Well the secret that never was, is out Silverlight 2.0 beta is now out along with a full complement of expression tools in beta , IE 8 has also made a welcome appearance. The visual studio update for silverlight in my Visual Studio list here I will try and do a full breakdown in the next few days, but at the minute too …

Andy Wigley came over to BM Towers to present on Windows Mobile Development using Visual Studio 2008. Huge thanks again to Andy for coming over to do the event. b. Technorati tags: Windows Mobile, Community Events

Wow Matt and I have just finished our presentation on Microsoft Volta Live Labs at the Irish Web Technology Conference , it is being held at the Cineworld complex in Dublin. Yes we did get to present on the Big Screen :) , it is totally surreal seeing your caricature displayed so big it is bigger than you ( Lauren's …

Mat and I will be speaking at the Irish Web Developers Conference in Dublin , Friday Morning at 9.15am. The subject is Microsoft Live Labs Volta, which is just fantastic. See you on Friday. b. Technorati tags: Irish Web Developers Confererence, Volta, Live Labs

Anybody who has met me knows how passionate I am about teaching people to program and getting them to use their minds, Well Microsoft has excelled themselves , Any student in higher education can get Visual Studio Pro 2008 , SQL Server 2005 , Expression Studio , Windows Server 2003 (Not sure on this one , but hey why …

Everyday I wake up, I love the world we all live in even more , Technology marches on giving us the vital tools we have needed since the 1970's. Until today I wasn't looking for a new car but come to think of it although I have a newish car I feel the desperate need for a new one and a safari suit , curious. b. …

A new release of the Power Tools for the Database Edition to work with Visual Studio 2008 adds several new features a new set custom unit test conditions a new Data Generation Wizard MSBuild tasks to support running TSQL Static Code Analysis from the command line,Schema and Data Compare and a TSQL Static Code Analysis …

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Fresh and hot foot from the Office Dev conference the first of the Software + Services Blueprints is out. It looks like there are more blueprints on the way , the first one is using Outlook to be a S + S client. The experience is much like Glide which as it looks like the PM is Michael Lehman it is not surprising. If …

I am not suggesting that we cross to border to crush any impending revolt ( but now that I think of it ;) ) , Nope it's Developer Developer Scotland , the first of the Developer Developer events to happen in the North is underway with a great set of sessions to choose from, DDS will be help in Glasgow on Saturday 10th …