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Innovation Showcase : A Windows Azure Sample Application: Bid Now

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wzack 1123 days, 23 hours, 21 minutes ago

Windows Azure Sample Application: Bid Now Remember the DinnerNow sample application? Well, that was a connected web application and was introduced and updated last year before Windows Azure was available. The Bid Now sample application, along with source code, has just been released and available for download. This online auction application is designed to show how developers can create highly scalable applications using Worker Roles and Windows Azure Storage -- Queues, Tables and Worker ... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Public Clouds: Clear or Murky

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wzack 1125 days, 19 hours, 33 minutes ago

Public Clouds: Clear or Murky This week I had the privilege of attending the Cloud Computing Expo in New York at the Jacob Javits Center. I was very impressed with how the attendance and interest had increased from last years' event. There were scores of vendors there hawking everything from Public and Private Cloud offerings to management tools and services to in fact anything that could remotely be branded (or rebranded) "Cloud". It reminded me of the early days of SOA when every vendor w... (more)

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Architecture & Stuff : Public Clouds: Clear or Murky?

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wzack 1125 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes ago

Public Clouds: Clear or Murky? This week I had the privilege of attending the Cloud Computing Expo in New York at the Jacob Javits Center. I was very impressed with how the attendance and interest had increased from last years' event. There were scores of vendors there hawking everything from Public and Private Cloud offerings to management tools and services to in fact anything that could remotely be branded (or rebranded) "Cloud". It reminded me of the early days of SOA when every vendor was ru... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Silverlight 4 Training

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jbarnes 1130 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes ago

19 April 2010 Silverlight 4 Training Looking for a way to get ramped on all the cool new features just released in Silverlight 4? The Silverlight 4 Training Course includes a whitepaper explaining all of the new Silverlight 4 features, several hands-on-labs that explain the features, and a 8 unit course for building business applications with Silverlight 4. The business applications course includes 8 modules with extensive hands on labs as well as 25 accompanying videos that walk you through key as... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit (April 2010 Update)

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jbarnes 1130 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes ago

19 April 2010 SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit (April 2010 Update) SQL Server 2008 R2 offers an impressive array of capabilities for developers that build upon key innovations introduced in SQL Server 2008. The SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit is ideal for developers who want to understand how to take advantage of the key improvements introduced in SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 in their applications, as well as for developers who are new to SQL Serv... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machines with Sample Data and Hands-on-Labs

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jbarnes 1130 days, 8 hours, 14 minutes ago

19 April 2010 Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machines with Sample Data and Hands-on-Labs Looking for a way to get up-to-speed on all the application lifecycle management (ALM) capabilities in Visual Studio 2010 without wasting time and effort on infrastructure set-up? Check-out this blog post by Brian Keller, the Technical Evangelist for Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management. The Virtual Machine (VM) includes everything you need to learn and/or deliver demonstrations of many of the application... (more)

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ARCast.TV - Using jQuery to Improve User Experience in Web Applications

published 1129 days, 8 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by

bobfamiliar 1130 days, 9 hours, 25 minutes ago

19 April 2010ARCast.TV - Using jQuery to Improve User Experience in Web ApplicationsDavid Hoerster, Director of Technology for policyIQ at Resources Global Professionals and the co-chair of the Pittsburgh .NET User's Group (PGHDOTNET), shares his experience and passion on jQuery in this interview with Zhiming Xue. Join us to learn what jQuery is and can do, what benefits it brings to web developers and end users, where you can further enhance user experience with jQuery plug-ins, how jQuery works with c... (more)

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tags: ASP.NET AJAX, Practical Guidance, Resources Global Professionals, jQuery, Architecture, Zhiming Xue, Architects, Ajax, ARCast, ASP.NET

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Innovation Showcase : TCG Player Releases Gaming News Web Slice

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bobfamiliar 1130 days, 9 hours, 55 minutes ago

