Like the Queen, I have recorded a Christmas message this year. Now I have no prior knowledge of what her Majesty will speak about this year, but I will lay good odds it is not about using Typemock Isolator.

On the Typemock site you will find a short video on how we at Black Marble make use of Isolator to tackle testing …

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Ten labs for AppFabric and .Net 4 are available on MSDN virtual labs.

These labs cover .Net 4 Beta 2 and AppFabric Beta 1.

Simple Console Workflow

Introduction to Workflow Services and AppFabric

Implementing More Complex Control Flow and Logic with WF4

Activity Designers and Designer Re Hosting in WF4

Building a …

AppFabric has a release today, get it here

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There any many good document on how to migrate a TFS server from it’s default ports of 8080 (tfs) and 80 (Sharepoint/Reports) to 8443 and 443, usuall to allow Internet access. A good place to start is Aaron Block’s post on the subject

I did find a problem whist sorting this on a system today, this was that although we …

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Now the Black Marble Brigade have saved computing in the 1940s … can they save it in the 1980s??

Part IV of the Black …

VJ has released a free book with hints and tips for Windows 7, it is full of useful information and a must read for any windows 7 geek user.

Microsoft Press have made First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray free for a LIMITED time get it Here 

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Over the weekend the family where in Edinburgh we stumbled into an extraordinary Kurdish and Iranian restaurant called Hanams it just off the royal mile near the castle.

if you are near, just go in and try it, my recommendation is the Kulicha

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I am a bit behind the curve here but if you have not noticed DDD8 is planed for January in Reading and DDD Scotland in Glasgow for May.

Both conferences have open calls for speakers, so get your sessions in quick.