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Office 2007 UI Licensing Bull

I just upgraded to the Infragistics 2007 Volume 1 release which includes support for a ribbon based user interface. It was annoying to come across this dialog during the installation: !Infragistics...

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March 7, 2007
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Security fix headlines

Check out the difference in headlines for Mozilla fixing some security faults compared to a headline for Microsoft fixing security faults: Firefox update squashes security bugs PCs falling victim to...

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July 13, 2005
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Virtual Earth

I suppose this will join the list of "every man and his dog" blogging about MSN Virtual Earth, but this Channel 9 video really impressed me. How the @#&%!...

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May 25, 2005
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VS2005 Office Development Restrictions

While listening to various podcasts and reading blogs on VSTO 2005 I got the distinct impression that there are so many deployment restrictions to the VSTO functionality, it would be difficult to...

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April 1, 2005
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Class Designer C++ Support Cut

Bummer. Given the complexity of C++ reverse engineering compared to the simpler/cleaner languages such as C#, VB.NET and J# this is understandable....

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March 4, 2005
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MCE 2005

I set up a Windows Media Center 2005 PC today with a standard PC and the following extras: Hauppage PVR 250 Microsoft Remote Control A number of blogs I've read on MCE gave the impression it was a...

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January 14, 2005
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VB.NET Refactoring Cut

Sam Gentile is not happy about the cutting of most of the refactoring functionality out of VS.NET 2005. I tend to stay on the C# side of the fence - just because that's the syntax I'm most familiar...

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November 5, 2004
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Longhorn Transparency

The great benefit of Microsoft's new development direction transparency is that it reduces the probability of real lemons (i.e. products that no one wants) since there is very early feedback....

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August 18, 2004
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Microsoft Developer Target Profiles

Microsoft just made available Beta-1 of the Visual Studio Express range of software developer tools. For some reason the C++ guy in particular made me think of the marketing/web people that created...

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June 30, 2004
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