Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will launch on April 12 for an estimated retail price of £484.99. If you use a previous version of Visual Studio or any other development tool then you are eligible for this upgrade. Along with all the great new features in Visual Studio 2010 (see …
Read MoreAt the PDC uncle Doug gave birth to a new name for the product formally called Oslo, SQL Modelling Services. While we have all knew the relation to SQL was strong, I do get the feeling that all products will at some point will be a part of SQL. I am now looking forward to Microsoft SQL Server flight simulator. NOTE, in …
Read MoreThe amazing Kodu Game Lab from Microsoft is now available on the PC for trial download, get it here b.
Read MoreMicrosoft has released Service Pack 1 for BizTalk 2006R2, it includes a rollup of all of the hotfixes issued so far as well as Get it Here b.
Read MoreI recently had the great pleasure in reviewing Jon Flanders great white paper on ESB 2.0. Jon has a knack of nailing things down and ignoring the fact I am a fan of ESB 2.0 I think you should read this as soon as possible,better still print a copy off and give it a gift to a loved one who has not had the joy of knowing …
Read MoreThe next generation of visual studio tips of the day are here courtesy of Zain Naboulsi, a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft who is stepping into some very big shoes (metaphorically,eep) of Sara Ford. read Zain’s posts here, but wait there's more he is also providing videos as well :) b.
Read MoreA Beta version of Stylecop for Visual Studio 2010 is now available here, the only change is the integration with the Visual Studio 2010 shell. obviously not for “Real Programmers” but for us mortals it is a great new year gift. b.
Read MoreMichael Stal has written an excellent post on why Real Software Engineers don’t eat Quiche ( I added the eating Quiche, but you get the drift of the article ) he did miss out a few important facts on Real Software Engineers, i) They always have a new type of hammer that they are looking to try out after hearing about …
Read MoreAs hopefully many of you know I am a huge advocate of teaching children to program, not to turn them over to the geek side but to teach them the life skills of problem solving and analysis. On a personal side I have been championing My First Programming Language a tool to get children a step up to programming in Basic …
Read Moremost people know I am a bit of a sucker for a new mouse or keyboard, the new Arc keyboard while not being ergo is still quite cute http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=120&active_tab=overview I am hoping nobody will notice if a new/second keyboard is added to my desk with the …
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