Jun. 21st, 2012 [Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff]

Wed, 17:35: Windows wins another piece of Microsoft. Windows Phone 8 is the NT kernel. Who knew DEC would go so far :-)
Wed, 18:08: Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8. Here's my ZDNet UK story on the launch. http://t.co/KkYLJmA1
Wed, 18:14: Ah, that's good. WP8 device PIN is separate from the wallet PIN.
Wed, 18:21: My gut feel is that the real big win in WP8 as a platform is WDDM.
Wed, 18:25: Now this is interesting. .NET code in the WP8 Marketplace is pre-compiled in the cloud before delivery. First real world use of Roslyn?
Wed, 18:34: Open source on WP8: SQLite has been ported.
Wed, 18:39: Microsoft is opening up the WP8 speech platform to all apps.
Wed, 18:42: Hah! In the Audible WP8, search for "Apollo". The result? "Failure is not an option".
Wed, 18:44: RT @johncoxon: The Sales Equation (I think it should be named for @iansales) is a bit like the Drake Equation but for sensawunda. http:/ ...
Wed, 18:46: App development on WP8 diverges from WP7.5. Silverlight moves aside for XAML/C#. But you can still build for 7.5 in VS2012.

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