Jul
28
Microsoft have gone through the ringer in recent times. They have had the relative failure of Windows Vista (which I have to say I thought was ok), the rise of the IPhone and other Windows Mobile competitors, the dominance of Google on the search arena and their own Internet Explorer being hit in the browser …
Jul
26
Expression Web 3, part of Expression Studio from Microsoft has now been released and is available for purchase / download. MSDN license holders should find Expression Studio including Expression Web 3 available for download now from the MSDN web site, whilst everyone else can take advantage of free trials (the Expression Web 3 trail can be …
Jul
01
UPDATE: Expression Web 3, Sliverlight 3 and Expression Studio 3 have now been released, which you can read about in my post, “Expression Web 3 Released” here. I received an email this morning inviting me to an exclusive launch event for Silverlight 3 and Expression 3. Unfortunately I am out of the country, but the launch …
May
18
UPDATE: The public version of the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 can be found here. Today sees the waiting over for many people, myself included, for the release of Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2010. According to Mike Ormond the beta will be available to MSDN Subscribers today, with a public download following hot on its …
May
13
I have used the entity framework in a few projects using .Net 3.5, but we were promised that there was much more to come in the next version which is shipping with .Net 4.0 and with quite a few announcements recently from the ADO.NET Team, I thought I would summarise and provide some links (at …
May
11
Just to let you know that, like me, you can watch the keynote at TechEd live at 6pm GMT (10am PST). Excitement seems to be building as to the possible arrival of Visual Studio 2010 beta! You can catch it all here http://www.msteched.com/online/home.aspx Technorati Tags: teched, vs2010
May
09
So, I have my Windows 7 RC up and running and I am now itching to get hold of a beta of Visual Studio 2010. I held off downloading the Virtual PC CTP ion order to wait for an installable version, but that seems to have been a long time coming. The wait may be …
May
01
UPDATE: This also occurs with the RTM / Final version of Windows 7 Just thought I would post a quick note about the Windows 7 RC install that I have just carried out. It appears that several people are noticing an issue where the install appears to hang for a long time at 21% during …
Mar
19
Well, it looks like the wait is over and that today Microsoft will finally release Internet Explorer 8 RTM for download from its web site. The expected time for this being available is 4pm GMT in order to conincide with the second keynote at MIX 09. IE8 boasts much better web standards support, and now …
Mar
18
Microsoft have just spoken about the new Windows Web Gallery at Mix09 Basically the Windows Web Gallery is a single web site that makes community apps available based on both ASP.Net and PHP. The site is still in its early days, but already features well known apps such as DotNetNuke and WordPress. There is also a …