Power8–yet another replacement to bring back old Windows Start Menu in Windows 8

Power8 is a similar windows start menu alternative like ‘Classic Shell’, which I introduced in the last post. Benefits Power8 includes: No system files patching; No hooks over system objects; No app-init DLLs; No additional services, drivers, etc; No trash in registry; No installation – just unpack and launch; Small, fast and powerful; Open-source; You […]

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StartW8–a closer, free Windows Aero start menu alternative–for Windows 8

While searching for Third Party alternative software’s for bringing back windows start menu feel on Windows 8, I came across few interesting tools – and I introduced them in my earlier blog posts – Stardock’s Start8 (licensed version), Classic Shell, Power8 were those. [logo courtesy: AreaGuard] Today I just found another cool alternative that you […]

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Download TypeScript 0.8.2 for Visual Studio 2012

Microsoft has announced the availability of latest preview release for TypeScript as Version 0.8.2. Read more about the release from MSDN Typescript Team blog here You can download the TypeScript 0.8.2 for Visual Studio 2012 from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34790

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Windows Phone 8–Application Model & Fast Application Resume feature

Windows Phone 8 has a new feature introduced called as ‘Fast Application Resume’, which allows the Windows Phone 8 OS to launch the application from suspended to running quickly. You feel like toggling between multiple apps with out much delay comparing to Windows Phone 7.x platform. With Windows Phone 7.5, OS was allowed to move […]

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Upcoming Webinars and Trainings on Microsoft Technologies(Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Azure, HTML5) – Feb 2013

Jump Start – February 19: Building Web Apps with ASP.NET (February 19) An accelerated introduction to building modern web applications with ASP.NET 4.5 and ASP.NET MVC 4 team-taught by Scott Hanselman and Jon Galloway. Windows Azure Hands-on Labs Online Training (February 20) Learn how to connect a Paas application to an Iaas application. Matt Hester […]

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Microsoft Media Platform – Player Framework for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 updated to version 1.1

Microsoft Media platform team has recently updated the “Media Player Framework” for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 to version 1.1, which includes few enhancements and fixes. “Media Player Framework” helps you in building media applications for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.  The player framework contains an open source framework available for Silverlight, HTML5 […]

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