I came accross a good got-ya when using HTTP over broadband to a Microsoft IIS with active directory authentication, you keep being forced to re-authenticate. However, if you use a dial-up connection or LAN all is fine. We noticed it using Outlook Web Access and Microsoft CRM but it would be the same with any products …

What a nightmare, I tried to change the settings on our 2K3 servers fax server and chaos reigned, all I wanted to do was add a modem!. The key problem was that the Fax Server Manager would not connect to the fax service, so you cannot edit anything. I quick look on newgroups showed I was not alone with this problem, …

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully produced a Terrarium Academic version for the AI for Games course at the University of Bradford. The Academic version of Terrarium has a simpler API for developing, as well as Terrain for navigation and Terrain Design Tools, and a bulk game server to allow terrains …

A double-dose of SharePoint went down very well in our latest event, as well as, of course, the great food!

Here is an interesting one for all those who are trying to debug DLL assemblies that you load dynamically in your application. For example, you have a .Net DLL project in VS.Net 2003 that is set to launch a .Net EXE when you hit F5. In your EXE, using a File Open dialog, you select and then load your .Net DLL and run …

We are running some more seminar events in 2003. This time we have tailored seminars for IT Managers and IT Developers so come along and join the fun, the lunch is good too! Wednesday 3rd March - Business Collaboration for IT Managers Wednesday 3rd March - Developing for Microsoft Sharepoint 2003 Thursday 1st April - …

The Virus Game, for Microsoft and the University of Bradford, was finished and has become an integral part of the AI for Games course at the University. The Virus Game is a tile based board game and has been produced in both a desktop and a bulk game server versions. Robert

Black Marble's annual Tech Update for IT managers and Developer took place today. In the developer segment we reprised Chris A's & Don Box's Lap around Longhorn for the local audience. It was very well received, see you at next years update Robert

Richard and I attended the event Developing Software for the future Microsoft Platform, where we saw Chris Anderson & Don Box's Lap Around Longhorn, it was very entertaining. A series of very interesting demonstrations of WinFS showed how powerful a file system could be. Bill Gates gave the closing session, which …

Well this is the first posting to our new BM-Bloggers site. What is BM-Bloggers, it is a blog shared by the all the developers of Black Marble to comment on the development world as they see it. Hope you find it if interest. Richard