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Microsoft to boost Windows CE Linux-style?
News Feeling pressure from Linux in the embedded device market, Microsoft is contemplating giving Windows CE to some developers for free. Microsoft could make public its plans to open the Windows CE source base as soon as its Windows Hardware...
[March 16, 2000, 9:01]
Microsoft tweaks 'shared source' for Windows CE
News As part of its effort to deal with the threat of open-source software, Microsoft plans to let device makers modify more of the source code of its specialised Windows CE operating system. In a highly touted announcement late on Wednesday, Microsoft...
[April 10, 2003, 8:20]
Microsoft builds silicon foundation for Windows CE
News Microsoft is working with chip designer ARM to increase the number of chip manufacturers tuning their products for Windows CE .Net as the software giant tries to move deeper into handhelds and cellphones.
[September 18, 2002, 13:42]
Remote Software Update for Intel Digital Set Top Box BSP for Microsoft Windows CE 5.0
White Papers The information contained in this whitepaper explains how to set up and configure a Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 target image to establish the Remote Software Update (RSU) service. The recommendations contained in this whitepaper have been verified on...
[June 2, 2006, 1:00]
Microsoft defends Windows CE code-share
News Microsoft has responded to criticisms of the new version of its shared source initiative for Windows CE, announced on Wednesday. In a teleconference, Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief technical officer for Advanced Strategies and Policy, confirmed...
[April 10, 2003, 13:28]
Icebox Switched to Microsoft Windows CE .NET When Building the Latest Version of its Icebox Kitchen Internet Appliance
White Papers Icebox, LLC switched to Microsoft Windows CE .NET from Wind River VxWorks and OpenTV Device Mosaic when building the latest version of its Icebox kitchen Internet appliance. Windows CE .NET offers powerful development tools that enabled Icebox to...
[November 5, 2003, 23:00]
News Burst: Microsoft consolidating Windows CE
News To date, devices built around the company's Palm-size PC and Handheld PC Professional platforms have been built on different releases of Windows CE. Full story to follow.
[December 3, 1998, 6:10]
US Report: Microsoft to consolidate Windows CE
News Microsoft will begin to shift users to the next version of Windows CE, 2.11, next month with a ROM upgrade for handheld PCs based on Windows CE 2.0, sources said. To date, devices built around the company's Palm-size PC and Handheld PC Professional...
[December 3, 1998, 9:56]
Five take on Microsoft CE
News Compaq is also said to be developing a CE-based handheld in time for Comdex. I don't think anyone else has been working so closely with Microsoft on this," he said. Casio, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Philips and LG Electronics (formerly Goldstar) will...
[September 17, 1996, 11:07]
Microsoft bulks up Windows XP Embedded
News The Redmond, Wash.based company also announced a six-month, $995 (about £650) promotional price on kits for creating devices using Windows CE .Net and Windows XP Embedded. Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 resolves glitches discovered since...
[October 23, 2002, 10:10]
Microsoft readies Windows Embedded 'Quebec'
News Windows Mobile phones currently are built on top of a Windows CE-based core and ULPCs run fully-fledged Windows. Although Microsoft hasn't revealed much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system...
[June 9, 2008, 9:16]
Microsoft to announce Windows Mobile 6
News The next version of Windows Mobile, expected to be based on Windows CE 6, aims to create a common code base, potentially simplifying the process for application developers. Because it uses the same core — Windows CE 5 — the new mobile operating...
[February 8, 2007, 8:02]
Microsoft opens Windows for UK
News Under the programme, governments will be able to see source code for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and CE. The United Kingdom is the latest country to join a Microsoft program that lets international governments see the otherwise secret source code...
[February 3, 2003, 7:42]
IDC dismisses Microsoft's Win CE sales claim
News Microsoft began its Windows CE Developers Conference in Denver, Colorado on Monday claiming CE devices were outselling Palm products by as much as three to one. The CE operating system, which received scathing reviews from the technology press, is...
[June 8, 1999, 11:20]
Microsoft lets latest Windows CE out of the box
News Microsoft is set to release on Monday a beta version of an update to its Windows CE operating system for handheld devices, set-top boxes and other limited-function computing devices. The Technology Preview Kit for Windows CE 5.0, formerly code...
[March 29, 2004, 8:25]
US Report: Windows CE to go wireless
News Next year Microsoft will enable the Windows CE platform, including software and hardware that support the operating system, to use both short- and long-range wireless communications to tie into Windows NT 5.0 and back-end systems such as Exchange...
[October 5, 1998, 9:26]
CE losing Palm arm wrestle
News As the Palm OS continues to grow in popularity, some handheld hardware makers are abandoning rival Microsoft's Windows CE. CE's major flaw, some users say, stems from Microsoft's decision to mimic the look and feel of the traditional Windows GUI on...
[November 1, 1999, 8:34]
First virus targets Windows CE
News The same as the creators of Cabir (the virus for Symbian OS), the initiator has not designed it to propagate on a massive scale but rather to demonstrate that devices running Microsoft Windows CE can be infected by malicious code," Viorel Canja of...
[July 19, 2004, 8:35]
New BMWs roll out with Windows
News Microsoft's Windows CE software will allow BMW drivers to navigate, make calls and control many of the cars' other features. Microsoft also recently announced the launch of Windows CE for Automotive v3.5, the newest version of its software for cars...
[March 5, 2002, 11:37]
Partner push for Windows CE
News In a move designed to garner vendor support for its besieged operating system, Microsoft has announced the Windows CE Porting Partner Programme. Manufacturers signing up as an official Microsoft Porting Partners will be authorised to port Windows...
[January 12, 2000, 16:03]
