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How to Enable and Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 8 | 7

By default the Safe Mode is disabled on Windows 8 DP. If you have tried to boot into safe mode by pressing the F8 key using Windows boot, you will find that that Windows Recovery Environment is what you get. [...]

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Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview available for MSDN subscribers

At the Windows Build conference it was not just Windows 8, which Microsoft previewed, also developer tools like Visual studio 11 and Expression blend were showcased as well. These tools can be used to optimize the development environment of Visual studio and develop Metro [...]

Windows 8 Developer Preview Guide released

Microsoft has released a Windows 8 Developer Preview Guide and it is now available for download. This 21 page guide will be very useful for Windows 8 enthusiasts in general and Windows 8 developers in special. Not only does it [...]

Microsoft releases “NoSQL and Windows Azure platform” Whitepaper

Microsoft recently released a whitepaper NoSQL and the Windows Azure. The whitepaper provides an introduction to NoSQL database technology, and its major subcategories.

Windows Phone OS 7.1 Mango now available for Windows Phone Developers

News around tech sites have been pouring in this morning that it was rumored that Mango would be released to developers possibly Thursday (June 30th), but without warning from Microsoft, Mango has been released today to developers! To get access [...]

Touch Studio: Write code for your Windows Phone, on your Phone

We have witnessed an era where all the codes were written on your PC or Laptop. We will now be witness to an era of “Code your Phone, On Your Phone”. TouchStudio is a new software development environment on the Windows [...]

Android To Windows Phone 7 Mapping Tool For App Developers

Android released by Google has become a very popular mobile OS; and so has the Apple iOS. Microsoft is now focusing on Windows Phone 7 OS and has planned to release extensive series of Windows Phones.

iPhone to Windows Phone 7 API Mapping Tool released

Microsoft has released a new iPhone/iOS to Windows Phone 7 API Mapping Tool with a view to help developers port over iPhone and iOS apps to the Window Phone 7 platform.

Windows Phone 7 Guide for iPhone Application Developers released

Leverage your iPhone development expertise to build Windows Phone 7 applications! If you have been developing iPhone applications and are interested in building your applications for Windows Phone 7, this guide is for you.

[Whitepaper] Designing Websites for Mobile Phones and Devices

Microsoft’s App Hub has released a whitepaper which gives guidelines on how to design websites for mobile phones like Windows Phone 7, iPhone and Blackberry. These guidelines are provided to assist developers in optimizing Web content for mobile browsers, particularly [...]

Locate all Google API’s with this Periodic Table

Along with having several products and services, Google also features many API’s Application Programming Interfaces or API’s, which can help developers incorporate Google technology in their products.

Register for Free at Virtual Tech Days 2011 – The TechEd Pre Con Event

Microsoft will be holding it’s annual Virtual Tech Days from Feb. 9th to the 11th. For Developers, IT Professionals and Students. If you are looking to learn this is the event you won’t want to miss. The event will cover [...]

Top 7 items to check before you can get your Windows Phone 7 app certified and published

If you are looking to build an app for Windows Phone 7 there are steps you have to take before your app is Certified for Windows Phone 7 and added to the Marketplace.

Microsoft and the Homebrew Community – Closer to a Win-Win situation!

After a two day meeting between the Chevron Team and various members of Microsoft Windows Phone Team, it looks as though we are close to an agreement between the Homebrew Community and Microsoft. The Chevron Team who developed the Windows [...]

Attack Surface Analyzer, a new security tool from Microsoft

Microsoft has relased and made available for download, a new security tool, Attack Surface Analyzer, designed to analyze changes to Windows Attack Surface.

Windows Phone 7 Interoperability Site for iPhone Developers

It’s been almost 3 months since the Windows Phone 7 worldwide launch and since then the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has been growing at an exponential rate with more than 20,000 developers working on the Marketplace with around 6,000 apps [...]

How to create links to Windows Phone Marketplace Apps

You can create links to your Windows Phone Marketplace content, which can be used in emails and application, so that clicking on them takes you directly to the Marketplace content page, via Zune software.

Developing applications for WP7? Check out this WP7 Design Guidelines Cheat Sheet!

I came across a Tweet linking to a very useful Cheat Sheet for Windows Phone 7 Developers while browsing new messages on Twitter and thought it very useful for anyone currently developing or looking to develop for Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta now available for download

If you haven’t yet heard, as of the end of last week Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta is now available for download for all users. Service Pack 1 Beta comes with a “Go Live” license which means you [...]

American Idol for WP7 Developers … organized by Microsoft France

Earlier this month, Microsoft France organized the ‘Pitch your WP7 app to SteveB’ competition in Paris. For 60 minutes, developers pitched an exceptional jury made of Steve Ballmer and the CEOs of the most successful French Internet companies (Meetic.com, Free.fr, [...]

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The Windows Club covers Windows 8, Windows 7, tips, tutorials, how-to's, features, freeware and more. It is created by Anand Khanse, a Microsoft MVP.