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Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal, SQL Server Ireland User Group Thursday Sept 4th 2008

There are still some seats available for this event in Sandyford, being run by the SQL Server Ireland User Group... registration is via http://sql.mtug.ie/Events/EventInfo.aspx?ID=2a6f555f-c4f9-40c6-8971-097f46cba063 The topic is SQL Server - Index Internals Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:29 PM by ronang | 0 Comments

An easy way to ensure your site supports IE 8

You may know that one of the goals of IE 8 is to be the most standards-compliant version of the browser ever...clearly this has implications for all those sites out there which have content which is not strictly compliant to e.g. CSS standards for example. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:29 AM by ronang | 0 Comments

How to write a "Find on MSDN" Accelerator for Internet Explorer 8 (with working sample)

MSDN is one of the sites I use most frequently, so I thought it would be a good candidate for my first IE 8 Accelerator. And it turns out it's even easier to do than writing a webslice. All you need to do is write a simple XML file, the specification Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:02 AM by ronang | 0 Comments

Welcome New Microsoft Student Partners

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Microsoft Ireland’s new team of Student Partners.  They were incredibly enthusiastic, and I’m looking forward to the great things they’re planning on doing over the next school year. I talked to the students Read More...
Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 8:09 PM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Check out my blog's Webslice (alt: how to add a Webslice to your blog)

So having just installed IE8 beta 2 today I thought I'd have a go at creating a Webslice for my blog...Turns out it's pretty easy, and I was even able to put a version of the Popfly mashup from my last post in my preview (added my blog's logo to make Read More...
Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 12:14 AM by ronang | 0 Comments

My blog - now with added Popfly

Just dropped Adam Nathan's recent news Popfly gadget onto my blog, and it's extremely easy to use it for any blog that has an RSS feed...Just open his original project at http://www.popfly.com/users/Adam/Recent%20Posts and Tweak it to point it to your Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:58 PM by ronang | 0 Comments
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Javascript profiling in IE 8 beta 2

Great feature, new in beta 2 :-) Performance of the javascript engine has been a major focus for IE 8, and it also gives you the tools to ensure that the javascript on your site is optimised. By using the profiler you can figure out where you're spending Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:53 PM by ronang | 0 Comments

High Altitude Deep Zoom - Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 3000m

I just spent a couple of weeks in Switzerland and one of the highlights was a (two-stage) cable car ride up to Les Diablerets at an altitude of 3000m. The below Deep Zoom collection consists of a partial panorama plus detail of the halfway cable car station Read More...
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 3:17 PM by ronang | 0 Comments

Microsoft Ireland Podcast: What’s New in IE8?

For this episode of the Microsoft Ireland Podcast, I describe the new features and updates in Internet Explorer 8.  IE 8 Beta 1 came out earlier this year, and we’re eagerly awaiting the next version.  This podcast tells you a bit about what Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:43 PM by martharotter | 0 Comments

What a difference a month makes...

Between TechReady in Seattle (an internal technical conference, think of it as Tech Ed for Microsoft folks) followed by holidays I've been out of the office for the last month, during which there has been many interesting happenings, including SQL Server Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:33 PM by ronang | 0 Comments

Live Mesh Comes to Ireland

I’ve blogged a bit before about Live Mesh and how cool it is.  Up until now it has been available as a Tech Preview only in the USA, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.  Today I’m pleased to announce that Live Mesh is now available in Ireland Read More...
Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 9:02 AM by martharotter | 1 Comments

Microsoft Ireland Podcast: Windows Live Services with Rémy Pairault

For this episode of the Microsoft Ireland podcast, I sat down with Rémy Pairault from Microsoft’s Windows Live team at the Dublin Mix08 Essentials event. Rémy talks to us about his session as well as some of the cool new developments happening in the Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:40 AM by martharotter | 0 Comments

Composite Application Guidance for WPF now available

Patterns & Practices have just released guidance to help you more easily build enterprise-level Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) client applications. This guidance will help you design and build flexible composite WPF client applications—composite Read More...
Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 10:09 AM by ronang | 0 Comments

Microsoft SLPS Case Study featuring Softedge Systems (Ireland-based ISV)

I recently blogged about SLPS and am delighted to highlight a case study featuring a local ISV - Softedge Systems . Softedge Systems flagship product, DocsAlive 2007, is a multimedia content-creation tool built on the 2007 Microsoft® Office system. DocsAlive Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:50 AM by ronang | 0 Comments

Difficulty accessing MSDN downloads

It has been brought to our attention that some Partners have recently experienced difficulties in accessing their MSDN Downloads. This was due to a system change - affected users will need to re-associate their Live ID to their subscription to re-access Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:36 AM by ronang | 0 Comments
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