Author Archives: Doug

Silverlight for Windows Embedded

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Doug

The Embedded world has both seen significant change and not so much change since Microsoft introduced Windows CE 1.0 back in 1996. Back then, when Microsoft introduced a fully featured GUI based operating system, one of the touted features was … Continue reading →

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Hey! I've Updated my Site

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Doug

You may notice a bit of a change.  I’ve updated my site and blog.  I hope to bring new and interesting content to the blog.  Let me know what you think.

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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Announced

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Doug

Microsoft has (finally) announced Windows Embedded Compact 7.  The release would more appropriately be called Windows CE 7 but the marketing people decided they knew better.  This is a significant update to Windows CE (oops, Compact, or Embedded Compact, or … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone and Multitasking

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Doug

There is a huge amount of interest in the new Windows Phone platform.  This new platform is new and cool and provides a great platform for applications.  The new Windows Phone programming model uses a custom built Silverlight runtime to … Continue reading →

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Let’s try this again…

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Doug

Okay, I’m not the best blogger in the world.  Actually, I’ve been a horrible blogger.  Aside from the trip blog I did last year, my last post was 2 years ago…  Still, I’m going to try, try again. Windows Phone … Continue reading →

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ThinkPads and AHCI Hard Disks

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Doug

I have a Thinkpad T60p and I wanted to upgrade to one of these new 7200 RPM 320G disks.  I purchased a Seagate Momentus drive and, as I’ve done with other disk upgrades, just plugged the drive into the laptop … Continue reading →

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BSP Template

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Doug

The Microsoft CE Base Team has posted a Board Support Package (BSP) template on their blog here.  While it’s clearly a work in progress, its great documentation on what entry points are both required and optional in a Windows CE … Continue reading →

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Windows Mobile 6.1 Memory Management Changes

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Doug

I just returned from the Microsoft TechEd conference in Orlando.  While there, I gave two talks and presented a Preconference tutorial. During the preconference tutorial, I discussed changes to the Windows Mobile 6.1 memory model.  Here is a short summary … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Doug

Hi, My name is Doug Boling and I’ve been working on Windows CE since before it was released by Microsoft in 1996. I’ve written a book on Windows CE called appropriately enough Programming Microsoft Embedded Windows CE The book is … Continue reading →

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