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Enterprise Library 5.0 and Unity 2.0 Roadmap(blogs.msdn.com)

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Now that the release of Visual Studio 2010 is just around the corner, the next thing to consider is when will the updated release of Entlib ship? Check out this blog post by Grigori Melnik where he reveals that April 14, 2010 is the magic target date…http://blogs.msdn.com/agile/archive/2010/01/20/announcing-enterprise-library-5-0-and-unity-2-0-roadmap.aspx For those of you who may not be familiar with what Enlib is - The Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable software components (application blocks) designed to assist software developers with common enterprise development challenges. read more...

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Bing Maps Moves Forward with Silverlight Innovation(blogs.msdn.com)

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On January 19, the "Beta" tag was removed from the Silverlight version of Bing Maps - along with a couple of new features and Bing Maps Application Gallery mash-ins – like the ability to choose a custom map – like the “treasure Map” view shown above. Here’s a screenshot of the Map Apps you can check-out at the Bing Maps Silverlight site at http://www.bing.com/maps/explore read more...

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How Data, RIA, and Workflow Services all work with WCF(blogs.msdn.com)

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The .NET Framework 4 makes it easier for developers to work with services from their managed code applications. With .NET 4, the WCF technology provides several different types of services to start from, based on your particular needs, but they all share the same underlying infrastructure. read more...

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Silverlight 4 – How to Capture Audio and Video from a Web Cam(blogs.msdn.com)

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One of the coolest new features in Silverlight 4 is the ability to capture audio and video input from Web Cameras. With a few simple lines of code, you can request permission to your users to leverage their capture devices and then capture both the audio and video streams. So far, there have been some great examples of how to capture the video and use it as a background “brush” to paint a screen in the browser to show what the camera sees along with a few samples for enabling “snapshot” images from the webcam. But no one has actually taken it all the way to saving the captured video and audio streams locally (in isolated storage) to allow for a later file upload of the captured video segment – Until now… Check-out this post from Mike Taulty's Blog – where he shows you how to successfully save the streams to disk: http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2009/12/30/silverlight-4-webcams-oncemorewithaudio.aspx read more...

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Visual Studio Myth Buster(blogs.msdn.com)

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Need help justifying to the boss why you need to explore all the cool new features that are releasing soon in Visual Studio 2010? Stuck in a rut on an older version of Visual Studio and feeling the “need for speed” when it comes to increasing productivity for architects, developers, testers, and all the other IT folks involved in the ALM process? The Visual Studio 'Myth Busting Matrix' reveals the benefits of upgrading to Visual Studio 2010 and helps dispel some widely held myths. read more...

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SEO Improvements in ASP.NET 4(blogs.msdn.com)

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Looking to increase your web site's "discoverability" on the web to ultimately drive more traffic to your site? ASP.NET 4.0 has a few new features coming to help you improve the SEO of your web site: Page.MetaKeywords and Page.MetaDescription properties One of the nice improvements with ASP.NET 4 Web Forms is the addition of two new properties to the Page class: MetaKeywords and MetaDescription that make programmatically setting the “keywords” and “description” <meta> tags within the <head> section of your HTML much easier and cleaner. read more...

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IE8 Accelerator Creation Guide(blogs.msdn.com)

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Ever wanted to see how truly simple it is to configure an accelerator for Internet Explorer 8? Ever wonder how much more traffic you could drive to your web site with something as easy as an IE8 search accelerator (since almost every web site has at least some level of “Search” capabilities on their web site?) An IE8 accelerator is really just short and simple XML file – here’s an example one below for doing a search on MSDN: This one is REAL handy if you happen to be a .NET Architect / Developer): read more...

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Can’t Touch This…Silverlight Touch API Sample Download(blogs.msdn.com)

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Multitouch support in Windows 7 allows applications to blur the lines between computers and the real world. Touch-optimized applications entice users to touch the objects on the screen, drag them across the screen, rotate and resize them, and flick them across the screen by using their fingers. Multitouch requires an environment (platform and operating system, hosting application such as a browser) that can propagate the touch input to an individual application, such as your Silverlight-based application. read more...

