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Run with the Bulls in 2010 with the new MSN Silverlight Portfolio Manager
The new MSN Portfolio Manager is a tool for the future. Interactive charts are integrated with your...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/04/2010
Windows 7 Optimizations on Solid State Drives
Be default, Windows 7 disables Superfetch, ReadyBoost, as well as boot and application launch...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 01/04/2010
Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 virtual images
Here’s a great way to get up-to-speed with Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/04/2010
Office 2010 Developer Training Kit Released!
Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is a broadly extensible platform for building information worker...
Author: jbarnes Date: 01/04/2010
Architecture Journal – Issue 22 – Business Intelligence
Contents Thinking Global BI: Data-Warehouse Principles for Supporting Enterprise-Enabled...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/03/2010
Architect Cafe Webcast - Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service
Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service January 15, 2010 at 11:00am –...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/03/2010
ARCast.TV - Real World Software + Services Architecture: The Winchester Ballistics Calculator
You've no doubt heard by now a lot about software plus services as an architectural concept, but how...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 01/03/2010
Migrating Applications to Windows Azure
Now that Windows Azure is released, many of you will be evaluating Microsoft’s cloud platform for...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/28/2009
Windows 7 and MinWin
If you’ve heard of Windows 7’s new kernel function called MinWin and are wondering if it is an...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/23/2009
Azure Lessons Learned: Outback Steakhouse Facebook Application
Check out this Channel 9 Azure-focused episode with Jim Zimmerman, CTO of Thuzi where he talks about...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/17/2009
Moving to SQL Azure? It’s Easy
Don’t take my word for it. Take a look at this blog post by David Ramel of 1105 Media Inc. In...
Author: Wzack Date: 12/16/2009
Adventure-Works Database for SQL Azure
It is a delight to announce the availability of the Adventure-Works Community Sample Databases for...
Author: Wzack Date: 12/16/2009
Silverlight 4: Accessing the Web Camera and Microphone
Did you know that Webcams and microphones are now accessible from Silverlight 4 applications?...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/15/2009
MyChristmasCatalog featured on Silverlight.net
Still looking for that last minute Holiday gift? Check-out the home page of...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/14/2009
PHP and IE8 Web Slices
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) shipped with a new feature for web users called Web Slices. You can learn...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/14/2009
IE8 And HTML 5
In this post, you will see some of the features from the W3C HTML 5 Working Draft, from the...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/14/2009
Dominos Pizza Hosts a Java/Tomcat Infrastructure on Windows Azure
Peter Laudati & Dmitry Lyalin host the edu-taining Connected Show developer podcast on cloud...
Author: Wzack Date: 12/14/2009
IE8 And Web Standards
Earlier this year, Microsoft submitted 7200 CSS 2.1 test cases to the W3C, as a mature...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/14/2009
15 reasons why you should start using Model Driven Development (MDD)
Johan den Haan has written a compelling piece over at Enterprise Architect on why you should start...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/13/2009
ARCast.TV - Rocky Lhotka on Development Frameworks
It is difficult to strike a balance between the optimal architecture and over architecting a...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/13/2009
3M Multi-touch Developer Kit on Windows 7
The 3M Multi-touch Developer kit consists of a 19-inch, 16:10 metal-housed LCD display with desktop...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/11/2009
Windows Azure in 20 Minutes!
I had the opportunity to present The Windows Azure Platform at the 2nd Annual ISV Architects...
Author: Wzack Date: 12/10/2009
Windows 7 Application Compatibility List
Microsoft recently published a list of 6645 software applications and respective Windows 7...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/09/2009
Leverage Microsoft .Net and WCF for Your Enterprise SOA - WebCast
Leverage Microsoft .Net & WCF for Your Enterprise SOA Rapidly integrate Microsoft-based SOA...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/07/2009
Windows Azure Present and Future
Are you looking for a great video that gives you a vantage point of what is Windows Azure and what’s...
