Microsoft developers’ conference begins in Thiruvanthapuram tomorrow
May 18th, 2012 adminThe Kerala Microsoft Users Group (K-MUG) will organise the Microsoft developers’ conference, DevCon 2012, at the Park Centre in Technopark here tomorrow.
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Microsoft developers’ conference begins in Thiruvanthapuram tomorrow
May 18th, 2012 adminThe Kerala Microsoft Users Group (K-MUG) will organise the Microsoft developers’ conference, DevCon 2012, at the Park Centre in Technopark here tomorrow.
Pentagon seeks to maintain satellite export restrictions
April 23rd, 2012 adminBeijing, China (XNA) Apr 24, 2012 Beijing on Friday said it "firmly opposes" a Pentagon report that supported maintaining tight restrictions on exports of satellites and related equipment to China. The Foreign Ministry said the report slanders China by suggesting that the country achieved space exploration through "successful spying". "The report recommending the maintenance of restrictions on …
Windows Phone 8: What's Microsoft's developer story?
April 6th, 2012 adminOn the development front, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 seem to be joined at the hip.
Xamarin Announces April Mobile App Development Seminar Schedule
April 2nd, 2012 adminXamarin, a leading provider of development platforms to simplify the creation and operation of cross-platform mobile applications targeting phones and tablets running iOS, Android and Windows, today announced the Xamarin seminar schedule for April.
Microsoft Opens Registration For Dream, Build, Play Challenge
March 5th, 2012 adminMicrosoft's annual contest for the indie game development community is open for business. Do you have what it takes to win the prize? The contest, which allows players to submit games created for Xbox 360 built through the XNA development tools, will be accepting registrations at the Dream, Build, Play official site from anyone over the age of 14. After you register, your team must submit a game …
Dive into Windows Phone 7 game development using XNA 4.0 with Packt's Latest Book And e-Book
February 18th, 2012 adminPackt is delighted to announce the publication of the Windows Phone 7 XNA Cookbook, a comprehensive guide filled with indispensable techniques to create games using XNA 4.0 . The book and eBook is available from Packt Publishing and other leading retailers. UK (PRWEB) February 18, 2012 Birmingham: Packt is delighted to announce the publication of the Windows Phone 7 XNA Cookbook, a comprehensive …
Elite's David Braben hopes to teach kids how to program on a very cheap computer
February 14th, 2012 adminThe Raspberry Pi single-board computer is nearly here. Equipped with everything you need to build the next big video game, this $25/$35 development computer is due to be released before the end of the month. The board, intended to run the Linux operating system and compatible with a variety of programming languages, will be shipped out to a number of UK schools, where students will be allowed to …
Jumping from web to mobile: Challenges of cross-platform game development
February 11th, 2012 admin[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, independent game programmer Amos Laber begins his series on the challenges of cross-platform development, looking at considerations one should take for web/mobile projects.] For an indie developer working on game projects in the casual/social or mobile space, one of the earliest decisions to make is what platform to target. In most cases it's a …
Windows Phone Development Ahoy: Packt has four books and eBooks on Windows Phone 7 Development and Windows Phone …
February 6th, 2012 adminWindows Phone 7 is now one of the hottest development platforms for Developers of mobile software and applications. Packt Publishing – one of the world’s leading publishers of Microsoft focused technology books and eBooks – is pleased to promote four Windows Phone 7 books and eBooks for developers. Covering Windows Phone 7 integrations with Silverlight, SharePoint, XNA, and Data, developers will …