19 April 2010TCG Player Releases Gaming News Web SliceTCGplayer is the #1 on-line collectible gaming community. Recently they released an IE8 Web Slice in order to enhance their ability to offer their community the best in collectible gaming, from articles, gaming resources, community forums and more. The TCG Player Web Slice provides a snapshot of the latest news in the collectible gaming community. You can add this Web Slice to your favorites bar by visiting the IE AddOn Gallery or visiting the TCG Pl... (more)

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tags: IE8 WebSlice

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Innovation Showcase : Silverlight 4 Released!

published 1129 days, 10 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by

jbarnes 1130 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes ago

19 April 2010 Silverlight 4 Released! April 15th, 2010 marks the fourth release of Silverlight that Microsoft has shipped in the last 2.5 years. Building upon the huge success of it’s predecessor versions, Silverlight 4 contains a slew of new features to help you build the next generation RIA applications: Tooling Printing API Right-click event handling Webcam/microphone access Mouse wheel support ... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : VS2010 Training Kit Update Released!

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jbarnes 1130 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes ago

19 April 2010 VS2010 Training Kit Update Released! Now that Visual Studio 2010 has been formally released, it’s time to get up-to-speed on all the great new features in the .NET 4.0 Framework along with all the great new tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit update includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2010 features and a variety of framework technologies including: ... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch (Beta)

published 1134 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by

zhiming 1135 days, 5 hours, 56 minutes ago

14 April 2010Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch (Beta) The Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta is a set of controls, APIs, templates, sample applications and documentation currently available for Surface developers. With the .NET Framework 4.0, Windows Presentation Framework 4.0 (WPF), and this toolkit, Windows Touch developers can quickly and consistently create advanced multitouch applications for Windows Touch PCs. This toolkit also provides a jump-start for Surface application ... (more)

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tags: Windows 7, multitouch, Microsoft Surface

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Innovation Showcase : Bing's Best 2 – A New Theme for Windows 7

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zhiming 1135 days, 9 hours, 33 minutes ago

14 April 2010Bing's Best 2 – A New Theme for Windows 7 Windows 7 comes with a few carefully selected out of the box themes – Windows 7 (default), architecture, characters, landscapes, nature, scenes and United States. The Bing’s team at Microsoft released the first Bing’s Best Windows 7 theme pack last October, to bring the stunning visual experience to desktop users. The theme pack was so popular that the team decided to release the second pack, Bing’s Best 2. From the jagged peaks of the Andes, to the... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Incompatible with Visual Studio 2010 RTM

published 1134 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by

zhiming 1135 days, 10 hours, 14 minutes ago

14 April 2010Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Incompatible with Visual Studio 2010 RTM Now that Visual Studio 2010 has been officially released, you may be wondering if you can use the RTM version, along with the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP version, to create/test Windows Phone 7 applications. The answer is NO, not until an upgrade of the Windows Phone Developer Tools is available. Our suggestions are that you install Visual Studio 2010 RTM to a VPC image or on another machine, if you want to... (more)

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tags: Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7 Development Tools

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Innovation Showcase : Free Book: Programming Windows Phone 7 Series

published 1133 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes ago posted by

zhiming 1135 days, 10 hours, 50 minutes ago

14 April 2010Free Book: Programming Windows Phone 7 Series You can download the pdf version of Petzold’s preview of Programming Windows Phone 7 Series (153 pages) here. Part I: Getting Started Part II: Silverlight Part III: XNAFiled under: Windows Phone 7 Series (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Dynamic Scaling Windows Azure

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wzack 1135 days, 4 hours, 3 minutes ago

14 April 2010Dynamic Scaling Windows Azure A key benefit of cloud computing is the ability to add and remove capacity as and when it is required. This is often referred to as elastic scale. Being able to add and remove this capacity can dramatically reduce the total cost of ownership for certain types of applications; indeed, for some applications cloud computing is the only economically feasible solution to the problem. The Windows Azure Platform supports the concept of elastic scale through a pricing... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Bet Your Life on Windows Azure?

