XP SP2 is Released To Manufacting (RTM), the offical announcement can be found here . The offical anouncement was made on Friday the 6th of August.

The XP SP2 Release notes can be found here

At the moment (as at 8-8-04), the RTM is now available for download via MSDN Subscriber Downloads . The CD ISO image is 475.35MB. This service pack will be available to all as a regular download soon. The availability will be phased, starting with the...

So I bit the bullet and got service from Vonage . Last week my modem arrived and I proceeded to lay out my network topology. I am really pleased with the service. Most notably I am saving money (about $230 a year). I chose the 14.99 plan which includes...

Understanding garbage collection is important when tuning the performance of your .NET Compact Framework-based applications. Check out Steven Pratschner's post on the subject: An Overview of the .Net Compact Framework Garbage Collector "Developers frequently...

Scoble reports on some security discussions he’s had recently: Getting together with other geeks has been part of this industry for more than 30 years and it's no less important today than it was back in the mid 70s when Wozniak showed his Apple...

Today's show was great! It turned out to be a much clearer day than yesterday was (today: cloudless, mid-80s) -- perfect for watching the Blue Angels. Enjoy! -- DK [Edit: 2004-08-09 - pic removed due to server performance]

A while back I asked for some feedback about how we should format anonymous methods. Then I was asking whether the default should be to put the opening brace on the same line as the delegate keyword or not. From your feedback, it looks like we'll keep...

Introduction This is the second in a series of posts intended to fill in the missing pieces for a developer familiar with a 2D graphics API who wants to dabble in 3D with the Avalon platform To be honest, I really was not particularily happy with the...

It's a long and windy road to Robert Scoble's bbq . (That's long and windy, NOT long-er-winded.) But it ends with parking near a cul-de-sac and walking up to the front door and passing two little Sharper Image scooters prone on the grass, and stepping...

As far as I know, all major players like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle etc. has patents on technology that their competitors uses in their commercial products. This is a sort of “terror balance” between the big players – and no one dears to file the first lawsuit...

MSDN Events Online (not sure what else to call it, because it's the MSDN Events team presenting on MSDN Webcast s...go figure) Every Monday - Friday at 9:00 AM PST, the mighty, mighty MSDN Developer Community Champions present on all things developer...