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Welcome to the InfoBlast Newsletter where you will receive valuable content such as Windows Embedded product information, event listings, and the latest news from our Windows Embedded Partners.
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Earning your MCTS certification on Windows Embedded CE 6.0 is a great way to showcase your CE development skills. And now you can save 50% off the exam price. Email mswepp@microsoft.com to request your 50% off exam voucher, good on MCP exam 70-571. Prepare for the exam by accessing the Exam Preparation Kit online.
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The Windows Embedded team launched the “SPARKs Will Fly” contest on November 27th at ESC Boston. The contest is global and open to all except full-time Microsoft employees. There is over $50,000 in total prize money with a first prize of $15,000 and a slot in the ESC Silicon Valley 2009 keynote. This is not only fun but can be great, world-wide exposure. First round submissions due on January 7th so get involved today.
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During this LIVE online 60 minute presentation technical professionals will learn about the key features of the Windows Embedded technology platforms that make it an ideal Operating System solution for kiosk solutions.
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During this LIVE online 60 minute presentation, technical professionals will learn about the key differences between Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems including an overview on the product's technical features, and it's availability through the OEM Embedded Devices (OED) channel until 2016.
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Events
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Microsoft Tech•Ed EMEA 2008 Developers is the Microsoft premier technical education conference for developers. For five days, you and more than 4,000 of your peers have countless opportunities to explore the latest cutting-edge technologies from Microsoft Windows Embedded.
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Windows Embedded had a great presence at FTF Beijing on November 5-6. FTF is a global event designed with the engineer in mind and is the biggest event for the semiconductor industry with more than 22,000 attendees worldwide.
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Attend our free OEM Technical Seminar where technical decision makers and developers will hear from Microsoft system engineers and Microsoft Embedded Experts about the newest innovations in the world of embedded software development plus see examples of real world situations. Attendees will also experience a LIVE demonstration of Elbacom’s Windows XP Embedded Builder product and will also have the opportunity to network with other OEMs and have any questions answered directly by Microsoft.
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FTF is designed with the engineer in mind and since its inception three years ago it has become the event for the embedded semiconductor industry. FTF events around the globe have been enthusiastically received by the developer community with more than 22,000 attendees worldwide.
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Attend our free OEM Technical Seminar where technical decision makers and developers will hear from Microsoft system engineers and Microsoft Embedded Experts about the newest innovations in the world of embedded software development plus see examples of real world situations. Learn about new Windows Embedded product launches, predicted retail market trends and other hot topics.
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WinHEC is the best opportunity for hardware companies to stay aligned with Microsoft technology roadmaps and keep up on new product opportunities. Join colleagues who come to WinHEC to discuss critical technology issues, gain practical advice, and network with Windows Embedded and industry experts to explore technical challenges.
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Windows Embedded Training Partner Offerings
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EB offers a wide variety of customizable Windows Embedded workshops and trainings aiming both for decision makers as well as for software engineers. All trainings and workshops are held by Microsoft certified Trainers. Discover the experience.
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This training is to provide an in depth understanding of all the internal mechanisms of Windows Embedded CE. The training is based on Microsoft’s official course for Windows Embedded CE 6.0. We offer to each attendee as a special FREE gift, the Atmel AT91SAM9261-EK development kit ($975 value) used during the training to continue your evaluation and development on Windows Embedded CE.
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This training is to provide an in depth understanding of all the internal mechanisms of Windows Embedded CE, and is based on Microsoft’s official course for Windows Embedded CE 6.0. As a Free Gift each attendee will receive Atmel AT91SAM9261-EK development kit ($975 value) used during the training to continue evaluation and development on Windows Embedded CE.
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Windows Embedded Partner News
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Retailers and Manufacturers using Microsoft operating systems now have an extremely effective solution, providing protection from malware replacing antivirus for fixed-function or embedded systems. NSS Labs, has reported that Solidcore's S3 Control for Embedded Systems deployed on a Point of Sale system with Microsoft XP Professional and Retalix Point of Sale Software achieved a 100% score in maintaining host integrity and 99.98% in malware protection.
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A new bundled development platform enables OEMs to deliver connected consumer navigation handhelds based on Intrinsyc’s Soleus software and SiRF’s location technology chipset. Shanghai RagenTek used the platform to reduce development risk, lower system design and engineering costs, and speed time-to-market for the new Cronos connected navigation device with turn-by-turn GPS navigation.
