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Now You Can Develop Windows 8 Apps Using HTML, CSS & JavaScript.

When the below slide was fired up on the big screens of Build 2011 conference, there was a big round of applause from all the developers attending the Microsoft’s developer conference. Reason? Native applications of Windows 8 can be built using the basic web programming languages & scripts: HTML, CSS & Javascript.

Video Demo: Windows 8 Portrait & Landscape Rotate Orientation On Tablets

Microsoft distributed Samsung Tablets loaded with Windows 8 to all the attendees of their on going developer conference – Build 2011. The rotation support in Windows 8 is pretty nice and plays well with the all new Metro UI.  Check out the video demonstration of Portrait and Landscape orientations.

Microsoft Build 2011: Windows 8 Launch Keynote Video In 5 Minutes

Microsoft showcased the next version of Windows operating system, Windows 8, at their developer conference Build. Steven Sinofsky, the president of the Windows Division at Microsoft, unveiled Windows 8 to houseful of developers. The keynote delivered during the launch was close to 3 hours, but here is a highlights video that covers the entire keynote …

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Microsoft Kills Boot Screen In Windows 8 As It Boots Up Blazing Fast. Check This Demo.

It’s pretty exciting to know the cool features that are being baked into next version of Microsoft Windows.  In a recent blog post Microsoft demonstrated ultra fast booting of Windows 8 operating system. According to the demo video, Windows 8 does not have a boot screen and a clean boot process took less than 8 …

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Windows Phone 7.5:Demo Of All New Features [Video]

Microsoft released a detailed video demo of all the new features of upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 OS. The 15 minutes demo takes you through  built in integration of Twitter and Facebook, Groups, Threads, Multitasking, Notifications, Music & Video, etc. Check out the embedded video.

Windows 8 Start Menu: High Contrast and Metro Stylish UI

Microsoft started publishing details of it’s next version of Windows operating system, Windows 8, through their official blog. Windows 8 is going to have many fancy tweaks that are mainly inspired by popular Metro styles and Ribbon UI. The start screen sports a metro look, windows explorer is revamped with ribbon UI, copy, paste and …

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Windows 8 To Support USB 3. It Means Copying HD Movie Will Take 80 Seconds Instead 15 Minutes

In a blog post Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows operating system, Windows 8, will support USB 3 devices. USB 3.0 devices support data transfers at 10x compared to today’s widely used USB 2.0 devices. In simple words if copying of a HD movie to your USB today takes around 15 minutes then …

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How To Resolve: Could not load file or assembly ‘xxxx’ or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. [Programming]

While enhancing one of Windows Azure web application today, I was struck with the following error that occurs only Windows Azure environment Could not load file or assembly ‘xxxx’ or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. When the web application is tested on local development …

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