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What's new in IE8
2008-03-14 11:35:00 About a week back Microsoft announced Internet Explorer 8 at the MIX08 conference and most interesting part is that a developer beta is now available for download. You can go ahead and download the beta here What's New in IE8? Firstly, IE8 comes with lot of changes in it's internal architecture that improves readability, performance, and scalability of the browser. Now, How it works, Andy Zeigler, Program Manager on IE Foundation Team at Microsoft explains some of the details. Andy Zeigler Said: You may have noticed that computers come pre-loaded with all sorts of software. While a lot of this software is useful and works well, some of it, including IE add-ons, can crash and interfere with your browsing experience. Internet Explorer 3rd-party add-ons are COM-based, which enables developers to write high-performance add-ons with powerful featu... More About: Software
.NET Framework Library Source Code now Available
2008-01-25 19:03:00 Few months back I had blogged about this real amazing news from .NET Framework's team, plans to release Source Code of .NET Framework Libraries and enable debugging support of them in Visual Studio 2008. Well... the special day has arrived, Recently Scott announced Source Code of .Net Framework Libraries is now available for everyone. Isn't this great news?! I'm pretty much excited to check it out. Currently source code for the following .NET Framework libraries are available. .NET Base Class Libraries including System, System.CodeDom, System.Collections, System.ComponentModel, System.Diagnostics, System.Drawing, System.Globalization, System.IO, System.Net, System.Reflection, System.Runtime, System.Security, System.Text, System.Threading, etc). ASP.NET (System.Web, System.Web.Extensions) Windows Forms (System.Windows.Forms) Windows Presentation Foundation (System.Windows) ... More About: Software , Microsoft , Library , Windows Vista
The Web 2.0 Video: Another Bubble
2007-12-09 10:36:00 enjoy! :D The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Video , Bubble
Open Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
2007-10-05 07:54:00 Recently Scott announced some really exciting news for .NET developers that his team has been working to enable the ability for .NET developers to browse and download source code of .NET Framework Libraries and also with debugging support. This feature will be available with .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, which is expected later this year. Microsoft will begin with offering the source code for .NET Framework Libraries including: System System.IO System.Collections System.Configuration System.Threading System.Net System.Security System.Runtime System.Text ASP.NET (System.Web) Windows Form... More About: Software , Open Source , Open , Source
Silverlight 1.0 Released and get ready for Moonlight
2007-09-07 20:29:00 A day back Microsoft announced Silverlight 1.0 final release for Mac and Windows. A cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the web. Some of its features include: Built-in codec support for playing VC-1 and WMV video, and MP3 and WMA audio within a browser. The VC-1 codec is a big step forward for incorporating media within a web experience - since it supports very efficiently playing high-quality, high definition video in the browser. It is a standards-based media format that is implemented in all HD-DVD and Blueray DVD players, and is supported by hundreds of millions of mobile devices, XBOX 360s, PlayStation 3s, and Windows Media Centers (enabling you to encode content once and run it on all of these devices + Silverlight unmodified). It enables you to use a huge library of existing vid... More About: Released , Moonlight , Ready , Get Ready
Not just one, It's many
2007-07-26 00:40:00 Many of you might be thinking, what's this Nokia N95 Ad catch line doing up here. Now, all that I can say is, the new Visual Studio 2008 is not just yet another release, its pretty much more than that. There has been huge number of improvements in the latest Visual Studio and covering up each and everyone is beyond the scope of this post. So I'll be pointing out key objects. Multi-Targeting Support. Better AJAX and Javascript Support. Rich HTML/CSS WYSIWYG Designer. Significantly Improved Data Support Multi-Targeting Support - Few weeks back Scott Guthrie blogged about this amazing new feature. One of the big changes that you are going to experi... More About: Software
How Addicted to Blogging Are You?
2007-07-14 21:22:00 65%How Addict ed to Blogg ing Are You? Mingle2 - Online Dating The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way.
