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  • DDD Day 2 Wrapup

    I really enjoyed DDD Day 2 on Saturday. I hope my session was useful and can help raise some interest in the possibilities (and challenges) provided by using Bluetooth for peer-to-peer networking. My slides are available to download here:- BluetoothDDD2.ppt (107.5… Continue reading

  • Installing .NETCF 2.0 Runtimes

    Marcus has posted some instructions on installing .NETCF v2.0 runtimes to a Windows Mobile 5.0 device. Of course you may wish to deploy to Pocket PC 2003 devices too, again it’s a RAM install, and you can follow the same… Continue reading

  • Use IMessageFilter From a VB .NETCF Project

    I posted this to the newsgroup earlier, but figured it was a useful thing to post for future reference. If you want to implement a custom IMessageFilter using OpenNETCF.Windows.Forms.ApplicationEx you have to be aware that VB.NET autogenerates a main proceedure… Continue reading

  • Developer Developer Developer Day Session

    The agenda for DDD Day II has now been published and for some crazy reason folks voted for my Bluetooth with .NET session 🙂 I’ll be covering both the Bluetooth and Object Exchange components of the 32feet.NET suite, I wont touch… Continue reading

  • Use Microsoft Bluetooth Stack on Toshiba M200

    I was asked how to replace the default Toshiba stack installed on the M200 with the Windows stack (to allow for .NET programmability). Luckily it’s easy to do and Toshiba include the necessary bits on the hard disk. First you… Continue reading

  • HTC Wizard Uses Microsoft Bluetooth Stack

    From Jason Langridge: “It’s using the Microsoft Bluetooth stack”. Excellent, another device added to the growing list. Continue reading

  • New Personal Area Networking Libraries

    The Bluetooth.NET library has now reached it’s v1.5 milestone and is now part of the 32feet.NET suite. It joins an updated version of my IrDA library for the desktop which now adds some features (borrowed from the Bluetooth developments) so… Continue reading

  • SDF v1.4 Dlls

    A request came up on the newsgroups for just the dlls for the SDF. This could be useful if you are using the VS2005 Beta. Of course if you don’t know why you need these or what to do with… Continue reading

  • New MSN APIs to debut Tuesday

    [Via MP2KMag.com] At PDC on Tuesday (13th) Microsoft will unveil a new collection of APIs for it’s MSN services to be available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/msn, these will include:- MSN Search Web Services MSN Messenger Activity API (already available here) MSN Virtual… Continue reading

  • Developer Day reaches phase 2

    The session submissions are all in and it’s now your chance to vote for those you want to attend. So pick your top 20 here:- http://www.developerday.co.uk/ddd/votesessions.asp Also Sarah has setup a Wiki page to organise a Geek Dinner in Reading… Continue reading