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Microsoft Announces Visual Studio Achievements for Windows Azure

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Microsoft In January this year, Microsoft announced Visual Studio Achievements for Developers - a fun way bringing Xbox LIVE-like points to everyday programming tasks. The fascinating program makes sure your hard day’s work doesn’t go unnoticed and after over 80,000 downloads since the initial release, Microsoft has now extended the game to enroll developers working on Windows Azure. Read More »

Windows 8: A Fantastic Opportunity for Developers

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Windows Windows 8 is a tremendous opportunity for developers. Smart developers would be building for Windows 8 already. Are you one of them? Read More »

Windows Dev Center for Windows 8 Launched; Download Preview Release Now

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Microsoft Earlier today at the keynote of BUILD conference, Steven Sinofsky, President, Windows & Windows Live Division at Microsoft announced that developers will be able to download the Windows Developer Preview via the new Windows Dev Center. Read More »

Build Smart Gadgets Quick and Easy with .NET Gadgeteer

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Microsoft Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer is an open-source toolkit for building small electronic devices using the .NET Micro Framework and Visual Studio or Visual C# Express. This allows embedded and handheld devices to be built and programmed quickly and easily Read More »

Social Gaming Powered By Windows Azure

Gaming Microsoft has figured out an interesting way to get into the social games business. The social gaming market continues to grow in terms of number of users and profits. These social applications have the potential to grow from a few users to millions of users in an incredibly short period of time, and therefore, they need a robust, scalable, and dependable platform. Read More »