Windows Mobile 5.0 released

Here are a bunch of articles about what to expect in Windows Mobile 5.0

Main 5.0 site

My First Look at Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone

Windows Mobile eHow-tos

Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 Community Preview

Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Evaluation Kit

Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Smartphone

Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Pocket PC

What’s New for Developers in Windows Mobile 5.0

MEDC 2005 Videos(Not exactly 5.0 related but good info in movies)

New Microsoft Coding Site

Check it out here. It should be interesting to see what direction this site takes…

Install Redhat Fedora Core on your Mac Mini

I thought this was a pretty cool article on installing fedora on a mac mini. If I can ever pick one up for a decent price, I will try this out.

Nice tool for ASP .Net development

I haven’t done alot of ASP .Net development but this tool really looks great. When I need to do some ASP .Net coding, I’ll check it out.

Very cool product to maybe replace Visual Studio .Net

I have been using SharpDevelop for the last couple of weeks and I’m very impressed. It has alot of nice features that Visual Studio 2003 is missing. You can check it out here

This isn’t geek oriented but interesting

Since I enjoy a glass of wine here and there, I think this is some great news. Small vineyards really have a hard time distributing their wine and this should help them out.

Baby arrived 2 weeks ago

I’ve been so busy that I forgot to say that our little one arrived two weeks ago. Both mother and baby are doing well but getting sleep has been a challenge as his sleeping and eating habits are really out of whack.

Having a child will really test your patience. I was up with him last night for several hours and it took me 2 hours to settle him down to where he would sleep. I know it’s going to be tough for Melanie and I for several months.

I have added some pictures and movies here. If you are family or a friend, you can email me at msmith@mikeandmel.com and I’ll give you the password. We are just trying to keep some of the pictures private.

Looks like wireless USB will be out by the end of the year

These 2 articles get into more detail.

Article 1

Article 2

Looks like the new version of IE will have tabs

Read about it here.

New version of OpenNETCF released

I use this in the applications I build at work and will be actively using this toolkit. Here’s some more info on the release.
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