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Microsoft to Release IIS Express

If you've been frustrated with Visual Studio's development server or the full version of IIS, you may be interested in Microsoft's third option: IIS Express. Related PostsHow to Run Apache and IIS at the Same Time: Part 1Visual Studio 2005 Express
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Craig Buckler
tags: web tech iis microsoft windows
Jul 28 2010 09:50 AM
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The Slash-Dot Problem

[I wrote the below in May 2003 in a 4 part article series. I ran across it today and thought I would repost it. Dynamic languages are the future... ] The Slash-Dot Problem: Once I put the kids to bed, I am going to tell you about this problem and how to
Douglas Purdy
 
douglasp
tags: data microsoft software development
Jul 23 2010 03:45 PM
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Android and the iPad makes Steve Ballmer quiver in his boots.

I wonder if Android and the iPad keeps Steve Ballmer awake at night.Why so?The iPad is successful, not only as a consumer device but also as an enterprise device. If the results of the iPad are anything to go by, the Tablet is a poised to be a very
Dot Neverland
 
tags: ipad android microsoft
Jul 22 2010 11:44 AM
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The case of the disappearing OnLoad exception – user-mode callback exceptions in x64

For the impatient, you can skip to the end of the article to see what you should do about disappearing exceptions in desktop applications The problem – why doesn’t this crash? If you’ve got a 64-bit OS on your machine, try the
Thursday Night
 
Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net wpf / silverlight
Jul 21 2010 09:09 PM
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VS2010 Snippets for ReactiveXaml

One of the folks using RxXaml is our intrepid intern, Roberto Sonnino (he’s the one who came up with the short name RxXaml!) – he’s created some handy snippets that will expand out to the standard forms of a read-write ReactiveObject
Thursday Night
 
Paul Betts
tags: microsoft reactive extensions wpf / silverlight
Jul 20 2010 08:50 PM
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Free Speed Launch From Microsoft Labs Is Worth A Look

Windows “Start” menu is pretty cool – it acts much like a one stop shop for application launch, and it allows access to additional functions and computer locations. Overall, the start menu suits me well, but I’m always curious about tools that claim to
Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts
 
Bill Mullins
tags: application launchers freeware microsoft
Jul 18 2010 07:08 AM
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ReactiveXaml series: Using MemoizingMRUCache

Memoization and Caching One thing that is useful in any kind of programming is having a look-up table so that you don’t have to spend expensive calls to fetch the same data that you just had recently. Fetching the data and passing it around via
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Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net reactive extensions wpf / silverlight
Jul 14 2010 07:14 PM
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74% of work PCs still run XP, and they're 4.4 years old

According to new data revealed by Microsoft at its Worldwide Partner Conference, enterprise upgrades to Windows 7 do not have much momentum so far in 2010.
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Jason Hiner
tags: desktop computers microsoft microsoft windows windows 7
Jul 14 2010 04:34 AM
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MSDN Ultimate Contest #1 – Winner Announcement

I received a lot of great entries for the first MSDN giveaway this week, which made it very difficult to choose a winner. In the end I selected Marc Scheuner because I felt he most closely fits the ‘community influencer’ mold. He has been an MVP in
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Alvin Ashcraft
tags: announcements contests microsoft msdn subscriptions
Jul 10 2010 07:57 AM
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2011 tablet sales will hurt Intel and Microsoft

Analysts expect tablets such as the Apple iPad to sell 28 million units overall in 2011, and to cannibalize sales of Wintel laptops.
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Jason Hiner
tags: apple intel microsoft ipad
Jul 10 2010 05:52 AM
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What's new in Visual Studio 2010 quick reference poster

One of my favourite aspects of my work at BB&D, is the creation of quick reference posters and cheat sheets for the DRP site which is one of BB&D’s way of sharing knowledge outside the organisation. I have recently produced a bunch of new posters
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Robert MacLean
tags: .net alm development microsoft
Jul 09 2010 11:37 PM
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What's new in Visual Studio 2010 quick reference poster

One of my favourite aspects of my work at BB&D, is the creation of quick reference posters and cheat sheets for the DRP site which is one of BB&D’s way of sharing knowledge outside the organisation. I have recently produced a bunch of new posters
SADev.co.za
 
Robert MacLean
tags: .net alm development microsoft
Jul 09 2010 09:52 PM
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Presentation Dump - Mid 2010: VS2010, NDepend, RESTful Design, SSIS, EntLib 5, .NET Reflection, AppFabric, BDD, Sikuli & Redmine

The past 6 months have been hectic from a presentation perspective for me, with 20 presentations and classes given this year so far. So instead of a single dump of presentations at the end of the year, as I did last year, I am doing a mid-year dump. What
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Robert MacLean
tags: alm development microsoft
Jul 09 2010 02:50 AM
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.NET Devs: Need an MSDN Universal Subscription? Here are Two Chances to Win One

