As we ramp up Ultrabook™ devices worldwide and prepare for the launch of Windows* 8, I set about learning what the best resources are for creating compelling applications for these latest technologies. While there is plenty of documentation and resources for developing for the Windows 8 UI, there are thousands of Windows 7 applications that are fully compatible with Windows 8 Desktop. In this article, I show you how to use touch capabilities in your software. And if you're like me, new to XAML/C#, you will find some useful resources to get started.
.NET*
VMware Fusion 5 supports Intel® VTune™ Amplifier event sampling
One of the great features in Intel® VTune™ Amplifier is the use of the event monitoring registers built into Intel processors. These can give us important insights into what is really happening on a system. The event monitoring allows the profiling of code in terms of what causes caches misses, unaligned memory accesses, denormalized numeric computations and hundred of other types of processor and memory activity.
Participe agora do Intel Mobile App Showcase

Através do Intel Mobile App Showcase (http://software.intel.com/pams/ubappshowcase/) os desenvolvedores do Brasil têm mais uma ferramenta para demonstrar seus softwares inovadores e aplicativos móveis com processador Intel para o mercado mundial.
Terceiro APPLAB acontece no dia 27 de setembro em Belo Horizonte. Increva-se já e crie aplicativos inovadores!
Ultrabook App Lab
Ultrabook™ is a growing platform in the industry. As consumer demand fast and lightweigt PC, Intel will be pushing brand new devices.
We recently presented an Ultrabook™ app lab, where we described the new features such as touch screen, improved CPU, better battery, and new integrated sensors. The demos are specifically designed for Windows* 8.
Below are the technical collateral that were presented.
Touch
Sensor Demo
Introduction
This article is a detailed guide on how to implement sensors on an Ultrabook® running Windows 8. There are many sensors on the Ultrabook®, but this demo will only use the accelerometer. The article will be using a demo application to help explain the details. To fully comprehend this article, please review the requirements before continuing.
Touch Demo
Introduction
This article is a detailed guide on how to implement touch on an touch enabled Ultrabook® running Windows® 8. The article will be using a demo application to help explain the details. To fully comprehend this article, please review the requirements before continuing.
Tutorial Requirements:
Intel® Inspector XE 2013 Update 1 Readme
Intel® Inspector XE 2013
The Intel® Inspector XE 2013 helps developers identify and resolve memory and threading correctness issues in their C, C++ and Fortran programs.
New for Update 1!
· Enhanced Microsoft Visual Studio* 2012 debugger support, recommended update for customers seeking to use debugger integration with the released version of Microsoft Visual Studio* 2012.
Using Windows 8* WinRT API from desktop applications
The Windows* Runtime API, also called WinRT, is the new core API for Windows 8* Store apps. It exposes all the full new Windows 8* features to developers, in an object-oriented and efficient way.
This API is written in C++ on top of Win32 and the COM interface. It is exposed out to other languages (in particular C++/CX, C#, Visual Basic* and Javascript*) via API meta-data files (.winmd files).
