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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

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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Test your Ultrabook apps on the latest Ultrabook hardware.

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.

26-Feb-2013
8:31 AM PST
Windows* 8 Store App - Connected Standby Whitepaper
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Download Article Windows* 8 Desktop App - Connected Standby Whitepaper (PDF) Related Content Windows* 8 Desktop App ...
26-Feb-2013
8:28 AM PST
Windows* 8 Store App - Connected Standby
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Abstract Connected Standby is a new feature introduced by Microsoft in Windows 8*. The use case on the tablet/mobile systems is similar to that on phones like Instant ON and Always Connected. Intel® dual-core Atom™ Z2760 (code name CloverTrail) is the first Intel platform to support Connected ...
25-Feb-2013
11:37 AM PST
Ultimate Coder Challenge: Sixense Studios - Week 2
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Hey everyone, chip here with Sixense Studios.  I’m sitting down and getting ready to watch the Oscars.  However, I’ll be watching the pre-show; The Red Carpet.  The part where everyone is judged on what they are wearing, and the main event is actually not what is on tv, but what is streaming on ...
25-Feb-2013
11:37 AM PST
One platform layer to rule them all: Ultimate Coder Challenge
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There is a fundamental problem when creating new hardware: you need software using it before anyone is willing to buy it. The problem with getting software written for new hardware, is that no one wants to put in the time to build applications using hardware that no one has bought yet. This ...
25-Feb-2013
8:19 AM PST
Face Tracking, Depth Sensors, Flying and Art = Progress! Ultimate Coder Challenge
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This week our team made a ton of progress on our game Kiwi Catapult Revenge. In their posts, the judges made some suggestions that the projects we are undertaking are ambitious and are perhaps a bit more than what can be accomplished in seven weeks. We have to agree that none of the teams are ...
24-Feb-2013
10:46 PM PST
Simian Squared Go Perceptual: Week 2 Ultimate Coder Challenge
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Good morning and thanks for popping in to our cozy little corner of the blogosphere, it's week two of the Ultimate Coder: Going Perceptual Challenge and I'm here to give you the low-down on what we've been up to! I've just made a warm pot of tea and have managed to find a single perfectly formed ...
24-Feb-2013
3:53 PM PST
Ultimate Coder - The first week of development
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Week 1 Well, this is the first week of coding for the Perceptual Computing challenge, and I thought it might be interesting for you to know how I'm approaching developing the application, what I see the challenges as being, and any roadblocks that I hit on the way. I must say, up front, that this ...
24-Feb-2013
9:00 AM PST
Intel App Porter Tool Beta Tutorial
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At Mobile World Congress 2013, we are very happy to be conducting a class on the new: Intel® HTML5 App Porter Tool - BETA In support of that class, here are some helpful ...
23-Feb-2013
2:16 AM PST
Ultimate Coder Challenge II : Lee Going Perceptual : Part Two
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So what does Lee have in store for you this week? You may wonder, and you won't have to wonder for long as I have provided a nice big video for those who don't have the stomach for the reams of text to follow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNfGmM8DNsA The Promised Meat So what does Lee have in ...
22-Feb-2013
2:00 PM PST
Friday Forum Focus: Keyboards, image scaling, and Unity
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Every Friday, we take a look at some of the most popular posts in the Ultrabook™ and Windows*8 forums here on the Intel Developer Zone.  Whether you’ve got a specific question or just want to chat with someone who loves ...
22-Feb-2013
12:57 PM PST
Technology Brief: Intel® Identity Protection Technology ( Intel® IPT )
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Safeguard Sensitive Information with Intel® Identity Protection Technology ( Intel® IPT ) Guarding personal identities and online accounts has become a major concern for consumers, business, government and institution as the threat from hackers and malware grows.  Creating a simple, strong and ...
