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A Short History of the Evolution of Microsoft Data Access APIs
Earlier this year I read Joel Spolsky's 'Joel on Software' . It's a collection of his blog posts bundled up into a real-world book on topics ranging from tips on code development, to advice on managing programmers, to strategies on running...
Windows Live mobile app goodness
Nathan at Inside Microsoft has the links to some new Windows Live mobile app goodness with some tasty screenshots too. "The Windows Live folks have released a really cool application for mobile phones, one that makes it easier to check out maps and...
Posted: Dec 05 2006, 09:48 AM by alexbarnett | with 2 comment(s)
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Microsoft to get tougher on its bloggers?
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley has published her 2007 predictions on Microsoft ... "This time around, I've decided to break my traditional Top 10 predictions list in two: One half being what I consider relatively safe and well-considered bets...
Photosynth tech preview now live
I signed up for a Microsoft internal preview for employees a few weeks ago and had a play - it's amazing. Now it's your chance . "The Photosynth Technology Preview is a taste of the newest - and, we hope, most exciting - way to view photos...
Posted: Nov 09 2006, 11:25 AM by alexbarnett | with 1 comment(s)
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Improving Interop of PHP on Windows
Microsoft and Zend have issued a press release on news regarding collaboration between the two companies to improve performance and stability of PHP on the Windows platform. From the press release on Zend's site : "The technology engagement between...
Posted: Oct 31 2006, 01:02 PM by alexbarnett | with no comments
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ex-Microsoft exec to be a space tourist
What would I do if I were filthy rich? Well, apart from doing the usual charity stuff , I'd have to do what ex-Microsoft exec and billionaire Charles Simonyi is planning to do: become a space tourist . "Four decades after he fled Soviet-occupied...
Posted: Oct 27 2006, 06:04 PM by alexbarnett | with no comments
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Morse Code in the frosting?
The race is on to decypher the Morse Code in the frosting of 'the cake' .
Posted: Oct 26 2006, 12:25 AM by alexbarnett | with 1 comment(s)
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FeedDemon 2.1 Beta integrates Windows Live Writer
Nick Bradbury announced the beta of FeedDemon 2.1 earlier this week , the feed reader I've been using for years now. I noticed this snippet in the new features list: Integration with Windows Live Writer . From the release notes : "If you don't...
Posted: Oct 20 2006, 08:50 AM by alexbarnett | with no comments
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Atlas Beta (or Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX v1.0 Beta)
Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX v1.0 Beta (code-named “Atlas”) is now available to download - it provides a preview of the fully-supported version of ASP.NET AJAX scheduled for release by the end of this year. Frank Arrigo has some useful links relating...
IE7 represents the true beginning of Web 2.0
Chris Messina's post is one of the best things I've read in a long time: "And that is where we are today — in the middle of an uprising from within — lead by folks like Kim Cameron, Ray Ozzie and others — on the opening...
IE7 - it's alive!!!
Dean Hachamovitch has just announced - well, you know the rest.
Posted: Oct 18 2006, 06:06 PM by alexbarnett | with no comments
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VHD under OSP
Jason Matusow has a piece of news to share regarding Microsoft's interop efforts: "As of today, we are extending our commitment to interoperability by announcing that our Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Image Format is becoming an open specification...
Posted: Oct 17 2006, 01:12 PM by alexbarnett | with no comments
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Microsoft Org chart
Here's the Microsoft org chart - the top 1200+ senior executives organized by reporting relationships. Although the chart (outline version here - prepare to scroll!) is from May 2004, it's a good hint to the complexity of Microsoft. Provided by...
Posted: Oct 10 2006, 09:40 AM by alexbarnett | with 3 comment(s)
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microformats everywhere + live data web
Good to see Conor O'Neill is pretty excited with the realization that this Event plugin enables WIndows Live Writer to publish hCalendar formatted events. hCalendar is one of the microformats . "Create your own events or find existing events...
A social Microsoft.com
There is a team at Microsoft that over the years has delivered some amazing things for the community of Microsoft customers: blogs on MSDN and TechNet , MSDN Wikis , Codeplex , the Microsoft.com RSS Directory , ASP.NET , and GotDotNet to name a few. More...
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