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Windows 7 - user interface is king: Windows 7 places user interface design at the center of the Windows 7 development effort. WPF - Microsoft's new .NET API for Windows user interface development - will also truly come into its own in Windows 7 timeframes. Oh, and WordPad in Windows 7 supports ODF. by John...; Tags: User Interface, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll, Application, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., PDC, Wordpad; Blog posts 2008-10-30
Windows 7: preview of final user interface and 'studenty' features: It's a difficult and strange time for many in the IT industry. It seems most people from home consumers to students, IT professionals and governments have rejected Windows Vista, and many have their reservations about Windows 7. Will it be another disaster like Vista? Or will it...; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PDC, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-10-28
Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€“ Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson: Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;Â Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€” and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...; Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-10-27
Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?: Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?In light of this news, look at this old Sun commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8I like Windows on my desktop but for the back end... no thanks. The reasons aren't worth getting into but for particular services, identity management ActiveDirectory and RDBMS SQL Server,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, UK Economy, London Stock Exchange Plc., tech play, meltdown, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-09-09
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Windows Communication Foundation as the New .NET With Juval Lowy (Level 200): Windows Communication Foundation WCF provides off-the-shelf plumbing for connecting services together. The more granular the services are the more use the application makes of the WCF infrastructure and the less plumbing the developers have to write. Taken to the ultimate conclusion, every class and primitive should be a service to...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft .NET, Webcast, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp.; Webcasts 2008-08-13

News to know: Linux; iPhone; Gmail; Insecure antivirus software; SAP: Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com Dennis Howlett: Ticking bombs in enterprise land Garett Rogers: Your Gmail is now a lot more secure Dancho Danchev: Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products ...; Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Linux, Google Gmail, SAP AG, Antivirus Software, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
C to be the next browser scripting language... wait, what?: First off, I hope that everyone's fourth of July was as good as mine.Â There's nothing quite like spending time with family and friends over the holidays to put your work-life relationship into perspective of what's important. In any case, the security news didn't stop for the...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., C, Web Browser, Scripting Language, Flash, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Demographics forging a new Net market: It's not your kids' Web: It's easy and fashionable to talk about "digital natives" that have grown up online, but the demographics of the United States are shifting radically to the grey and Web services developers should heed that news and make changes in their products and plans as a result. Old coots, like me,...; Tags: U.S., Web, Web Service, Advertising Age, West, Channel Management, Marketing, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Can the UK government regulate US-based social networking sites?: For some time now, the social networking phenomenon and issues around safety - child protection, identity theft etc. - have been very much in the media spot light in my home country, the UK. And the past few weeks have been no different -- except it's the UK government that's...; Tags: Network, U.K., Social Networking Site, Rory Cellan-Jones, Government, Social Networking, Vertical Industries, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-04-02
Linux in schools - what's worked and what hasn't: Linux in schools - what's worked and what hasn'tWe are starting to use linux as wellWe are starting to use linux as well in our private school in Miami. One computer in the teacher loungue and two in the library run Ubuntu 7.10 and Kubuntu 7.10 because the computers hardware...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
'Arrowhead' updates to .Net 3.5 to speed WPF apps: While Silverlight -- a k a "Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere" -- seems to be where all the Microsoft rich-media buzz is these days, the Redmondians haven't forgotten about plain-vanilla WPF, the presentation-layer piece of .Net. Microsoft is working under the covers to speed the loading times of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Microsoft and Google stalk the Internet operating system: Microsoft is fighting on multiple fronts in its 100-year technology war. Acknowledged, Microsoft has notched just 35 years, but the company is good for another 65 if it can recruit a few more generations of Bill Gates generals to lead the charge. And make no mistake, dominating markets is what...; Tags: Danger, Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet Operating System, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Visual Studio 2008 has shipped: Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 were released yesterday. As far as Microsoft development tool releases go, this one is particularly important, as it is the first version of Visual Studio that includes integrated support for .NET 3.0 technologies such as WPF Windows Presentation Framework and WF Workflow Foundation. Though...; Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Computing, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, .NET 3.0, .Net, Application Servers, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools, John Carroll; Blog posts 2007-11-20
Visual Studio 2008 to RTM in November: Visual Studio 2008 to RTM in NovemberWe've been using Visual Studio 2008 BetaWe've been using Visual Studio 2008 Beta for a while now. The app we are building uses WCF/WPF and we are targeting .Net 3.0 (not .Net 3.5)We were very happy that we can target specific runtimes with this...; Tags: .NET, Application servers, Microsoft development tools, Middleware, VS2008, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2008, LINQ; Discussion threads 2007-11-05
A break from the Classmate to talk SIS: A break from the Classmate to talk SISOpen source platforms with AjaxWe're familiar with open source LMS like moodle, dokeos and angel and most of these use Ajax heavily. Unfortunately, there are very few products that are a perfect combination of SIS and LMS. Moving ahead, if low costs notebooks...; Tags: Channel management, Databases, software, SiS, Classmate, AJAX, Web; Discussion threads 2007-10-30
The summer that Muni Wi-Fi died: The summer that Muni Wi-Fi diedSelective reading.The failure of municipal wifi was in part the result of agreements in which private companies agreed to make the investment necessary and municipalities agreed to let them. Mr. Wu calls the companies "underqualified". The word "foolish" is an alternative.The reason more...; Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, EarthLink Inc., municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi; Discussion threads 2007-10-03
News to know: Vista DRM; EU thumps Microsoft; SAP; DST; SCO: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1). EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appeal. David Morgenstern: Microsoft's Mac Business Unit: Love the sinner, hate the sin. Marc Andreessen: The three kinds of...; Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Digital-rights Management, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Currency Trader, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-17
New Net taxes could arrive in November: New Net taxes could arrive in NovemberPaying More For Crappy SpeedsLook at Europe, where 10MB connection speeds are a joke....But as usual, we'll shell out the taxes and not protest at all...after all, our taxes are going towards winning the war in Iraq, not towards securing our borders and advancing...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Strategy, New Net tax, tax, government; Discussion threads 2007-09-14
Monster.com waited 5 days to disclose data theft: Monster.com waited 5 days to disclose data theftSlackersYa right...! I’ve been getting the same email spams for months.I knew the emails were spam and monster was notified.So who is the blame...?Apparently they need to downsize their IT Staff and get some NEW BLOOD..!Out with the OLD and in with the...; Tags: .NET, Application servers, Recruitment & Selection, Middleware, Scripting languages, Microsoft IIS Server, New Blood, Microsoft .NET, e-mail, CareerBuilder, Monster; Discussion threads 2007-08-24
News to know: Fake Steve Jobs outed; Dateline vs. DEFCON; Microsoft and 3D: Notable headlines:New York Times: A Mystery Solved: â€˜Fake Steve' Blogger Comes Clean. Damn, I am so busted, yo. Larry Dignan: Fake Steve Jobs outed by New York Times. Techmeme.Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain. George Ou: Undercover NBC Dateline reporter bolts from DEFCON 2007.Top 10 reviews of...; Tags: Steve Jobs, 3D, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-08-06