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Innovation Showcase : Want to learn how to develop for Windows Azure?
posted by wzackwzack 4 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes ago
Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:46:11 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Want to learn how to develop for Windows Azure?
Want to learn how to develop for Windows Azure? In this blog post I cover the training roadmap for the Windows Azure Platform. (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Architecture & Stuff : Windows Azure Platform Training Roadmap
posted by wzackwzack 4 days, 17 hours, 45 minutes ago
Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:29:28 PM GMT
Architecture & Stuff : Windows Azure Platform Training Roadmap
Windows Azure Platform Training Roadmap This training roadmap is based on internal Microsoft work done by Scott Zimmerman, Danny Garberand others at Microsoft. However all the material is publicly accessible. Do not be put off by some of the session titles that imply that this is only for Microsoft partners]. It is for everyone who wants to learn about the Windows Azure Platform. ... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 5 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : got concurrency?
posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 19 hours, 23 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 6:51:26 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : got concurrency?
08 March 2010 got concurrency? The free lunch is over! Multicore processors have become widely available, and single-threaded performance in new processors is likely to remain relatively flat. That means added pressure on software developers to improve application performance by taking better advantage of parallelism. Multithreaded applications are not only prone to common sources of inefficiency in sequential implementations, such as inefficient algorithms, poor cache behavior, and excessive I/O, ... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : Counting Down to Seven: Exploring XNA
posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 6:36:29 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Counting Down to Seven: Exploring XNA
08 March 2010 Counting Down to Seven: Exploring XNA Looking to get started understanding exactly what XNA is and how you can use it? Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.1 is a set of tools based on supported versions of Microsoft Visual Studio tools that allow students and hobbyists to build games for Microsoft Windows, the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, and Microsoft Zune. XNA Game Studio also includes the XNA Framework, which is a set of managed libraries based on the Microsoft ... (more)
category: Smart Client | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : Your Rx.NET Prescription has been re-filled
published 8 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 20 hours, 24 minutes ago
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:28:54 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 5:51:08 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Your Rx.NET Prescription has been re-filled
08 March 2010 Your Rx.NET Prescription has been re-filled The Rx.Net Team has announced a new version of Reactive Extensions for .NET.  Rx is a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable collections. Rx is a superset of the standard LINQ sequence operators that exposes asynchronous and event-based computations as push-based, observable collections via the new .NET 4.0 interfaces IObservable (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 29 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : Protecting Users at Internet Scale with IE8
posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 21 hours, 12 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 5:02:58 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Protecting Users at Internet Scale with IE8
08 March 2010 Protecting Users at Internet Scale with IE8 Malware has become the scourge of the Internet, and it’s not just the security experts who are worried—the top story in my morning paper yesterday described how a typical malware attack compromised a financial firm’s network. Current data shows that one out of every 250 downloads is the result of a user being tricked into downloading malware to their PC. Check-out this blog post by the IE Team where they outline how the SmartScreen® Filter p... (more)
category: Foundation | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : Game On! Windows, Windows Phone, and XBOX 360
posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 4:30:33 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Game On! Windows, Windows Phone, and XBOX 360
08 March 2010 Game On! Windows, Windows Phone, and XBOX 360 Microsoft's Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a singular project (with 90% shared code) that plays on Windows with a keyboard, a Windows Phone 7 Series prototype device with accelerometer and touch controls, and the Xbox 360 with the Xbox gamepad… Using Visual Studio, not only is the development cross-platform friendly, but the game itself  saves its place and lets you resume from t... (more)
category: Smart Client | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 to Launch May 12th
posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 22 hours, 3 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 4:11:39 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 to Launch May 12th
08 March 2010 SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 to Launch May 12th It’s official! In a blog post today, Arpan Shah officially announced that May 12th, 2010, is the launch date for SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010. You’re invited to virtually join us on May 12th at 11am EST to listen to Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch. You can register for the launch event at: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx.  ... (more)
category: ASP.NET | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : Identity and Access Control Guide Released