22-Feb-2013
12:49 PM PST
Developing Desktop Apps for Ultrabook™ Devices in Windows* 8: Adapting Existing Apps (Part 2)
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By Paul Ferrill Download Article Download Developing Desktop Apps for Ultrabook™ Devices in Windows* 8: Adapting Existing Apps [PDF 752KB] Microsoft introduced the ...
22-Feb-2013
10:46 AM PST
Embracing The "I" in "UI" :: Ultimate Coder Challenge Week 2
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Ultimate Coder 2 Week 2 The Code-Monkeys Team Introduced It's been said that the iPhone single-handedly created what some are calling the UI Revolutio ...
21-Feb-2013
8:02 PM PST
Big ideas meet cautionary advice in week 1 of Ultimate Coder Challenge
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Week 1 of Ultimate Coder is behind us and it’s been another exciting start to the Ultimate Coder Challenge.  Challengers, for the first time, exposed their ideas and approaches ...
21-Feb-2013
2:24 PM PST
Tablets, Smartphones, and PCs: What Workers Are Using
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A new report released this week from Forrester Research on tablet and smartphone use predicts that tablet ownership is set to skyrocket in the next few years, with the percentage of adults owning a tablet or tablet hybrid device set to ...
21-Feb-2013
1:49 PM PST
Do It Yourself - Chromium Web Application Container
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Table of Contents 1 Howto Build a Chromium based HTML5 Hybrid Application from scratch on Ultrabook. 1.1 The Chromium Project 1.2 Setting Up Your Build Environment ...
20-Feb-2013
11:15 AM PST
Mobile World Congress 2013: An Important Event for Developers
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What is MWC? We’ve seen unprecedented growth in the mobile ecosystem in the last few years. It’s expanding at lightning speed, with endless innovation and new applications of mobile technology everywhere we look. From zero contact payments and augmented reality to embedded devices and connected ...
18-Feb-2013
11:47 AM PST
Ultimate Coder Challenge: Sixense Studios - Week 1
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Hey everyone!  We are thrilled to have been invited to participate in Intel’s Going Perceptual: Ultimate Coder Challenge!  What an amazing opportunity to work and collaborate with such talented groups, and with such cutting-edge technology.  We are very eager to see what all of these talented ...
18-Feb-2013
10:40 AM PST
Plan of Attack and Face Tracking Challenges Using the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK: Ultimate Coder
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We are very excited to be working with the Intel Perceptual Computing (IPC) SDK and to be a part of the Ultimate Coder Challenge! The new hardware and software that Intel and its partners have created allows for some very exciting possibilities. It’s our goal to really push the boundaries of what ...
17-Feb-2013
5:52 PM PST
Simian Squared Go Perceptual: Ultimate Coder
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Hello all and welcome to our very first Ultimate Coder: Going Perceptual blogpost! I thought we'd use this opportunity to introduce ourselves and tell you about what we will be doing with the Perceptual Computing platform and where we're coming from with our ideas: Who are Simian Squared ...
17-Feb-2013
12:55 PM PST
Ultimate Coder Challenge II : Lee Going Perceptual : Part One
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Welcome to the start of another exciting adventure into the weird and wonderful world of cutting edge software development. Beyond these walls lurk strange unfathomable creatures with unusual names, ready to tear the limbs of any unsuspecting coder careless enough to stay on the path. ...
17-Feb-2013
7:24 AM PST
Intel Ultimate Coder Challenge Round 2 Fight!
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The bell has rung and Code-Monkeys is ready to let loose its collective intellect to throw down the competition.  We  just narrowly missed the crown ...
16-Feb-2013
2:11 PM PST
Ultimate Coder
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A couple of months ago, I was lucky enough to be asked if I would like to participate in an upcoming Intel® challenge, known at the time as Ultimate Coder 2. Having followed the original Ultimate Coder competition, I was highly chuffed to even be considered. I had to submit a proposal for an ...
