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C++ at the PDC
Visual C++ PM Kang Su Gatlin let me know that he's posted a listing of the offerings availble for...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 08/12/2005
Visual Studio 2005 SDK August CTP
Allen Denver posted a note in his blog to let us know the VSSDK 2005 August CTP is now available....
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 08/04/2005
SharePoint Applications
Mary Jo Foley links to some new SharePoint application templates available for download from...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 08/04/2005
Microsoft Company Picnic Today
07-30-2005 Picnic 006 Originally uploaded by brianjoI took the boys to the company picnic today....
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/30/2005
Absolute Beginner's Series Posted
Kent has just finished posting the Absolute Beginner's Video Series on Visual Studio 2005 Express...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/30/2005
WinFX Beta 1 SDK Available
In my ongoing effort to link to every SDK in the world, here's the WinFX Beta 1 SDK for your coding...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/29/2005
NVIDIA 9.5 SDK Available
I saw on GameDev.net that the NVIDIA 9.5 SDK is now available for download. Get the goods here:...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/29/2005
Using the Tablet as an AUX Display
Since Steve did the post How to Make a Vista Aux Display, I've been thinking about how to use my...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/28/2005
Will made his first real cell call tonight
Weird, but I wanted to get it in my blog. A few months ago I got a mobile for my son Will. (My 10...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/28/2005
Meltdown 2005 Slides are Up
Update: I changed the name of the file because I left a space in it when I first posted it. This was...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/28/2005
Windows Vista Developer Center is Live!
After a flurry of hard work by people from all over Microsoft, we propped the Windows Vista...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/27/2005
Windows OneCare Live Beta
Good stuff. Get the details here: Windows OneCare Live Home Dont have the time or technical...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/20/2005
Can you Spot the Bug?
Microsoft Product Manager for Developer Security Rick Samona, with the help of Foundstone, has...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/18/2005
Kim Komando on the Shared Computer Toolkit
Kim Komando has nice little writeup of the Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP in USA...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/18/2005
The Kids at the B&N Harry Potter Party
The Kids at the B&N Harry Potter Party Originally uploaded by brianjo. Friday night we did the...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/17/2005
Microsoft .NET Framework Benchmark Testing Terms Updated
This month, we've updated the testing terms for .NET Framework benchmarks. Here's a link to the...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/15/2005
Tech-Ed 2005 Orlando Webcasts Online
If you missed Tech-Ed in Orlando, many of the sessions are now available online. Check out the site...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 07/06/2005
Synergy
An interesting thing happened today. My big group (under John Frederiksen) at Microsoft had an...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/29/2005
Patterns and Practices Live
I wasn't aware that the Patterns and Practices group was doing a regular weekly webcast. You can get...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/29/2005
Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit
I'm getting a demo today of the Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit. This looks like an awesome...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/29/2005
Steve Riley on RDP and Authentication
Steve Riley has posted a link to some information about RDP security over the Internet. Check it out...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/29/2005
CLR Profiler for .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2
We just posted this last night. CLR Profiler for the .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 Analyze and improve...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/28/2005
RSS in Longhorn
Last week we posted a new page in the Longhorn developer center in support of the announcements made...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/28/2005
One last Encarta note...
As I was messing around on Encarta today, I also noticed the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary....
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/20/2005
How to Edit Encarta Encyclopedia
I was just looking up something in Encarta and I saw a link to this page: How to Edit Encarta...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/20/2005
New on VS2005
We added a new section to the Visual Studio 2005 Beta Home Page today. It's in the MSDN Forums:...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/20/2005
Log Parser
I was playing with Log Parser tonight and I did a search to see what I may have said about it in my...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/20/2005
New security guidance from MSS
Microsoft Solutions for Security (MSS), put out a ton of great security guidance last week. I'll try...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/19/2005
eMbedded Visual C++ Upgrade Wizard for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
New on the download center. If you're doing embedded Visual C++ development, you'll want to take a...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/19/2005
Security Updates for June
We released a number of Security Bulletins today. It looks like three critical, four moderate, and...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/14/2005
Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 Patch for Visual C++ Developers
Yesterday we posted a patch for Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. Check out the Download...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/14/2005
Steve Teixeira on the future of MFC
Today we posted a new article on the future of MFC by Steve Teixeira. We're headlining the article...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/11/2005
Spring Issue TechNet Magazine
I finally got around to looking at the latest issue of TechNet Magazine. As usual, lots of great...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/09/2005
patterns and practices Security Wiki
The PAG team has a new security wiki up on Channel 9. Check it out here: Welcome to the patterns...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/07/2005
See Steve Ballmer's Tech-Ed 2005 Keynote
Don't miss Steve Ballmer's Tech-Ed 2005 Keynote on Monday. Here are the details and link: Steve...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/06/2005
Matt is looking for a few good strategists
Or at least two. Read all about it here: Wanted: MSDN Content Strategists I currently have two open...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 06/01/2005
Using Visual C++ 2005 Express Beta 2 with the Platform SDK
We've got a draft of the updated document that I'm planning to post Monday around using Visual C++...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/27/2005
Instructions for using Visual C++ 2005 Express Beta 2 with the Platform SDK
This is an article that's going to be updated on the Visual C++ Express page next week. Please send...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/27/2005
Public Symbols for Beta 2
CLR PUM Jason Zander has posted information about the availability of debug symbols for Beta 2. If...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/27/2005
Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition Beta 2 Help Fix
I actually found this download via ActiveWin. Here's the scoop: The download "repairs access to .NET...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/27/2005
Desktop Search Questions
This is one of those notes to myself. Desktop Search Questions on the Channel9 Wiki answers a lot of...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/25/2005
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 (Beta) Compatibility
Today we posted new content around .NET Framework version compatibility. Here's a link to the...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/24/2005
Microsoft Component Installer Software Development Kit
Barak let me know that the Microsoft Component Installer Software Development Kit is live on the...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/23/2005
Finally saw a cool Windows XP commercial...
I've seen Star Wars twice already, so tonight I'm watching The Science of Star Wars on the Discovery...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/21/2005
Got Threat Model?
JD let Kent and me know that PAG has published some new guidance around threat modeling. Threat...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/18/2005
The Flying Book
My mom and dad visited from Wisconsin last week and we were talking about flying. My parents love to...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/16/2005
Interesting Story about Dashboard Security
Interesting Macworld story about security in the new Mac dashboard. The author shows you how to open...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/10/2005
Bill Gates MEDC Keynote
The Windows Embedded Team is reporting that Billg's keynote will be Webcast live on Tuesday. Didn't...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/10/2005
F-Secure Blog
Slashdot is linking to an interesting story on the F-Secure blog. The story is pretty good, but I...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/10/2005
Windows Server 2003 R2 Customer Preview Program
The Windows Server 2003 Customer Preview Program site is now online. What is Windows Server 2003 R2?...
Author: Brian Johnson MS Date: 05/06/2005