published 8 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes ago
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:28:54 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 3:40:45 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Identity and Access Control Guide Released
08 March 2010 Identity and Access Control Guide Released Imagine a world where you don't have to worry about authentication. Imagine instead that all requests to your application already include the information you need to make access control decisions and to personalize the application for the user. In this world, your applications can trust another system component to securely provide user information, such as the user's name or e-mail address, a manager's e-mail address, or even a purchasing auth... (more)
category: Foundation | clicked: 32 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : Exploring Multi-Touch in Silverlight
published 8 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 9 days, 23 hours, 1 minute ago
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:28:54 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 3:13:53 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Exploring Multi-Touch in Silverlight
08 March 2010 Exploring Multi-Touch in Silverlight One of the coolest new features in Silverlight 3 (and now 4) is the ability to add multi-touch capabilities to your web application.  This capability opens-up all kinds of new possibilities – especially with the popular new multi-touch hardware systems available these days like the TouchSmart PC.  Multi-touch support is becoming standard in the various Windows APIs and frameworks. Support is built into Windows 7 and the forthcoming Windows Presen... (more)
category: Silverlight | clicked: 36 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Webcast: Windows Azure Design Patterns
published 8 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by bobfamiliarbobfamiliar 9 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes ago
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:28:54 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 2:26:43 PM GMT
Webcast: Windows Azure Design Patterns
08 March 2010Webcast: Windows Azure Design Patterns March 26, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: Windows Azure Design Patterns Abstract:One of the challenges in adopting a new platform is finding usable design patterns that work for developing effective solutions. The Catch-22 is that design patterns are discovered and not invented. Nevertheless it is important to have some guidance on what design patterns make sense early in the game. This webcast attacks the problem through a set of application... (more)
category: Screencast | clicked: 42 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Patterns, Windows Azure; Architecture
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Webcast: Extending Your Sites Reach with IE8 Add On Features
posted by bobfamiliarbobfamiliar 9 days, 23 hours, 53 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 2:21:22 PM GMT
Webcast: Extending Your Sites Reach with IE8 Add On Features
08 March 2010Webcast: Extending Your Sites Reach with IE8 Add On Features March 25, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: Extending Your Sites Reach with IE8 Add On Features Abstract Today's users are getting more sophisticated and they expect more features from the sites and services they use. In this session learn about how to implement low effort, high value add-ons that expand your sites reach and bring value to your customer base . Link to Register: https://swrt.worktankseattle.com/webcast/4240/pre... (more)
category: Screencast | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: IE8 Accelerator, IE8 WebSlice, Internet Explorer 8
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PETA Campaign: Animal Testing Breaking Hearts Petition Powered By Silverlight 3
posted by bobfamiliarbobfamiliar 10 days, 6 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 2:09:11 PM GMT
PETA Campaign: Animal Testing Breaking Hearts Petition Powered By Silverlight 3
08 March 2010PETA Campaign: Animal Testing Breaking Hearts Petition Powered By Silverlight 3 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA’s) youth marketing division is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to generate attention for their campaigns. AIS created an interactive online petition utilizing Silverlight 3 technology giving site visitors the opportunity to add their own unique messages to a heart that is then added as a leaf to an ever-growing tree. The petition allows site v... (more)
category: Silverlight | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Silverlight
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Innovation Showcase : ARCast.TV - How Chyron Uses Silverlight for TV Graphics Production
posted by bobfamiliarbobfamiliar 10 days, 36 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 1:38:44 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : ARCast.TV - How Chyron Uses Silverlight for TV Graphics Production
08 March 2010ARCast.TV - How Chyron Uses Silverlight for TV Graphics Production Have you ever wondered about the production that goes into all the graphics that are shown during your favorite sporting events?  Chyron is the industry leader in all aspects of providing graphics for TV programming. Jim Cirone sits down with Jeff Wolski, Sumit Sahni and Daniel Kim from Chyron to discuss their use of Silverlight and some open source frameworks to build their next generation graphic asset production solutio... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: ARCast, Architects, Architecture, Blacklight, content based security, Flash, Flex, Kim, MVVM, Sahni, Silverlight, Thought Leadership, Wolski
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Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': exclusive pictures and videos @ engadget
published 11 days, 22 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by bobfamiliarbobfamiliar 12 days, 18 hours, 34 minutes ago
