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Microsoft Launch Events in March
10 December 07 09:15 PM

I got asked yesterday when we are having our launch events for Visual Studio 2008, SQL 2008 and Windows Server 2008, so I thought I should put the current dates out so you can pencil them in. We are going to be visiting Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch Read More...

Postedby dburling | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Studio, Community, Microsoft, Windows, SQL Server

MSDN Flash - Here comes the wave!
27 November 07 06:03 PM

Last week Visual Studio 2008 was released to manufacturing . If you have a MSDN Subscription, you can download it now. Visual Studio 2008 will hit store shelves in late Jan/early Feb. In spite of the fact that Visual Studio has only just been released, Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Studio, .Net, Community, Windows, MSDN

Geekzone live on Windows Server 2008 RC
22 November 07 09:46 PM

On Wednesday Mauricio from Geekzone was up in Auckland upgrading the Geekzone server to Windows Server 2008 RC.  He posted a blog post saying he was live, and yesterday he did a report on the first few days . After the install he said:  My first Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Windows

BootCamp 07 - November 3-4
07 September 07 02:00 AM

You may have already noticed the murmurings of another code camp - just weeks after the last one. This Code Camp is being organized by the Christchurch crowd ( Peter is the front man for it) and will therefore be the first Code Camp ever in the South Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Studio, .Net, Community, Code Camp, Windows, SQL Server

Speed up Vista - new patches out
08 August 07 10:11 PM

Yesterday we released two patches for Vista that should be useful to you end users. The first one fixes a bunch of issues in screen savers, hibernation, resume and the time it takes to estimate the time left to copy a file among others - details and download Read More...

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Filed under: Windows

MSDN Flash - What is in Windows Server for developers?
22 July 07 03:19 AM

The last editorial I wrote about Visual Studio 2008's multi-targeting support , however as the Launch coming in February is about Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 I thought I might shed some light on what is coming in Windows Server for developers Read More...

Postedby dburling | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Windows, MSDN, Silverlight, women in technology

TechNet Gadget - with New Zealand (and Australian) content
20 June 07 12:36 AM

In my email this morning I got a message that Jay "No Blog" Templeton and the team from Mabode have just launched the Microsoft Australia and New Zealand TechNet Gadget. The gadget allows you to select a bunch of feeds to have rotated through the gadget Read More...

Postedby dburling | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Windows

Wanted - a Video Player sidebar gadget
15 June 07 10:40 PM

I was just considering watching a videocast that I'd downloaded but I've got other things to do and don't want to devote myself to just watching the video. On my computer I've got the sidebar set to always on top (I've got a 20" wide screen monitor, so Read More...

Postedby dburling | 6 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

Background Motion - now live!
14 June 07 10:35 PM

Over the last few months the guys at Mindscape have been dotting i's and crossing t's in order to get BackgroundMotion up and running. This has meant getting a solid hosting solution up (thanks to ZeroOne for pitching in!) as well as ensuring things like Read More...

Postedby dburling | 3 Comments    

Filed under: AJAX, ASP.Net, .Net, Gadgets, Developer, Windows

IIS7 and Windows Server 2008 Core
12 June 07 12:43 AM

Did you know that IIS7 will ship out of the box on Windows Server Core? That means you can run a stripped down server on Windows Server 2008 Server Core and have it running as part of a web farm or just as a web server on its own. Server Core doesn't Read More...

Postedby dburling | (Comments Off)    

Filed under: Windows, Web

Trade Me Launches Vista Gadget
07 May 07 03:31 AM

Good news from Rowans Blog . The TradeMe gadget is one of several New Zealand gadgets that have been incubated. This gadget is for people selling stuff on TradeMe - if you sell stuff on TradeMe, this is a great way to keep up to date with what your goods Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

Powershell gadget and using WCS in the sidebar
05 April 07 06:33 AM

Last night the guys from Mindscape unleashed their powershell gadget onto the world. This very cool gadget allows you to enter powershell commands into a gadget rather than having a powershell window running full time in the background. The guys have Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

More NZ Sidebar Gadgets
03 April 07 12:41 AM

There is lots of activity in the Windows Vista Sidebar gadget space here in New Zealand. There are a heap of significant organizations here that are working on gadgets right now that will be revealed in the next few weeks. For the moment though I want Read More...

Postedby dburling | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Gadgets, Sidebar, Windows

Technical Briefings - over and out!
21 March 07 12:59 AM

I've just finished the keynote presentation for the Christchurch Technical briefings . Phew! Great to have that out of the way. I can now go back to normality ;-) The last few weeks have been great in many ways. I've now done my first ever keynote series, Read More...

Postedby dburling | 7 Comments    

Filed under: .Net, Expression, Developer, Microsoft, Designer, Windows, TechEdNZ

SQL Server 2005 Service pack 2 released - Vista devs rejoice!
21 February 07 12:12 AM

If you've been waiting for SQL Server 2005 to be released, well it is out now :-) When you install SQL Server 2005 on Vista, you'll be prompted to install Service pack 2 - only problem is that it hasn't been available - until today. You can download it Read More...

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Filed under: Developer, Microsoft, Windows, SQL Server