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Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 virtual imag(blogs.msdn.com)

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Here’s a great way to get up-to-speed with Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010…download the complete virtual images and get started! Choose one of the three virtualization options below: Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 (Hyper-V) Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 (Windows [7] Virtual PC) Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 (Virtual PC 2007 SP1) Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate provides an integrated environment of tools and server infrastructure that simplifies the entire application development process. read more...

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Office 2010 Developer Training Kit Released!(blogs.msdn.com)

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Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is a broadly extensible platform for building information worker productivity solutions and developing for Office with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 makes this easy. The Office 2010 Developer Training Kit content is designed to help developers get started building solutions, from add-ins to full featured Office Business Applications (OBAs), using Visual Studio 2010 with Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 as the core platform. read more...

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http://blogs.msdn.com/innov8showcase/archive/2009/12/17/azure-lessons-(blogs.msdn.com)

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Check out this Channel 9 Azure-focused episode with Jim Zimmerman, CTO of Thuzi where he talks about building their Facebook application for Outback Steakhouse that was hosted in Windows Azure. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/benriga/Azure-Lessons-Learned-Outback-Steakhouse-Facebook-App/ read more...

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MyChristmasCatalog featured on Silverlight.net(blogs.msdn.com)

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Still looking for that last minute Holiday gift? Check-out the home page of www.Silverlight.net and you’ll see this month’s Silverlight showcase featuring www.MyChristmasCatalog.com. This site, developed by Catalog Enterprises features innovative use of Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend and to deliver a truly unique one-stop, holiday shopping destination and user experience. And don’t forget to check the Christmas Traditions section - they have digitized all the old catalogs from your childhood; Sears, Spiegel’s, Schwarz, and JC Penney’s - using their proprietary print media conversion tool that converts catalogs into digital flip-books. And using the Silverlight Deep-Zoom technology – you can once again see all the cool toys you didn’t get for Christmas… Check-out our previous post and Channel 9 interview here: http://blogs.msdn.com/innov8showcase/archive/2009/11/15/arcast-tv-the-story-of-mychristmascatalog-com.aspx read more...

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Silverlight 4: Accessing the Web Camera and Microphone(blogs.msdn.com)

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Did you know that Webcams and microphones are now accessible from Silverlight 4 applications? Developers can enable video and audio sharing for real-time collaboration and interactive multimedia applications. This video (and code samples by Tim Heuer demonstrates how to utilize a user's web camera and microphone attached to their computer via the browser. This demonstrates the basics of the core API for capturing the audio/video. Check it out at: http://www.silverlight.net/learn/videos/silverlight-4-beta-videos/access-web-camera-microphone/ read more...

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IE8 And HTML 5(blogs.msdn.com)

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In this post, you will see some of the features from the W3C HTML 5 Working Draft, from the W3C Web Applications specification, and from the ECMAScript-262 Language specification. While most of these specifications are still a work in progress, with Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft has started delivering support for several features...offering to web developers the opportunity to build compelling and optimized scenarios (for instance, support for native JSON APIs or native CSS Selectors). read more...

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IE8 And Web Standards(blogs.msdn.com)

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Earlier this year, Microsoft submitted 7200 CSS 2.1 test cases to the W3C, as a mature approach to move the web forward and help solving ambiguities, options and misinterpretations in any specification. In this post you will get a sense of how these tests work and how IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome are passing these tests. You will also find a demo of Expression Web SuperPreview and some very positive feedback from the Mozilla team. read more...

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Silverlight 4 – Feature Montage via Code Samples & Presentation Deck(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by jbarnesjbarnes(3479) 2 years, 2 months ago

Jeff Barnes has released a blog post with links to a consolidated slide deck and code samples that demonstrate all the cool new features in the Silverlight 4 Beta. Here’s a quick list of the features in this release: read more...

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