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May 2008 - Posts

Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is Live

I don’t know how familiar you are with our research folks, but they do some really amazing stuff.   In recent years, we have seen things like Seadragon, Photosynth, Virtual Earth, and now the Worldwide Telescope .  I’ve blogged about the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:07 PM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Visual STudio 2008 / .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 BETA now Available

For those of you looking for it, ScottGu published a blog post earlier today announcing the BETA release of VS08/.NET 3.5 SP1.  There are a ton of bug fixes, updates and improvements to Web Development (including ASP.NET Dynamic Data), Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 2:08 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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Developing Silverlight 2 Applications for the Enterprise

Hanu Kommalapati, one of the Architects on our team, has written an excellent blog post about using Silverlight 2 in “the real world” of Enterprise Applications.  After reading it, I’d consider this to be important stuff for not only the Enterprise Read More...
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 1:23 PM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Heroes {Community} Launch in Wroclaw, Poland

I’ve been invited by the Wroclaw .NET User Group in Wroclaw, Poland to be a featured speaker at their upcoming Heroes {Community} Launch event on June 2nd, 2008.  I’m really excited about my trip to Poland to meet with such an enthusiastic group Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:33 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

NWA SQL Server User Group starting up!

For those of you in the Northwest Arkansas area, don’t miss the inaugural meeting of the Northwest Arkansas SQL Server User Group. Meeting Details: The first ever NWASQL meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 14th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm .  Pizza Read More...
Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 11:53 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Dallas TechFest a Smashing Success!

Last weekend was the first ever Dallas TechFest – and it was FANTASTIC!  Now I know we do a lot of these *Camps or *Fests around here, but this event (at least for the Dallas area) was something new.  Based on some great stories in the Heartland Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:31 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments
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Expression Design Team Blog and Podcast

I just found out today that the smart and creative folks over at The Official Microsoft Expression Design Support Team Blog have created a videocast series to go along with their popular blog.  You can visit their site to download the shows individually, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:48 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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XNA Developer Studio 3.0 CTP is out today!

Get it while it’s hot: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF4AF56A-58A7-474C-BFD0-7CF8ED3036A3&displaylang=en This version adds the ability to develop games for the Zune!  I can’t wait to try it out.  You can get more Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:28 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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