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Are Hash Codes Unique?

Posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:02 AM by tomarcher
While you will hear people state that hash codes generate a unique value for a given input, the fact is that, while difficult to accomplish, it is technically feasible to find two different data inputs that hash to the same value. However, the true determining Read More...
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Why MSDN publishes more Managed Code than Native Code Information

Posted Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:15 AM by tomarcher
From time to time, I get queries like “Why is Microsoft forcing managed code on us?” or “Why is Microsoft abandoning native code?” and so on. As MSDN is a key Microsoft public interface to developers, I thought I’d answer that from my own perspective. Read More...
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Free Microsoft Certification Exam (in Visual C++)

Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:38 PM by tomarcher
Sorry for the late notice, but I've just been informed that there's a free Visual C++ 2005 certification exam available (#71-526). While this is a "beta" exam and is only good until January 31, it does count towards certification in the same way as the Read More...
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Free Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 Training!

Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:23 PM by tomarcher
This past Friday, we announced that our Training/Learning division is offering *free* training on several courses related to the November 7 launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006. From what I'm being told this training is Read More...
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Retrieving special folder locations the right way (and some history)

Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:53 PM by tomarcher
Raymond Chen has a great one page piece in this month's TechNet magazine about why you should use the Shell API to retrieve special folder location information (such as the Fonts folder), why the Shell Folder registry key should not be used and how that Read More...
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Video from Product Team on new products

Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:17 PM by tomarcher
In the latest installment of "Microsoft After Dark", the product teams speak of the new innovations related to SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006: http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0510/25540/welcome.htm Read More...
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Get Visual Studio 2005 today!!

Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:48 PM by tomarcher
While the official launch is still November 7, you can get Visual Studio 2005 today with an MSDN Subscription[1]. If you have an MSDN Subscription - if not, this is a great reason to get one! - you can obtain the final versions of the following products Read More...
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