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See what Silverlight 4 can do via COM+ Automation
Prepare to be amazed at the wide range of capabilities that are now possible with Silverlight 4 via...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/22/2010
Internet Explorer 8 Support for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
WAI-ARIA is a standard created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which empowers developers to...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/22/2010
ARCast.TV - Silverlight Powers State-of-the-Art Healthcare Claims Processing Tools
Ever wonder how the Healthcare Industry could harness the full power of Silverlight to create...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/22/2010
Identify and resolve compatibility issues – just like the Internet Explorer team
Need to get your old IE6 web applications compatible with Internet Explorer 8? Internet Explorer 8...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/22/2010
Cerebrata Launches Azure Diagnostics Manager
Cerabrata, maker of Cloud Storage Studio, has launched a beta for their new product Azure...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/22/2010
McDonalds Creates a Virtual Winter Olympics Village using IE8, Silverlight and Azure
McDonalds is leveraging an IE8 Web Slice, Silverlight and Windows Azure to introduce a new McNuggets...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/22/2010
Architecture Journal: Editors Choice
IT Architect Resources: Editor's Choice Claims-Based Architectures This chapter, from "A Guide...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/22/2010
Windows Azure Feature Voting Service
Allan da Costa Pinto details the Windows Azure Feature Voting Service. Log in and tell the product...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/22/2010
Bing Maps Augmented-Reality Demos at the TED
In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/22/2010
Visual Studio 2010 RC Resource Guide
Chris Bowen provides a brief guide to resources to help you quickly get started and learn about...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/22/2010
Piloting Windows 7 – Find the Right Target Users
Guest blogger, Jeremy Chapman, writes in a recent post that while the concept of piloting an...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/21/2010
Windows 7 Helps Accelerate Order Processing and Customer Support
Essentialapparel.com sells a wide selection of brand-name apparel, lingerie and outerwear to...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/21/2010
Power Tools for Windows Azure
Technorati Tags: Windows Azure,PowerShell Ryan Dunn of the Microsoft Corporate Developer and...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/19/2010
SQL Azure adds new and improved features
One of the most requested features of SQL Azure has been the ability to move up and down between a...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/18/2010
What’s New in Windows Phone 7 Series
Ashlee Vance writes on New York Times that “Windows Phone has a cleaner look than most of today’s...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/17/2010
Learn How to Build Applications and Games for Windows Phone 7 Series at MIX10
Now that we know Windows Phone 7 Series are coming to the market before the end of the year, are you...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/16/2010
Job Hunting? Monster.com and Microsoft Office Online Make It Easier
Curt Devlin details EasySubmit, an Office Online feature powered by Monster.com. EasySubmit provides...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/15/2010
ARCast.TV - Using Architectural Skills to Increase Solution Adoption Success Rates
ARCast.TV - Using Architectural Skills to Increase Solution Adoption Success RatesWhen solutions...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/15/2010
Ribbit for Silverlight Released
Ribbit for Silverlight gives Silverlight developers an easy way to leverage the powerful Ribbit...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/15/2010
A Handy Tool for Windows 7 Users: Windows Double Explorer
Windows Explorer is one of the most frequently used Windows tools by users. However, there are times...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/15/2010
Iconics “Lights Up” Its Industrial Automation Software on Windows 7
This case study shows that ICONICS, a leading global provider of industrial automation software used...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/15/2010
Which .NET language is best for Parallelism?