Like my fellow Microsoft MVPs under the development umbrella, I have been given some MSDN Ultimate licenses to give to influential members of the community. I have found a deserving home for one of them. To find homes for the other two licenses, I
Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew
 
Alvin Ashcraft
tags: development announcements contests microsoft
Jul 07 2010 11:08 AM
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ReactiveXaml series: Implementing search with ObservableAsPropertyHelper

Implementing an auto-search TextBox using Rx and ReactiveXaml One of the most important classes in ReactiveXaml called ObservableAsPropertyHelper is a class that allows you to take an IObservable and convert it into a read-only, change notifying
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Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net reactive extensions wpf / silverlight
Jul 06 2010 08:40 PM
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[MUST READ] Windows 7 Users Only

We have been posting various Windows 7 articles since the time when Windows 7 was under Beta testing. If you were not using Windows 7 at that time, you might have missed those articles. So today in this topic, we are putting together all those
Tweaking with Vishal
 
VG
tags: windows 7 7 help microsoft
Jul 06 2010 12:56 AM
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Microsoft Office Online: A Second Look

Craig reviews the official version of Microsoft Office Online at Live.com. Will it tempt you to try the online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote? Related PostsMicrosoft Release Office Online at Docs.comMicrosoft Plans to (Finally) Launch
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Craig Buckler
tags: web tech microsoft office online
Jul 06 2010 12:56 AM
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New McAfee Study – Teenagers Confidence In Staying Safe Online Misplaced

McAfee Inc., a well known provider of antivirus software and intrusion prevention solutions, has just released its most recent research data on the behavior of young people, while using the Internet. The Youth Online Behavior Study, of 1,357 young people
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Bill Mullins
tags: internet safety for children internet safety for teenagers microsoft parenting help
Jul 02 2010 06:55 PM
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IE9 gets a Web Timing API to measure performance

Web site performance is a very important topic. We should not let our end users wait for our sites and optimizing them for load time and rendering can save us thousands of dollars in traffic. There is a lot of great content out there on performance
Ajaxian » Front Page
 
Chris Heilmann
tags: front page ie microsoft performance
Jun 30 2010 12:44 PM
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The Anatomy of a Leak: Windows 8 Documentation

  Well, after quite an exciting day of Windows 8 information leaking its way out to the Internet, it appears Microsoft is officially on the war path to finding who leaked the information in the first place. As noted on Twitter by Tom Warren of
Microsoft Kitchen
 
Stephen Chapman
tags: legal microsoft rants and rambling windows 8
Jun 29 2010 01:34 AM
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ReactiveXaml series: A Sample MVVM application

A Sample App makes understanding ReactiveXaml way easier I used this application to help guide the API design around ReactiveXaml, and I think it’s a good illustration on how to use this library to write WPF applications. The original goal of it
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Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net reactive extensions
Jun 28 2010 05:00 AM
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ReactiveXaml Series: ReactiveAsyncCommand

Motivation If you’ve done any WPF programming that does any sort of interesting work, you know that one of the difficult things is that if you do things in an event handler that take a lot of time, like reading a large file or downloading something
Thursday Night
 
Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net reactive extensions
Jun 28 2010 03:17 AM
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What Office taught me about Visual Studio? A very cool toolbox trick.

I spend a significant amount of time in PowerPoint and to get a constant look and feel in my slides, I often use the Format Painter option. Using this tool you highlight some text/image/video, click the Format Painter button and then paint some other
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Robert MacLean
tags: .net alm development microsoft
Jun 26 2010 04:24 AM
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How to Unblock Unsafe Attachments in Microsoft Outlook

Outlook is great until you want to send files to another developer. Craig provides a quick tip for thwarting those "unsafe attachment" messages. Related PostsMicrosoft Breaks HTML Email Rendering in Outlook 2007Outlook 2010 to Set New Standard in
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Craig Buckler
tags: web tech email microsoft outlook
Jun 23 2010 01:34 PM
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ReactiveXaml series: ReactiveCommand

What is ReactiveCommand ReactiveCommand is an ICommand implementation that is simultaneously a RelayCommand implementation, as well as some extra bits that are pretty motivating. Let’s jump right into the first example: /* GeSHi (c) Nigel McNie
Thursday Night
 
Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net reactive extensions
Jun 22 2010 10:29 AM
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ReactiveXaml now has a mailing list

I started a Google Group for ReactiveXaml since I don’t take comments on my blog. You can find it here: http://groups.google.com/group/reactivexaml
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Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net reactive extensions
Jun 22 2010 08:40 AM
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Has Google Banned Microsoft Windows?

