NEW ORLEANS — Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on Wednesday will announce the worldwide launch of .Net Compact Framework, a tool that lets developers bring Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft on Monday will announce new tools for building software for cell phones and personal digital assistants. The software maker will debut a second test version of its .Net Compact Framework, a ...

Unveiled at the Microsoft Mobility Developer Conference in London, the .Net compact framework is essentially a scaled-down version of Microsoft's XML Web services suitable for portable devices such as ...

Microsoft Corp. on Monday filled more of the gaps in its portfolio of software and tools for building Web-based applications that run on handheld computers, cell phones and other mobile devices. The ...

I'm trying to write a small inventory application that will be used on our handhelds running Windows CE. I'm not new to .NET, but this is my first foray into the Compact Framework. I have a plan for ...

When microsoft rolled out Pocket PC 2002 in September, it dared all of us to expect more from our PDAs and phones than appointments and address books. At the time, it was easy to believe that .Net ...

"The sky is the limit," Gates said in his keynote address at the first U.S. Microsoft Mobility Developer conference, held here in tandem with the CTIA expo. To help fuel its mobility strategy, ...