09 February 2010
Customer Showcase: Outback Steakhouse Scaling Viral Facebook Applications with Windows Azure
Jeff Barnes details the solution architecture and business benefits of the Outback Steakhouse Blooming Onion Facebook campaign created by Micrtosoft partner by Thuzi . The solution leveraged the .NET Facebook DSK and Windows Azure . Outback Steakhouse Read More...
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08 February 2010
A Tour Through the Parallel Programming Samples for .NET 4
Now that the “Release Candidate” of Visual Studio 2010 and the NET 4.0 Framework is just around the corner – it’s time to get with the new economy and see how you can “Do More With Less” with the Parallel Extensions for the .NET Framework.  The Parallel Read More...
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08 February 2010
Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Offers “Go Live” Option
Check-out this blog post from the Visual Studio 2010 team where they have announced that the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 will be supported as a “go live” release.  This means that VS2010 RC has met high standards Read More...
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08 February 2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit Released
Looking for some great free SQL Server 2008 R2 training so you can get ramped-up quickly on all the new features and functionality? SQL Server 2008 R2 offers an impressive array of capabilities for developers that build upon key innovations introduced Read More...
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08 February 2010
Mind-Mapping Software Builds on Windows 7 to Improve User Productivity
Mindjet, a California based high-tech and electronics manufacturing company with 170 employees, needed to incorporate natural and intuitive methods to a new release of its visual productivity tool “MindManager.” Their decision was to build the new release Read More...
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08 February 2010
Windows 7 Sensor Trigger for WPF Applications
Michael Scherotter , has written on his latest invention, a Windows 7 Sensor Trigger for Expression Blend . You can get the details on his blog aptly named ‘Synergist’ . Technorati Tags: Windows 7 , Expression Blend , Sensor API   digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/innov8showcase/archive/2010/02/08/windows-7-sensor-trigger-for-wpf-applications.aspx'; Read More...
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08 February 2010
IT Architecture in 2010: Editor's Choice
Diego Dagum, editor-in-chief at the Architecture Journal , has posted links to a set of articles that lay out the future for cloud computing:   [ZDNet] The decade in tech: Top 5 stories of the 00s (video) From the Google IPO, to the rise of social Read More...
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08 February 2010
New tools for Windows Azure
On February 1st we released the latest version of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK Version 1.1 . This release adds support for Windows Azure mountable Drives as well as numerous bug fixes. The new Drives feature is designed to support moving applications Read More...
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08 February 2010
Comparison of Adaptive Streaming Offerings
Wondering how the latest adaptive streaming technologies from Microsoft, Adobe, and Apple stack-up against each other?  Check-out this blog post by Chris Knowlton for a great overview of the features and functions available today by the leading vendors Read More...
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08 February 2010
ARCast.TV - Scaling Facebook Applications with Windows Azure
ARCast.TV - Scaling Facebook Applications with Windows Azure How do you meet the unknown scalability requirements for viral social networking Facebook applications? Thuzi is a Microsoft partner who has created a framework for delivering viral social networking Read More...
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04 February 2010
Controlling Your Testing Costs with Windows Azure
Windows Azure is based on an Operating Expense (OPEX) billing model as opposed to a Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) billing model. The implication of OPEX is that you do not have to expend capital to buy hardware and software or to pay for support staff to Read More...
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03 February 2010
Internet Explorer 8 Officially World's Most Used Browser
January Browser Market Share data released by Net Applications cites Internet Explorer 8 as the most used browser. This news comes on the heels of Google’s announcement late last week that they are phasing out Internet Explorer 6 support on two Google Read More...
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02 February 2010
Windows 7 Helped Boost Customer Satisfaction with Microsoft
Bloomberg reports that the percentage of customers satisfied with Microsoft reached 73 percent on Dec. 31, 2009, the highest since YouGov, a London-based market-research firm, started surveying in 2007. Microsoft’s reputation is benefiting from the positively Read More...
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01 February 2010
How Companies Use Web Slices and Accelerators
Want to know how on-line businesses are benefiting from implementing IE8 Accelerators and Web Slices to drive more web traffic and return visitors? Check-out this post on the US ISV Developer Community Blog and see how companies like Yahoo, OneRiot, ESPN, Read More...
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01 February 2010
Silverlight4 Client for Facebook Released
This application brings together the many compelling platform capabilities of Silverlight 4 into a rich out-of-browser application in the familiar context of Facebook. Enjoy the photos, feeds, events, friends’ walls, and inbox mail from your Facebook Read More...
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