After the new announcements about the Slate PCs on CES , I cannot wait to get my hands on the Blio eReader . According to the datasheet it promises a lot and maybe it will bring a new dimension to reading books on our screens (which has not yet convinced...

In case you are interested on how BizTalk Server can communicate with Windows Azure AppFabric, I would recommend you to check out this post by Brian Loesgen . It is really so simple and so powerful…

During the last days I was playing around with the Windows Server AppFabric on my local machine. Application Server Extensions for .NET include a couple of functionalities, such as distributed caching (previously known as Project Velocity), workflow management...

The Visual Studio product team has just announced that they have made Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machines available for download. The images are pre-configured with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Beta 2, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta...

I just watched this video of a really great product by a VSIP partner GamCom called Talmia. It is a fascinating product, that really enhanced VSTS set of products. Here is a short description: Talmia is an innovative ALM process automation and reporting...

For fun check out this video - 7 Second Demos, I like them a  lot: Snap: http://www.projectaustin.net/video/714ef126-2a57-4b9e-b4fd-38b479d51728 Preview: http://www.projectaustin.net/video/869a7e8b-9625-44b2-b66b-dbefd3b13095 Shake: http://www.projectaustin...

Today at PDC conference a lot of interesting announcements were made during the keynote. One of the most interesting ones to me was the availability of Silverlight 4 Beta , that is bringing features such as printing support, camera & mic support,...

If you want to play around with it, just go here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/ee695849.aspx . For some quick info check my previous post . Link to Cloud AppFabric is here (just a funny word for .NET Services, so far ;)), but check November...

Are you searching for a tool that could synch your on-premise database with the SQL Azure, which is a relational database in the cloud provided as a service. Look no further - a Sync Framework Power Pack for SQL Azure is available!!! Overview of the CTP...

At PDC additional feature of the Microsoft Cloud platform was introduced under project codename “Dallas”. It is a service for manipulation and exposure of different data sources in the cloud, which is pretty powerful! Check out the basics on Dallas web...

Today, with official launch of the Windows Azure platform , a market place for all the Cloud applications on Windows Azure has also be launched. If you want to check how you will be able to market your application on this platform, please check www.pinpoint...

Today, at PDC09 keynote a new functionality for Windows Server was announced: Windows Server AppFabric. It is basically two projects combined into a product: “Dublin” and “Velocity”. So you can expect advanced caching scenarios for applications, hosting...

A great new tool for VS 2010 Test Case Management environment was released on CodePlex portal . Here is a short description of functionality: “With Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, you get the End-to-End support for dealing with Test artifacts (test cases...

Modeling tools and frameworks, previously known under code name “Oslo” , will be renamed to SQL Server Modeling. At PDC next week a SQL Server Modeling CTP will be available, so hopefully everyone will be able to check the bits out. If you want to know...

Hey, news about .NET Services November CTP are available at the team’s blog . They have outlined the launch functionality available @PDC in 2 weeks time: Access Control Service Feature-Complete Capabilities The Access Control Service provides an easy...