Technology
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Microsoft has introduced new features in .NET with their Service Pack 1 (SP1) release of .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.
Most of the stuff included in the service pack releases is new features and functionality rather than bug fixes and updates to existing feature-set. For example, .NET Framework 3.5 ...
Tags: .NET, Microsoft, Service Pack, Visual Studio
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Skype announced unlimited calling last month to over a third of the world’s population with the launch of its new calling subscriptions. The new subscriptions signal the first time Skype has offered a single, monthly flat rate for international calling to landline numbers in 34 countries.
The new subscriptions have no ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Once in a while you encounter tools that change the way you work and write your code. Firebug is an obvious example of this. Having worked with .NET 3.5 the last couple of months, I started using a great tool that made C# development much faster. The tool is LINQPad , written ...
Tags: Development, LINQ
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Bruce Eckel and coauthor Jaime King have posted a sample of their upcoming book: C# Query Expressions and 3.0 Features From the authors: It's become more common for authors to offer a few pages or sometimes a chapter of their text to the public as ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival operating systems Ubuntu and Windows Vista so far remaining impenetrable in the CanSecWest PWN to Own competition.
Security firm Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) — the same company that discovered the first iPhone bug last year — ...
Tags: apple leopard, hack, safari, ubuntu, windows vista
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Forrester recently published a report on Rich Internet Applications and Content Management. The report covers some of the key topics in this area such as organic Search Engine Optimization, changes in build and release management, and how to change Content Management to better support RIA. The content for the report ...
Tags: Content Management, RIA, Rich Internet Applications, Search Optimized Flash Architecture, SOFA
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Microsoft has partnered with some of the world’s top social networks on contact data portability. Starting today, Microsoft will be working with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged and LinkedIn to exchange functionally-similar Contacts APIs, allowing them to create a safe, secure two-way street for users to move their relationships between their ...
Tags: Bebo, contacts, Facebook, Hi5, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Tagged
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Bidding in the FCC's 700MHz auction closed March 18, 2008, after the auction raised a record $19.6 billion over 261 bidding rounds. The winners of the spectrum have not been disclosed as yet by the Federal Communications Commission.The results of this single spectrum auction surpass the $19.1 billion combined total raised ...
Tags: digital, FCC, spectrum, television
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