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BSQUARE launched a new 3G Dev Kit that enables OEMs using the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 operating system to incorporate 3G data connectivity in their TI OMAP35x processor-based designs with significantly reduced technical risks, saving them up to 60 percent of the time typically required to integrate and test Windows Embedded CE in an embedded 3G design.
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Eurotech’s Turbo G5, based on the Freescale i.MX31 processor is now available. The Turbo G5 offers high performance, including vector floating point, in a small, COM form factor and with low power draw, making it an ideal solution for portable, multimedia, and networked devices requiring 3D graphics and application acceleration.
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Eurotech’s Catalyst EC delivers Intel Architecture in the EPIC form factor for low power, space-constrained applications with comprehensive features such as LVDS and RGB, gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and wireless support including Bluetooth and GPS. OEMs can optimize the carrier board for their unique needs.
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Eurotech’s Turbo G5, based on the Freescale i.MX31 processor is now available. The Turbo G5 offers high performance, including vector floating point, in a small, COM form factor and with low power draw, making it an ideal solution for portable, multimedia, and networked devices requiring 3D graphics and application acceleration.
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Eurotech’s Catalyst EC delivers Intel Architecture in the EPIC form factor for low power, space-constrained applications with comprehensive features such as LVDS and RGB, gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and wireless support including Bluetooth and GPS. OEMs can optimize the carrier board for their unique needs.
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Adeneo has just announced at ESC East in Boston the availability of a .NET Micro Framework 3.0 port for Atmel AT91SAM9261-EK development kit. This port can be used as a reference for OEM custom designs using .NET Micro Framework 3.0 with Atmel AT91SAM9 architecture.
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Adeneo announced at ESC East in Boston the availability of a .NET Micro Framework 3.0 port for NXP LPC2478 development kit. This port can be used as a reference for OEM custom designs using .NET Micro Framework 3.0 with NXP LPC24xx architecture.
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As a leading manufacturer of PC-based automation components and systems, Beckhoff has received the 2008 Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award in recognition of its innovative and creative application of Windows Embedded technology.
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EB - Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partner and technology powerhouse - will be presenting its service offerings around Windows Embedded during the Tech-ED event in Barcelona. Visit EB the Windows Embedded Zone at Booth B2 to chat about Windows Embedded, Agile Software Development and EB's service offerings, and have a look at the most recent developments and demos around EB street director and EB GUIDE HMI.
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Russian Windows Embedded distributor Quarta Technologies launched series of webinar dedicated to new products and licensing. The webinars will be held in Russian and includes the following topics:
Building real time system on Windows Embedded CE
Building smart connected and service-orientated devices on Windows Embedded Standard
How to license Windows Embedded products
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BSQUARE will host a webinar on Windows Embedded Server on November 18th at 10 AM Pacific Time. A team of experts from BSQUARE and Microsoft will educate OEM customers on the business and technical benefits of using products like Windows Embedded Server 2008 for Embedded Systems in new embedded designs.
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Quarta Technologies holds one day conference dedicated to Windows Embedded products in Kiev, Ukraine on November 20, 2008. The conference called “Windows Embedded Day” is a unique and first event dedicated to Windows Embedded products in Ukraine. The conference includes both business and technical presentations and is meant to help Ukrainian manufacturers create smart devices on Windows Embedded platform.
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This event will cover both commercial and technical topics surrounding Microsoft embedded solutions.
The commercial aspect of the seminar will cover a general overview of the available Windows Embedded solutions, while the technical element will drill down in more detail on the functionalities within Windows Embedded Standard (next generation of XP Embedded) and Windows Embedded CE.
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EB will participate in the 3rd international conference on Advanced Navigation as exhibitor and sponsor with its EB street director. The conference will be held November 24-26, 2008 in Potsdam, Germany.
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Kontron announced its embedded computing technology will again be integrated into another one of Bombardier’s rail system designs being developed to answer transportation needs throughout China. Bombardier has used embedded computing technology from Kontron since 1996 for the development of numerous high-profile transportation and rail control systems, including automated train cars and wayside rail projects around the world.
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db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database, has announced that its db4o object database now includes a new pluggable string encoding interface which allow users to specify arbitrary character sets on the database to facilitate the Internationalization of applications.
