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BitTorrent
While downloading the Halo gameplace demo, I came across BitTorrent. Talk about a cool P2P program! I think MSDN really needs to do something like this with their download manager.
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Halo 2
Bungie has posted the Halo 2 gameplay video from E3. Its hot.
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VSM
Supposedly, VSM linked to Chad and I in their latest issue. I have yet to recieve my copy, but I thought I would mention that the you can get a subscription to it's partner (.NET Magazine) free of charge if you fill out this form. VSM used to have a similar offer, not sure where it went though...
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MSDN Search
"We've spent the last few months working hard with the Microsoft.com Search team to improve the experience of searching on MSDN. Our goal is to make it easier and faster for you to find what you need, so you can get back to writing great code"
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MS CRM vs BCM
"So, I'm installing the Beta that came with my MSDN subscription and hoping that it is pretty stable. If not, I'll blame Brian since he told me to use it. It has a cool business contact manager thing that he says is nice, and with the amount of emails I deal with on a daily basis (and the number that have been slipping through the cracks lately), I'm hoping that helps."
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UML 2.0
"Last week the OMG adopted the superstructure document for UML 2. In practice this means that UML 2 is agreed on. There are numerous changes to the UML in UML 2 - it represents the biggest overhaul to the UML since the UML was originally agreed on. For general users the most obvious changes are probably:
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Oracle Bids for PeopleSoft
"There was no shortage of disgust from the PeopleSoft camp after Oracle made a less than exhilarating bid for the company last week.
PeopleSoft executives digested Oracle's offer for a couple of hours before issuing a curt press release. The statement made clear that the CEO's office objects to the deal and put earlier rhetoric from Oracle into question.
PeopleSoft CEO and President Craig Conway described Oracle's $5.1 billion bid as "atrociously bad behavior from a company with a history of atrociously bad behavior." -
COM+ 1.5
"Learn why COM+ 1.5 takes Microsoft's enterprise component architecture to the next level."
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We All Knew This Would Happen
"America Online has lost more than 1 million dial-up customers since the dramatic decline in its subscriber base began late last year, sources familiar with the figures said yesterday."
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Joel on VC
Joel's latest article is great (as if it would be anything else...). The ArsDigita write-up he links to is even better.