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Programming Windows: iPad (Premium)

On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, realizing his years-long…

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Programming Windows: Success (Premium)

Windows 7 couldn’t have arrived at a better time for Microsoft: 2009 was a terrible…

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Programming Windows: Mark Russinovich Interview (Premium)

In January 2010, I visited the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington and interviewed Mark Russinovich…

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Programming Windows: 7 (Premium)

Microsoft revealed the Windows 7 desktop at PDC 2008, spent the next year delivering the…

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Programming Windows: Hello, Ribbon and Jump Lists (Premium)

Of the few developer innovations delivered with Windows 7, the new Scenic Ribbon and Jump…

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Programming Windows: iPhone (Premium)

In the same month that Microsoft launched Windows Vista for consumers, Apple launched a much…

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The WPF Notepad Project (2022): It’s (A)live! (Premium)

After a review by Rafael, my updated C#/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)/.NET 6.0 version of .NETpad…

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Programming Windows: The Windows 7 Developer Story (Premium)

After the first public demonstration of Windows 7 at PDC 2008, Steven Sinofsky ceded the…

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Programming Windows: Software + Services (Premium)

Most didn’t appreciate it at the time, but the 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) was…

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Programming Windows: The Mojave Experiment (Premium)

Apple’s “Get a Mac” TV ad campaign reached new heights when they began attacking Longhorn…

Google Releases Android 13 Developer Preview 2

Five weeks after the release of Android 13 Developer Preview 1, Google has issued a…

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Programming Windows: Transitions (Premium)

In 2007 and 2008, Steven Sinofsky and this team prepared the follow-ups to Windows Vista:…

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Programming Windows: Ribbonized (Premium)

While Microsoft struggled to make sense of Windows Longhorn in 2005/6, the Office team was…

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Miguel (Premium)

As you may have seen, Miguel de Icaza is leaving Microsoft. But what you might…

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The WPF Notepad Project (2022): Reviving My Favorite .NETpad (Premium)

For my March programming project, I’m reviving the WPF version of .NETpad, which is my…

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Programming Windows: The Wow Stops Now (Premium)

The release of Windows Vista is now understood to be the time when Microsoft’s control…

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