As my teammates know, I’m a fan of web slices , a capability of Internet Explorer 8. For anyone with a web site, it’s hard to imagine how these don’t have value. But that story is well documented, so I’m not going to jump into the business value conversation...

  Windows 7 Virtual Presskit Remarks by Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, at the launch of Windows 7 , New York, Oct. 22, 2009 Remarks by Steven Sinofsky, president, Windows and Windows Live Division, at the launch of Windows 7 , Tokyo, Oct. 22 2009...

    Here’s the deal The Visual Studio product line-up is evolving in 2010. During this transition time, you have an opportunity to activate a MSDN Premium subscription, which will convert to a more advanced edition of Visual Studio 2010 with...

Sweeping Changes in Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN? 60 Minute Webcast Series Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN are BIG – and they are getting bigger! In this session, we’ll explore all the changes to the Visual Studio family of products, including Team Foundation...

Lots of stuff happening this week… Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 was announced. There are multiple announcements inside this effort: New lineup of SKU’s Go Live license New logo / new look Beta 2 of .NET 4 Windows 7 Windows 7 launches this week. PowerPivot...

Tim (IK’s CEO) shows a .NET 4 WPF app running on Windows 7 and Microsoft Surface, and shows a Healthcare / Life Sciences Version. The machines are using WCF for intercommunication.  

This past weekend, my wife and I took our son Taylor on a visit to the University of Tennessee and Mississippi State University. On Saturday, we were blessed to attend a UT game with some friends of ours, whose son is the long snapper in Knoxville. Morgan...

From the Great Lakes IT Report , a couple of Detroit office folks were interviewed about Windows 7 in Matt Checks Out Windows 7; He’s Converting Soon . Here are some impressive quotes: I got a good long look at Windows 7 Monday morning, and it looks like...

This is an interesting day for Windows Mobile fans. Microsoft has this new branding, Windows Phones. We have a new O/S, Windows Mobile 6.5. Phone companies around the world have announced new Windows phones. Why all of the excitement? It’s just a minor...

Are you a developer, wanting to get an app into the store? Click here. Wanting to win a Surface table? Click here . Are you wanting to purchase and/or download an application? On your Windows Mobile 6.5 device, click on MarketPlace icon (under the Start...

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