| Volume 13, Number 13: June 22, 2009 | | Top News | | The Code Pack is a source-code library that provides access to the new Windows 7 features (and some related Windows Vista features) from managed code. These features are not available to developers today in the .NET Framework. Minimum .NET Framework version required to use this library is 3.5. | | | While this has been a much-awaited release for the developer community, some confusion has arisen in the media. To clarify, the Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit (DTK) is not an SDK. The DTK contains emulators, gesture APIs, and samples useful for developing Windows Mobile 6.5 applications. Developers will still need to install Visual Studio and the Windows Mobile 6 SDK prior to running the tool kit installer. | | | Windows Marketplace for Mobile is a new offering from Microsoft with Windows Mobile 6.5, which launches this fall. Microsoft will distribute your Windows Mobile 6.5 applications and you will earn a 70% revenue share. Take advantage of this limited-time offer. | | | Part 1 of a multipart series on Windows 7, this article covers Libraries, the new user profile storage concept in Windows 7. | | | Help us make sure the newsletter remains relevant and useful. It's fast - just 12 multiple-choice questions. | |
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