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  • Projects in Whidbey

    Like many I am playing with Whidbey. I was not at the PDC, so my adventure in Whidbeyland is more difficult for me.

    I don't get first the idea that when I install Whidbey, I have to chose a profile.

  • Microsoft has teamed up with Moreover

    Microsoft is making strides is building a powerful rival to compete with Google. In an important step in that direction, Microsoft has teamed up with San Francisco-based Moreover Technologies to develop a continuously updating on the Web, according to the publisher of a newsletter about the search engine business.
    "Moreover already has the ability to go out there and spider the Web and pull back news content, and understand how to deal with it," said Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineWatch.com. Even though Microsoft is in the midst of creating its own Web crawler, which could do the same thing, partnering with "somebody like may help more quickly move to having the search service they want."

  • Build a Flyout Search Control

    This article, written by Kathleen Dollard is based on a code for a windows project, but I think I should be able (or someone else) to adap this code for a web application.
    I think it's a great idea to have a Search Panel to show an Advanced Search.
    The thing is to get back the right values, this article show you how.

  • Virtual PC 2004, cool but...

    ... I can't have my keyboard working with this damn thing.

    I am trying to install Windows XP with VS 2004, but something wrong happen, the keyboard is not recognized.
    As you must know, you have to press Enter key in one of the early screen installing XP, but there, not a clue why VS don't accept any entry from my keyboard.

  • Website To Country Tool

    What is this good for? Maybe you want to know where your servers are physically located
    with your hosting company. Also, some search engines (such as Google) have the ability to
    filter search results based on their physical location. This could be used to determine why
    your site is showing in a certain country.