One of the MOSS 2007 SharePoint web parts is an RSS or XML web part which can take XML content and transform it. Making a new ticker was tricky in 2003, though there was a nice solution I found here . In the new web part you can use this code to display...

Having recently returned from the UK, where Wifi scaremongering is the flavour of the month, I was relieved to see that, at least online, the findings of programmes like Panorama were being panned. Read more about it here . Thanks to David Watson...

There have been some great new features released overnight to beta for Bing Maps. Whilst, at first glance, you might say this has been done before, I’d hasten to add that its very fast, involved smooth transitioning and other meta data to maps (even PhotoSynths...

Do you want to move to Windows 7 but worried about that XP application that will require some changes? Introducing XP Mode for Windows 7 What XPM actually does is allow you to run Windows 7 and XP side by side so applications that don’t run on 7 can be...

Im working my way through an unusual TFS issue: The item $//Security/Security.vsd is locked for check-out by (null) in workspace (null). The problem appears to be a changed workspace while the item was checked out. Thanks to James Manning for the...

True to form, my recent purchase of a new gadget, a Turbo Tent, didn't go according to the book. Truth be told I really didn't follow the book. This whole experience did leave me with some interesting perspectives on customer service, brand loyalty and...

Vista RC1 was available to me as an employee to try. So, having prep'd myself with my Maxtor Mini Onetouch and backed up my home computers I went about installing the new OS. My home PC is a Sony Vaio A190 and its quite handy and portable as well as...

Yesterday I helped at the Australian Architecture Forum as a Scribe for Dr. Don Ferguson. The event as a whole was excellent. Thanks to Nigel Watson and Charles Sterling for letting me assist. On my personal to-do list is the IASA . Anyway onto the round...

At home I have a Mac Mini as my Vista Media Center. My two upgrades I would like to do are: 1) CPU - E.g. http://www.o0o.it/mini/ 2) HDD - E.g. clone existing drive but make Windows partiion bigger Only 6 months ago I put in a 200gb drive which...

A new member of the Systems Center family has RTMed . For more on Data Protection Manager see the team  DPM blog and the DPM Microsoft.com site .      Protect Microsoft SQL Server Protect Microsoft Exchange   Protect your Windows...

Windows Server 2008 Component Posters http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2b9e44e-0bbd-47cb-bc09-b3d48be7f867&DisplayLang=en Exchange Server 2007 Component Architecture http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId...

If you are a developer then you need to see Live Mesh . I also recommend PDC 08 (I have previously been to PDC 03 and 05 but will miss this one - no longer in full time dev role) :( I joined up to the mesh (Tech Preview) a few weeks ago thanks to Yuri...

Short story: Build 7000 works just fine. MBP better than MacMini Today the Windows 7 Beta was made available/announced (you can view the CES webcast here ), to select audiences. Even to Microsoft employees its been held back. This has created some anticipation...

Thanks to Lyndon Higgins for the following: Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to display content in its most standards compliant way by default.  Enabling Internet Explorer 8 to display web content in its most standards-compliant way...

I have just discovered a bunch of "how to video sites" after reading this article Metacafe Specializing in short-form original content - from new, emerging talents and established Hollywood heavyweights alike. Howcast Howcast partners with...

As the team is now beginning to take some shape and form I thought I’d take a stab at a list of people who can help our current and potential customers and partners. Myself aside, I can safely say, this is an all star team: Who Role Audience Assistance...

How do you think of time management? When I think of time management I think of personal productivity. Most of my time in personal productivity is around meetings This could be a meeting around a desk, having a stand-up discussion, a war-room or even...

Windows Logo+Down Minimize the current window Windows Logo+Up Maximize the current window Windows Logo+Left Snap to the left hand side of the screen Windows Logo+Right Snap to the right hand side of the screen Windows Logo+Home Minimize/ restore everything...

So, after purchasing my Mac Air in Bellevue,WA (would you believe they give Microsoft staff a discount?) I have been playing around with the operating system while I work out a way to borrow, or whether to buy, a dvd drive. I'm on holiday in the UK so...

Slightly off topic but sci-fi enthusiasts, like myself, will be pleased to read the following Scotsman report : "the original film is to be remade, featuring a £25m budget, stars of the calibre of Ewan McGregor and James McAvoy, Scottish locations and...

As part of my outstanding "Sharepoint Today" gadget I wanted to use CML to query various Sharepoint sites. Thanks to these Linq to Sharepoint projects this could be much easier than learning CML: Codeplex project: http://www.codeplex.com/LINQtoSharePoint...

Earlier this year I had a customer who had some trouble editing PDF's from within SharePoint. Edit Document is a standard feature of SharePoint. It requires Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) to open the document (specifically Owssupp.dll file) http:/...

As some of my friends and colleagues know I like my gadgets. Thanks to ebay and others I have turned around one Microsoft Mobile (CE/PocketPc) every year for the past 10 years. Here are the phones: Picture Model Year (ish) Reason for change Other Philips...

I purchased a USB stick at the weekend to speed up my ailing Sony A190. Unfortunately the ReadyBoost gamble didn't pay off. Windows Vista ReadyBoost requires uniform behaviour of the memory - my transcend jetflash 110 has, apparently, got 128Mb fast memory...

I was throwing a simple WCF FaultException yesterday and came across the same problem as this on the forums The client was trying to catch a fault as below: catch ( FaultException < InvalidOperationException > fexc) { MessageBox ...