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Conficker Worm: Protect Yourself

Chances are you’ve already seen this mentioned in the mainstream press, but if not, here’s the link to make sure you’re safe from whatever manifestations arise tomorrow, April Fool’s Day. http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:55 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

M is for… M

M is for M:   How cool is that? You really can’t start talking about M without first mentioning Oslo , the code-name for Microsoft’s model-driven development infrastructure.  Oslo was formally introduced at Microsoft PDC back in October 2008, Read More...
Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 12:02 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Roadshow Recap (Including Some Answers!)

On Monday, Chris , Bob , and I wrapped up the latest edition of the Northeast Roadshow in Waltham.  Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve crisscrossed the region a couple of times (ok, not exactly like the map below, but you get the idea).  In Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:34 PM by joneil | 1 Comments

Safer Browsing With IE8

My colleague in New York, Peter Laudati , just alerted me to this report in which IE8 was found to be more than twice as effective as Firefox (and even more so than Opera, Safari, and Chrome) in blocking malware sites.  The study was carried out Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:05 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Code Camp Call Out

It’s a one-two punch, code-camp-wise! New England Code Camp is THIS Saturday, March 28th, at the Microsoft Office in Waltham.  Check out the full schedule (and I mean full) on Chris’ blog .  You can still register here to join 350 of your closest Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:37 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile at SwANH

I’ll be in Bedford, New Hampshire, tomorrow evening participating at the Software Association of New Hampshire quarterly training event.  The topic this quarter is mobile application development, so of course, I’ll be showcasing Visual Studio and Read More...
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 11:26 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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L is for… Lambda

If the lambda operator and associated lambda expressions are Greek to you, read on!  lambda (λ) here refers to λ-calculus , which is a formal mathematical system introduced in the 1930s.  It’s evolved to become the basis of the functional programming Read More...
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 12:11 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Beantown .NET Goes NERD-y

Some may say any .NET user group is nerdy, but the Beantown .NET INETA User Group gets the honors of being the first truly NERD-y one.   By NERD here, I mean, of course, the New England Research and Development Center (with the envious acronym) Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 22, 2009 9:18 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

Russ’ Tool shed on Channel 9

Many of you in this area are fans of Russ Fustino , who was a Developer Evangelist in Microsoft’s Northeast District before he migrated south to Florida.   With his trademark hard hat and tool belt, Russ has brought his inimitable presentations Read More...
Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 9:46 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

IE8

In case you missed Dean Hachamovitch’s keynote at MIX09 this morning, Internet Explorer 8 is now officially released, in 25 languages no less!        Check out the videos here for quick insights into how IE makes browsing easier, faster, Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:00 PM by joneil | 4 Comments
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M-V-C is H-E-R-E

Here’s one of a number of cool announcements coming out of MIX 09 going on now at the Venetian in Las Vegas.  The ASP.NET MVC (Model-View-Controller) Framework version 1.0 is now live.  This is the culmination of a pretty amazing exercise in Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:19 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Silverlight 3 Emerges from the Shadows

Scott Guthrie gave a bit of a teaser in a blog post last November , but today Silverlight 3 is a significant step closer to reality through the official announcement of a beta release at MIX 09 in Las Vegas.  Coinciding with the beta is the availability Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:10 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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24 Hours of .NET – No Foolin’

Here’s a unique developer event you can attend in your pajamas!  Microsoft TechDays Developer 2009 is a 24-hour virtual event being held on April 1st.   95 live sessions will be on-going, in multiple languages, starting at 8 a.m. in the Asia-Pacific Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:01 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

TONIGHT! Inaugural Meeting of ASP.NET Professionals

Quick reminder: the first meeting of the newly formed ASP.NET Professionals User Group takes place tonight at the Microsoft office at 201 Jones Road in Waltham.  The meeting runs from 6:15 to 8:30.  Regular meetings will occur on the 4th Tuesday Read More...
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 9:30 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

K is for… Key

‘Key’ is a rather overloaded term in .NET and programming circles in general. There are database primary and foreign keys, hash keys, keys to styles and templates in WPF, registry keys, key codes for each key on the keyboard, and many others.  For Read More...
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 12:00 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Get RESTy With It

Preview 2 of the WCF REST Starter Kit is now available on CodePlex.  I covered an earlier version of the Starter Kit during our Northeast Roadshow last December.  As you may recall, the WCF REST Starter Kit enables you to pretty quickly build Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:06 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Hartford Roadshow Attendees Take Note

Chris , Bob and I just got back from the first two stops on our Northeast Roadshow series (thanks to all that turned out in Burlington, VT and Rochester, NY!).   We’ll be on the road again soon, this time in Hartford on Wednesday, March 18th Read More...
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 10:16 PM by joneil | 0 Comments

SQL Data Services: Look at Us Now!

Being the data and services geek that I am, I’ve spent a fair amount of time of over the last couple of months working with ADO.NET Data Services as well as the SQL Data Services portion of the Azure Services Platform . SQL Data Services is built on top Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:27 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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J is for.. JSON

No, not the Greek hero who scored the Golden Fleece; this JSON (note – there’s no ‘a’ here) stands for JavaScript Object Notation.   JSON is quite simply a serialization format for data that leverages JavaScript as the encoding mechanism.  Read More...
Posted Monday, March 09, 2009 12:00 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

Northeast Roadshow Update

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately we need to cancel the Albany venue on the upcoming Northeast Roadshow series.  For those of you that signed up, we will be providing our materials on-line and preparing screencasts as well post-show.  Read More...
Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 10:13 AM by joneil | 0 Comments

Syracuse MSDN Event

Thanks to all the folks that turned out for the MSDN event today yesterday in Syracuse.  We had a full docket of topics, so I hope that everyone got something valuable out of the presentations. As promised, I’ve uploaded my demos and PowerPoint slides Read More...
Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 12:40 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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Get into the MIX09

It’s exactly two weeks until MIX09 , and here’s the scene from my home office window juxtaposed with one of the MIX09 venue.  Vegas is looking pretty good, huh?   Weather aside, there’s a lot of other great things in store at this year’s edition Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:43 AM by joneil | 1 Comments
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ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2

Hot of the wire(less)… Release Candidate 2 of the ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) framework is now available.  This brings the technology, which provides an alternative methodology for building ASP.NET web sites, one step closer to release.  Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:22 PM by joneil | 0 Comments
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I is for… Isolated Storage

Isolated storage is a pretty nifty concept that’s actually been part of the .NET Framework since version 1.1 but is getting a bit more attention these days with the adoption of Silverlight and the desire to leverage the client machine for a better user Read More...
Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 12:00 AM by joneil | 0 Comments
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