June 2007 - Posts

Microsoft Security Grunt makes Worst Jobs in Science 2007
27 June 07 09:44 AM

I was reading this at home and it reminded me of a very informative and entertaining presentation I was at when I started by one of the leaders (can't recall his name now) of the MS security group(s). His recollection of living through Nimda, ILOVEYOU, Read More...

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Expression Blend is also a developers tool
19 June 07 01:38 PM

Online demo (XBAP), lab manual , and complete source project for building an Outlook 2007 UI Clone with WPF and Expression Blend. I'm about a week behind on this one...haven't gotten through the 90 page lab manual yet :s Read More...

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Targeted advertising: "Cylons. Why debugging matters."
19 June 07 01:32 PM

Not sure how effective it is, but the targeted advertising gets a smile from me. Link to Primordial Ooze: Cylons. Why debugging matters. Read More...

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Windows Server Virtualization Calculators
15 June 07 11:27 AM

For those of you considering Virtualization in your solutions, Windows Server Virtualization Calculators , are available to estimate the licensing costs for Windows Server editions. Haven't tried these yet, but given that figuring out licensing costs Read More...

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CLR Add-In model in .NET 3.5
15 June 07 11:23 AM

While doing some spelunking to support application extensibility I ran across a new feature that is being worked on for .NET 3.5, the CLR Add-In model. You can check out the CLR Add-In Team Blog . They also have 2 articles up on MSDN Magazine, Part 1 Read More...

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Do we need another browser?
12 June 07 02:19 PM

After a couple days off working on lingering household projects, I see that Apple has released a beta of Safari for Windows . I think this is great, and I'll probably give it a spin, but I have to ask...do we really need another Web browser? I regularly Read More...

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Microsoft Surface...more for my wishlist
12 June 07 02:13 PM

They announced Microsoft Surface . MS Research has shown videos and demos of early versions of this and it almost always got a WOW from the audience. One of the television shows I can get sucked into very easily was a National Geographic documentary on Read More...

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