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SilverLight vs Flex : the war is starting
2007-05-05 00:00:00
Any one want to start flame war SilverLight vs Flex ? This below comparison, I copy it from http://silverlight.net/forums/t/634.aspx Flex 2 Silver Light 1. Flex is available today and works. 2. Flex 2 is viewable in 85+% of web browsers, Flex 2 SWF files run in Flash Player 9. 3. You can use any HTTP Server and any backend technology (.NET,JAVA,PHP,Ruby,CF, Python) with Flex via XML, SOAP, Sockets, ZLIB, Etc. 4. Flex 2 has a mature and growing component set. There are lots of developers creating open source components for Flex and the source code for all components is available today in the Flex SDK. See: Flexbox, FlexLib, FlexComponents for details. 5. Flex does not integrate well with .NET on the backend. We are working on a great solution to make .NET integration seamless. Additionally strongly typed SOAP Web Services support coming in Flex 3 (very soon) including full support for .NET SOAP encodings. 6. Real-time data push with Binary Sockets using any TCP/IP Socket se...
More About: Silverlight , Tart

VisitMix recording is up
2007-05-03 00:00:00
For people who do not have a chance to visit Visi tMix, all of Visit Mix sessions is up to view and download at http://sessions.visitmix.com/
More About: Recording , Record , Cord

.NET 1857 times faster than Javascript
2007-05-03 00:00:00
Scott Gu in the conference illustrate .NET run at 1,209,152 nodes/sec compare to JScript at 651 nodes/sec
More About: Javascript , Times , Fast , Aster

Several WPF application
2007-05-02 00:00:00
Thirteen23 created an interactive prototype for rich rendering and animationhttp://www.thirteen23.com/work/c ine.view/index.html   Thirteen23 created an app to allow searching Flickr. http://www.thirteen23.com/work/nostalgia/ index.html     Flitter creating screen saver showing the latest flitter text. Source code available at http://blogs.msdn.com/karstenj/archive/20 07/04/30/flitter-source-posted.aspx  
More About: Ever , Vera , Application

FamilyShow app for WPF
2007-05-02 00:00:00
A well designed application for WPF. (It is not SilverLight). Vertigo created this application and source code available for download at http://www.vertigo.com/familyshow.aspx

The power of user community unleash
2007-05-02 00:00:00
User post about HD-DVD encryption story and digg delete the story. This cause madness, a lot of user start digging and posting all HD-DVD encryption. Some claim about 50000 digging. The power of user community unleashed. Finally, Kevin Rose surrended to the power of user community Quote from Kevin Rose blog  "after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you?ve made it clear. You?d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won?t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be."
More About: Power , Community , User , Unity , Comm

SilverLight Airline demo with source code
2007-05-02 00:00:00
Scott Guthrie show of SilverLight Airlines. It used managed code in web browser. You can download the code at Delay's Blog
More About: Source , Code , Silverlight , Demo

SilverLight beta 1.1
2007-05-02 00:00:00
SilverLight 1.1 has more capability compare to  SilverLight 1.0 beta. However, the download size become 4 MB instead of 1 MB. You can download all SilverLight version at http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/tool s.aspx The new version has two Javascript CreateSilverlight .js, and Silverlight.js instead of one.
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A guy get through tennis racket
2007-05-01 00:00:00
Just plain amazing how the whole body can goes through a tennis racket
More About: Tennis , Through , Rack

SilverLight will be open source at VisitMix
2007-05-01 00:00:00
Microsoft will open source SilverLight. It will be announce at VisitMix. SilverLight session in VisitMix "Citius, Altius, Fortius": Silverlight and the 2008 Olympic GamesSpeaker(s): Yang Jinwen- Beijing Olympics, Yueng Leung - e-Crusade, Laurence Moroney - Microsoft, Selina Yang - SohuAudience(s): Business Decision Maker, DesignerCome hear how Sohu.com, one of the top Web sites in China, is working with the Beijing 2008 Olympic Organizing Committee to build a "Faster, Higher, Stronger" rich client experience for the 2008 Olympic Games using Windows Presentation Foundation. A View from the Front: Real World Experiences of Windows Presentation Foundation and SilverlightSpeaker(s): Andy Hood - AKQAAudience(s): DesignerIn this session Andy Hood, Creative Development Director at AKQA, will present a walk-through of several WPF & Silverlight projects designed and built by AKQA this year, from concept through to design and development, showing how the new range of Expression tools wer...
More About: Open Source , Open , Source , Open-Source

Windows Vista blogger
2007-05-01 00:00:00
Windows Vista Team Blog - Blogshttp://windowsvistablog.com/ Windows Vista Webloghttp://www.windowsvistaweblog.com/ Tom Archer's Vista blog
More About: Windows , Blogger , Windows Vista , Indo

Creative urinals arts from Clark
2007-05-01 00:00:00
Clark Sorensen's Exhibits created below urinal arts
More About: Creative , Arts , Lark , Clar

the time is coming life like robot
2007-05-01 00:00:00
Roborama life like robot speakingJapanese robotic technology featuring human-like robot
More About: Life , Robot , Time , Like , Ming

people reaction to street sculpture
2007-05-01 00:00:00
people reaction to street sculpture TheoJansen-Animaris Percipiere PrimusSculpture power by wind. This one not exactly on the street though.
More About: People , Street , Tree , React

Almost hit by train in 2 seconds
2007-05-01 00:00:00
Is two seconds faster worth crossing the train rail road?   How to get a ride in India..... Another way to cross the rail tracks in Mumbai - India
More About: Train , Second , Most , Econ , TRAI

