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Microsoft is eager to re-claim browser market share

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:47:30 GMT

Well, it's not many days passed Microsoft launched IE9 and they are already talking about IE 10. Does that shows Microsoft's eagerness to re-claim browser market share, I believe Yes.

How to Connect with Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK 4.0 using ASP.net

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:36:20 GMT

This Article will be the starting point for learning Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Getting Started with SQL Server Data Access using Data Access Applicat

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:40:17 GMT

In this post, we'll see how the same tasks that we did using ADO.Net objects can be done using Data Access Application Block. We will also see how it makes the code much more tidier. Data Access Application Block is part of Microsoft Enterprise Library.

Animaonline Weather API 2.5.0.0 Is Here

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:41:53 GMT

Animaonline Weather API 2.5.0.0 Is Here! What's New: The core has been rewritten from scratch and now utilizes LINQ. The API is now much faster and more stable.

DirectX 11 for Windows 7 and Vista SP2

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:05:24 GMT

DirectX® 11, the next generation of graphics technology, arrives with Windows 7. This is great news for players because the game developers will utilize new features to create rich worlds, realistic characters, and more fluid gameplay.

NPOI with Excel Table and dynamic Chart

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:24:55 GMT

NPOI is a great open source project that enables us to create Excel spreadsheets in code using Microsoft .Net Framework. A reader of my blog commented on the post titled Creating Excel spreadsheets .XLS and .XLSX in C# about a problem he was having to get NPOI working with an Excel table bound to a chart. The chart should get updated whenever new data is inserted into the table. NPOI doesn't achieve what the user desires at first but in this post I experiment a workaround to the problem so that you can use NPOI to insert new data on a template spreadsheet that has a table bound to chart. Read on...

Ajax and JQuery with Microsoft CDN

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:35:29 GMT

Wonderful announcement. This will surely decrease of the bandwidth usage for the Ajax and JQuery enabled sites in the world.

Announcing the Microsoft AJAX CDN - ScottGu's Blog

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Earlier today the ASP.NET team launched a new Microsoft Ajax CDN (Content Delivery Network) service that provides caching support for AJAX libraries (including jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX). The service is available for free, does not require any registration, and can be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.

Windows 7 Build 7600 RTM confirmed

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:28:18 GMT

sources now telling me that Windows 7 is indeed RTM! October 22 is tha launch date and you can buy it on new PC's and in shops. Epect official aanouncement and availability on MSDN, Technet and Volume Licensesing sites soon. 7600.win7_rtm.090710-1945

Visual Studio 2008 var Keyword Bug - Microsoft Follow-up

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:28:15 GMT

Received a follow-up from Microsoft regarding <a href="http://lakario.blogspot.com/2009/07/visual-studio-2008-var-keyword-bug.html">Visual Studio var Keyword Bug</a>. Here's what Microsoft support had to say about the issue.

Creating Excel spreadsheets .XLS and .XLSX in C# - ASP.NET MVC Project

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:20:00 GMT

Recently I had to implement some code to create an Excel spreadsheet/report using C#. The task was: given an Excel spreadsheet template - a .XLS file (with formulas, pivot tables, macros, etc) I had to fill some data in one of the sheets of the spreadsheet and send this modified spreadsheet back to the user requesting such an operation (Excel report). I had a great time while studying the possible ways of doing what the task asks for. In this article I present an ASP.NET MVC project that shows you how to create an .XLS file using NPOI and an .XLSX file using ExcelPackage.

Creating Excel spreadsheets .XLS and .XLSX in C# - ASP.NET MVC Project

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:20:00 GMT

Creating Excel spreadsheets .XLS and .XLSX in C# - ASP.NET MVC Project

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:20:00 GMT

Creating Excel spreadsheets .XLS and .XLSX in C# - ASP.NET MVC Project

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:20:00 GMT

Microsoft BizSpark: Serving 15,000 startups and counting!

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:05:56 GMT

Describes and provides a link to somasegar's blog about Microsoft BizSpark, a program for startups to get some free software from Microsoft.

Find and Reproduce Heisenbugs - CHESS is the tool for you

Tue, 05 May 2009 09:48:41 GMT

Microsoft is mainly known for 2 things. Windows and Office. However, for programmers, Microsoft is also know for many more projects/product like .NET, Enterprise Library, ASP.NET MVC, Team Foundation Server, SharePoint, etc. Among the few tools that are not really known and publicised at the moment are the projects inside Microsoft Research. This is the land of Beta or "software-never-to-be-released".

Report a Bug - The feature all products should have

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:28:39 GMT

I was writing acceptance test for project today and I needed to include a file inside my Excel 2007 sheet. After fiddling around a little, I found "Insert Object". This allowed me to insert a file and have it available to anyone opening the Excel 2007 document. When I dragged and dropped the file to my desktop, the file was truncated! I couldn't believe it! I found a bug in Excel 2007! Being a developer, I wanted to properly report that bug.

New ASP.NET Architecture

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:35:04 GMT

Keyvan has written a nice post about the new architecture of ASP.NET web applications by describing how Microsoft is dividing ASP.NET to ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Dynamic Data.

A Failure in Microsofts Open Source Strategy

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:16:13 GMT

If they want their development tools to be the tools to develop with and they want Windows to be the platform to deploy solutions on (open source and otherwise), then they need to consider, very carefully, how they expect to achieve that. You've got to do more than release open source software . . .

Moonlight 1.0 Release

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:16:03 GMT

Now Linux lovers can enjoy Silverlight streaming media with Moonlight 1.0. Read what Scott Guthrie tells us about this open source implementation of Silverlight.

Windows 7 Product Lines Announced

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:18:57 GMT

Microsoft today announced the new product line for Windows 7. In some ways the new Windows 7 product line follows the same ideas of Windows Vista, but the big differences are that each Windows 7 edition is a superset of the previous edition (which means that each higher edition will have every feature of all lower editions) and they will be focusing primarily on two editions of Windows 7: Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional.

Microsoft Certification Exam - Discount Code - Free Second Chance

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:46:08 GMT

Please note down this important code or share with your colleagues who are keen to take Microsoft Certification Exam. This unique code is only available through Microsoft MVP's and only published here to help community and no other intention. Share and Book mark this post. Complete your community responsibility.

All Microsoft SDKs in one place!

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:16:02 GMT

Here's an almost complete list of all Microsoft SDKs for Azure Services Platform, Windows Desktop, Server Technologies, etc. along with their links in one place.

All Microsoft SDKs in one place!

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:16:02 GMT

Here's an almost complete list of all Microsoft SDKs for Azure Services Platform, Windows Desktop, Server Technologies, etc. along with their links in one place.

Free Microsoft Chart Control for .NET 3.5 and .NET 4.0

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:46:35 GMT

Finally, Microsoft decided to provide a charting component for .NET Framework! It is called Microsoft Chart Control and it is based on Dundas Chart Control version 5.5. The Microsoft Chart Control is available as separate installation for .NET Framework 3.5 and will be included in .NET Framework 4.0.