According to reports in the mainstream press, Google has banned Windows from company PCs. Craig looks at the story and thinks something doesn't smell quite right. Related PostsMicrosoft to Offer Competing Browsers in Windows?Microsoft Backtracks on
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Craig Buckler
tags: news & trends google microsoft windows
Jun 17 2010 12:37 PM
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Introducing Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Incredibly useful tool for managing multiple remote desktop (RDP) connections, and allows you to view, connect, and disconnect from groups of server connections as a whole or individually. If you use RDP often, this is well worth the download. (And
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willwm
tags: downloads utilities microsoft
Jun 16 2010 09:07 PM
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Apple Overtakes Microsoft to Become the Biggest Technology Company

Apple is now the largest IT business in the world. Craig asks whether this will affect people's perceptions of the company. Related PostsMicrosoft Learns the Wrong Lesson from AppleApple Accepts Opera on the iPhoneEU to Investigate Exploding Apple
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Craig Buckler
tags: news & trends apple microsoft
Jun 16 2010 07:50 PM
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ReactiveXaml: A compelling combination of MVVM and Reactive Extensions (Rx)

I’ve been hacking on a library in my spare time (Hah!) that I really think has the potential to change how folks write Silverlight/WPF applications and I’m really excited about it. After testing concepts and refining the interface using
Thursday Night
 
Paul Betts
tags: microsoft mono / .net reactive extensions wpf / silverlight
Jun 15 2010 09:56 AM
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The flipside: Five things Microsoft is doing right in 2010

We've criticized Microsoft for its Windows debacle, its failed mobile strategy, and more. However, here are five Microsoft bright spots that you might have missed.
Tech Sanity Check
 
Jason Hiner
tags: microsoft microsoft office sharepoint
Jun 14 2010 02:58 PM
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What Office taught me about Visual Studio? A very cool toolbox trick.

I spend a significant amount of time in PowerPoint and to get a constant look and feel in my slides, I often use the Format Painter option. Using this tool you highlight some text/image/video, click the Format Painter button and then paint some other
SADev.co.za
 
Robert MacLean
tags: .net alm development microsoft
Jun 14 2010 01:47 PM
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Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6

TechBabu - A Comprehensive Technology Site
 
Asghar
tags: microsoft
Jun 14 2010 11:55 AM
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Cleanup Your Startup with Free MSConfig Cleanup

MSConfig (System Configuration Utility), is a small Windows applet launched from the Run command, when the user enters “msconfig”. MSConfig is a great checkbox driven tool for diagnosing Windows configuration issues – including system services,
Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts
 
Bill Mullins
tags: freeware geek software and tools microsoft software
Jun 11 2010 07:38 PM
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Microsoft offers its vision of public vs. private cloud

All of the big tech companies have an angle on cloud computing these days. Microsoft talked up its stance at TechEd 2010. Here's a visual.
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Jason Hiner
tags: cloud computing microsoft
Jun 11 2010 07:35 PM
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TechEd 2010 & Facebook Insights OData Service

At the NOLA airport preparing to move on to the next leg of the OData Roadshow after TechEd North Amercia 2010. I enjoyed the conference, particularly doing the keynote with Bob Muglia and the “Open Data for the Open Web” session with
Douglas Purdy
 
douglasp
tags: data microsoft software development
Jun 10 2010 05:19 PM
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Pro tips for the Visual Studio Pro Power Tools

At Tech·Ed North America on Monday the Visual Studio Pro Power Tools were announced, and they are fantastic. A full run down of them can be found on Brian Harry’s blog. However there are some tips in the usage which may not be immediately obvious so this
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Robert MacLean
tags: .net alm development microsoft
Jun 10 2010 10:22 AM
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Joining Microsoft

I’m happy to say that I was offered, and accepted, a position on the Web Platform and Tools team with Microsoft. I will be a Program Manager on that team. In a nutshell I will be responsible for helping to make development easier for web developers using
Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi - MSBuild, C#, Visual Studio, Training, and more
 
Ibrahim
tags: employment microsoft
Jun 10 2010 08:20 AM
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Pro tips for the Visual Studio Pro Power Tools

At Tech·Ed North America on Monday the Visual Studio Pro Power Tools were announced, and they are fantastic. A full run down of them can be found on Brian Harry’s blog. However there are some tips in the usage which may not be immediately obvious so this
SADev.co.za
 
Robert MacLean
tags: .net alm development microsoft
Jun 09 2010 05:51 PM
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On Internet Explorer

Web developers always complain about the amazing ways in which different versions of the infamous Internet Explorer break their websites. Currently there are three versions of IE found in the wild to give nightmares for any decent web developer –
Diovo
 
Niyaz PK
tags: internet microsoft browsers chrome
Jun 05 2010 11:42 AM