this deserved a Live Blog! Shabnam Erfani,...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/29/2008

I’m a PC… and now, so is a MAC

I’m sitting in the Staff/Speaker room here at PDC, and happened to notice Ryan McMinn, PM on the...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/29/2008

PDC Day 2 – Lots of stuff to see!

  Checking in from PDC here in Los Angeles – it’s actually day 3 as I write this, but I wanted...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/29/2008

PDC Day 1 – Sights and Thoughts!

  Hey Campers! Checking in from day one at PDC. This morning’s keynote address led off with Ray...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/27/2008

Welcome to PDC!

  Today we made the journey to Los Angeles, CA for the Microsoft Professional Developer’s...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/27/2008

PDC 2008! right around the corner

  For those of you who missed my post a few weeks ago, I wanted to remind you that I’ll be...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/24/2008

What is Windows Embedded POSReady 2009?

I’ve been getting asked a lot of questions about the new naming conventions – for instance What is...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/24/2008

Viva La Mexico! y dispositivos enbarcados (can you figure it out?)

  Hola Amigos!   I’m here in Mexico City visiting some of our partners. Very interesting...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/23/2008

Mike Hall has done it again! (oooo…. ahhh….)

Mike hall has done it again! He’s demonstrated that GNU runs on Windows CE… single handedly tearing...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/14/2008

It’s Official… “7” it is!

if anyone saw the formal announcement yesterday from Mike Nash regarding the name for the next...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/14/2008

I’m Still a PC! (and I’m in Times Square!)

So you’ve all undoubtedly heard of our newest campaign… if not, see my post from a few weeks ago… I...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/11/2008

Tough Choice - PDC or ESC Boston?

So in case you missed it - Mike Hall has posted some fun about the upcoming PDC 2008 in Los...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 10/09/2008

I’m a PC – Are you? (I think so)

I’ve been receiving emails for weeks “What’s with the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Commercials?” and...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/26/2008

Update from the Windows Embedded Standard Certification Sessions

  I poked in on the teams yesterday, and they were hard at work, still trying to identify all...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/17/2008

Zune Launches V3.0 Today!

  Today, we announced the v3.0 launch of the Zune Software! Lots of new features, as well as...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/16/2008

Want to be Certified in XP Embedded?

I'm here on Campus in Redmond, sitting in on the debate discussions on what should and should not be...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/15/2008

Windows Embedded CE MCP Exam - more help!

  So a lot of you read about the Microsoft Certified Professional Exam for Windows Embedded CE...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/11/2008

Microsoft Booth Pictures from CEDIA 2008!

  Hey Campers, As Promised here's a couple pictures from our Booth at CEDIA Expo 2008 in...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/10/2008

Help with the next embedded MCP test!

  as you may or may not have heard, we recently launched the Microsoft Certified Professional...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/09/2008

Canalys 2008 Forum

Windows Embedded is a platinum Sponsor for the Canalys Navigation Forum Happening this week in...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/09/2008

Your Cool CE Project = Microsoft giving you the tools to build it!

  Hey friends - You may have seen Mike or Olivier's post about the next innovation from the...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/07/2008

Sights from CEDIA 2008!

I was on the show floor today at CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design & Installation Association)...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 09/05/2008

SQL Server 2008 Goes RTM!

Yesterday, we announced that the next version of SQL Server - SQL Server 2008 has Released to...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 08/07/2008

New blog - TechLeaders - for people managers or those aspiring to manage people

  I came across an interesting blog the other day, and decided to let you all know about it - a...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/31/2008

Certification for Windows Embedded Standard (the follow on to XPE) is coming!

  I saw a post from Weijuan Shi over on the XPE Team Blog - with the pending release of Windows...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/31/2008

What do people think about Vista when they don't know it's Vista?

  We launched a new site recently that may change some opinions of Windows Vista... we're...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/31/2008

Live Search CE 6.0

  Mike Hall posted a pretty good link the other day, so I thought I'd pass along - This is the...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/30/2008

Another CE Book! (Go Community!)

so I just received an email that Sam Phung is in the process of publishing a book on Windows...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/23/2008

New Windows Embedded CE Book!

Hi Friends! Been offline for about a week... I'm back now.   some of you may have seen Mike...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/22/2008

Sights and Sounds from WPC 2008

I am sitting here at the Microsoft Worldwide partner Conference 2008 in Houston Tx, visiting with...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/09/2008

It's the End for 3.11!!

for those that were not aware, we recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM's will...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 07/09/2008

Wall-E!

So I happened to find myself at the movies this weekend. (last week was my daughter's 11th...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/29/2008

It's The Avatars!

While at Tech-Ed in Orlando, I happened to be accosted greeted by the Microsoft Avatars... here's a...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/19/2008

which one is Mike?

so if you happened to read Mike Hall's Post about preparing for demos, and such. here's a picture...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/19/2008

Tech Ed 2008 - after thoughts and such

Well, I'm finally coming up for air after TechEd in Orlando! Here's a pic from one of the sessions -...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/19/2008

Hot off the Presses - Windows Embedded NavReady!

  Ever wonder what we do in the way of GPS devices? well quite a bit, actually. So much that...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/17/2008

Upcoming chat with Windows Embedded CE and Windows Mobile Teams

  Join the Windows Embedded CE and Windows Mobile teams, as they host an online chat June 24th....

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/17/2008

Holy Space Shuttle!

So recently I visited Orlando, FL to attend the Tech Ed conference. I had the pain pleasure of...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/16/2008

Now Available - Windows Embedded Standard - Technology Preview!

As announced at the Tech Ed Developers' conference in Orlando - the Name for Windows XP Embedded...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/16/2008

And another blog is born!

Hey there! Welcome to my Blog. this is John's Blog 1.0 - I've created this blog to keep folks up to...

Author: John C [MS] Date: 06/16/2008

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