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Get the latest Intel tools to help you code, optimize, test and package Ultrabook Windows* 8 applications. We offer a number of industry leading software tools to help compile your application, optimize for Intel Architecture, make the most of graphics as well as to test and package your application for submission to the Intel AppUp store.

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Intel® vTune™ Amplifier

Boost Performance Optimization and Multicore Scalability with a set of advanced capabilities for developers who need even greater performance optimization.
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Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers

A set of powerful graphics and gaming analysis tools that are designed to work the way game developers do.
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Concurrency Checker

Measure the parallel performance level of your application with the fast, easy, and free Intel® Concurrency Checker. A Java Runtime Environment is required to run the Intel Concurrency Checker.
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Intel® Media SDK

Software development library that exposes Intel platforms' industry-leading media acceleration capabilities (encoding, decoding and transcoding).
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AppUp Native & Runtime SDKs
Developer Services Beta brings a new set of cloud APIs that provide an enhanced set of app development capabilities and features for Ultrabooks & mobile devices. From C/C+, NET, AIR and Java, AppUp has SDKs to make use of key store APIs.
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HTML5 - Test & Package Apps

HTML5

HTML5 is an emerging development framework we happily support. We offer the following tools and resources to aid your development, testing and packaging of HTML5 applications for Ultrabook devices.

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Find the latest and greatest documentation to help your develoment project. We have technical guides, case studies, code samples, videos and thought-provoking blog posts. You'll find all the resources for Ultrabook development here.