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wzack 1135 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes ago

Your Life on Windows Azure? That is what sailors do that utilize the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's automated alerting system for fishing vessels in the United Kingdom. This is a location-based service infrastructure, code-named GeoPoint, that transmits position data to a centralized tracking and alerting system. It then uses GeoPoint to build MOB Guardian, a search-and-rescue application for fishing vessels (MOB stands for "man overboard"). This was originaly implementd as a... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : What's new in C# 4

published 1135 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by

bobfamiliar 1136 days, 10 hours, 51 minutes ago

13 April 2010What's new in C# 4 If you’ve wanted to get up to date on the new features in C# 4 that is part of Visual Studio 2010, see the set of Whirlwind screencasts on Channel 9. The screencasts feature MVP Stuart Celarier and ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle as he describes six new features in C# 4. Whirlwinds are bite-sized webcasts, generally shorter than 15 minutes. You can start anywhere in the series to learn about the parts you're most interested in. · Whirlwind 9 - Introducing C# 4 ·... (more)

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tags: C# 4, Visual Studio 2010, VS2010

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ARCast.TV - Tool Assisted VB6 to .NET Migration

published 1136 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes ago posted by

bobfamiliar 1137 days, 3 hours, 52 minutes ago

12 April 2010ARCast.TV - Tool Assisted VB6 to .NET MigrationThere are millions (if not billions) of lines of VB6 code out there. For many businesses, they need this code moved to .NET but they can't just throw the baby out with the bathwater and start from scratch. They might not be able to afford this, or maybe they couldn't rebuild it if they tried. It is amazing how many business rules are embedded in systems over time, and people forget how the real rules work. Porting software many ti... (more)

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tags: Brian H. Prince, port, Mark Juras, Practical Guidance, migration, rewrite, VB6, Architecture, Architects, migrate, ARCast

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Visual Studio 2010 Released

published 1136 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes ago posted by

bobfamiliar 1137 days, 6 hours, 41 minutes ago

12 April 2010Visual Studio 2010 Released The latest and greatest edition of Visual Studio, the premier developer tool suite form Microsoft, launched today. MSDN Subscribers may download the product from the MSDN subscription site. There is an impressive collection of content available on line including this of features content on the new IDE, Visual Basic, C#, C++, F#, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Window Azure, UML Modeling Tools, WCF, WF, Testing and SharePoint.If you are researching how you might migrate... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : Better Coding with Visual Studio 2010

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jbarnes 1142 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes ago

07 April 2010 Better Coding with Visual Studio 2010 Need a good overview what’s coming in Visual Studio 2010? Check out this MSDN Magazine article by Doug Turnure that provides an informative look at some of the more compelling features in Visual Studio 2010 – along with instructions for exactly “How” to take advantage of each of these new features. Here’s a high-level overview of what new features are covered: Visual Studio IDE Improvements Spread out your coding windows across multiple monitors.... (more)

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Innovation Showcase : A Windows Azure Sample Application: Bid Now

Innovation Showcase : Public Clouds: Clear or Murky

Architecture & Stuff : Public Clouds: Clear or Murky?

Innovation Showcase : Silverlight 4 Training

Innovation Showcase : SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit (April 2010 Update)

Innovation Showcase : Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machines with Sample Data and Hands-on-Labs

ARCast.TV - Using jQuery to Improve User Experience in Web Applications

Innovation Showcase : TCG Player Releases Gaming News Web Slice

Innovation Showcase : Silverlight 4 Released!

Innovation Showcase : VS2010 Training Kit Update Released!

Innovation Showcase : Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch (Beta)

Innovation Showcase : Bing's Best 2 – A New Theme for Windows 7

Innovation Showcase : Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Incompatible with Visual Studio 2010 RTM

Innovation Showcase : Free Book: Programming Windows Phone 7 Series

Innovation Showcase : Dynamic Scaling Windows Azure

Innovation Showcase : Bet Your Life on Windows Azure?

Innovation Showcase : What's new in C# 4

ARCast.TV - Tool Assisted VB6 to .NET Migration

Visual Studio 2010 Released

Innovation Showcase : Better Coding with Visual Studio 2010

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