Recently Mark and I were talking to some of the folks behind the ISV Buddy program about some concerns we had. The concerns came from people on our teams that had experience in the program but, when put to the test, neither Mark nor I had actually signed...

It’s totally amazing to me how much Phishing attacks have evolved and how vulnerable we all really are. Months and months ago, I remember getting all kinds of emails asking for verification of an account at such and such a bank, etc. Of course I...

More cool stuff for DirectX developers in the October 2004 DirectX SDK, available from here . Also includes tool updates (PIX, Maya Exporter) and bug fixes. New C++ Samples AntiAlias - different multisampling techniques Instancing - four instancing rendering...

With the upcoming release of my new book, I thought it would be pretty cool if there was a contest held for writing the 'best game' using Managed DX. Details are sketchy right now (like will people outside of the US be allowed to enter), but it's something...

If cost-cutting is preventing you from getting the IT training you need to advance your career, you really should think about attending one of the many FREE Microsoft events: webcasts, chats, and TechNet Briefings. You can find at least one of these events...

Let me be absolutely clear - I have no inside information about what is planned for Office 12, but after my little moan yesterday I got thinking about what I'd do if I were a OneNote PM. So here's my own personal wish-list for OneNote v.Next. Full extensibility...

I was recently informed of this useful site . You can enter the URL of your web site and see what it looks like in the following web browsers on a Mac or PC: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (PC) Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (PC) Microsoft Internet...

Once again, my brief handout of useful URLs to sites and articles with additional information related to my seminar content. I know you can't always make it to my events (although I do enjoy seeing you when you can), so I share the handout online in my...

George posted the first part of of multipart article on Indigo Belote. Go read it here ... Steve , does this post count or do I have to post something else? :-)

The next Commerce Server 2002 chat will be held on October 14th - 10-11AM (Pacific Time). This is a good chance to speak with the Commerce Server product team and sometimes a developer even shows up... You can get some great insights into Commerce Server...

We're going to have two data-related Visual Basic chats on the week of October 11th, 2004. The first chat is devoted to the Windows Forms DataGrid control, where you can get answers to your questions about some of the more subtle point about the control...

There are situation in real world; when you dont want to write code, dependent on just one of the managed provider. This also helps to easily move from using one provider to another if the code design changes in the future. Pre-Whidbey, the only way to...