24-Apr-2013
3:22 PM PDT
Focus on form factors: Developers and the “tablet first” strategy
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Is it a good idea for developers to focus on one form factor – and one form factor, only? One developer, Supercell, has done just this, calling it a “tablet first strategy”, and they plan to build all their projects from here on out focused purely on the tablet device: “The studio believes tablets ...
24-Apr-2013
1:37 PM PDT
Tablets, Phablets: Form Factors and the Influence on Developers
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A recent study from analytics firm Flurry, which follows movement on over one billion smartphones and tablets around the world on a monthly basis, gave some intriguing insights on which ...
24-Apr-2013
8:45 AM PDT
Register for Intel® Software Tools Spring Technical Webinar Presentation "Design and prototype scalable threading using Intel® Advisor XE"
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I will be presenting on May 14th at 11am PDT on the following topic: Design and prototype scalable threading using Intel® Advisor XE Please register for this presentation using the following link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com ...
24-Apr-2013
7:59 AM PDT
Check out the Intel® Advisor XE 2013 Update 3..
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Intel® Advisor XE 2013 Update 3 guides developers to add parallelism to their existing C/C++ programs. Using this tool, you can identify where most of the time is spent in your code, which of those locations can actually scale to multi-core and what correctness issues are lurking in those ...
23-Apr-2013
6:36 AM PDT
What's new? Update 3 - Intel® Advisor XE 2013
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Intel® Advisor XE 2013 Intel® Advisor XE 2013 guides developers to add parallelism to their existing C/C++, Fortran, or C# programs. New in Update 3!   ·        Improved assistance window ·        Snapshot copy procedure cancellation functionality ·        Improved suitability by excluding paused ...
22-Apr-2013
8:01 PM PDT
Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE 2013 Update 6 What's New
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Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE 2013 Update 6 release is now available for download at Intel Registration Center New for Update 6! Caller/Callee window enabling the detailed analysis of the parent and child functions for a ...
22-Apr-2013
2:33 PM PDT
The Ultimate Coder Has Been Named - Final Results of Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual
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For 7 weeks we've seen 7 teams hack, code, build, and rebuild apps to leverage the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK using a convertible Ultrabook™. Our judges have taken time to review the work, have tested each ...
22-Apr-2013
2:20 PM PDT
The Software Manifesto: 9 Principles for Higher Level Coding
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There’s an interesting link being passed around today titled “Manifesto for Minimalist Software Engineers”. It’s a list of nine basic principles to keep in mind when developing good software and it’s definitely worth a read whether or not you’re ...
19-Apr-2013
5:04 PM PDT
Windows* Store Apps: The Differentiating Features
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Objective In this blog we will discuss the key aspects of Windows 8 and the differentiating features of the Windows Store apps. We also present the application developers with the key items to consider when developing Win8 Store Apps and references on how to create Win8 Store Apps. For detailed ...
19-Apr-2013
12:02 PM PDT
Windows* Store App Features and Differentiators
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Download Article Windows* Store App Features and Differentiators [PDF 740KB] Abstract This article highlights the key features of Microsoft Windows* 8 operating ...
19-Apr-2013
11:40 AM PDT
Ultimate Coder Challenge: First Thoughts from the Judges
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Last week, our Challengers submitted the final version of their perceptual computing apps to the judges, and this week, it was testing time.  Our judges took on the task of putting each project through its paces, and wrote up their first thoughts on each and every one – in addition to general ...
18-Apr-2013
3:03 PM PDT
Future Developers: Why Kids Should Learn the Basics of Code
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Do you remember learning how to read? You might recall the simple wonder of interpreting something that had previously just been so many meaningless symbols on the page, the amazement you felt when you realized that these words – previously mysterious – were now unlocked to you. That’s the same ...
17-Apr-2013
11:31 PM PDT
Intel Media SDK Tutorial - simple_7_decode - d3d - ocl_postproc
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This tutorial sample is similar to the “simple_6_decode_vpp_postproc” sample but instead of using VPP to post process the frames, the sample efficiently integrates with Intel OpenCL* SDK to enable custom frame processing executed on Intel® HD Graphics. For optimal performance, stream decode and ...
17-Apr-2013
4:37 PM PDT
Developing Apps for Special Needs: A Growing Niche
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As the app ecosystem continues to grow at an astonishing pace, one of the emerging niches is apps developed especially with special needs populations in mind. That classification could include kids and adults with mental disabilities, elderly people, and people with special physical needs. Apps in ...
17-Apr-2013
9:57 AM PDT
Camera Usage and Features, from iOS* to Windows* 8 Store App
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Download Article Download Camera Usage and Features, from iOS* to Windows* 8 Store App [PDF 1.26MB] Abstract Modern applications take advantage of camera features to ...
17-Apr-2013
9:22 AM PDT
Developing Enterprise Windows* Store Apps using RESTful Web Services
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Download Article Download Developing Enterprise Windows* Store Apps using RESTful Web Services [PDF 596KB] Abstract This article discusses a way to create Enterprise ...
