At PDC10 (Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference 2010), Microsoft has again provided affirmation of support for Java in Windows Azure. “We're making Java a first-class citizen with Windows... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...

I wanted to take the opportunity and talk about the cloud-optimized architecture, the implementation model instead of the popular perceptions around leveraging cloud computing as a deployment model.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...

Or “Why is my RootPictureAlbum null?” Download the code for this example . In order to get programmatic access to the available media libraries on Windows Phone 7, you need to use some XNA libraries even in a Silverlight application.  I will give...

Download Source A customer asked me recently “I would like to see a plain text version of selected emails without sending them to the junk folder.”  I looked for a rule, but I couldn’t find one.  I looked for a setting, I couldn’t find one. ...

Whether you’re a Web developer interested in harnessing the awesome power of Windows Internet Explorer 9 with HTML5, a Silverlight developer developing the next awesome media or business application, or a Windows Phone 7 developer; you’ll definitely want...

Are you passionate about software development and discussing new and emerging technologies with fellow developers? As a Developer Evangelist within Microsoft’s Developer & Platform Evangelism team you’ll have the opportunity to be immersed in new...

It’s that time again, time to pack your laptop along with critical survival supplies because we’re going camping in the wild, wild, Web! Registrations for the Web Camps in Mountain View, CA and Redmond, WA are now live! Web Camps are completely free of...

Within the Microsoft.Phone.Tasks namespace there are several types that allow you to interact with the Windows Phone 7 marketplace. We’ll explore these types and see how you can search the Windows Phone 7 marketplace programmatically. Let’s start with...

Happy New Year!!!! 2010 brought about some truly awesome technologies from Microsoft, such as Windows Phone 7 and Kinect for XBOX 360. Want to know what Microsoft has been working on for 2011 and beyond? Attend the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show this...