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MPC Data sponsors Pandarama! 06/07/2006

A unique modified Fiat Panda is driving from the UK to Mongolia in order to raise monies for rural families in Mongolia and Africa. MPC Data is sponsoring the event by creating a Windows XP Embedded image that will allow Windows XP to run from a solid-state disk, thereby creating a fully solid-state solution for operating in the harsh environment of a vehicle. A custom application captures timelapse video from a USB webcam and stores the images on a USB memory stick. As a 'headless' system, startup and shutdown operations all need to be fully automatic and reliable.

Visit the website for full details and interesting views of the custom build at www.pandarama.co.uk

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MPC Data is on the move 25/04/2006

We are moving to brand new state of the art offices.


With effect from Monday 1st May 2006 our new contact details will be:

MPC Data Ltd
County Gate
County Way
Trowbridge
BA14 7FJ
Wiltshire

Tel: 01225 710600
Fax: 01225 710601

If you need to contact us anytime during Friday 28 th April (our moving date) or you have problems reaching us on our new telephone numbers please call Phil Buckley
on 07976 700790 or 01225 781013

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Microsoft Windows XPe &CE 5.0 Quick Start Workshops 23/02/2006

MPC Data will be holding another of our very popular Microsoft Embedded seminars in Newbury on 26th and 27th April 2006. These seminars are staged in conjunction with Abacus Polar.

A intensive 1 day Windows XP Embedded 'Quick Start' workshop on the 26th April will be a hands-on seminar covering all the topics necessary to get up and running with your Windows XP Embedded Project, including:
Configuring Target Designer
Building your image
Adding New Components and Deploying your Image

On the 27th April 2006 we will hold a intensive 1 day Windows CE 5.0 'Quick Start' workshop again this will be a hands-on seminar covering all the topics necessary to get up and running with your Windows CE project, including:

• CE OS Architecture
• Creating OS Designs with Platform Builder
• New features in CE 5
• OS / application debugging

For further details of both CE 5.0 and XP Embedded seminars, please contact Alan Rowe.

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Will the keyboard become a thing of the past? 09/01/2006

The computer keyboard could become an optional extra for many users, if an innovative input device being developed at MPC Data is as successful as its Wiltshire-based designers intend.

Over the years, many alternatives to the conventional computer keyboard have been proposed, and several have made it to market. Despite this, the traditional QWERTY keyboard has stood the test of time, and the vast majority of computer keyboards today are only a few minor evolutionary steps from the keyboards of 20 years ago.

The advantages of the new device include one-handed operation, a demand for less desk space and a reduction in the musculo-skeletal problems caused by keyboards. It should be faster than typing for those who "hunt-and-peck", but we have to await the prototype to see how its speed compares with touch-typing.

A working prototype will be completed in the first quarter of 2006."