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The highly regarded NS Basic programming language for Windows CE has been released by its author under an open source license.

NS Basic programme brought accessibility and simplicity to programming applications for Windows CE in a format that was both approachable and affordable to software developers. NS Basic/CE offered on and... Continue Reading »

Kilotec's Software titles from 2023 have now been released as open source under the GNU GPLv3 license. HPC:Factor is very grateful to our very own @Citgo for the release of source code for these Visual Basic CE 2.0 programs.

The re-licensing source drop comprises a large number of Visual Basic... Continue Reading »

We are pleased to announce the public availability of HPC:Factor Host Maker, a new developer tool here on hpcfactor.com.

The web-browser tool "CabMaker" was released a couple of years ago, allowing the creation of on-device CAB installation files for Windows CE 2.0+ devices without messing around with SDK's, dev tools and... Continue Reading »

Web Rendering Proxy, or WRP, is an intermediate networking app that sits between the Internet and your Windows CE device, allowing the modern web to be rendered in Pocket Internet Explorer.

WRP can operate in one of two modes. The first, Graphical mode, converts a modern webpage into a series of... Continue Reading »

Jonathan Scott over at Retro Tech Reads has posted a 2026 retrospective review of the venerable HP 320LX – the first of HP's line of Windows CE devices positioned as the technical successor to the well-regarded MS-DOS based LX series of HP Palmtop.

The review - somewhat critical of the device... Continue Reading »

Yes, that's right, it's that time of year again! It's Windows CE's birthday!

Beginning its journey at Comdex 96 and ending its place as an officially supported product in October 2003, Windows CE has been with us now for 29 years.

Gone, but not forgotten
As CE enters its 30th year,... Continue Reading »