Author: Wzack Date: 12/07/2009
MultiTouch Capabilities in Windows 7
Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, in this MSDN article provides a great overview of...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/07/2009
Windows Azure Platform Patterns, Pricing and Promotions
If you are a customer, partner or competitor of Microsoft, you’ll want to take a look at this blog...
Author: Wzack Date: 12/07/2009
Silverlight 4 – Feature Montage via Code Samples & Presentation Deck
Jeff Barnes has released a blog post with links to a consolidated slide deck and code samples that...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/07/2009
Silverlight 3/4: Advanced Performance / Profiling Techniques
Did you know that by simply specifying “EnableGPUAcceleration=true “ in the Silverlight plug-in, in...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/07/2009
Tap into the Power of the Windows 7 Taskbar
Paul Foster’s recent blog post at DeveloperFusion discusses the new capabilities of Windows 7...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 12/07/2009
Top 5 reasons for IT Pros to deploy IE8
Why as an IT Pro should you upgrade now from IE 6 or 7 or switch from a competing browser? Here are...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/07/2009
Office 2010 Workshop Materials
Office 2010 Beta is a broadly extensible platform for building information worker productivity...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/07/2009
Updated MSDN Parallel Computing Developer Center
Check-out the revised Parallel Computing Developer Center on MSDN at...
Author: jbarnes Date: 12/07/2009
Developing Better User Experiences with Internet Explorer 8
Chris “Woody” Woodruff and Keith Elder host the entertaining and informative Deep Fried Bytes...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/06/2009
Pluralsight launches .NET Podcast Series
Announcing the Pluralsight .NET Podcast The Pluralcast is a bi-weekly audio show about life on the...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/06/2009
ARCast.TV - Vishwas Lele, CTO of Applied Information Sciences, on Cloud Architecture Patterns
ARCast.TV - Talking About Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform Want to know more about...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/06/2009
Azure Data as a Service – Jim O’Neil details Dallas
Jim O’Neil has written a great blog that introduces you to the Data as a Service codenamed “Dallas”....
Author: bob.familiar Date: 12/01/2009
Revision of Windows 7 Developer Guide
The Windows 7 platform makes it easy for developers to create engaging, user-friendly applications...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/30/2009
A Lap Around Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2010
Wondering what’s coming in the next version of Visual Studio? Come learn how Visual Studio 2010...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/30/2009
BuzzTap – Tapping into Fresh Sports News with IE8
BuzzTap (www.buzztap.com), has built a aggregated sporting news engine, and allows people to consume...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/30/2009
Silverlight 4 – Review of all the Cool New Features
Check-out this comprehensive blog post by Tim Heuer – who outlines all the cool new SL4 features...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/30/2009
ARCast.TV - Albert Pascual on how he built GeoTwitter
ARCast.TV - Albert Pascual on how he built GeoTwitter Brian H. Prince sits down with Albert Pascual...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/29/2009
Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service
December 22, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/29/2009
Windows 7 Books for Developers and Administrators
Microsoft Press has recently released "Introducing Windows 7 for Developers". Samples are...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/25/2009
PDC09 – Session, Video and PPT List by Greg Duncan
Greg Duncan has cleverly put together a page that lists the PDC09 sessions with links to videos and...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/24/2009
Windows 7 Touch Deep Dive Session at PDC09
Check out Reed Townsend’s Windows 7 touch deep dive session at PDC. This session is targeted at...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 11/23/2009
Building Amazing Business Applications with Silverlight 4, RIA Services and Visual Studio 2010
RIA Services is a set of end-to-end experiences that makes it as easy to build Silverlight based...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/23/2009
TailSpin Travel – Now Boarding! Your Personal Tour of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0
During Bob Muglia’s keynote at the PDC last week, Cameron Skinner from the Visual Studio team,...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/23/2009
PDC09 - Surface SDK For All
Microsoft announced at the PDC last week the broad availability of the Microsoft Surface SDK...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 11/23/2009
Internet Explorer 9 – Raising the Bar on Performance and Interoperability
At the PDC last week, Microsoft demonstrated progress on browser performance and interoperable...
Author: jbarnes Date: 11/23/2009