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- Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'
- Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'Sounds cool! NT.Let me dust off my TerminalSounds like we're going back to the Stone Age. Back in my terminal days, there was a screen and keyboard. The server was in the basement of the building and tons of serial cable connections. This type...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Pay-Per-Use Taxi, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, server, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Silverlight snippets from reMIX UK
- Silverlight snippets from reMIX UKAnother stupid cash cow?Well I hope it's not another milking of the MS cash cow i.e. delaying the release of SL2 until the PDC sells up because seriously .NET devs have been losing out to Flash over the last two years (good news for you, Ryan,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, PDC, reMIX UK, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- What's next for Microsoft's Visual Studio
- The next version of Microsoft's Visual Studio development environment, known for now by its "Visual Studio VS 10" codename, is beginning to take shape. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., VS10, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Why not VS 2009?
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Why not VS 2009?because VS 2009 would not be free upgradeI think MS would have a PR nightmare on their hands if this update wasn't free especially since it's adding features/support for stuff that was in beta/ctp along with VS 2008.Mary Jo Foley what a stupid...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2008 SP1, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Visual Studio
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA
- Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...
- Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Silverlight 2 beta 2 coming this week
- At TechEd today Bill Gates said that the second beta of Silverlight 2 will be available for download at the end of the week with a Go Live license. The Go Live license is similar to the one that was used late in the beta process for Silverlight 1 and...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Beta, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Silverlight version of New York Times reader for Macs
- The WPF-based New York Times reader is one of my favorite RIAs out there. I wrote a long post about it when it first came out praising the added interactivity and for making reading the newspaper a lot more interesting. I also think it does a good job of showing...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Silverlight, Version, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, New York Times Co., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- New version of Windows Presentation Foundation released
- New version of Windows Presentation Foundation releasedJust add the events ray the way use to beI dont want to use the expression suite to do that
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows Presentation, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- New version of Windows Presentation Foundation released
- Microsoft released a new version of Windows Presentation Foundation, their next generation windows application UI framework. The new version will ship as part of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Tim Sneath has a very long and detailed post of the features but I'll try and break down the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Benefits, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: The Mole Visualizer for WPF With Karl Shifflet (Level 200)
- The presenter of this webcast gives a tour of a community project he has been working on - the Mole Visualizer for Microsoft Visual Studio. The presenter shows how this visualizer can save developers tons of time when creating projects.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp.
- Webcasts 2008-04-23
- Docking Control (msi)
- With the first and second release of the .Net WPF library (WPF 3.0 and 3.5) there is no API provided for creating an MDI Multiple document interface or TDI Tabbed Document Interface. This is where Docking Control tries to fill the gab by providing a WPF control library that provides...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Library, JaStDev, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-11
- MSDN Webcast: Windows Presentation Foundation Tools in Visual Studio 2008 (Level 200)
- What is the big deal with Windows Presentation Foundation WPF anyway? The presenter of this webcast takes a brief look at why WPF is cool and how Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 makes writing WPF apps even cooler. So grab the beverage of one's own choice and let's hang out with...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Tool, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Development Tools, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts 2008-04-05
- Early draft of Microsoft XAML now online
- Early draft of Microsoft XAML now onlineOf course there are others, were else would MS get ideaPS2 -> XboxiPod -> ZuneOSX -> VistaODF -> OOXMLLotus -> ExcelWordPerfect -> WordOn and on and on and on...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft XAML, XAML, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Standards competition and globalization
- I've been thinking a lot more about globalization and the important role standards have played in "version 3.0" of that process due to my reading of Friedman's book "The World is Flat." In a globalized world, standards are critical, as they are what keeps the digital highways...
- Tags: Desktop, Web, HTML, Microsoft Silverlight, HTTP, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Standards, AJAX Application, AJAX, Quality, Tcp/Ip, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Globalization, Internet, CSS, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Business Operations, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Strategy, Management, Scripting Languages, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- MSDN Webcast: Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how to build Windows Presentation Foundation WPF applications with the help of the new WPF designer in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. The focus is on the construction of a real-world application demonstrating how to get the best out of the designer's capabilities. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-14
- VantagePoint WPF Controls for Manufacturing (zip)
- VantagePoint WPF Controls for Manufacturing that can be referenced from, used in various development products, including, but not limited to, Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend, and the Aurora XAML Designer. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Mobiform Software, Manufacturing, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-03-12
- MSDN Webcast: What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the work being done in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 release of Windows Presentation Foundation, including improved 3-D capabilities with UIElement3D, increased animation smoothness, and better cookie and FireFox plug-in support for XAML Browser APplications XBAPs, in addition to support for AddInControl,...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Animation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-07
- Infragistics releases NetAdvantage for Visual Studio 2008
- In the world of rich Internet application components, Infragistics has a ton of experience. They've been building .NET components for a long time and they took very quickly to WPF. They announced this week that they're component set, including NetAdvantage for WPF is compatible with VisualStudio 2008 so you'll be...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Component, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Infragistics WPF Component, Looking Component, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Microsoft starts rolling out new Windows Live platform dev tools, services
- Microsoft starts rolling out new Windows Live platform dev tools, servicesInterestingThis sounds really interesting. Looking forward for the public API's.If I want......rich client on the web, I'll go Flex/Flash. If it'san HTML-based web app, I'll go Java/JSP. Thanks, but no thanks, to your non-standard, M$-locked-in "Live" crapware!non-standard?@techboy_z -...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Flex/Flash, Microsoft Windows Live, tool, new Windows Live platform, JSP, Windows Live Platform, Java, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Scott Guthrie gives us a first look at Silverlight 2
- Scott Guthrie just posted a first look at Silverlight 2 on his blog and confirmed some of the things we've been expecting, first and foremost that Silverlight 2 beta 1 will be released shortly (possibly even before MIX next month?). He also runs down some of the features that we...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
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