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[fun] Windows Server 2008 brainstorming
How does Microsoft come up with product names?
This video goes over the process for naming Longhorn to Windows Server 2008 : -
MatchIT.ca for charities and non-profit organizations
Microsoft Canada charity initiatives has just launched MatchIT.ca -
Expression Studio on MSDN today!
Expression Studio is available for Premium subscribers to MSDN Visual Studio Team Suite!
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Vista system stability index: a new World Record!
Look at my System Stability score: 3.15 !!!
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AJAX loading indicator like GMail
Simone Chiaretta wrote a very nice post about building a Gmail-like loading indicator (that means top/right corner fixed, regardless of how the users scrolls or sizes the window) with an AJAX UpdateProgress control, an animated gif and some CSS; you can read his great article there :
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DevTeach conference
DevTeach 2007 is over, it was great as I had the chance to hear some very good speakers :
Markus Egger, Claudio Lassala, Julia Lerman, Yair Alan Griver, Ted Neward. -
Cool tool: IE InlineSearch
Inline Search is an extremely useful free add-on for Internet Explorer that mimics Firefox's search behavior. It turns searching inside a web page into a non modal research experience coupled with a find as you type facility. Think about IE Search on steroid.
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Customize Vista Favorite Links
I was stuck with this for months (really!) :
Favorite Links in Vista's Windows Explorer is a really nice feature (although not my best one *)... but why the fuck they did not put "Downloads" and "Videos" on my favorite links ?? I go there 60 times a day. -
Silverlight 1.1 samples
Silverlight 1.1 has just shipped (as alpha status) but there are already some samples available !!
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Microsoft ASP.NET Futures
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MIX07 I wish I was there
MIX07 conference is now over and I realize that if I should attend only one this year it
should have been this one... they made huge announcements : -
"Web is simple no more"
As said by Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Chief Software Architect, during MIX07 keynote.