15-Feb-2013
2:43 PM PST
Friday Forum Focus: DirectX, Windows*8, and Perceptual Computing
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Just like we did with last’s week forum focus, this Friday we’re going to look at a few of the most active posts in the ...
15-Feb-2013
2:36 PM PST
Meet the Winners of the App Innovation Contest: Part 2
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Simon Mages and Florian Rappl, two Ph.Ds from the University of Regensburg, have won the  ...
15-Feb-2013
9:16 AM PST
Programming Considerations for Sensors on Ultrabook™ Convertibles
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I recently had the chance to interview Mark Davis about a Map Panning Application that he wrote that takes advantage of Windows 8* Ultrabook(tm) Sensors.  He ran into some interesting issues along the way. Ultrabook convertibles ...
14-Feb-2013
9:22 AM PST
Porting the HTML5 Samples to Windows 8* Store
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Table of Content Introduction Steps on Porting Creating a HTML5 App with Visual Studio 2012* Required Files ...
12-Feb-2013
1:53 PM PST
Bill Gates AMA: Windows*8, Future Tech, and Robots
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On Monday, February 11, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft Bill Gates took part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, a popular social networking/water ...
11-Feb-2013
3:36 PM PST
Emerging Technologies: How Ultrabooks™ Are Paving the Way
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This week, Forrester Research, an independent technology and market research company, released  an insightful report based on the results of an global survey ...
08-Feb-2013
2:00 PM PST
The Reports of the PC’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
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“The PC is dead; long live the PC!” If you look at computing history, we’ve really come a long way in a very short time. Remember those old bricks that required an entire desk set-up to deal with? Now there’s more power in our smartphones than those beasts, and we’re getting ever smaller and ...
07-Feb-2013
4:04 PM PST
Friday Forum Focus: Code Samples, Different Inputs, Unity, and More
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A couple Fridays a month, we’re going to look at a few of the most interesting topics that our Ultrabook community forum members have posted about in the past week. We have quite an active forum here and the discussions ...
07-Feb-2013
9:33 AM PST
Intel Developer Zone Hangout: New PC Form Factors
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Intel Developer Zone Hangout: New PC Form Factors Developer Implications Last week, Ultrabook Community Manager Bob Duffy hosted a Google Hangout with Rick Vanner (The Game ...
06-Feb-2013
1:43 PM PST
Going Perceptual: Ultimate Coder Challenge Is Live!
1
Seven coders, four judges, seven weeks and a whole host of cutting-edge technologies begins today with the launch of Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual. We're going to give you a front row seat to truly exciting innovation. How ...
06-Feb-2013
10:54 AM PST
Going Perceptual – Meet the Ultimate Coder Judges
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The theme of our latest Ultimate Coder Challenge is “Going Perceptual”. We introduced you to our brave challengers last week in Going Perceptual – Introducing Our Ultimate Coder ...
05-Feb-2013
2:29 PM PST
Buggy Geolocation drivers, Part 2: Calculating speed when your driver doesn't
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A couple of days ago I talked about my experiences with a geolocation driver bug that was not presenting a heading to the Geolocation sensor, and how to account for this problem in your app by calculating the value yourself. Today, I want to talk ...
05-Feb-2013
12:31 PM PST
Detecting Slate/Clamshell Mode & Screen Orientation in Convertible PC
1
Downloads Download Detecting Slate/Clamshell Mode & Screen Orientation in Convertible PC [PDF 574KB]Download  ...
05-Feb-2013
9:57 AM PST
Meet the Winners of the App Innovation Contest: Part 1
1
Simon Mages and Florian Rappl, two Ph.Ds from the University of Regensburg, have won the ...
04-Feb-2013
12:00 PM PST
Windows* 8 Tutorial: Writing a Multithreaded Application for the Windows Store* using Intel® Threading Building Blocks.
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It is known that the Windows Store apps API is missing some commonly used thread functions, such as function CreateThread() and those that work with TLS keys. This is yet another great opportunity to move your application development from thread-based parallelism to task-based parallelism. This ...