SilverLight Reflection
2007-05-01 00:00:00
Use Transforms and Opacity Masks to Create a Reflection in WPF/E Michael Schwarz converted above image an make the rotating gear. Transforms, Opacity Masks and Animation to Create an Animated Reflection in WPF/E   WPFE Reflection Builder presentation by WynaPSE.com   SilverLight Video reflection by WynaPSE.Com Playing Movies and Live Reflection in xaml http://blogs.sqlxml.org/wpfe/hong/ The hong reflection animate
More About: Silverlight

SilverLight DataGrid
2007-05-01 00:00:00
SilverLight (previously called WPF/E) lack Data Grid function. Here are some site that give a way around it. Simulating Data Grids in WPF/E - Part 1 Simulating Data Grids in WPF/E - Part 2
More About: Silverlight , Agri

David Copperfield - flying, walkthrouh wall, etc
2007-04-29 00:00:00
Got to solute David Copperfield magic trick capability   Flying Walkthrough wall
More About: Wall , Lying

SilverLight Drag and drop
2007-04-23 00:00:00
WPF/E Drag and Drop : Coco's Dress Up Kithttp://blogs.msdn.com/wpfedevcon/archi ve/2007/02/05/wpfe-drag-and-drop.aspxDrag and Drop with WPF/Ehttp://www.wpfstorm.com/Tips/Drag_an d_Drop_with_WPF_E.aspx How To Drag Objects in the Silverlight Canvashttp://www.wynapse.com/WPFE/Moving_ WPFE_Objects_with_the_mouse.aspxDrag and drop libraryhttp://blogs.msdn.com/llobo/archiv e/2006/12/08/drag-drop-library.aspx
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SilverLight Quick Start
2007-04-23 00:00:00
Quick Star t from MSDN Channel9.http://channel9.msdn.com/go/wpfe /quickstarts/about-frames.html part 1: create a WPF/E project Get the necessary files to start creating WPF/E content. part 2: create a XAML file Create a simple drawing. the Canvas object Learn how to use a Canvas to contain and position objects. drawing and painting Create shapes and paint them with solid colors, gradients, and images. common graphics properties Rotate and skew objects, make them fade from view, or clip them. images Add images to your WPF/E content. text Add text to your WPF/E content. media Play video and sound in your WPF/E content. animations Animate objects. scripting and mouse events Make your WPF/E content interactive. sample controls A few examples. create a Visual Studio WPF/E project Use Visual Studio to edit WPF/E files.
More About: Quick , Silverlight , Light

SilverLight blogger
2007-04-23 00:00:00
theWPFbloghttp://thewpfblog.com/index.php Joe Steman's Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jstegman/defaul t.aspx Mike Harsh's Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/mharsh/default. aspx Addicted to Digital Mediahttp://www.seanalexander.com/Categor yView,category,Silverlight .aspx Barak's Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/bardak/archive/ tags/SILVERLIGHT/default.aspx Tim Sneath's Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/ta gs/silverlight/default.aspx Bryant Likes' Bloghttp://blogs.sqlxml.org/bryantlikes/a rchive/tags/WPF_2F00_E/default.aspx Michael's Bloghttp://weblogs.asp.net/mschwarz/archi ve/tags/WPFE/default.aspxPsiSpace by Simon Middlemisshttp://psiman.wordpress.com/tag /it/wpf/
More About: Blogger , Light , Logger , Blogg

So much penny in 300 hours
2007-04-16 00:00:00
The guy at www.pennypyramidproject.com spend so much time to build penny pyramid
More About: Much , Penn , Hour , Hours , Penny

Amazing rock stacking and balancing
2007-04-14 00:00:00
There several talented rock artist. Some of them like this below from www.teamsandtastic.com/Rock Stacking/ or from David Yu Here is David Yu, you can see more of his staff at www.pbase.com/davidyuweb/rock_balancing
More About: Amazing , King , Alan , Balan

Amazing chairs?
2007-04-14 00:00:00
Just ton's of chairs. The source from Doris Salcedo, gallery from http://www.alexanderandbonin.com
More About: Hair , Amazing , Chair , Chairs , Chai

Amazing real computer graphics
2007-04-08 00:00:00
Song Hye Kyo created by Max Edwin Wahyudi (3D) Night Elf created by Max Kor (3D) The Final Battle, Max Kor (3D) Jennifer, Rami Shtainer (3D) Last Elf, Piotr Fox Wysocki (3D) credit from http://forums.cgsociety.org
More About: Graphics , Computer , Comp , Amazing , Computer Graphics

One time used digital camera to real camera
2007-04-08 00:00:00
This show how to convert one time used digital camera to digital camera that can be used over and over again
More About: Digital Camera , Camera , Time , Real , Digital

Amazing arrow shooting talent
2007-04-08 00:00:00
  that's a little bit over stretch. now this a real one monitor by high speed camerca.  
More About: Amazing , Shooting , Talent , Tale , Lent

Rabbit vs Falcon => Winner ? Rabbit
2007-04-01 00:00:00
Cool rabbit survival attempt against falcon
More About: Falcon , Winner , Rabbi , Falco

How San francisco look's like when big eartquake come?
2007-03-29 00:00:00
From metrophile reported that Red Cross Bay Area create four project by having truck park to advertise the impact of earth quake.
More About: Quake , San Francisco , Fran , Cisco , Come

The best sandal drinker in the world
2007-03-29 00:00:00
In arab world, when some one slap another person with sandal, it's mean the worst type of humilation. Now Reef company use sandal to hold your drink. Do you want to take a drink from it? Let me know. :) However, they do make some others intereresting stuff. May be it's just a good marketing to fool others.
More About: World , Drink , Best , Sand , The World