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June 2008 - Posts

Friday, June 27, 2008 1:16 PM

I'm with the Thirsty Developer

While in Chicago to speak at PHP | Tek , I got to do a Podcast (in a bar) with on of the The Thirsty Developers I hope you will [ CLICK HERE ] and listen !
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Friday, June 27, 2008 8:47 AM

The Everlasting Question - Should I choose VB.NET of C#

I got an email last night from Eduardo. Eduardo "Love's VB.NET", but is concerned about his long term career prospects because he keeps hearing about C#. The Pie Chart from the Telerik Survey suggests that C# has surpassed VB.NET as the .NET
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:02 AM

Microsoft Surface Video

Most people haven't had a chance to play with Microsoft Surface. It's one of the coolest technologies in a long time ! [ Click HERE to watch the video. ]
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:56 AM

My Secure Development Interview from TechEd 2008

While at TechEd 2008 I got to spend some time in the "Fish Bowl" with Georgeo Pulikkathara . Georgeo interviewed me on Microsoft's Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) and my upcoming Developer Security Activities. Please [ click HERE ] to check
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:01 AM

ComponentArt releases Charting 2008.1

ComponentArt releases Charting 2008.1, introducing advanced AJAX interactivity, dual 3D rendering engines, and a wealth of core charting features. Grate for AJAX style data visualization ! Visit the Charting Gallery for live demos .
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:24 PM

Tools to block and eradicate SQL injection

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:25 AM

Coffee Drinkers Have Slightly Lower Death Rates

Since most of us Geeks are caffeine addicts...... "Coffee consumption has been linked to various beneficial and detrimental health effects, but data on its relation with death were lacking," says Esther Lopez-Garcia, PhD, the study's lead author.
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Monday, June 23, 2008 9:21 AM

DevExpress cleans up with ASPnet Pro Magazine Readers Choice Awards.

This years Reader's Choice Awards conducted by ASPnet Pro Magazine showed some great appreciation for DevExpress' recent work. Their awards included..... Product of the Year - DXperience ASP.NET Best Component Set - DXperience ASP.NET Best Grid - ASPxGridView
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:57 PM

5 Big Security Threats

Baseline Magazine [ Click HERE ] has outlined the 5 Big Security Threats that Anti-virus software and firewalls MISS. 1 Trusted Users and Partners 2 Web Application Vulnerabilities Gartner estimates that 75 percent of today’s attacks are carried
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:13 PM

Build a game, try to win some of $75,000 in prizes.

Today the XNA Team has launched Dream-Build-Play 2008 . In Dream-Build-Play 2008 you can build your dream game to compete with other game developers around the world. This year’s contest will feature Xbox360 development only and to ensure that everyone
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:04 PM

Light Up the Web: Microsoft Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live

Microsoft Silverlight Streaming offers free and inexpensive hosting services that make exposing your video and audio content as easy as pie. An article by Rob Blackwell   Read the article HERE at Devx!
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:12 AM

Why would you want to write your own WYSIWYG editor?

I recently had an email exchange with someone asking me about how to approach writing their own WYSIWYG editor control for web applications. Perhaps an interesting academic exorcize, or maybe he has some very specific application  but it got me thinking
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:39 AM

Scriptloader at SourceForge

OK you AJAX Masters ! Check out ScriptLoader ScriptLoader is a framework to manage your and third-part javascript libraries. It will make you easier to call any script library(your or third-part) without injecting any dirty code.for that,you just configure
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Monday, June 16, 2008 7:31 PM

Join us with a Blog on weblogs.asp.net !

Want to join the bloggers at weblogs.asp.net ? Just go here to read the terms of use. ( http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.mspx ) If you agree to the Terms and Agree not to change or add any advertising on the site then email me and state that you
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Monday, June 16, 2008 6:38 PM

Mix Essentials South Africa - Change in Plans

I was supposed to leave on Wednesday for Mix Essentials South Africa next week. Unfortunately, my paternal grandmother died early this morning and I'll be forgoing the trip to stay home, support my family and see Muth (as she was called - short for Mother)
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:37 AM

.NET Coding Guidelines

[ Subscribe to me at www.MisfitGeek.com ] BradA referred me to some Internal Coding Guidelines hat I thought I'd share... Table of Contents 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:48 AM

Microsoft Patterns & Practices - Improving WCF Services Security

Those smart guys in Microsoft Patterns and Practices have released the BETA version of their WCF Security guide.  The guide, Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF , is our Microsoft playbook for Windows Communication
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:21 AM

SplendedCRM - The Open Source ASP.NET CRM Product gets a new version.

Silverlight, AJAX and PDF Invoices Cement SplendidCRM as the Ideal CRM Platform for Companies that have Standardized on the Microsoft Technology Stack RALEIGH, N.C.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--SplendidCRM Software, Inc., a pioneering provider of Microsoft-centric
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:50 AM

AJAX-style file uploader with progress indicator and uploaded files list.

This spring I did a series of 4 videos on File Uploading in ASP.NET. Here is the series ..... How Do I: Simple File Uploads in ASP.NET 17 minutes, 17 seconds How Do I: Multiple File Uploads in ASP.NET Version 2 16 minutes, 9 seconds How Do I: Multiple
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Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:29 AM

PureComponents Ultimate Suite - $79

I LOVE component suites ! I regularly use web components from Infragistics, Telerik, ComponentOne, Dundas, eXceed, and others. I recently tool PureComponents Ultimate Suite for a Spin ! The first thing that struck me ........ The Price = $79 Need the
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Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:24 AM

Aspiring Architect Series 2008

Last year we held a Web Cast series for aspiring architects that was attended by over 1200 individuals and covered a number of strategies that can help developers and IT professionals to transition to the architect roles. The Aspiring Architect Series
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Sunday, June 08, 2008 8:53 AM

Free Silverlight Datagrid from DevExpress

The folks at DevExpress are releasing a FREE DataGrid for Silverlight. Here are come of the features..... Data Grouping against multiple Silverlight Grid columns Data Sorting against multiple Silverlight Grid columns Comprehensive Summary Computation
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Saturday, June 07, 2008 6:02 PM

Are you Powered by ASP.NET 3.5 - Get Your Button !

Is your site powered by ASP.NET 3.5 ?? Grab a button and show your pride ! http://www.asp.net/images/pow_by_aspnet3.5a.png http://www.asp.net/images/pow_by_aspnet3.5b.png http://www.asp.net/images/pow_by_aspnet3.5c.png
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Saturday, June 07, 2008 4:14 PM

Microsoft Web Deployment Tool Beta

The IIS team has released the Beta 1 (Go Live) release of the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool! The tool provides deployment and migration support for IIS 6.0 and 7.0. It incorporates many features that enable web server administrators to deploy, sync and
Posted by JoeStagner | 2 Comments
Saturday, June 07, 2008 3:29 PM

This is Not My Blog !

If you're reading this via RSS, did you know this is not my blog ? I cross post here but by REAL blog is at www.MisfitGeek.com If you read via RSS please subscribe THERE !! Also - if your interested in Application Security - I'm starting a new security
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Saturday, June 07, 2008 3:18 PM

TechEd 2008 Developers Recap

I'm home from TechEd Developer 2008 (for a few days anyway.) I have to admin, I've been on the road more than every other week since early March and I'm feeling very burned out. I arrived at TechEd a bit less enthusiastic than I usually do, but it ended
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