Oct 31, 2009

Submitted by Maniac D from Google Reader: Is this the man of 1,000 faces? No, not quite…..When I thought up this comic, I checked to see if it had been done before.As far as I have been able to tell, this piece of absolute comedy gold has not been used before! Amazing!It is such as easy joke to make, that it makes me wonder why it has not been done before?My theory (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Somasegar's WebLog Thorough, consistent, and extensible testing of systems remains one of the biggest challenges in creating and maintaining software systems. The Spec Explorer tool released today on DevLabs tackles that problem using Model-Based Testing techniques.  What Is It?Spec Explorer, is a tool for modeling software behavior and gener (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

ScottGu's Blog [In addition to blogging, I am now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. You can follow me on Twitter at: twitter.com/scottgu (@scottgu is my twitter name)] This is the eleventh in a series of blog posts I’m doing on the upcoming VS 2010 and .NET 4 release.  Today’s post covers WPF 4. WPF 4 Improvements (Read More)

Oct 18, 2009

Submitted by Maniac D from Google Reader: Today’s feed is different from the previous ones, and instead of an individual it is a site/vendor/company sponsored/etc feed from Microsoft. MS tech is a very slippery eel. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on it, it twists and slips from your fingers… Today’s feed is a means to help you catch that eel (or at least (Read More)

Oct 25, 2009

Submitted by Maniac D from Google Reader: Magellan is a lightweight framework that makes it easy to build WPF navigation applications. It is inspired by the ASP.NET MVC framework. The main features are:Model-View-Controller supportAction filters for cross-cutting concerns such as authorization and redirectionBlend behaviors to make navigation easyTransitions bet (Read More)

Oct 26, 2009

MSDN Blogs There's a new eBook from Microsoft Press, Deploying Windows 7, offering essential guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine. You'll find selected chapters from the Windows 7 Resource Kit on deployment platforms, planning, and testing application compatibility, to name a few. (Read More)

6 days ago

louisgray-com Cross-Posted on my Ecademy Blog and Shared HereInformation is power - and the ability to take in more information more quickly than anybody else, all in one place, is an incredible power. The Web has been built to enable all of us to share and distribute information quickly, through new posts and links.Tools like RSS (Real (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

Submitted by Maniac D from Google Reader: Since the 2008 release of Visual Studio, we're grown accustomed to using the term "Team System" or “Visual Studio Team System” (VSTS) to refer to the various SKU's above Visual Studio Professional including Team Foundation Server. With the recent release of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, Microsoft have done away with the “Team (Read More)

Oct 17, 2009

Submitted by Noel Adams from blog: Today, the Windows 7 Resource Kit should be available in stores, and the PowerShell Pack is available for download on code gallery. The PowerShell Pack contains over 800 scripts in 10 different modules.  Here’s a brief overview: WPK Create rich user interfaces quick and easily from Windows PowerShell. Think HTA, but ea (Read More)

Oct 19, 2009

Google Operating System If Google Maps doesn't offer high-quality maps for your country, you can improve them using Google Map Maker. "Google Map Maker allows you to create a map by adding or editing features such as roads, businesses, parks, schools and more. Using Google Map Maker tools, you can visually mark locations and add detailed informati (Read More)

Oct 19, 2009

LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews In a move that should surprise no one (in case you were wondering why we didn’t use Silverlight Streaming to host video after Soapbox closed), Silverlight Streaming, a Windows Live beta service for hosting Silverlight audio and video content, is being discontinued.  A blog post today on the Silverlight Streaming blog (firs (Read More)

Oct 20, 2009

"sharepoint" via John in Google Reader A new toolkit release! Some cool drag and drop features: “Other big news for this release is the introduction of comprehensive, WPF-compatibledrag-and-drop support for Silverlight! Although this support doesn't extend outsidethe web browser (that would require changes to Silverlight itself), it enab (Read More)

Oct 19, 2009

Submitted by Maniac D from Google Reader: So far the Microsoft customers that wanted to convert their physical boxes into Hyper-V virtual machines had to buy and use System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and its physical to virtual (P2V) migration tool. Or buy and use a third party P2V migration tool like the ones offered by Novell/Platespin or Quest/ (Read More)

Oct 15, 2009

Webware.com Developers can now put Wolfram Alpha results in their own applications. The company today opened up its API to open access, allowing coders to query the Wolfram system and incorporate its data, calculations, and rich media results.The company put out a blog post about the new API without showcasing any example apps. However (Read More)

Oct 16, 2009

Submitted by Maniac D from Google Reader: Visual Studio Gallery – ShortcutVisualizer “ShortcutVisualizer, visualize your Visual Studio commands. Allows you to search for Visual Studio commands on the fly while pressing any or combination of the key modifiers (Shift, Alt, Ctrl). It provides a way to learn the Visual Studio shortcuts as you code. ” I’ (Read More)

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