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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.

Developing Tools

Get more out of your app using Intel tools to make your code perform the best on Intel Hardware.

Graphic Tools

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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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Intel provides the tool suites Windows developers need to deliver winning performance.
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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.

HTML5 Playground

Try various HTML5 code samples and test them out in real time.

Remote Testing Tool

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.

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  ...
24-May-2013
2:33 PM PDT
Friday Forum Focus: Windows*8 development, gesture recognition, Unity
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Once a month, we take a look at some of the most popular posts in the Ultrabook™ and Windows*8 forums here on the Intel Developer Zone, as well as notable blogs and articles.  Whether you’ve got a specific question or ...
23-May-2013
3:47 PM PDT
The Rise of the Independent Game Developer
0
Independent developers might not have as many resources as their larger studio counterparts have to offer, but it seems that the barrier to game development at least has been made a little bit easier to jump lately. A recent announcement from Unity, one of the most popular game rendering engines ...
21-May-2013
3:17 PM PDT
Perceptual Computing and Exergaming: It’s a Match
0
What is “exergaming”? According to Exergaming Australia, it’s a whole new way to combine fitness with technology: “Exergaming is more than a combination of just “exercise” and “games,” since such a definition would ...
20-May-2013
10:26 PM PDT
Meshcentral.com - Intel AMT hardware KVM multi-display support
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Every few weeks, I try to add more Intel AMT support in Meshcentral.com. This time around, I added multi-display support for Intel AMT on the hardware KVM viewer. So, when you connect to Intel AMT KVM from ...
19-May-2013
8:44 AM PDT
Foliage Patch - Organizing Our Data
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This blog post discusses how we organize our foliage data with patches. The previous blog post mentioned that we separate foliage rendering into full-3D objects near the camera, and 2D billboard proxies further away (and for small objects near the camera). This data drives our rendering of both ...
17-May-2013
8:54 AM PDT
Delivering a Better User Experience for Windows* 8 Applications - Data Caching and Content Syncing
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
4:38 PM PDT
Ten Google Search Hacks for Developers
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The world’s most popular search engine can do a lot more than just look up the latest NFL scores or find funny pictures of cats. There’s a vast array of advanced search tricks that anyone – but especially developers – can use to dig deep into data. In this article, we’ll take a look at ten ...
16-May-2013
1:43 PM PDT
Gain Perceptual Computing Skills, Innovate, and Win!
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PC technology is rapidly evolving beyond what we’ve known for 30 years.  The mouse and keyboard are no longer the only ways to interact with applications.  To support further advances in this exciting field, Intel has released the Perceptual ...
16-May-2013
8:22 AM PDT
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 ...
16-May-2013
12:26 AM PDT
Meshcentral.com - New Mesh Graph
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I am glad to annonce a new Mesh graph feature into Meshcentral.com. When you install mesh agents in computers, the agents form a mesh, discovering and monitoring each other. Well, it's not ...
14-May-2013
5:44 PM PDT
跟燕青一起学Windows8应用开发：使用WinJS在已有Namespace中添加新成员
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                在跟燕青一起学Windows8应用开发：使用WinJS自定义Javascript的名字空间一文中，笔者已经讨论了如何用Namespace解决两个技术问题： l  局部类定义全局化的问题。 l  多项目中代码名字冲突问题。 在博客后，笔者也留有一道思考题：在多次使用WinJS.Namespace.define定义相同名字的Namespace会出现什么情况？本篇博客就是讨论它的实际结果。   打开Study Metro App项目，建立MS1.js文件，并实现它的内容，如图1所示。 图1 图1的内容概要：定义一个局部变量desc， ...
14-May-2013
3:39 PM PDT
May 7th, 2013 AppLab for Windows*8 on mobile platforms
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Well, just last week I returned from one of our first Application Development Labs (AppLab) devoted to development on the Intel Platform on Windows* 8 for touch, sensor, and HTML5.  The event took place in Los Angeles (LA) California in the United States.   The presenters were drawn from Intel - ...
13-May-2013
11:25 AM PDT
Let's Render Some Foliage
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This blog series discusses some ideas and issues around rendering foliage. We provide a sample program (with source code) to demonstrate the ideas.
10-May-2013
3:22 PM PDT
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. ...
09-May-2013
12:08 AM PDT
Meshcentral.com - Mesh Policy & Mesh Certificate
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A quick note to mention that I just updated the Mesh Connector tool to support adding and removing the mesh certificate from the mesh policy. For most people this is probably not important, but if you use Meshcentral.com for larget networks, ...
08-May-2013
4:44 PM PDT
Re-imagining Apps for Ultrabook™ (Part 5): Device Motion
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The fifth part of our Re-imagining Apps for Ultrabook™ video series is now available. In it, I’ll provide an overview of device motion and walk through a few ways we can take advantage of this set of capabilities in the desktop apps ...
08-May-2013
4:09 PM PDT
Making Touch More Realistic: Advances in Haptic Technology
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Haptic technology revolves around creating a new kind of user interface that better connects our sense of touch with the form factors we use every day: smartphones, tablets, computers, etc. We get a brief glimpse of the possibilities that haptic technology offers when our phone vibrates in our ...
08-May-2013
11:38 AM PDT
Phase 2 of the Intel® Perceptual Computing Challenge is Now Open!
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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 ...
07-May-2013
10:17 PM PDT
Meshcentral.com - Intel AMT Remote Commands
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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, ...
06-May-2013
3:55 PM PDT
Touch Major Factor Driving Industry Growth: Good News for Developers
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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 ...
03-May-2013
1:43 PM PDT
Perceptual Computing: Apps, Hackathons, Demos, Oh My!
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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 ...
02-May-2013
12:03 PM PDT
“Dead in Five Years”: The Reports of the Tablet’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated
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In a recent interview with at the Milken Institute Conference, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins gave his opinion of where tablets might be going in the next five years, sparking a virtual firestorm of heated discussions all over the Web: “In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a ...
01-May-2013
9:50 AM PDT
The Unity Multi Touch Source (finally)
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Hey Everybody Here is the source for the CPP and C# files needed to implement the Multi Touch Plugin DLL referred to in the previous post. Sorry it took so long to publish. Just download the zip and they're both there. I've also uploaded Touchtest.zip which is a very bad Unity app which uses the ...
30-Apr-2013
4:45 PM PDT
The Gender App: What’s the Difference?
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Men and women tend to use technology in similar, yet intrinsically different, ways. From app downloads to mobile shopping habits to marketed hardware, there are gender differences in how we respond to perceived uses of technology. While it’s certainly appropriate to track unbiased measurements of ...
26-Apr-2013
1:24 PM PDT
The Code Project's App Innovation Contest: Developers Creating Ultrabook Apps
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There’s something about developers and contests; dangle a competition in front of a coder and more likely than not, they’ll push other projects aside in order to jump in feet-first. Is it purely for the love of the game? Or is that most developers have just a wee bit of a competitive streak? ...
26-Apr-2013
9:56 AM PDT
Everything for the Ultrabook™ developer
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So one of the first questions raised by application developers, is typically how can I get started with app development on Ultrabook™ - well here are some excellent pointers. Some months ago CodeProject, instigated an AppInnovation Contest ...
25-Apr-2013
4:20 PM PDT
Touch Mechanics: Haptic Technology and Perceptual Computing
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Our sense of touch is vitally important. It’s involved in literally every interaction we have. When it comes to human-computer interaction, touch is especially important, especially as touch-enabled input controls and interactive experiences make our computing experiences ever more tactile. As ...
25-Apr-2013
1:13 PM PDT
Creating Compelling Content with XAML for Windows Store Apps: Control Templates, ListView,ListBox, Customization, and a Game Title Screen
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I’m finding development for Windows* 8 to be a lot of fun.  Over the last year, I have created a children’s math game and have written a few blogs for it: UI Element touch physics: ...
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 ...