16-Apr-2013
2:49 PM PDT
New Ultrabook™ experiences unveiled at IDF Beijing 2013
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Last week at the Intel® Developer Forum held April 10-11, 2013 in Beijing, China, Ultrabooks™ were in the spotlight as new experiences based on the 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor family were ...
15-Apr-2013
1:52 PM PDT
Ultrabook™ Device and Tablet Windows* Touch Developer Guide
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Welcome to my blog page.  I just wrote a Developer Guide (article) for implementing touch interfaces on Ultrabook Devices.  This guide describes which APIs you need to use if you want compatibility with Windows 7, Windows 8 Desktop, Windows 8 Modern UI and also information on interfaces you can ...
12-Apr-2013
8:55 PM PDT
Seduce Interface Demo read me: Ultimate Coder
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I just released the Demo form my platform and interface library Betray and Seducecreated for the Intel Ultimate coder challenge. You can download it here: http://www.quelsolaar.com/Seduce_demo.zip I will release ...
12-Apr-2013
8:29 AM PDT
Advanced Touch Gestures API Overview, from iOS* to Windows* 8 Store Apps
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Download Article Download Advanced Touch Gestures API Overview, from iOS* to Windows* 8 Store Apps [PDF 351KB] Objective Developers looking to port their ...
11-Apr-2013
3:15 PM PDT
Ultimate Coder Challenge Week 7: Now it’s The Judges’ Turn
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This was the last week for our Challengers in the Ultimate Coder Contest: Going Perceptual to work on their apps and write up their last blog posting. The work for judges is only just beginning, as they receive the finished apps this ...
10-Apr-2013
4:08 PM PDT
GDC 2013: Interview with Eskil Steenberg of Quel Solaar
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At GDC 2013, Ultrabook Community Manager Bob Duffy sat down with Eskil Steenberg, founder of Quel Solaar and one of the Challengers in the ...
09-Apr-2013
4:22 PM PDT
GDC 2013: Interview with Simian Squared
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At GDC 2013, Ultrabook Community Manager Bob Duffy sat down with Giuseppe Landolina, co-founder of Simian Squared and one of the Challengers in the ...
09-Apr-2013
1:10 PM PDT
GDC 2013: Interview with Chris Allen of Infrared5/Brass Monkey
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At GDC 2013, Ultrabook Community Manager Bob Duffy sat down with Chris Allen, president and co-founder of Infrared5 and one of the Challengers in the Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going ...
09-Apr-2013
8:22 AM PDT
Meshcentral.com - Direct Traffic Tunnels
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Meshcentral.com allows users to perform remote desktop, file transfers and much more over the Internet. Currently, all that traffic has to be relayed between the mesh agents and the user's ...
08-Apr-2013
6:30 PM PDT
Simian Squared Go Perceptual: Ultimate Coder Week 7
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Hello all, We've had an extremely hectic week but we're still here and Rob's going to talk about doing the sculpty-stuff - before we jump in, just want to say thank you again to Intel for inviting us up to GDC - having the opportunity to meet the Intel team and a fantastic group of developers all ...
08-Apr-2013
6:06 PM PDT
Ultimate Coder Week 7: How to build the future... slowly
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This is my last Blog update for the Challenge and there are only a few days left before delivery. Since the last post, I have been to LA and then flown to Tokyo and tomorrow I'm moving on to Seoul. Life has been busy, but life should be busy. As a lone developer time management and being efficient ...
08-Apr-2013
4:55 PM PDT
GDC 2013: Interview with the Code-Monkeys
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This year at GDC, Ultrabook Community Manager Bob Duffy got the chance to talk with John McClothlan and Gavin Nichols of Code-Monkeys, a development team that is currently participating ...
08-Apr-2013
1:17 PM PDT
Ultimate Coder 2, Week 7 :: Wrapping Up and Sucking Up to Nicole
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Decisions, decisions... As the final post we really need to drill down on several things, explain how they effect the final product and that's likely to make an atypically long, and potentially boring post of pain and suffering...sorry Judges. But you should perhaps thank Nicole who clearly drove ...
08-Apr-2013
12:01 PM PDT
Ultimate Coder Challenge: Sixense Studios - Final Week
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Is this really the final blog?  It’s chip reporting in once again, and I can’t believe how quickly these eight weeks have gone by.  It’s amazing to see how much the Ultimate Coders have been able to accomplish in such a short time.  And that is truly an appropriate name: “Ultimate Coders”.  I’m ...
08-Apr-2013
10:58 AM PDT
Infrared5 Ultimate Coder Week Seven: The Final Countdown
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This the final week in the contest, and we think that we’ve got a pretty solid game out of the six weeks we’ve been at this. This week we will focus on adding that little bit of polish to the experience. We know that Nicole suggested not adding more features, but we simply couldn’t resist. Our ...
07-Apr-2013
7:32 PM PDT
Ultimate Coder Challenge Week 7 : Lee Going Perceptual : Final Week
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Swan Song Well folks, this final blog pretty much wraps up my entry into the Ultimate Coder Challenge, and I hope you found it interesting and inspiring. The last seven weeks have seen some very late nights, some triumphs and a fair few setbacks on a quest to build a Perceptual Computing app. ...
07-Apr-2013
5:55 AM PDT
Ultimate Coder Week 7- The quest for a good night's sleep
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As this is the final post, I'm not going to be showing code here. What I've been concentrating on since last week is tightening up on the application, testing it, and coping with those funny little niggles. I thought, instead, that I'd talk about what this contest has taught me and what I see ...
05-Apr-2013
