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Dr. "Z" lives in Northern Virginia with his family. He tries to stay in touch with developers and architects in the Mid-Atlantic region.

August 2008 - Posts

Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 2
IE8 Beta 2 is available for download. To get a feel for the new IE8 experience, check out the videos here . D ownload the product, and try it out. Read More...
Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:14 PM by zxue | 1 Comments
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ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 Just Released
This ASP.NET MVC CodePlex Preview 5 is an interim release that contains some new features and some feature improvements. Note: Before you run the ASP.NET MVC CodePlex Preview 5 installer, be sure to uninstall any earlier previews of ASP.NET MVC that you Read More...
Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:47 AM by zxue | 1 Comments
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Are Organizations Adopting Technologies Fast Enough?
Companies are adopting technologies at a much slower rate than that of technical changes, according to a recent video interview of Juval Lowy with Builder AU . Mr. Lowy points out that most organizations do not realize that they need a visual designer Read More...
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:21 PM by zxue | 1 Comments
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Measuring Experience - A Presentation by John Whalen in Washington DC, August 19, 2008
How is user experience being measured today and what is on the horizon? Join John Whalen, Director of User Experience at e.magination, on August 19 th and learn how you can move from routine usability testing to cutting edge user experience measurement Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:10 PM by zxue | 1 Comments
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Philadelphia IT Architect Regional Conference, Sept. 23-24, 2008
The IT Architect Regional Conference by IASA is the largest event in the Philadelphia area to address the pressing needs of IT architects today. There are over 15 seminars and two tracks separated by specialty: Enterprise and Software Architecture. Architects Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:43 PM by zxue | 1 Comments
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.NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Released!
I just downloaded the full package of .NET 3.5 SP1 (231 MB) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 , and installed them on my Vista machine. It took about 16 minutes to install .NET 3.5 SP1, and the setup required a restart. It took much longer time to install VS Read More...
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008 3:59 PM by zxue | 1 Comments
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ARCast.TV - Greg Galipeau on ASP.NET MVC
In this interview, Greg Galipeau of RDA discusses with me three different patterns -- MVC, MVP and ASP.NET MVC . He articulates the advantages and disadvantages inherent in each pattern, and explains when to use one versus another when creating Windows Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 9:46 AM by zxue | 0 Comments
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NBC Will Stream Beijing Olympics Using Microsoft Silverlight Technology
A CNET article provides some interesting detail on how NBC will use Microsoft Silverlight Technology to stream live video contents from Beijing Olymic Games to your PCs through Limelight Networks and ISPs. You can view some videos now at http://www.nbcolympics.com/ Read More...
Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:55 AM by zxue | 1 Comments
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