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25-May-2013
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Detecting Slate/Clamshell Mode & Screen Orientation in Convertible PC
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17-May-2013
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Delivering a Better User Experience for Windows* 8 Applications - Data Caching and Content Syncing
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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 . . .
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Strategies for App Communication between Windows* 8 UI and Windows 8 Desktop
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Friday Forum Focus: Windows*8 development, gesture recognition, Unity
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted May 24th 20130
Once a month, we take a look at some of the most popular posts in the Ultrabook™ and Windows*8 forums here on the Intel Developer Zone, as well as notable blogs and articles.  Whether you’ve got a specific question or ...
The Rise of the Independent Game Developer
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted May 23rd 20130
Independent developers might not have as many resources as their larger studio counterparts have to offer, but it seems that the barrier to game development at least has been made a little bit easier to jump lately. A recent announcement from Unity, one of the most popular game rendering engines ...
Perceptual Computing and Exergaming: It’s a Match
By Wendy Boswell (...Posted May 21st 20130
What is “exergaming”? According to Exergaming Australia, it’s a whole new way to combine fitness with technology: “Exergaming is more than a combination of just “exercise” and “games,” since such a definition would ...
Meshcentral.com - Intel AMT hardware KVM multi-display support
By ylian-saint-hil...Posted May 20th 20130
Every few weeks, I try to add more Intel AMT support in Meshcentral.com. This time around, I added multi-display support for Intel AMT on the hardware KVM viewer. So, when you connect to Intel AMT KVM from ...

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NeuroDigital T.Thu, May 23rd 2013 - 11:12
Problem adding a .NET Framework DLL as reference to Windows Store app2
We are building a Windows Store app (Windows 8 metro style) which searchs content in documents. We have used Lucene.NET to generate the program database. However, the Lucene.NET library is not compatible with this framework. When we add as reference with Visual Studio 2012, we get the following ...
appfluenceWed, May 8th 2013 - 16:49
Lost charger for UBIV3SRDQ, can't find compatible replacement2
Hello, sorry about bothering everyone with such a trivial issue. The charger for my developer's Ultrabook with product code UBIV3SRDQ is gone (stolen, lost, misplaced?). I've been to a couple of electronic stores and they didn't have any compatible replacement. Are there specs for this model so I ...
Sami AyariWed, April 24th 2013 - 9:37
HTML5/JS vs XAML/C#1
Hi ! I asking if if there are any advantages or disadvantages to using either XAML/C# or HTML5/JavaScript for Metro Apps. Thank you !
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Windows 8 Compass Calibration4
Hi guys, is it possible to calibrate the compass of a windows 8 tablet programmatically (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.

Optimize Your Application

Building optimized, competitive software requires the right tools, techniques, and support. Members get access to all the resources for optimization.

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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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