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Internet Explorer 9 is coming Monday to a web near you
Internet Explorer 9 is finally here...well almost. Microsoft is releasing their new browser on March 14, 2011. IE9 has a number of improvements, including: Faster, Faster, Faster. Did I mention it is faster? With the new browsers coming out from Mozilla...
Microsoft joins the rest of us...and counts down to the end of IE6
Microsoft launched a website dedicated to the demise of IE6. Here's their pitch... 10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say goodbye . We'll watch Internet...
Thoughts on improving IE9 integration features
The new desktop integration features of IE9 are great. However, I have a few thoughts on how they could be improved. Icon Integration IE9 lets you pin your site to the taskbar and it places your site's icon on the taskbar & the IE9 window. But, what...
Internet Explorer 9 adds innovative desktop integration
I've been using Internet Explorer 9 for a few days now & I really like it. The browser has a very clean UI...most of it is similar to what has been seen with Chrome & the latest Firefox browsers. As you've also probably already heard, it is pretty...
CQRS: Command Query Responsibility Segregation
Jason Gerard and I were talking about document databases the other day, and he said "Have you heard about CQRS?" This was news to me, so I started doing some research. Wikipedia, which usually provides good information, said the following " CQRS is simply...
Adam Savage Presents Problem Solving: How I Do It
One of the key ingredients to software development is problem solving. Knowing all the technology buzzwords is great, but if you don't have problem solving skills it is a waste. Solving these problems is also what makes software development fun. At a...
Virtualization of Developer Workstations
Virtualization is everywhere. We're using it for instancing our development, test, and production server environments. A couple years back, I read a blog post by a development manager who virtualized his developer's PCs. The idea made a lot of sense,...
CollabNet introduces Subversion Edge
A beta version Subversion Edge was just released. It is a new product from CollabNet that brings together a complete Subversion installation into one easy to use package. CollabNet has been a key supporter of Subversion & has a large number of Subversion...
Things you don't want to hear your DBA say...
I don't have to worry about I/O because I use a SAN. RAID 5 is our backup strategy! I just made you a sysadmin, now you don't have to keep asking me for permissions I've changed all of the databases in production to use both AutoShrink and AutoClose Nope...
Keeping an eye on your Subversion repository
If you're like me, you like to keep an eye on what is being committed to your subversion repository. A while back, I posted how to create an RSS feed from your SVN commits . RSS feeds are cool, but CommitMonitor is cooler. This little tool sits in your...
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