Oct 28, 2009

"sharepoint" via John in Google Reader So I saw the Setting Up a Development environment for SharePoint 2010 was posted on MSDN. I nearly fell off my chair when I read this: “In any development environment, you should use a computer with an x64-capable CPU, and at least 2 gigabytes (GB) and preferably 4 GB of RAM for SharePoint Foundation, and 6 to 8 GB of RAM (Read More)

18 hours ago

Penny Arcade Tycho: New Super Mario Brothers Wii is marriage poison. I wouldn't play this game with any person you want to see again. In its multiplayer interpretation, which I suggest be referred to as "Divorce Mode," choreographing your platform jumps in a way that does not interfere with another person's basic game interactions can b (Read More)

19 hours ago

Submitted by Ferringer from Google Reader: If you're planning on watching Saturday's battle for the Bucket, do yourself a favor: Turn down the sound on the TV and crank up the volume on the radio. OK, there might be a delay but that never hurt anyone.It's Joe McConnell's last game as the voice of Purdue football. Should be a memorable day for the Franklin College Gr (Read More)

20 hours ago

Lifehacker The preview edition of Gina and Adam's new book, The Complete Guide to Google Wave, is now available in PDF form for your offline, ebook-reading pleasure. Google Wave is a young tool that's not terribly easy to understand for a lot of folks, but at least a couple of your Lifehacker editors are completely nuts for Wave and i (Read More)

2 days ago

Wired Top Stories Blame it on the planes isn't the latest Milli Vanilli spoof, it's one man's $555 million claim that the local airport drove off his wife and kids. Stanley G. Hilton's lawsuit blames everybody and everything shy of the rain, moon and stars for the end of his marriage. Given his record, we wouldn't be surprised if they're lis (Read More)

21 hours ago

Submitted by Ferringer from Google Reader: Now that the competition BBQ season has come to a close, it's time to once again dust off something we like to call TGI Frydays.  Each Friday, we will bring you a sometimes delightful, sometimes disgusting, deep fried creation.  Sometimes it's a lot of fun, but really it's just an excuse to get our creative juices flowing a (Read More)

22 hours ago

Submitted by Ferringer from Google Reader: James Avery and I have just launched a new site, Tekpub.com, that is focused on helping developers kick ass in their jobs. There have been a lot of questions about this after our “soft” launch yesterday, so I thought I would address them here. What is it you do again? Screencasts – or more precisely “Video Productions” – (Read More)

22 hours ago

Submitted by Ferringer from Google Reader: SharePoint Server 2010 can be installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can find installation steps for different OSes on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx . So is there any difference between these OSes when you want to play with SharePoi (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Ferringer from Google Reader: I was really blown away by the new features in Silverlight 4 demoed at the PDC keynote yesterday. The list is too long to include here so go here instead. If we have all these features in Silverlight, then why even bother with WPF? This will be one less technology we will have to learn about. The VS 2010 editor should simp (Read More)

1 day ago

"sharepoint" via John in Google Reader In my previous article I wrote about extending the Visual Studio SharePoint development tools. Now it’s time for the first extension: Imtech Run PowerShell Script Deployment Step.Deploying solutions using the Visual Studio SharePoint development toolsThe new Visual Studio SharePoint development tools help you not only with (Read More)

1 day ago

SharePointFeeds.com - MOSS 2007 Blog Feeds Since 2006 If you will be installing the SharePoint Server 2010 Public Beta on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows 7, then you will need to download and install an update from http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=23806  to resolve an issue that occurs in Microsoft ShareP (Read More)

1 day ago

SharePoint Reporter Latest Posts By now, everyone and his brother are downloading and installing the SharePoint 2010 beta onto their Windows 7 and Vista boxes. Why not? I mean, for the longest time we were stuck with having to spin up a Windows 2003 or 2008 server so now accessibility is here and we can genuinely put it on our machines without hackish work (Read More)

1 day ago

Windows Vista Team Blog The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24th, 2009. Power Pack 3 will be made available to existing users via Windows Update. Users need to have Windows Home Server with Po (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Ferringer from Google Reader: Microsoft today officially announced the release date for Windows Home Server Power Pack 3. We have talked a lot over the last 6 months about PP3, so it’s to finally see it ready for release.Here is the full press release from the Windows Home Server Team:The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Ferringer from Google Reader: This lovely cartoon from qcjeph regarding win and fail is making the rounds right now, so some of you will have noticed it already. But we're certain that if you haven't seen it, you should. Especially if you're the sort of person who takes the Internet into the real world. (Link includes NSFW language, but then looking at (Read More)

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