DasBlog 1.9.7 released
2007-06-29 14:38:00 Scott announced some great news... A few points to note about this release. This is the final release on an ASP.NET 1.1 codebase. No bugs will be fixed unless this release kills a kitten. NOTE: To be clear, even though this is compiled under ASP.NET 1.1, it runs GREAT under .NET 2.0 as is. Just follow the comments in the web.config to change a few settings. The next release will literally be in a week or so, it will be called DasBlog 2.0 and will be compiled under .NET 2.0 and have changes to support Medium Trust environments. This will allow folks downloading the source to compile DasBlog happily with VS 2005 or Orcas, or just MSBuild. We'll announce a one year roadmap with our plan to move towards .NET 3.5 as well as a new release every 60 days. We will very likely move to a location that is not SourceForge. We'll have a visual refresh of the main project pa... More About: Software , Released , Lease , Ease
Search for anything
2007-06-22 22:28:00 lol... funny Windows Live Search commercial. > The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Thing , Anything
Google Gears and Offline Mode
2007-06-04 00:59:00 Few days back Google took an amazing step towards Rich Internet Application arena and announced Google Gears. A tiny (700k) browser plug-in download that lets a Web Application store data on your local machine. As for now only Google Reader has been introduced with Offline Mode feature and I'm hoping to see Google's other Web Apps to kick start with this feature too. Above is a Security Dialog box that pops up as soon you start or load a Web App that is using Google Gear and it lets you know that Google Gear is going to store data on your local machine. Google Gears uses SQLite to store information locally and uses SQL from JavaScript to CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) data. Here are few links to know more about Google Gears. Google Gears Developer site ... More About: Software , Firefox
Community Server 2007 announced
2007-04-21 20:02:00 Lately, I've been busy at my work and it’s been impossible to update my blog. Now as you know this week has been a week full of new surprises, Microsoft shipped Visual Studio Codename "Orcus" Beta 1 and early this week Telligent Systems announced availability of Comm unity Server 2007 with huge number of features and advancements. I'm really excited to get started with Community Server 2007. Here are some links to know more about Community Server:Download Community Server 2007Community Server Documentation The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Unity , Anno
Visual Studio Codename Orcus Beta 1 has shipped
2007-04-21 00:55:00 Earlier this week Microsoft said that they planned to ship Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 for download some time in April. On April 19, they made good on their word. Microsoft posted Visual Studio Code name "Orcus" Beta 1 Professional Edition for download and accompanying Team System lifecycle-development system tools; the 3.5 release of the .Net Framework; and a first Community Technology Preview (CTP) pre-beta build of the Express version of Orcas for non-professional programmers and hobbyists. Microsoft said earlier this week to expect a Beta 2 of Orcas later this year. The final version of Orcas may be released to manufacturing by the end of calendar 2007, but could slip into 2008, they said. Here are some links to know more about the new Visual Studio Codename "Orcus":Feature Specifications for Visual Studio and .NET Framework "Orcas"Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1Visual Studio Code Name "O...
Choosing the Right AJAX Framework
2007-03-18 22:53:00 There are Hundreds of Ajax Framework s available today. Sébastien Just explains How to choose the right one for yourself.server independent or not ? server independent frameworks will help you in mashing-up server technologies and lowly ties your software architecture while server dependent frameworks may increase your productivity but makes difficult major changes to your projects.structural Javascript enhancements ? Javascript can become a maze if your team does not share a common development methodology . There are so many ways of doing the same thing ( like creating objects of accessing the DOM ) in JS, that you must formalize the way to do it. Such a framework may help via on-demand Javascript, packaging abilities, enhanced OOP...re-usability of your written components ? making use of it shall help you in re-using written components in your next projects.framework current documentation level ? often low for most projects, you must take care of itfeatures you need ? ... More About: Work , Sing , Right
The Ultimate Vista Wallpaper
2007-03-10 23:53:00 Windows Vista Ultimate Team released new awesome Windows Vista Ultimate branded Wall paper s to public for download. These wallpapers are available for free to everyone, even to those who do not own a copy of Windows Vista. Enjoy :-) The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Paper , Mate
I Wowed Something
2007-03-10 23:12:00 I really did when I saw Ajax3D, an open source 3D engine written in JavaScript and uses HTML <canvas> tag for output. The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Wow , Methi , Something , Thing , Some
Community Server Quickly: The Perfect Community Server Guide
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Anand has contributed a very clear and straightforward guide to bring Community Server , a powerful solution for online communities to audience having no prior experience or knowledge about system administration or ASP.NET. Community Server is a powerful and an award-winning solution for online communities built on Microsoft?s .NET Platform and is the most trusted solution for many companies including Microsoft, Dell, Conde Nast and Match.com. This book is a perfect guide for people who want to get started with their own online community website and manage it without having any prior experience. This book covers most of the fundamentals about Community Server, brief and detailed information about its features and a step-by-step guide to installation, administration, customization, and deployment of Community Server. So if you are looking for quick start guide to start off with your very own community website then this book is for you. ... More About: Muni , Guide , Quick
