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Cork, Dublin, Belfast Events: Visual Studio Tools for Office with team member Donald Drake
If you're located in Cork or Dublin or Belfast, and interested in how the Visual Studio Tools for...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/14/2006
Try the Photosynth technology preview!
The first Photosynth technology preview has hit the web! Today, you can visit the Photosynth site to...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/09/2006
DirectX demos still get my juices flowing
On Tuesday I attended Mike Pelton's session about how to choose between WPF and DirectX for...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/09/2006
XNA Video Montage shows nascent indie games (and XNA Studio Beta 2, with Content Pipeline!)
I'm impressed by the diversity and quality of the nascent indie games featured in this XNA Video...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/09/2006
Windows Vista is Released To Manufacturing
Jim Allchin said it all with two words on the Windows Vista Team blog: IT'S TIME! Here's a few more...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/08/2006
NLarge got updated (and it would have been appreciated today)
I didn't see any presenters at TechEd Europe wield NLarge today, although some of them certainly...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/07/2006
.NET Framework 3.0 is completed!
It was alluded to, almost as an aside, during this morning's keynote speech at Tech Ed Europe. But...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/07/2006
ASP.NET Ajax (formerly "Atlas") goes Beta 2
They've just released ASP.NET Ajax (formerly ASP.NET "Atlas") in Beta 2 over on the ASP.NET site....
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/07/2006
Hungry for ''Orcas''?
If you've got a hunger on you for a preview of the next generation of the Visual Studio development...
Author: RobBurke Date: 11/07/2006
Introducing NLarge - screen magnifier utility for presentations
NLarge is a free little utility for technical presentations. It magnifies the screen (via a smooth...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/27/2006
Internet Explorer 7 and distribution via Automatic Updates
I've had a number of people ask me about Internet Explorer 7, which was released last week. It is...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/26/2006
Let them eat cake - the web's a better place
Firefox 2 was released yesterday and it turns out the Internet Explorer team sent them a cake....
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/25/2006
Must-have Add-Ins for Internet Explorer 7
The Internet Explorer 7 Team posted an amazing list of must-have Add-Ins for IE7. Some I'd seen,...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/24/2006
Windows Live for Developers: Online Resource hub. In Beta, natch.
What does Windows Live have to offer Developers? Have you ever wanted to... ... add Virtual Earth to...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/18/2006
where Design comes from this month
There's a fresh wealth of design ideas in this month's Where Design Comes From newsletter. My...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/18/2006
SQL Server 2005 - scripting your database for moving to your hoster - Hosting Toolkit
I've written before about how to ease the challenge of scripting your data to move it from a local...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/17/2006
Students ask the most interesting things
Last Wednesday I gave a presentation to SkyNet, the University of Limerick Computer Society. About...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/17/2006
Windows Vista RC2 - First Impressions
Windows Vista RC2 (build 5744) was available internally late last week, and I'm writing to you from...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/09/2006
Looking for a few great launch Partners
Launch is coming soon, not just for Windows Vista and .NET 3.0, but also the 2007 Office System and...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/05/2006
ASP.NET 2.0 Quick Tip: Add a hyperlink to an image in a GridView column
I was asked today how to add a hyperlink to an image in an ASP.NET 2.0 GridView column, so that...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/05/2006
Vista Nugget: Create Task Scheduler events using Event Viewer, to handle System and Application events
In Windows Vista, the Event Viewer user interface now allows you to quickly attach tasks to system...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/04/2006
Vista Nugget: Reliability and Performance Monitor
Vista's Reliability and Performance Monitor provides you with insight into how well your system is...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/04/2006
Galway ICT Productivity Conference: 12th Oct for Devs, Architects, IT Professionals
The Galway ICT Productivity Conference, which will take place on Thursday October the 12th, promises...
Author: RobBurke Date: 10/02/2006
Petzold's new WPF book, Applications = Code + Markup, is brilliant
I've been meaning to write for some time about Charles Petzold's book on the Windows Presentation...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/27/2006
New Team Foundation Server features in Service Pack 1 Beta (and Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Betas)
The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta has just been released. Here's the official announcement....
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/27/2006
Top Tips for free Microsoft support and training resources
Clare asked Dave and me to reveal some hidden gems that are available from Microsoft for technical...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/25/2006
Windows Vista Secrets series
Tim Sneath is on a roll with his series of Windows Vista Secrets posts, and rumour has it he has...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/20/2006
Dave and Rob's Top 5 Tips for Free Microsoft Support and Learning Resources (and the Best of the Rest!)
Dave and Rob’s Top 5 Tips for Free Microsoft Support and Learning Resources 1. MSDN Forums –...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/20/2006
MSDN Flash Ireland - International Resources - 19 Sept 2006
Special Section: ASP.NET 2.0 [ASP.NET] [Windows Forms and Smart Clients] Dundas Map for .NET...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/19/2006
Fun with Texture Transfers
One of the image processing technologies that Andrew Blake (of Microsoft Research) showed us during...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/19/2006
IIS7 guaranteed to impress developers and IT Professionals
Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7) contains a goldmine of features that will impress both...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/13/2006
Illusion, Theory, Computation: Andrew Blake on Computer Vision
Here is a link to the slides from Andrew Blake's fascinating presentation last night on Computer...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/07/2006
Expression Interactive Designer for RC1 (September CTP)
The Expression Interactive Designer September CTP is now available for download from the Microsoft...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/06/2006
Looking forward to Computer Science and Illusion on Wednesday in Dublin
If you're in the Dublin area, don't forget that Andrew Blake from Microsoft Research will be...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/05/2006
Software Factories: Follow-up information from Christian Weyer's presentation at MTUG Dublin
Last week's MTUG Dublin presentation by the ever-enthusiastic Christian Weyer was a talk of two...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/05/2006
Windows Vista RC1 - first impressions
I'm writing to you from Vista RC1 (build 5600) right now. I've installed it on 3 different machines....
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/02/2006
Windows Vista RC1, .NET Framework 3.0 RC1 completed
Two big announcements: Windows Vista RC1 Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is complete, as per...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/02/2006
Ultimate Developer and Power Tool List for Windows
Recently updated to its 2006 edition, Scott Hanselman's Ultimate Developer and Power Tool List for...
Author: RobBurke Date: 09/01/2006
MSDN Flash Ireland - International Resources - 1 Sept 06
Web Resources [SQL Server and Data Access] 2006 PASS Community Summit: Microsoft SQL Server Users...
Author: RobBurke Date: 08/31/2006
XNA Studio Express Beta now available
I just got word (through my free subscription to the Connect program) that XNA Game Studio Express...
Author: RobBurke Date: 08/30/2006
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals - CTP available for download
Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals is a suite of tools designed to help database...
Author: RobBurke Date: 08/25/2006
Tame the CLR: Expect game-quality real-time performance from managed code
Game developers may be skeptical at first that the CLR's managed environment can provide consistent,...
Author: RobBurke Date: 08/24/2006
Andrew Blake, 'Computer Science and Illusion' presentation in Dublin, September 6th
A highly respected Senior Researcher from Microsoft Research in Cambridge is visiting Dublin on...
Author: RobBurke Date: 08/24/2006
Where Design Comes From
Where do you find inspiring examples of design and aesthetics? I subscribe to Will Weyer's F:E:D, or...
Author: RobBurke Date: 08/18/2006
XNA is based on the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 - so what's new in the world of mobility?
I'm still chomping at the bit for the XNA Framework and XNA Studio, which will allow .NET developers...
Author: RobBurke Date: 08/17/2006