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To better serve our European customers GuruCE has opened a new office in the Netherlands. With offices on either end of the world (New Zealand and the Netherlands) the experts of GuruCE are now available to work on your project around the clock.
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HandPoint headStart is designed to enable Chip&PIN card payments on Windows Embedded CE payment devices. The solution includes a hardware application layer that handles peripheral handling (scanner, msr, chip reader, printer, modem) and also a card Payments layer that handles integrations to various payment processors and acquirers.
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Winwap Technologies Oy, specialist in providing mobile Internet browsers (WAP) and multimedia messaging (MMS) software, and Shanghai RagenTek Communication Technology Co. Ltd., leading GSM/GPRS and Smartphone solution provider, announced today that RagenTek have licensed Winwap´s applications and will include them in their new Smartphone product called Cronus.
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Kontron and Astute Networks Inc. have announced new industry-setting read/write I/O benchmark results that have profound ‘bottom-line’ significance for telecom and network equipment providers (TEMs/NEPs) in the IPTV and Video on Demand (VoD) market segments.
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Kontron has announced its latest-generation embedded motherboards that offer the 45nm Intel Core2 Quad processor Q9400 and the Intel Q45 Express chipset on the ATX and Flex-ATX form factors with 7-year long lifecycle support. The new Kontron embedded motherboards push the performance of compute-intensive applications.
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American Portwell Technology, Inc., a member of the Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance (Intel ECA), has developed a new motherboard with the latest Intel platform for embedded applications. The Portwell RUBY-9720 (microATX form factor), built with the 45nm Intel Core2 Quad processor Q9400 and Intel Q45 Express chipset, provides the ideal solution for multiple applications such as POS, ATM, Kiosk, Gaming and Digital Signage.
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AEWIN Technologies Co., Ltd, a reputable designer and manufacture in computing hardware platforms, announced the launch of the SCB-7975, a 1U appliance designed for a broad range of network service applications as like of gateway security, UTM, network management, load balancing, WAN optimized acceleration and VOIP gateway.
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The SCB-7969 is a 1U rack-mounted network security hardware platform designed for high performance IDS/IPS, firewall, VPN gateway, load balancing and UTM. Built with Intel Embedded IA components with warranty of longevity, the SCB-7969 supports Intel Pentium M/ Celeron M ULV processor expandable computing power from 600MHz to 2.0 GHz of CPU core speed with Intel 915GME/910GMLE chipset and ICH6-M I/O controller.
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With a faster clock rate of 733 MHz, accelerated DDR SDRAM (266 MHz, + 33.3 %), double the amount of system and user Flash and a Gigabit Ethernet port for faster data throughput and overall greater system performance, the Kontron CP3210 CompactPCI CPU board is an enhanced version of the highly reliable and powerful Kontron PowerEngineC7.
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Ascender announced Mayberry Pro, a new OpenType font family designed for use on screen and in print. Mayberry was initially designed to emulate the technical behavior of the Tiresias ScreenFont for use in set top TV devices and user interfaces. Mayberry corrects many errors and typographic issues found in Tiresias, thus providing improved readability and aesthetics when rendered on TV screens, mobile phones and consumer electronics devices.
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Axiom announced new public training courses on Windows Embedded this quarter, based on the Microsoft Official Curriculum and presented in the popular boot camp format. The XP Embedded foundation is scheduled for November and the Windows Embedded CE Foundation will be offered in December 08.
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Moxa has launched a new marketing campaign that highlights the importance of "wide temperature" products in industrial embedded computing. It discovers the technology of producing an industrial-grade computer with wide temperature feature that allows to be used reliably in temperatures ranging from -40 to 75℃.
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WEPP membership allows Unicoi to provide the best possible service to those Fusion customers using Windows Embedded CE, through access to the high-quality developer resources and reference materials currently available to Unicoi Systems’ customers and other Windows Embedded CE innovators.
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Computer Lab International, the thin client customization experts, announced: Winter Promotion for CLIʼs most powerful & versatile ST6500 thin client. The promotion offers 10% discount on minimum order of six devices by 12/31/2008.
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Learn more about .NET Micro Framework by visiting Adeneo’s Stand and attending a technical session at the conference. Presentation will describe the architecture of the .NET Micro Framework and list its technical feature and capabilities.
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Volume 5, No. 11  November 2008 |
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