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February 2009 - Posts

Interesting Case Study of LAMP Application moved to VS and .NET

Ran across a case study with some very interesting quotes. This case study is from Earth Class Mail. Check out some of the comments: Benefits Saved U.S.$750,000 and six months on development Scales to support business growth Enables mobile solution with Read More...
Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 10:37 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Windows Phones: A New Name, and Raising The Game

Yesterday, Microsoft presented at Mobile World Congress 2009, in Barcelona. Steve Ballmer and Andy Lees presented our strategy for our mobile strategy. One of the early points is that we are calling our devices Windows Phones. We also announced officially Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:26 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments

March Madness, Silverlight, and CBS

During most years at this time, my friends in Memphis start getting excited. We’ve become spoiled watching the Memphis Tigers participate in postseason play. There is now a new twist to bracketology. CBSSports has announced that they will be using Silverlight Read More...
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 2:27 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Microsoft’s Battle Against Conficker includes Bounty of $250K

Many folks have asked me about Microsoft’s reward program to find the authors of the Conficker/Downadup worm. So, I did a little checking into this and here’s the scoop. Back in the fall (2008), Microsoft was made aware of the Conficker virus and provided Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 9:27 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments

Anyone in Louisville looking for a Tools Roadmap Presentation?

You are invited to a dinner presentation of the Microsoft Developer Tools and Platform Roadmap hosted by Microsoft and Cardinal Solutions and a chance to win an XBOX 360. Topics for this presentation include: · What is coming in Visual Studio Team System Read More...
Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 12:10 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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The First “How Do I” Videos arrive for Azure Services Platform

Nine new videos arrived on the Azure Services Platform Videos site. On this page you will find webcasts and how-to videos covering the technologies included in the Azure Services Platform: Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Data Services, and Live Services. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:14 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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IE8 Search

IE8 has a lot of new features , but I like to show off three (visual search, web slices, and accelerators). So, while I’m waiting for VS2008 (VSTS) to install, I want to point out some of the goodness of the search feature set. First, the inline search Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:40 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Announcements on Windows 7

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m running Windows 7 on my Dell Latitude D820 and the experience is excellent. And yesterday (while I was stuck in the snowy evening traffic of Cincinnati), Microsoft released several announcements on Windows 7. Here’s a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:13 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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