4:19 PM PDT
Did you see the preview of Codemasters’ GRID2 running on Intel 4th Gen Core?
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UPDATED: Check out what Codemasters has to say about working with Intel on GRID2 Codemasters Preps GRID2 for Intel 4th Gen Core ...
05-Apr-2013
3:59 PM PDT
Introducing the Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK 2013
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 In “Once Again, A Farewell to Cambridge” (“再别康桥”, 1928), Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) wrote, “By waving my hands / I am saying goodbye to the rosy cloud in the western sky” (“我轻轻的招手 / 作别西天的云彩”). While gesture interaction with the cloud only happens in a poet’s works, in reality the Intel® Perceptual Computing ...
05-Apr-2013
2:31 PM PDT
How to Throw a UIElement Across the Screen Using C# in Windows 8 Style Apps
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Last year, I wrote a blog about creating your own simple collision detection code.  I implemented this for a children's math game I created.  You can refer to my blog here:   ...
05-Apr-2013
1:45 PM PDT
Case Study: How Intel GPA Measurements Alerted Me to Greatly Improve the FPS of my Windows 8 Store App: The DispatcherTimer
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Last year, I wrote a blog about creating your own simple collision detection code.  I implemented this for a children's math game I created.  You can refer to my blog here: ...
05-Apr-2013
1:30 PM PDT
Porting Letter Recognition Gesture Code from iOS to Windows 8 C#
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Consider an educational app that teaches a child how to write letters.  The app may be interactive, allowing the child to swipe screens, pinch/zoom pictures, etc.  Now, what if the app was able to teach handwriting by recognizing if the child drew a particular letter?  I'm going to talk about how ...
05-Apr-2013
11:46 AM PDT
GDC 2013: Interview with Lee Bamber of The Game Creators
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Last week at GDC 2013, Lee Bamber of The Game Creators was interviewed by Ultrabook Community ...
04-Apr-2013
5:37 PM PDT
Crunch Time - Week 6 Ultimate Coder Recap!
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Our Challengers came back from GDC with almost no rest to post their second to last post of the challenge.  Yep, the Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual is about to wrap up.  Thus this week's posts show a bit of relief, some post ...
04-Apr-2013
1:26 PM PDT
Interview with Sixense: Perceptual Computing SDK and Puppets
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Sixense, one of the challengers in the Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual, was interviewed twice this past week at GDC 2013 about what they’re building for the Challenge and ...
04-Apr-2013
8:42 AM PDT
Setting Text Size for Intel® Parallel Studio XE Components on Microsoft Windows* Operating Systems
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Intel® Inspector XE, Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE, and Intel® Advisor XE use Microsoft Windows* OS system fonts to select text size. This allows the components to automatically pick up any change you make for accessibility or personal preference without affecting any other component user on the ...
03-Apr-2013
2:59 PM PDT
Creating Games with AGK: Build Once, Deploy to Many
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Last week at GDC, the Grand Prize Winners of Phase 1 of the ...
03-Apr-2013
9:07 AM PDT
Developing for High DPI Applications for Windows* 8
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Chris PhlipotMarch 14 2013 Download Article  Windows DPI Scaling.pdf (336.59 KB) In 2013, the industry is moving towards using high resolution, high DPI screens on Windows devices. Today, most ...
03-Apr-2013
12:51 AM PDT
Where's Your Head At? Ultimate Coder Week 6
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Last week I and most other participants in the contest ran around GDC showing stuff off, so not much got done in terms of coding, but i for one learned one thing: People wanted to know how my head tracker works. So this week I will do my best to describe the algorithm and the process I used to ...
03-Apr-2013
12:19 AM PDT
Meshcentral.com - Power State over Intel AMT CIRA
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Ok, this is going to be a really technical post. First, I want to highlight that Meshcentral.com can work on many computers, processors and operating systems... from Windows to OSX to the ...
02-Apr-2013
4:51 PM PDT
What the 2013 Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest means to me…
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The last season of the Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest brought many firsts.  It was the first time Valve Software sponsored the contest, offering winners a path to distribution.  It was also the first time we had a live awards ...
02-Apr-2013
2:09 PM PDT
GDC 2013: Perceptual Computing, HTML5, Havok, and More
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The world’s largest game developer conference is officially over, and what a week it was! From perceptual computing to game engines to HTML5, there was a lot going on. Let’s take a look at some of the Intel®-related highlights from this busy week ...
02-Apr-2013
6:07 AM PDT
OpenCL Developers Kit 2013 Now Available with support for OpenCL 1.2 and future 4th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor
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If you’re working on a cutting-edge visual computing application, download the new release the Intel® Software Development Kit (SDK) for OpenCL Applications 2013 to realize efficiency, performance and power savings.  The new SDK includes certified OpenCL 1.2 support on 3rd and future 4th ...
01-Apr-2013
3:48 PM PDT
The Evolution of Game Development: Everything Old is New Again (and vice versa)
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According to a recent survey of game developers, the industry is seeing a slow but steady shift away from console development towards PC and mobile games: “Thirteen percent of respondents called themselves current PS3 developers, and just 12.4 percent planned their next game for the PS3. The Xbox ...

