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Mobile PC
Mobile PC applications—including those for Tablet PCs—are evolving as people seek new ways to be productive anywhere and at anytime. This page hosts resources for developers looking for the platform and components to build great mobile PC applications.

Windows CardSpace
Windows CardSpace provides the consistent user experience required by the identity metasystem. It is specifically hardened against tampering and spoofing to protect the end user's digital identities and maintain end-user control.

Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation is a set of .NET Framework technologies for building and running connected systems. It is a new breed of communications infrastructure built around the Web services architecture.

Windows Presentation Foundation
The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Longhorn, blending together application UI, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer.

Windows Workflow Foundation
Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a .NET Framework namespace, an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Visual Studio.

.NET Framework Developer Center
Find information about .NET Framework technologies on the .NET Framework Developer Center.

Accesibility Developer Center
The Microsoft Accessibility Developer Center is a centralized location for the accessibility developer community.

Windows Vista Developer Story

The Microsoft Windows Vista Developer Story includes in-depth exploration of some of the new and extended features in Windows Vista. The Windows Vista Developer Story is released in the form of articles in the MSDN library and in a Windows Help file. The Windows Help file can be downloaded here. The file includes the new Windows Vista APIs in an Excel workbook.

You can browse the Windows Vista Developer Story in the MSDN Library. There you will also find the full content, including articles about the following topics: