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Please update your bookmarks, because the new url of this blog is http://khason.net/ (you have not update RSS feeds, it will be done automatically). Why I did it? Why I decided to go to “stand-alone”… Well. there are some reasons. Generally, I do not want to explain all those here, but trust me, there are some. The main reason is, that there is no responsible person in charge for this blog platform in Microsoft Israel. This why, if your blog is popular and you have a respect to your blog visitors...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/read-and-use-fm-radio-or-any-other-usb-hid-device-from-c/ ] Last time we spoke about reading and decoding RDS information from FM receivers . Also we already know how to stream sound from DirectSound compatible devices . However, before we can do it, we should be able to “speak” with such devices. So, today we’ll spoke about detection and reading information from Radio USB adapters (actually...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/capturing-and-streaming-sound-by-using-directsound-with-c/ ] I already wrote a little about managed way to use DirectX DirectSound . Today we’ll speak about how to get sound from your microphone or any other DirectSound capturing device (such as FM receiver ) and stream it out to your PC speakers and any other DirectSound Output device. So, let’s start creating our first echo service...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/what-boots-faster-%e2%80%93-netbook-powered-windows-xp-or-nokia-e71-mobile-phone/ ] Some days ago, somebody from Microsoft was shocked, when I told him, that I’m planning to run Windows XP (and later Windows 7) as operation system for mission critical automotive device. He even checked with Windows XP embedded team boot times for XP. They told him, that the minimum can be achieved is...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/reading-and-decoding-rds-radio-data-system-in-c/ ] RDS or Radio Data System is very common in US and many European countries. It is communication protocol used to send small amount of digital information using regular FM radio broadcast. This protocol is used to "tell" your receiver about alternative frequencies, time, program notifications, program types, traffic information...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/asus-r50a-umpc-review/ ] So, I got new branded Asus R50A UMPC for test. This ultra mobile machine with 5.6" WSVGA (1024x768) screen, based on Intel US15W chipset, comes with Intel Atom Z520 (1.33 Ghz, 533Mhz) processor, 1Gb of RAM and 20GB SSD. Also it has 3.5G mobile unit, integrated 802.11b/g network card and GPS. First impression was very cool. Slick design, big screen build in...