August 2006 - Posts
Choose an Inspiron Notebook . This is disappointing. Been waiting for the Merom (Core 2 Duo for Notebooks) to come out and Dell has em. Only problem is they’re not Vista Premium (full Aero experience). I don’t get it. You put all that power
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With SQL 2005 & ASP.NET 2.0 Microsoft added a great feature that provides a non-polling cache invalidation mechanism. Then there’s the non-polling capability too. Generally, with the polling method, you need to run a few setup steps to extend
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OET List Exhibits Report . Well, it’s coming zune… Cool feature called “DJ” – you can send music realtime to up to 4 or 5 devices for immediate play. Also confirms WiFi configuration, etc.
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I’ve been writing up some simple console demo applications and it’s times like these that code snippets come in handy. The following is a code snippet that just puts in a simple 2 line block that is as follows: Console .WriteLine( "Press <Enter>
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I've been using BlogJet for some time, but today Microsoft (Live team) released Windows Live Writer. This is the first post with that tool. We'll see how it goes :) http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/ Noticed a few initial issues: 1. Ftp just doesn't
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In the continued interest of those working with POX (Plain Old XML over Http), here’s an article in the Windows SDK “Beta” documentation on how to read RSS via WCF, with code. Beware that the link may change as the SDK get’s to
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Today, the Verizon installer got FIOS up & running at my home. So far, for $35/month (compared to $50/mo. with my previous provider) the upstream is right @ 10Mbit/sec and downstream 1.9Mbit/sec. This is about a 25% increase compared to my previous
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For those of you working with simple Xml over Http services, WCF has support for what’s called POX (Plain Old Xml) as part of the July CTP. This question comes up many times when I talk to both architects and developers. Many point to the fact that
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NDoc has gone legacy. Sandcastle is here to pick up for .NET 2.0 Download details: Sandcastle .
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uwin/uwin.mm mm document . The UWIN package allows UNIX applications to be built and run on Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 with few, if any, changes necessary. UWIN source and binaries are available under the open source Common Public License 1.0 at AT&T
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Kirk Allen Evans' Blog : Why Can't I Find a List of Zip Codes, Cities, and States? . Kirk, who’s part of the team that I just joined @ Microsoft (that’s another story…) has a post on Zip Code lookup and interaction. There’s a
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Microsoft Codename Max . This just showed up… Microsoft® Codename Max is your opportunity to try a new, exciting and constantly evolving experience from Microsoft. Today Max lets you make beautiful photo slideshows to share with your family
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