Cool ASP.NET AJAX Goodies
2007-02-24 07:52:01 The ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Documentation is available for download and can now be easily downloaded for offline usage and Nikhil has updated his cool UpdateHistory Control for the final version of ASP.NET AJAX. This allows developers to add history entries to the browser's navigation stack selectively for some post-backs. The package contains the following controls, which includes the initial release of a couple of new controls. UpdateHistory This is a non-visual control that allows you to add history entries to the browser's navigation stack selectively for some post-backs, and not for some others. This helps fix the back button to make it work, and allows you to implement Ajax patterns such as "logical navigation" and unique URLs. StyledUpdatePanel ... More About: Cool , Good , Goodies , Dies
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Released
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Finally the wait is over and ASP.NET AJAX final version is out. You can download it here. ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 delivers a rich client-side AJAX library that provides cross platform, cross browser support for a core JavaScript type-system, JSON-based network serialization stack, JavaScript component/control model, as well as common client JavaScript helper classes. ASP.NET AJAX also delivers a rich server-side library that integrates AJAX functionality within ASP.NET, and enables developers to easily AJAX-enable existing ASP.NET 2.0 sites with minimal effort. ASP.NET AJAX is available for free, and can be used with ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005. It is a fully supported Microsoft product, and is backed by a standard 10 year Microsoft support license (with Microsoft Product Support available via phone 24 hours a day x 7 days a week). ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit In addition to the fully-supported ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 release, you can use the more than 30 free A... More About: Released , Ajax , Release , Lease , Ease
Its not just yet another Phone its an iPhone
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Yes thats right. Its not just yet another phone with a high resolution camera or better mp3 player with larger storage its much more than that. iPhone combines three products ? a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching ? into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone so I wont call that yet another phone. Apple and Cingular announced that Cingular, the largest wireless carrier in the US, will be Apple's exclusive US carrier partner for Apple's iPhone and will be available in the US beginning in June 2007 in a 4... More About: Iphone , Other , Just , Another
Say Hello to JAJAH
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Jajah enabled people to make a VOIP call from any phone to any phone without a download, installation, new phone number, or allowing your computer to be used in P2P network. Recently Jajah announced their services in India under very cheap rates also have extended its Free Global Calling Zone - within and between free countries, a registered Jajah user can call another registered user for free. The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Hell , Hello , Jajah
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Final Released
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 final release is out and available for download.Visual Studio shipped the final release of VS 2005 SP1 yesterday. It is available for immediate download in all 10 languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and both traditional and simplified Chinese). You can download and install it here. The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Visual Studio , Visual , Released , Final
ASP.NET AJAX RC is available
2007-02-24 07:52:01 In case you have missed this news. ASP.NET AJAX RC is available for download now. The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Ajax
Wanna try IIS7 Hosting for Free
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Yes, that right recently DiscountASP launched free IIS7 Beta hosting for all customers who are interested. This is a great way to try the new IIS7 features. You can get all the details at http://www.discountasp.net/sp_iis7hosting .aspx The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Hosting , Free , Host , Anna , Sting
Higher digital storage solutions on single disk
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Imagine taking the entire collection of historical documents at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and storing it on a single DVD. University of Central Florida Chemistry Professor Kevin D. Belfield and his team have cracked a puzzle that stumped scientists for more than a dozen years. They have developed a new technology that will allow users to record and store massive amounts of data -- the museum?s entire collection or as many as 500 movies, for example -- onto a single disc or, perhaps, a small cube. Belfield?s Two-Photon 3-D Optical Data Stor age system makes this possible. ?For a while, the community has been able to record data in photochromic materials in several layers,? Belfield said. ?The problem was that no one could figure out how to read out the data without destroying it. But we cracked it." Read more.. The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opin... More About: Disk , Rage , Sing
DHTML-based AJAX Widget for Time-based events
2007-02-24 07:52:01 Few days back Scott Hanselman blogged and about this amazing AJAX Time line Widget developed by some guys at MIT. Timeline is a DHTML-based AJAX widget for visualizing time-based events. Timeline can be used with zero software installation, server-side or client-side. And like Google Maps, you can populate Timeline with data by pointing it to an XML file. How to create Timelines Timeline Examples The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way. More About: Events , Event , Ajax |
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