01-Feb-2013
4:04 PM PST
Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK - How To Use the SDK with the Unity* Game Engine
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Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK - How To Use the SDK with the Unity* Game Engine 02-07-2013 02-07-2013 Tech Articles Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK
01-Feb-2013
1:38 PM PST
Tim Berners-Lee: Developers Are Doing “Incredible Things”
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This week at the World Economic Forum, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, most widely known for his invention of the World Wide Web, gave a talk ranging from topics such as social networking all the way to HTML5. ...
31-Jan-2013
5:09 PM PST
Going Perceptual - Introducing Our Ultimate Coder Challengers
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Going Perceptual is the theme of the latest Ultimate Coder Challenge, where 7 teams will have the task to use the latest Ultrabook convertible hardware along with the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK ...
31-Jan-2013
4:19 PM PST
Four Ways Dropbox Can Help Developers Be More Productive
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Dropbox is a freemium service that offers four basic tools: file synchronization, file versioning, file sharing, and remote backup of files.  It’s an extremely powerful tool for developers especially; as it enables coders to quickly sync ...
31-Jan-2013
3:18 PM PST
Buggy Geolocator drivers: How to calculate Heading when your driver doesn't
1
I've been evaluating the location sensors in a number of Windows 8 tablet and ultrabook systems recently, and as you might expect I have come across the occasional buggy driver. Sometimes the bugs are severe enough that the location sensor doesn't function reliably or even function at all, but I ...
30-Jan-2013
12:30 PM PST
Optimizing Windows* 8 Applications for Connected Standby
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Download Article Optimizing Windows* 8 Applications for Connected Standby [PDF 1.4MB] Abstract This white paper describes how to validate and analyze the behavior of Windows 8* applications ...
30-Jan-2013
12:20 AM PST
The challenge of reinventing the PC: Ultimate Coder
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Your PC is an amazing peace of kit, it’s amazing because no other computing platform is as versatile and no other platform is so open for innovation. You can buy hardware for it from thousands of vendors, you can hook it up to just about any display or input device and you can make it do just about ...
28-Jan-2013
11:18 AM PST
Soon... The Perceptual Conversion of 7 Ultimate Coders
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It's about to begin, Intel's second Ultimate Coder Challenge. The work is planned and 7 amazing teams of developers have assembled to accepted the challenge, along with 4 anxiously awaiting Judges, who will review the work with us week to week.  If you missed the ...
27-Jan-2013
1:24 PM PST
FINALLY! Wireless HDMI to TV with Intel WiDi on Windows 8 Ultrabooks
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 I've been using my 3rd generation Intel core powered Ultrabook and WIndows 8 for a few months and it's amazing, however one cool feature has been lacking; WiDi.   WiDi is a display technology that sends HDMI signal to an external display (like a TV) over WiFi. I had tried getting it going in ...
25-Jan-2013
1:04 PM PST
User Privacy: There's a theme here!
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These days, it’s not enough to “just” build a fantastic app. Developers have to carefully consider how to integrate user privacy within their apps, especially in light of both ...
24-Jan-2013
6:09 PM PST
Sample Application: Using SIMD Instructions in Windows* 8 Store Apps
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Abstract SIMD instruction sets can be used to boost performance in Windows* 8 Store applications. This document focuses on how to create a SIMD library that can be consumed by any Windows 8 Store application programmed in any supported language. This paper shows how to begin making a SIMD library ...
24-Jan-2013
5:52 PM PST
Case Study: Blue Innovations Embraces Touch and Intel® Smart Connect Technology to Upgrade Its MoneyBag App for the Intel® Ultimate Coder: Ultrabook™ Challenge
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Download Article Download Case Study: Blue Innovations Embraces Touch and Intel® Smart Connect Technology to Upgrade Its MoneyBag App for the Intel® Ultimate Coder: Ultrabook™ Challenge [PDF 973KB] Blue ...