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25-May-2013
1:31 PM PDT
Detecting Slate/Clamshell Mode & Screen Orientation in Convertible PC
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Downloads Download Detecting Slate/Clamshell Mode & Screen Orientation in Convertible PC [PDF 574KB]Download  . . .
17-May-2013
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Delivering a Better User Experience for Windows* 8 Applications - Data Caching and Content Syncing
By JAMES M.0
Download Article Delivering a Better User Experience for Windows* 8 Applications - Data Caching and Content Syncing[PDF 242KB] Introduction Windows* 8 New User Interface favors applications that . . .
16-May-2013
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Porting Game User Interfaces to Windows 8 Touch Devices
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Download Article Porting Game User Interfaces to Windows 8 Touch Devices.pdf [1.53 MB] © Copyright 2013 RIVER 1. Basics . . .
10-May-2013
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Strategies for App Communication between Windows* 8 UI and Windows 8 Desktop
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Download article app-communication-ccefinal.pdf(228.17 KB) Abstract Windows 8 WinRT API allows developers to create and deploy apps quickly, and to publish those apps in the Windows Store. . . .

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Meshcentral.com - June 14 Server Maintenance
By ylian-saint-hil...Posted June 13th 20130
Just a quick note to say that there will be server maintenance tomorrow June 14th for a while. The server room that hosts Meshcentral.com is upgrading their UPS. So, no panic you there is no ...
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Haswell: The Effect on Game Developers and Perceptual Computing
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted June 13th 20130
The highly anticipated 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor family code-named Haswell has finally made its debut. Some of the most positive attention this processor microarchitecture group is getting are from game developers, coders on the cutting-edge of development technology who are reporting ...
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Touch keyboard access for Windows* 8 desktop apps
By Dave Houlton (Intel)Posted June 11th 20130
What do you do if your DirectX* desktop game requires keyboard input, but is running on a Windows* 8 platform without a physical keyboard? If your game runs in a window, the user can manually invoke the touch keyboard from the taskbar but that can be unintuitive, and doesn't help at all for full- ...
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A Windows* Store App Case Study – Recording Audio Notes and Playback for Healthcare (C#)
By David Medawar (...Posted June 11th 20130
I’d like to share a useful example for recording audio in a Windows Store App.  Particularly, I will present an app that targets the enterprise healthcare sector.  Audio recordings can enable doctors to “attach” speech to notes for patients.  This aides doctors in the event that if their hands are ...
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Ahmed BHMon, April 22nd 2013 - 0:48
Windows 8 Compass Calibration4
Hi guys, is it possible to calibrate the compass of a windows 8 tablet programmatically (C#) ?
Steven K.Tue, April 9th 2013 - 8:57
Will LSP(Layered Service Provider) work with windows 8?4
The application was built with LSP(Layered Service Provider).  Will LSP(Layered Service Provider) work with windows 8?  Or does it need to be replaced with WFP and if so would anyone have code samples of how to do that?
Sam J.Fri, April 5th 2013 - 9:32
Disable Ultrabook Touchpad20
Is there a way to disable the touchpad on the Ultrabook? Thanks.
Kleber D.Wed, March 20th 2013 - 9:50
Identify an Ultrabook using WMI in C #1
Hello!how can I identify an Ultrabook using WMI in C #?

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As a Software Partner you and your company are provided the resources you need to develop, optimize, and market your Ultrabook applications faster, less expensively, and more competitively.

Become a Software Partner

We provides companies and individuals working with Ultrabooks the resources to effectively develop and market commercial applications optimized for Intel® Ultrabook Technologies. 

List Your Application

Gain visibility for your Ultrabook applications and for your company with customers, Intel experts, peers, and developers in the Ultrabook business and developer communities.

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The Software Business network is an online community focused on supporting the go-to-market and business development needs of Independent Software Vendor software partners as well as individual developers writing applications on Intel platforms.

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Your software has the potential to exceed user expectations! From intense 3-D gaming to remote BIOS management, you can unlock the power of the platform by optimizing your applications for the latest Intel technologies. You can deliver the best application performance for your customers, create power efficient applications, or take your software to the next level by incorporating Manageability remote detect, repair, and protect capabilities.

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