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New Ipaq ? and new Microsoft Wireless Information Server ?
Read on a forum :
I was recently at a show with an organization called Angelbeat. It is a group that works closely with HP, Cisco, Microsoft and others. One of the HP representatives shared there is a new device being released in the June/July timeframe with the following features:
* It will be the 2200 Series
* Integrated Compact Flash and SDIO slot (Finally!)
* 400MHz XScale Processor
* 16-bit Color with Transreflective TFT
* Built in Bluetooth
* Slightly larger than 1900 series from a thickness and screen but not by much (it was very light)
* Base model will come with 64MB Ram and a higher model will come with 128MB Ram, I did not get a chance to ask about ROM
* There is a replaceable battery
* It will offer both Landscape and Standard view without a soft reset!
* Black grips on the side for a very secure hold
* They did not integrate 802.11 because an SDIO card is due in June/July that will provide this functionality
* It will run on the new Microsoft operating system (this is the reason for the release date in June/July)
* It will not fit existing accessories
* A future model will have a keyboard that slides from the back and automatically changes the view to Landscape (it was described as coming from the right side of the iPaq)
* A phone option should be available “in the future”
* It will be between $300-$400 but expect it just under $400
* I held it and it is beautiful
* Don't ask for pictures, none where taken
Other comments worth mentioning:
The GSM/GPRS sleeve is expected to be release the end of this month on the AT&T network.
The new release of Office (Office 11) will completely change the look of Outlook. The preview pane will be on the side instead of the bottom was the most noticeable.
The Microsoft Wireless Information Server will be integrated into the Exchange Server. This will increase the number of companies that will have access to wireless technology and will decrease the infrastructure needed to support the environment. The current code name for this project is Titanium. -
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Good Control
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Fieldset
It's good some time to have a break and look backwards your old projects.
It helped me reducing quite some numbers of <asp:panel> I was using just to have a nice border around other controls or to give a better structure to my page.
If you workon an Intranet project with IE, you can use a <Fieldset> tag that do perfectly the job without any server roundtrip.
Plus the possibility to include a <Legend> tag inside to write the Title of the box over the border 'a la' Windows ;-) -
Folder Permissions
I create dynamically some folders in my application. When I deploy the site, I can't copy the folder permissions, like the basic Read attributes for an Internet guest.
It's ok for me because I have access to the host server, but I imagine for people hosting remotely.
Maybe someone know something about that ? I already tried some folder attribute code but it doesn't work.
It should be part of VS.Net, because when you deploy your code, you apparently must be an administrator. -
WebConfig
I read some tips about the best way to keep Webconfig wherever you deploy your application.
Well I just find another one (It's new for me). What I do is after a first copy of my application to my Production server, everytime I need to update the site I exclude Webconfig from the project, copy and include again WebConfig.
It's not rocket science, but it do the job, and I apply also this to other static files, which I don't need to change. -
Chandler
Chandler is an Open Source Project to have a free open PIM.
I wonder how they going to react to Office 2003. It's surely not for now, but it's probably there in few months.
Extract from their homepage:
Our product (code-named "Chandler" after the great detective novelist Raymond Chandler,) is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) intended for use in everyday information and communication tasks, such as composing and reading email, managing an appointment calendar and keeping a contact list. Because of the ease with which Chandler users can share information with others, Chandler might be called the first Interpersonal Information Manager. (The term PIM was first used in conjunction with the product Lotus Agenda in the 1980's. Chandler is the spiritual descendant of Agenda (and has a common designer in Mitch Kapor.) -
Another Gaffe from Bush ;-)
Editor: Bush Cited Report That Doesn't Exist
Washington - There was only one problem with President George W. Bush's claim Thursday that the nation's top economists forecast substantial economic growth if Congress passed the president's tax cut: The forecast with that conclusion doesn't exist.
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Chef 'suicide' after critics' attack
Bernard Loiseau was found dead at his country home, a hunting rifle by his side.
His death came a week after the renowned GaultMillau restaurant guide cut its rating for his Cote d'Or restaurant in Burgundy.
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ThreeDegrees installation problems
If you think about installing the Beta of ThreeDegrees read this Blog before. Apparently some problems with the P2P layer and IPV6 installation.
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Blogs and Timezone
Scott so far so well again great blogging site.
Just anote about the Dotnetweblogs homepage. I like this idea to have a resume on the last blogs.
But timezone differences create for me some 'conjugal' dysfunctions ;-)
Indeed I have to stay late in the night if I don't want to miss some great blogs from some great blokes, and I know someone not happy with that ;-).
In the morning, the same, I lost all my favourite readings.
Yes I know I can click on all the names and check everything, but I'm bit slow on the morning.
Scott, can I suggest that on the left columns, after the names and the total of blogs, we can have between brackets or something, the number of blogs sent last 24 hours or 48 hours.