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27-Mar-2013
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How to package a HTML5/web-app for AppUp using node-webit and WixToolset
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Introduction This article demonstrates one of many ways to package a HTML5/web app for distribution for Windows. The result will be a Windows MSI installer file that can install silently. The web app is packaged with node-webkit that provides the browser environment for the app. The beauty is your . . .
22-Mar-2013
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Pointing the Way: Designing a Stylus-driven Device in a Mobile World
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Download Article Pointing the Way: Designing a Stylus-driven Device in a Mobile World [ PDF 676KB ] By Benjamin A. Lieberman, Ph.D. As infants, we know instinctively to reach out with our bodies to explore the . . .
19-Mar-2013
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Creating a First-Class Touch Interface for Defense Grid: The Awakening
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Defense Grid: The Awakening is a tower-defense style strategy game on PC and other gaming platforms. Hidden Path Entertainment*, the developer of Defense Grid, worked with Intel® Corporation to add a full touch-based interface to the game that ran well on Ultrabook™ PCs and Windows*-capable tablets . . .
19-Mar-2013
7:49 AM PDT
Connecting Software Partners and Hardware Resellers Worldwide: Intel Launches Promotion of Ultrabook™ Enabled Apps
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The arrival of the Intel® Ultrabook™ has opened up exciting opportunities for developers of applications optimized for the touch and sensor capabilities of Windows 8* Ultrabook devices. Intel is promoting additional business development opportunities for Intel® Software Partners by connecting . . .

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Phase 2 of the Intel® Perceptual Computing Challenge is Now Open!
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted May 8th 20131
There’s nothing like a bit of friendly competition to spark developers to new heights of innovation. Beginning on May 6, coders all over the world will have the chance to forge new ground by integrating voice control, gesture control, facial recognition, and augmented reality within PC apps in ...
Meshcentral.com - Intel AMT Remote Commands
By ylian-saint-hil...Posted May 7th 20133
I am very happy to announce that Meshcentral.com now supports Intel AMT power actions directly from the web site. So, if you happen to be managing Intel AMT computers with Meshcentral.com, ...
Touch Major Factor Driving Industry Growth: Good News for Developers
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted May 6th 20130
According to a report released by NPD Display Search, the mobile PC market is on track to more than double by 2017, increasing from 367.6 million units ...
Perceptual Computing: Apps, Hackathons, Demos, Oh My!
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted May 3rd 20131
It is truly amazing what developers all over the world are managing to come up with in the field of perceptual computing. Perceptual computing is something that Intel® is putting a lot of time, energy, and resources into, as seen in the recently finished ...

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Vikrant MudholkarTue, February 19th 2013 - 8:05
tested esat smart security 6 4
ESAT Smart security is the Best Antivirus for Windows 8 32/64-bit, vista/xp if you have a laptop and needs a firewall and anti spam, then ESAT smart security is a better choice NOD32  haven’t had any problems on my systems, everything runs fine, I love ESAT’s small notifies about virus updates, ...
Michel R.Tue, February 19th 2013 - 2:44
Replacement2
Hi everyone, My Ultrabook is getting old and some keys do not work anymore. Frustrating, especially for the "Enter" key. Does anyone know the process to get a replacement item for my ultrabook or to get it repaired ? Thanks !
Mohamed N.Thu, February 7th 2013 - 5:02
regarding image scaling in DirectX C++1
Hi to All          I am developing 2D game for intel ultra book I am using DirectX C++ now i need to Resize the ID2D1Bitmap image before painting. In QT there is a libray called Scale(Image img,size) is there is any library in DirectX c++. Kindly .Suggest me to tackle this problem. Thanks & ...
chang-liTue, January 29th 2013 - 21:13
Any code samples to use pinch to zoom in Windows 7? 10
There is touch screen in Ultrabook then how to apply these basic touch operations on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Desktop?

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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.

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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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