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I have worked vigorously on my Windows 8 App, MyTube and needed to put in an AppBar as an extra feature and to take advantage of the new capabilities. I was thinking of an easy and simple but smart way to have the AppBar automatically stay open UNTIL the user moves his/her Mouse (Pointer) over to the Grid as I want my Binded Grid Items to be more of a [...]

So you’re making a Windows 8 App and using the WebView control but can’t figure out how to get the title of the webpage you’re requesting? Well, don’t feel bad because it’s not very obvious on how to do it, in fact you’re going to have to use a little JavaScript to figure it out (or just use my code). public AppName() { Browser.LoadCompleted += Browser_LoadCompleted; Browser.Navigate(new Uri(“http://www.bing.com”,UriKind.Absolute)); } void [...]

I have played around with my Raspberry PI for a bit now and a little annoyed I can’t play Flash videos out of the box with Raspbian… So, after hours of workarounds, I finally figured out a 2-step process to play Flash files within Midori and yes, YouTube Videos included… 1). Open a Terminal & su (for root) Tip: Didn’t setup root password yet? Type sudo passwd root 2). Type [...]

Movie Slate is a new Windows 8 App that will be completely FREE and designed for those who are Amateur to Professionals who need a Movie Slate and looking to cut down on costs, time, and money. Use your Tablet as another way it can make its money back for you. What else can it do? Store Movies/Show Profiles (Great to re-shoot or going to shoot w/same Data) Auto-Save Current [...]

Many people with the Samsung Slate or other hi-powered tablets have tried out Microsoft Windows 8 and as many enjoy it, someone like me who sold his Tablet the purchaser wanted Windows 7 Pro (OEM) back on… I only have a DVD and don’t have any external DVD Drive… USB it is! As I have been successful installing a LIVE version of Windows on a USB Stick & run LIVE [...]

As most of the people who know me, know I am a HUGE Microsoft fanboy… I am also a programmer for most Microsoft products (Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 (and earlier), Office, etc…) but I am also a very curious guy and trying to eventually make a name for myself as before I was happy to be silent but now times are rougher and work is becoming less regular… So [...]

As everyone knows, Windows 8/RT is coming out and more and more people are not too sure if they’re willing to try making App’s for the Metro-recommended OS. I have to be honest, at first I wasn’t too sure but I have played with my Samsung Series 7 Slate that now has Windows 8 Consumer Release (CR) & I really love it. Perhaps because it’s on a Tablet and maybe [...]

Today on the Windows Phone Blog a post about the Windows Phone Bing Maps feature that unfortunately, didn’t have the best Traffic display as well as knowledge of street traffic but all that is going to change or so the photos from Microsoft and Scott Borton would have you think. As a person who not only uses the Bing Maps but my WP7 App’s actually use it as well and [...]

If you’re a server Admin or even an active security freak like me, you’re always wondering who or if anyone has remotely and successfully logged in to your computer but more importantly… Did they open or access anything you need to be worried about? After playing with Windows 8 for a bit, I found a great new Command that can be used in an Administrative Command Prompt, I even made [...]

Have you wanted to find App’s really fast in Windows 8 but weren’t sure just how to even find App’s in general? Maybe you need access quickly to Administrative tools for your Windows 8 PC but didn’t want the hassle of trying to find it and access it? We put out 2 new videos on the TechMeShow Channel on YouTube on exactly HOW TO do both and have included the [...]

If you’ve searched on Google Search for restaurants and different places to eat, visit and so on… You may have noticed results that seemed quite like Yelp or Urban Spoon’s, you may have even seen reviews that certainly seem almost unprecedentedly the same? Is it Déjà vu? Well, if you didn’t know by now, Google crawls the internet for information that it feels it’s relevant to your query search and [...]

As most of you know now the new Windows 8 Preview came out and I put it on my Samsung Series 7 Slate where you can get from Amazon pretty decently priced. I just wanted to make a quick note of a new feature I thought was good but sort of bad at the same time and it’s labeled “Hide Keypress” and this is a feature [so far I noticed] [...]

As you know, I previously linked and talked about the other editions of Windows 8 that was publicly available for download and now you know, the new Windows 8 Release Preview is out. Question is, do you know how to install it on your Tablet for the best Windows 8 experience? I already made a post about how to bypass start-up and the buttons used for installing Windows 8 Consumer [...]

We’re thrilled to say, we’ve finished the TWiT App for Microsoft Windows Phone 7 as it is a Podcasting App and is entirely based and designed to look like the TWiT.tv website but for Windows Phone with a Metro look/feel. Please download it once it’s accepted in the Marketplace and check out the preview:

If you didn’t catch my recent Microsoft Research article over at LockerGnome.com, go check it out. However, today for those of us who hate having to play 2-Player games due to the split screen, well, read on,  maybe a future cure? Over at MR, they’ve been dabbling with the Doppler Effect to detect Gestures. They’re realizing more and more people play games together and one of the worse things are [...]