The SLAR on System.Text.ASCIIEncoding Continuing in the series on sharing some of the information in the .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference Vol 1 here are some of the annotations on the ASCIIEncoding class. Brad Abrams: Regrettably...

In case I've whetted your appetite with Enhanced Datatips , JoeN (one of our senior Visual C# PMs) posted an article detailing many of the other new and very cool features of Whidbey (aka Visual Studio 2005).

What a great machine. Check out the PC Magazine review. I've been using it for about two weeks now and it's fast, light and quiet. Because I'm using the new Windows XP SP2 RC1 the ink support is awesome!

In Office 2003, Microsoft Office applications now include a Research task pane that allows users to search for information through the Web or a corporate data source from directly within the application. Now users can access corporate data and work...

So one of the new features that’s going to be introduced in V2.0 of the .NET Compact Framework (NETCF) is support for Message Queuing. I feel it is a much anticipated feature and there is quite some excitement about this feature in the developer...

Chris Lucas has been reviewing what remains of the Visual Studio Team System development schedule and is agitated to see items he considers to be fundamentals listed as "taxes" . As Chris put it: "Things like setup and integration aren't taxes, they are...

Since I made the assertion in my last post that Xaml is as good a way as any to import 3D models I have received a few requests for more information on the "Xaml 3D file format". Clearly Xaml is so much more than a 3D file format (or should I say so much...

This is how I looked in 1999 . My hair had a few more inches on that at its longest. When I shaved the back of my head, I sent a 21“ braid to Locks of Love . I also sent two braids from the main part of my head. This past December I sent the...

From Michael Howard , we now have the RSS feed for Microsoft Security Bulletins. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/secrss.aspx .

It appears to work fine... assuming you haven't voted from the machine you are currently on, you should be able to see the new button (and try it out) at http://www.duncanmackenzie.net Currently, Halo 2 appears to be behind VS 2005... which was not what...

Not sure if y'all have had an opportunity to hear about this new team at Microsoft. It actually sounds very cool! They are called the High Performance Computing Group and were recently profiled on CNET . The group is hiring a brand new team including...

Do you wake-up in the morning and create a few ports; run off to morning-tea while deployment occurs; throw together a few orchestrations in the afternoon and compose a business rule on your way out the door in the evening. Would you consider yourself...