January 2006 - Posts

Artificial LIfe BEing-ALIBE - Phase 1. Inception.
21 January 06 02:36 AM | NagiBabu | 0 Comments   

A rtificial LI fe BE ing a.k.a ALIBE in my hope would be a fully autonomous robot. The term "autonomous" is used very loosely nowadays in a variety of spaces. So, before I describe how I see it in this particular project, let me first put forward the Read More...

A humble exposure of my iCar project inside Microsoft
20 January 06 05:37 PM | NagiBabu | 0 Comments   

Early this am, a short story on my iCar ( http://icar.crosscity.com/ ) project was published in the Microsoft internal newsletter - Micronews . Micronews is a worldwide MSFT newsletter that reaches every MSFT office, every MSFT employee and as their respective Read More...

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - July CTP is out
17 January 06 12:06 PM | NagiBabu | 0 Comments   

Earlier today, the Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - July 2006 CTP was released for public consumption. It can be downloaded here : Enjoy ciao Nagi Read More...

How do kids use F/Stop
15 January 06 08:38 PM | NagiBabu | 1 Comments   

f/stop is kids friendly too. Making it kids friendly has always been one of the goals of this project. Users of all ages-who can handle mouse/keyboard, should be able to manage their foto blog. As a POC , I had asked my daughter to try using f/stop to Read More...

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime on Windows Vista
05 January 06 10:38 PM | NagiBabu | 0 Comments   

Many people have pinged me asking about Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 runtime support on Windows Vista. The Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 team is committed to the “ It Just Works ” compatibility between VB 6.0 applications and Windows Vista. Our VB team is Read More...

Announcing The Microsoft’s Architecture Forums
05 January 06 12:39 PM | NagiBabu | 1 Comments   

The Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) division at Microsoft, are seeing a huge demand and need from the Developer and Architect community for Microsoft backed and guided architect forums. A place where Enterprises, Global Independant Software Vendors Read More...

Windows Vista :: User Account Control (UAC) - Why NOT to turn it off!!
05 January 06 05:20 AM | NagiBabu | 0 Comments   

At Microsoft, we dog-food just about every product that is in the pike of development and testing as it "travels" the roads to getting ready to ship. The objective of this process is to use our own products, identify UX, and help improve the product before Read More...

Regular Expressions in .Net
02 January 06 08:41 PM | NagiBabu | 0 Comments   

Regular Expressions is a not for mortals like me. I have about 3 yrs experience using these in various projects in my life. But, still kicks the heck out of me. I usually fall back to various resources when I'm lost. Off the many survivors on the web Read More...