May 2010 Entries

NNTP bridge for MS forums

For those who wants to use their newsreader to interact with MS forums there's a new tool: the NNTP Bridge application serves as a channel that enables access for NNTP newsreaders to read and write content to Microsoft Forums. You can download the applcation and documentation from http://connect.microsoft.co... (registration required)
Posted On Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:33 AM | Feedback (0)

Windows Embedded Forums

Here are the forums about Windows Embedded: Windows Embedded Standard Windows Embedded Compact Platform Development Windows Embedded Compact Managed Application Development Windows Embedded Compact Native Application Development The first forum has been online for some time while those about Windows Embedded Compact have been welcomed by Olivier Bloch a couple of hours ago. As I discuss in the previous post the public MS newsgroups will close between June 1, 2010 and October 1, 2010, starting from...
Posted On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:36 AM | Feedback (0)

MS Newsgroups transition to MS forums

As many developers and MVP's I read and write on MS newsgrousp like microsoft.public.windowsce.... and others. Maybe you do not know that, in a few weeks those newsgroups (all MS newsgroups actually) will be closed and they will be substituted by formus. Following you can find the MS communicate: "Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in...
Posted On Monday, May 10, 2010 2:18 AM | Feedback (0)