Microsoft continues to support its aging Windows Mobile phone operating system even as the company hopes to take the market by storm with Windows Mobile 7 which isn't ready yet.
Microsoft will no longer sell its Select software licensing after July 1, 2011, with Select Plus taking its place....Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
<b>BBC News:</b> "The "father of the personal computer" who kick-started the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen has died at the age of 68."
<b>Groklaw:</b> "When IBM said that TurboHercules was a member of organizations Microsoft is a member of, it was particularly talking about OpenMainframe.org. It's an organization that seems dedicated to attacking IBM's mainframe business. It describes its purpose like this:"
<b>CBC News:</b> "Quebec's government broke the law by buying software from Microsoft without considering offers from other vendors, the province's Superior Court has ruled."
On Wednesday 18th May 1Pm –2PM Eastern Time I am going to be helping Attunity deliver a webcast. In it I want to highlight some of the challenges we face in getting data around our environments. I want to highlight the Microsoft products that can help us realise Business Intelligence. It promises to be a good hour. Hope to see you all there. Here is the link Attunity Webcast
Nous allons essayer de regrouper un grand nombre des ?v?nements autour des technologies Microsoft que ce soit au niveau global ou local. Nous verrons qu'il existe une certaine logique dans ces organisations m?diatiques et techniques.
If your business computers are running on versions of Windows XP or Vista without the latest service packs, it’s time to update, upgrade or go it alone as Microsoft withdraws software support.
Microsoft voiced support for the H.264 video codec in future versions of Internet Explorer, while affirming Adobe Flash....Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
New event from Microsoft about new techonologies which are going to be released during the current year. What can we say about these new technologies? Many advertising without exceptional ideas. Unfortunately it is true for the whole industry - the only idea from the far future is clouding computing which is not relevant to the really new approach in development. I understand that we can provide facilitation to the development community as well as new UI features for the end-users but in fact the...(read more)
When it comes to troubleshooting in relational databases, there's no better place to start than wait statistics. In a nutshell, a wait statistic is an internal counter that tells you how long the database spent waiting for a particular resource, activity, or process. Since wait statistics are categorized by type, one look will quickly tell the variety of problem that needs your attention, assuming you know meaning for Microsoft's lingo for each wait type....(read more)
Le Domain Driven Design est une architecture tr?s en vogue en ce moment (m?me si encore tr?s peu utilis?e sur le terrain). Microsoft (Espagne) met ? disposition sur CodePlex un exemple concret d'application de r?f?rence cod?e en DDD : NLayeredApp. A d?couvrir.
Wait? More awesome stuff released. With Microsoft’s acquisition of FAST, the options for content being indexed increased. That’s not all that happens, but for the purpose of this post, since we focus on Business Intelligence content … that is where we see that benefit at this time. Here is the link to the SharePoint Insights: BI In Action blog. You will find guidance and components to download.
Microsoft SQL Database Hosting is reference to the hosting services that are idyllic and most swell suited for ecommerce websites and business websites requiring high profile databases and storage so... [Author: John Anthony - Computers and Internet - May 18, 2010]
Microsoft Small Basic is intended to be fun to use. It is that, and more besides. It has a great potential as a way of flinging together quick and cheerful applications, just like those happy days of childhood. Tetris anyone?
Microsoft releases two 'critical' patches for Windows and Office in May's Patch Tuesday drop, making things a little easier for IT administrators compared to last month.
Based on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud, Windows Azure Media Services was created to supply content providers and media partners with cloud capabilities to accommodate and transform massive volumes of digital media into desired formats that customers can access on an on-demand basis. The service also simplifies the process of creating, managing, and delivering media to devices through the use of first-party and third-party media technologies. Numerous third-party technologies from media partners have been integrated to fall beneath the Windows Azure Media Services umbrella. For example, Asp...
<b>ars Technica:</b> "Microsoft is going on the offensive against Google, accusing the search giant of creating a browser that does not respect user privacy. The company posted a video, embedded below, on TechNet Edge with the following description: "Watch a demo on how Google Chrome collects every keystroke you make..."
In a presentation to financial analysts, Microsoft's head of server and tools, Bob Muglia, admits the Azure computing cloud initiative is still years from making a profit.
<b>Boycott Novell:</b> "Summary: Assorted new reports about how Microsoft abuses “open source” to gain control of it, change its direction and goals, or even to misuse the label to promote proprietary software that harms standards and promotes patenting of software"
As Microsoft makes the latest beta of its Windows Server AppFabric available, it's urging developers to begin building composite applications that span both local servers and services in the cloud.
<b>Katonda:</b> "Microsoft Bing has many flaws, but this one seems to be the most outrageous one. If you try to search for OpenOffice on Bing, it will not show you the actual OpenOffice.org website but will show pages from random websites like OpenOffice.com or other non-OpenOffice.org websites."
<b>Myce:</b> "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted his company is looking to expand outside of China due to the country's disappointing stance on software piracy that runs rampant within its borders."
Using the bi-directional routing feature, developers can now generate URL's on the fly. There's no longer a need to hard code URLs in multiple places in your application. Read on to learn how to utilize bi-directional URL routing using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
<b>Datamation:</b> "Microsoft has only recently begun delivering its so-called "choice screen" for browser selection to consumers in Europe, but it's apparently already producing the hoped for effect, at least for one small browser maker."