Wondering which .NET language is best at handing parallel programming in .NET 4.0? Check-out this...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/15/2010
Getting Started with IE8 Compatibility
Have you been putting off that IE6 migration project and are now left wondering where to get started...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/15/2010
Microsoft Technology Supports Vancouver Olympics
In this blog post by the ISV Developer Blog, an overview is provided on how Microsoft is once...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/15/2010
IIS SEO Toolkit Walk-thru
Want to see how you can get more hits on your web site and improve your search rankings? Check out...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/15/2010
Updated Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit Released
Following the release of the Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4 Release Candidates last week, the Visual...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/15/2010
Windows Phone 7 Series – Show and Tell
Check out this Channe9 interview with Joe Belfiore and Charlie Kindel, to learn more about Windows...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/15/2010
Windows Phone 7 Series Announcement
Today at Mobile World Congress, Steve Ballmer announced the latest version of the Microsoft mobile...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/15/2010
Monitoring Applications in Windows Azure
Hedgehog’s Cloud Application Monitor was created to fill a gap in creating application for the Azure...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/14/2010
Confused about Windows Azure Billing?
The Windows Azure Platform is based on an Operational Expenditure (OPEX) model as opposed to the...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/14/2010
Free Windows Azure Access for Scientists
Microsoft, in conjunction with the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be giving research...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/14/2010
Windows 7 Federated Search - A Developer's Perspective
Curt Devlin discusses in his recent post one of Windows 7’s enterprise features – federated search...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/11/2010
Customer Showcase: Outback Steakhouse Scaling Viral Facebook Applications with Windows Azure
Jeff Barnes details the solution architecture and business benefits of the Outback Steakhouse...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/09/2010
A Tour Through the Parallel Programming Samples for .NET 4
Now that the “Release Candidate” of Visual Studio 2010 and the NET 4.0 Framework is just around the...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/08/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Offers “Go Live” Option
Check-out this blog post from the Visual Studio 2010 team where they have announced that the Release...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/08/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit Released
Looking for some great free SQL Server 2008 R2 training so you can get ramped-up quickly on all the...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/08/2010
Mind-Mapping Software Builds on Windows 7 to Improve User Productivity
Mindjet, a California based high-tech and electronics manufacturing company with 170 employees,...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/08/2010
Windows 7 Sensor Trigger for WPF Applications
Michael Scherotter, has written on his latest invention, a Windows 7 Sensor Trigger for Expression...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/08/2010
IT Architecture in 2010: Editor's Choice
Diego Dagum, editor-in-chief at the Architecture Journal, has posted links to a set of articles that...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/08/2010
New tools for Windows Azure
On February 1st we released the latest version of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK Version 1.1. This...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/08/2010
Comparison of Adaptive Streaming Offerings
Wondering how the latest adaptive streaming technologies from Microsoft, Adobe, and Apple stack-up...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/08/2010
ARCast.TV - Scaling Facebook Applications with Windows Azure
ARCast.TV - Scaling Facebook Applications with Windows Azure How do you meet the unknown scalability...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 02/08/2010
Controlling Your Testing Costs with Windows Azure
Windows Azure is based on an Operating Expense (OPEX) billing model as opposed to a Capital...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/03/2010
Internet Explorer 8 Officially World's Most Used Browser
January Browser Market Share data released by Net Applications cites Internet Explorer 8 as the most...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/03/2010
Windows 7 Helped Boost Customer Satisfaction with Microsoft
Bloomberg reports that the percentage of customers satisfied with Microsoft reached 73 percent on...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 02/02/2010
How Companies Use Web Slices and Accelerators
Want to know how on-line businesses are benefiting from implementing IE8 Accelerators and Web Slices...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/01/2010
Silverlight4 Client for Facebook Released
This application brings together the many compelling platform capabilities of Silverlight 4 into a...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/01/2010
RIA Services – Displaying data with Silverlight 4 Beta & Visual Studio 2010
NET RIA Services is a set of tools and libraries that make developing data-centric RIA’s (Rich...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/01/2010
New SharePoint 2010 Content Released
Looking to get up-to-speed quickly with SharePoint 2010? SharePoint 2010 will be the biggest release...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/01/2010
Claims-Identity Guide On-line – Just Released!
At last! A comprehensive guide to understanding how Claims-based identity works and how you can use...
Author: jbarnes Date: 02/01/2010