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Spec Explorer for Visual Studio
Spec Explorer 2010 is a tool that extends Visual Studio for modeling software behavior, analyzing...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/02/2009
10 Expression Blend 3 Tutorials for Silverlight
This series of tutorials provides an overview of the Silverlight platform through the view of...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/02/2009
Silverlight 3 Custom Sorting with Paging Support
Are you still stuck wondering how to implement custom sorting in your Silverlight data grid – and...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/02/2009
Patterns-Based Silverlight Development Blog / Screencast Series
Rob Bagby has started a new series (blog posts and screencasts) on Patterns-Based Development with...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/02/2009
SharePoint 2010 Videos Reveal Development Experience
If you are curious what the development experience will be in SharePoint 2010, there are now 10...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/02/2009
ARCast.TV - Mark Pollack on Architecture Refactoring
While there are many qualities by which to judge an architecture, two technologies, dependency...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/01/2009
Mike Taulty Video Series on PRISM for Silverlight 3
Mike Taulty has published an excellent series of screencasts illustrating some of the ideas found in...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/30/2009
IE8 Accelerator for Searching IHI Improvement Map
The Improvement Map Accelerator allows you to search the IHI Improvement Map (IMap) from any site on...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/29/2009
O’Neil’s 7 on 7
Jim O’Neil, a developer evangelist for Microsoft, has published 7 detailed technical articles on 7...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/29/2009
Cloud Storage Studio – Managing Azure Storage
Now that the Azure commercial release date is just around the corner (November 17th at Microsoft’s...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/29/2009
ARCast.TV Special - Michael Stiefel on Software as a Service in the Cloud
The Architecture Innovation Cafe presents Michael Stiefel on Software as a Service in the Cloud...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/29/2009
Connected Show #19 – User Experience..It ain’t lipstick baby!
Connected Show – Episode #19 – Dave Crawford on User Experience: It ain’t lipstick baby! In this...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/29/2009
IHI Shines Silverlight on Healthcare Improvement
Recently Bob Familiar had the pleasure of sitting down with Michael Iantosca, CEO of eDefine, Paul...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/28/2009
Resources for Developing Windows 7 Applications
Microsoft has put together a list of online resources to help developers get started with creating...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/28/2009
Windows 7 Runtime Libraries Available for Vista and Windows Server 2008
Microsoft has just released a set of runtime libraries to support some Windows 7 features on Vista...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/28/2009
PDC09 – Register Today
Register by October 30th and receive a $300 discount! Get Windows 7 Compatible PDC09 attendees can...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/27/2009
Automating Azure
We are getting pretty close to the commercial release of the Windows Azure Platform at Microsoft’s...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/26/2009
Windows 7 Bible: Your Complete Guide to the Next Version of Windows from CIO Magazine
Shane O’Neill of CIO Magazine has compiled a great series of articles on Windows 7. From the...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/26/2009
Announcing The Great PHP on Windows Contest
Try your hand at PHP on Windows and win a complete 52" HDTV home entertainment system PLUS the...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/26/2009
The Architecture Journal – October Editor’s Choice
Resources for Architects: Editor's Choice Scalibility: 10 Ways to Take your Site from One to...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/26/2009
Channel 9 Learning Center – Just Launched!
The Channel 9 Learning Center is a new destination on Channel 9, that’s designed to provide free...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/26/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and NET Framework 4 Training Kit October Release for Beta 2!
This past week, we released the October preview of the Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/26/2009
ARCast.TV - CxO Level Discussion about Cloud Computing
What are the business considerations, the risks and benefits, when considering cloud computing...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/25/2009
Insights to Six Concerns Over Windows Azure
In his blog post titled “Outlook for Azure – scattered clouds but generally sunny”, Vishwas Lele,...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/23/2009
SmileBooks Windows 7
Check out this cool photo book tool called SmileBooks on Windows 7. Try the new multi-touch features...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/23/2009
More Happy is Here Now!