Saturday, March 06, 2010 4:04:10 PM GMT Friday, March 05, 2010 7:40:46 PM GMT
Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': exclusive pictures and videos @ engadget
05 March 2010Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': exclusive pictures and videos @ engadgetNilay Patel @ Endgadget has posted new photos and video of Microsoft’s Courier ‘digital journal’. You gotta see this! Technorati Tags: breaking news,BreakingNews,courier,CourierTablet,e book,e reader,e-book,e-reader,EBook,EReader,exclusive,leak,leaks,microsoft,rumor,rumors (more)
category: UX | clicked: 4 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: courier, CourierTablet, e book, e reader, e-Book, Ebook, Engadget, e-reader, EReader
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Innovation Showcase : Forrester Report: Lessons Learned from Windows 7 Early Adopters
published 12 days, 23 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by zhimingzhiming 13 days, 21 hours, 10 minutes ago
Friday, March 05, 2010 2:33:53 PM GMT Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:05:00 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Forrester Report: Lessons Learned from Windows 7 Early Adopters
04 March 2010Forrester Report: Lessons Learned from Windows 7 Early Adopters Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein has recently announced that Windows 7 has sold 90 million licenses since the October 2009 release, the WindowsBlog reports. As more and more enterprise customers start evaluating and deploying Windows 7, Forrester offered a timely report on lessons learned from Windows 7 early adopters.Don’t underestimate the application compatibility challenge.Tie the OS upgrade to the natural PC r... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 42 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Forrester Report, Windows 7
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Innovation Showcase : ARCast.TV - Architects? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Architects!
published 14 days, 2 hours, 44 minutes ago posted by bobfamiliarbobfamiliar 14 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes ago
Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:31:14 AM GMT Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:42:35 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : ARCast.TV - Architects? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Architects!
03 March 2010ARCast.TV - Architects? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Architects! Are software architects necessary? Nobody denies the need for software architecture, but many challenge the idea that you need a dedicated software architect to get it. Michael Stiefel compares software to painting to answer this question. Yes we do need architects, but not for the reasons that many think. This was the keynote talk at the recent Boston Architect Factory on January 27, 2010. Technorati Tags: ARCast,Archite... (more)
category: Screencast | clicked: 41 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: ARCast, Architect Factory, Architects, Architecture, Art, Michael Stiefel, Thought Leadership
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Innovation Showcase : Microsoft Redoes Phone Software
published 14 days, 2 hours, 44 minutes ago posted by zhimingzhiming 14 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes ago
Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:31:14 AM GMT Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:13:16 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : Microsoft Redoes Phone Software
03 March 2010Microsoft Redoes Phone Software Technology reporter Ashlee Vance of New York Times reports what Microsoft is doing to make its phone software – Windows Phone 7 Series – right. On the product team side, Microsoft pulled Terry Myerson from the Exchange team, Joe Belfiore, a user interface whiz who shepherded projects like Windows XP, Windows Media Center and the Zune, and many other talented people including those hired from companies like Nike and Procter & Gamble. On the user experien... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 31 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Windows Phone 7
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Innovation Showcase : 3M Ports Library Software to Windows 7 and Realizes Improved Performance and Usability
posted by zhimingzhiming 16 days, 16 hours ago
Monday, March 01, 2010 10:14:58 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : 3M Ports Library Software to Windows 7 and Realizes Improved Performance and Usability
01 March 20103M Ports Library Software to Windows 7 and Realizes Improved Performance and Usability The Track and Trace Solutions Department of 3M, a Fortune 500 company, recently migrated its library frequency identification (RFID) applications, with nearly 2 million lines of code, from Windows Vista to run on Windows 7. As a result, 3M has noted enhanced security and reliability, and application performance improvements of up to 30 percent. Click here to read more about the case study.Technorati T... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Windows 7
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Innovation Showcase : A Multi-Touch Open Source Project for Windows 7 Developers
posted by zhimingzhiming 16 days, 16 hours, 28 minutes ago
Monday, March 01, 2010 9:47:01 PM GMT
Innovation Showcase : A Multi-Touch Open Source Project for Windows 7 Developers
01 March 2010A Multi-Touch Open Source Project for Windows 7 Developers Developers can create multi-touch enabled applications on Windows 7. However, Windows 7 comes with the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, and developers will have to write extra code to implement some touch scenarios that are available in the next .NET release, WPF 4 (currently in Release Candidate) and Surface Toolkit for Windows. The Touch project at CodePlex was created to bridge the gap. You can find the current release and the project... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 5 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Windows 7
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