Microsoft Campfire 2012 Singapore happening on 13-14th April

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Apr 092012
 

Microsoft Campfire 2012 Singapore

Microsoft Campfire 2012 Singapore is a 2 day campfire conference of cutting edge learning and inspiration from the great minds of the industry – Rob Miles (Microsoft Windows Phone MVP), Shane Morris (Australia’s most respected user experience professionals), and Hammad Rajjoub (Microsoft Architect Evangelist) – just to name a few.

Join in for an action-packed conference designed especially for developers, designers, UX experts and entrepreneurs in the web technology space.

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview + Visual Studio 11 Beta Developer Tools Download Links

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Mar 012012
 

It’s Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It’s an all-new touch interface. It’s a new Windows for new devices.

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download

Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express Beta for Windows 8 is your tool to build Metro style apps. It includes the Windows 8 SDK, Blend for Visual Studio, and project templates.

Download Visual Studio 11 Express Beta - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516

Download Visual Studio 11 Beta – http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/downloads

Update for Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac Supports Windows 8 Developer Preview

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Oct 072011
 

Parallels just released an update to Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac,, which includes experimental support for Windows 8 Developer Preview and more. The new Parallels Desktop 7 build 7.0.14924 is available now by selecting the Parallels Desktop menu, then Check for Updates.

This update also improves the general performance of Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, including optimized CPU usage when Parallels Desktop 7 is idle, improved compatibility with Quicken 2011 personal finance software, and improved support for Autodesk 3DS Max 2012 3D modeling software.

Installing Windows 8 on Parallels 7

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Sep 222011
 

Very simply, just follow the steps:

  1. Create a Windows 7 (as your OS type) VM and follow everything as usual except choosing manual installation rather than automatic
  2. Before installing, you have to open [Virtual Machine Configuration > Hardware > Boot Order] and locate [Boot flags].
    In [Boot flags] write:
    devices.video.pci_device_id=0×5005;
  3. Install Windows 8 as usual.
  4. Install Parallels 7 guest tools.

If you’ve already installed Parallels 7 guest tools without editing the boot flags and you’re getting black screen when booting into Windows 8, just add the boot flags as described in Step 2. Now you can play with your Windows 8 on Parallels 7.

Watch or Download the BUILD 2011 Sessions Videos on Channel 9 (with Zune or iTunes too)

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Sep 142011
 

You can watch all the BUILD 2011 sessions as it gets uploaded right on Channel 9′s BUILD 2011 site. For those who use Zune or iTunes, you can add the following RSS feeds into your Zune or iTunes:

For those using iTunes, all you need to do is go to Advanced -> Subscribe to Podcast… and copy “http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/RSS/mp4high” or “http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/RSS/mp4″ into the URL box.

Installing Windows 8 Developer Preview Photo Walkthrough

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Sep 142011
 

I just installed Windows 8 Developer Preview, and below is a photo walkthrough of majority of the screens while installing Windows 8. It’s still a little buggy especially during the Live ID Login portion (went through the login process twice), but other than that everything seems to be pretty smooth. You can download the ISOs at http://dev.windows.com. You can view the gallery on my Picasa too.

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview Release

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Sep 142011
 

Windows 8 Developer Preview Release will be available for download at the Windows 8 Developer Center. This includes a 64-bit (x64) build with development tools to build apps and a 32bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) build without development tools. The releases also include a suite of sample applications. The ISOs are linked to from http://dev.windows.com.

Watch the BUILD Keynote Live Streaming – Unveiling Windows 8

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Sep 132011
 


The BUILD conference keynotes will be streamed live the following timings:

Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7): September 13th/14th 9:00
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4): September 13th/14th 12:00
Singapore Time (GMT +8): September 14th/15th 00:00 (midnight)
Japan Standard Time (GMT +9): September 14th/15th 01:00

There will be 2 keynotes – one on September 13th and another on September 14th.

You can watch it at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/build/ or http://buildwindows.com

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