I like working for Microsoft (That's in case my boss is listening :-)) but it has never been as much...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/22/2009
What you need to know about Windows 7
MSNBC.COM has just published a PCWorld article by Harry McCracken that goes over some basic and...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/22/2009
Windows 7 Online Training
Microsoft has put together a collection of Windows 7 online training resources for developers at...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/21/2009
Three Options that Help You Understand and Resolve Windows 7 Compatibility Issues
Option #1: Use Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to check if the hardware on your existing computers is...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/21/2009
MSDN Premium and BizSpark – Now improved with Azure Access
For those of you who are interested in programming for the Windows Azure platform (and if not why...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/20/2009
Intel CEO Paul Otellini Speaks at FoxBusiness About Three Reasons Why Corporations May Not Put Off Upgrading to Windows 7
(Starting at 2'50" of the video clip) Why asked by FoxBusiness reporters why corporations may...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/19/2009
Ribbit for Silverlight (R4SL) – Deep Dive Event
Ribbit, a subsidiary of British Telecom, has been working with Microsoft on a project called Ribbit...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/19/2009
Architecture Thought Leaders Gathered in New York
Technorati Tags: Architecture,Community It is great when my worlds collide. As many of you know I am...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/19/2009
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Released
Microsoft is pleased to announce that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 w/ .NET Framework 4.0 is...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/19/2009
IIS Media Services 3.0 Released!
IIS Media Services 3.0 has been released and is now available as a free download for Windows 2008...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/19/2009
Learn how EZ it is to Create IE8 Web Slices & Accelerators
Ever wanted to build your own IE8 Web Slice or Accelerator but didn’t know what was involved or how...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/19/2009
Make your Silverlight 3 Applications Scream with GPU Acceleration
Wondering how to make your Silverlight 3 applications perform better? Is the weight of heavy...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/19/2009
Light up your Web Site with Internet Explorer 8
Light up your web site with Internet Explorer 8! GET ASP.NET Controls for IE8, including code...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/18/2009
Light up your Application on Windows 7
Light up your applications on Windows 7! GET Windows 7 API Pack Windows 7 SDK Windows 7...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/18/2009
OS X vs. Windows: In social media face-off, Apple Inc. gets a thrashing
Ian Lamont writes for The Industry Standard. “If you were a betting man (or woman), who do you think...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/18/2009
ARCast.TV - Matt Hessinger on How Business Drives Architecture
Enterprise Architects, Solutions Architects, Infrastructure Architects, and Business Analysts all...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/18/2009
SQL Azure is now Feature-Complete
Technorati Tags: SQL Azure,Architecture SQL Azure (and the Windows Azure Platform) goes live next...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/18/2009
Understanding Public Clouds: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
In this blog post Keith Pijanowski describe Cloud Computing in terms of Infrastructure as a Service...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/18/2009
What to do till the SQL Azure management tools come?
Technorati Tags: SQL Azure,Architecture,Community SQL Azure will go live next month at PDC on...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/18/2009
Setting Beautiful Bing Pictures as your Windows 7 Background
Do you enjoy the beautiful pictures that Bing presents daily? Ever interested to display these...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 10/16/2009
ARCast.TV Special - Jim Wilt on Increasing Solution Adoption Success Using Architectural Skills
ARCast.TV Special - Jim Wilt on Increasing Solution Adoption Success Using Architectural Skills...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/14/2009
An Architect’s perspective on Silverlight 3
Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 90-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on...
Author: jbarnes Date: 10/12/2009
The Many Flavors of Cloud Computing
Keith Pijanowski gives us his insights into the many flavors of Cloud Computing… “Word choice is...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/12/2009
Silverlight-3 Fire Starter Download Links Posted
Mithun Dhar has posted the download links for the September Silverlight-3 FireStarter on-line...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/12/2009
Architect Innovation Cafe – Deploying Windows 7
Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 90-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 10/12/2009