Well, I think it was a good showing for Microsoft again. I think the keynote was entertaining and informative, and shows that we have a broad set of business. Take a look and see if you agree. I’ve provided an outline below (with some time stamps so you...

  Ascendum invites you to hear the latest from Microsoft about next generation server operating system codenamed “ Windows Server 8 ”.  Join us for lunch Wednesday, December 14 at The Crescent Club where Doug Miller, Microsoft’s Datacenter Specialist...

Memphis SharePoint Users Group Meeting on Thursday, October 27th from 3:30 – 6:30pm at the Crescent Club. Nitin Nagar with Ascendum will demonstrate how SharePoint provides a basis for key enterprise requirements and allows enterprise users and administrators...

Check out site pinning on my blog. You’ll obviously need Windows 7 and IE9. To get started, follow the directions or drag the favicon on this page and drop onto your taskbar. Let me know what you think.

Just had to share these ars technica: Microsoft wishes Linux a happy 20th birthday , AUG 17. Interesting quote: Microsoft's relationship with Linux was one of several topics that Zemlin discussed during his keynote. He showed a classic quote from Microsoft...

You hear more and more about slow loading pages, and one of the big factors for this is downloading too many resources and immediate execution. Consequently, developers are looking for resource downloads and actions that they can postpone for later execution...

Here’s the video and source code to a project that connects Kinect and WP7 Mango device, via NodeJS. Made by an intern.

What an interesting contest! Can you build a Responsive Design HTML5 page that exists in 10K zipped or less? Be sure to check out the info from the MIX Online team here and from the contest site here . This is conjunction with the folks who put on an...

  Check out the Visual Studio Web Standards Update which brings a ton of HTML5 & CSS3 support to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 .   VS Web Standards Update is a free extension available for anyone who is using Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and it...

Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) worked closely with the Internet Explorer product team to test and deploy Windows® Internet Explorer® 9 across the enterprise. This content discusses the testing and deployment strategy that delivered...

Learn How SharePoint can Increase Worker Productivity and  Get a Sneak Peak on System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Ascendum , one of the fastest growing global information technology companies, is now geared up to solve business problems for...

Well, it’s an exciting time to work at Microsoft, with so many cool things unfolding before us. As you could imagine, there are lots of questions around the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8”. I look forward to the next disclosure...

Wow! Another cool web experience, that runs better with IE9. Check this out: Disney TRON: Legacy Digital Book Site . Very cool experience. First off, it is HTML5, so any modern browser can run it. Second, just looking at the Behind the Scenes explanation...

Jared Bienz is giving a FREE online event. You can register here: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032486598&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US What is it? This App and Gaming Bootcamp is an 8...

Rascal Flatts , Jason Aldean , and Ronnie Dunn have different prize packages just waiting for you. Go to these links and follow the registration instructions. You’ll need IE9 and Windows 7 , and the contest payoff could be big for the country music fan...

This was my second session at TechEd. (I described my first here .) This session is obviously focused on site pinning, one of my favorite topics. In this session, as I described the fundamental pieces to site pinning, I showed other implementations as...

This is a short recap of my presentation at TechEd, on . Video is here . This talk was practical advice that came from solving several customer requests that started with: “my site broke with IE9”. The talk was short on slides, but included live debugging...

I’ve had a few customers ask me about an IE9 situation where Flash app’s are appearing in the top left of the window and flashing. Turns out that this is not a IE9 bug, but something with Flash and apparently Intel HD Graphics adapters. More details can...

More good news for Windows Phone 7 today. You can download later today. Other news coming out during the press conference, so might want to watch it live or later here . A press release is here , but here’s a summary of the new features. Another summary...

Thought this was kinda cool. It’s made by UI Stencils , and they produce stencils for other popular platforms. The Windows Phone 7 Stencil Kit allows you to mock-up app ideas with ease. Use the precision cut stainless steel stencil to let the ideas flow...

  There’s a lot of dynamics unfolding before us in the mobility space. Android is putting pressure on iPhone sales, and Gartner says WP7 will catch up with the competitors. Who knows for sure. However, I do feel that Windows Phone 7 is a quality...

  Working on a WP7 application and want some help? Check out Dave Bost and his teammates, who are hosting a Windows Phone Accelerator Lab in Dallas (May 9-13) and Chicago (May 16-20). Limited seating, and registration is a submission process.

  We believe that HTML5 and related technologies, in conjunction with faster and faster browsers, finally give developers the tools they need to create experiences that are just as vivid, interactive and high-fidelity as what you have come to expect...

  Anyone noticed the HTML5 articles appearing at the HTML5 Development Center at HTML Goodies   ? Not only am I seeing some good content, but I also see that they are supporting IE9 site pinning. Not to step over the valuable articles there...

As announced at MIX last week, we’ve started shipping previews of IE10 ( download ) – just like we did through the IE9 alpha/beta stages. And this shows our continued focus on making IE a top browser choice for Windows users and IT shops. But, after reading...