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What's coming in ADO.NET Video

Here's a great excerpt from the What's coming in ADO.NET video on channel 9. Tim Mallalieu was speaking and it's around 41:50 into the video: Well actually that was exactly the point I was trying to...

May 11, 2006
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Pinvoke Convenience

I had to investigate a support query related to the lack of sound for a MacroView operations session running via remote desktop to a Windows Server 2003 server....

March 28, 2006
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WPF/E and IL Code

When I first heard about WPF/E (WPF/Everywhere) it sounded like a waste of time. My interpretation was that it was just a XAML display engine with no support for .NET code....

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March 27, 2006
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A real choice?

I just upgrade to my Real player to a later version. Even with some bad (real pushy) experiences many moons ago, the player has some usability features that are quite handy....

March 23, 2006
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Xbox 360 CLR Possibility

It looks like there's a possibility of the .NET CLR being available for XBox 360 development. Check out these Microsoft blogger posts from Mike Zintel and David Weller....

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March 19, 2006
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Name Change

I decided to add my name to the title of the blog. This somewhat selve serving, but hey it makes it easier for people to "put a name to the face" where the blog is my "face" on the web....

January 25, 2006
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Sparkle Extensibility API?

My interpretation of Microsoft's vision for Sparkle is as a tool for designers while developers will use Visual Studio and they both will work on a Visual Studio project/solution....

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January 25, 2006
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Sparkle Startup Time

I've just downloaded and ran the Sparkle January CTP. Congratulations to the Interactive Designer team for their first public release!...

January 25, 2006
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Lots and Lots of ...

Here's a line from Paul Allen's Official Provo Labs Announcement post that came through in my river of news last month : "In the coming months we'll be looking for part and full time developers,...

January 23, 2006
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