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Microsoft to Push Silverlight via Redesigned Microsoft.com

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:58:08 GMT

Microsoft is attempting to re-invigorate the Silverlight platform and encourage developers and users alike to further adopt its RIA framework with an upcoming redesign of their homepage. The redesigned Microsoft.com will feature a fully Silverlight-powered UI. Microsoft.com gets over 60 million unique visitors a month.

Microsoft's .NET-Powered Windows Live Writer

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:31:02 GMT

Windows Live Writer is first major product to use the .NET Framework and ship out of Microsoft's camp. Ever since the release of the .NET Framework in 2002, people have wondered why Microsoft doesn't use its own framework to write its programs - it seems that they finally do - and that WLW may be the first of more to come!

Moonlight, the 100% Compatible Silverlight for Linux

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:37:30 GMT

The Mono Team has just finished their first release of Mono, the 100% compatible open-source alternative to Silverlight..... that runs on Linux. More importantly, unlike Mono itself, Moonlight will be "drop-in" ready, complete with compatible UI and animation layers.

Why Microsoft Will Never Make .NET Truly Portable

Wed, 09 May 2007 04:16:02 GMT

While is Microsoft is hyping open-sourcing of portions of the CLR and the viability of cross-platform .NET programming, the truth is a little more murky. .NET is cross-platform.... but only if you write pure console applications. If you use a GUI, if you use a single message box, pop-up menu, or toolbar, if you have a single image, .NET is portable no more. This article looks into the motivation (or lack thereof) that Microsoft has to make .NET truly portable no matter what platform.

One-Click .NET Obfuscator and Optimizer Reviewed

Fri, 04 May 2007 10:16:01 GMT

NeoSmart Technologies' review of {smartassembly}, a one-click .NET obfuscator, optimizer, and deployment utility. In NeoSmart's testing, it's obfuscation was irreversible, and the memory footprint of the test application was decreased exponentially several times over. Excellent, nifty, easy-to-use, yet relatively unknown tool that'll make your managers drool!

Longhorn Server Beta 3 Available for Download

Wed, 02 May 2007 16:16:02 GMT

Longhorn Server Beta 3 has been made available to the public. It's more or less the same as the April CTP, but with some compiler optimizations, a couple of bug fixes, and a couple of new IIS7 modules shipping with the OS - including the long-awaited FastCGI module.

Is .NET Taking over the World?

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:31:01 GMT

Microsoft's .NET Framework is a powerful bit of machinery, with the advantage of knowing where the competition went wrong in the decades past. Can .NET overcome the obstacles and become the ultimate (and only??) development framework one will ever need, anywhere, anytime?

Creating a Universal Tagging Standard

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:49:22 GMT

Tagging is all the rage, and it's taken for granted as a part of any "Web 2.0" network. Tagging can be the bridge to a semantic web - but it needs to be used, standardized, and implemented correctly. What makes a tag? What does it do? What should look like? How should it work? And most importantly, can tags actually be universally defined?

How To: Deploy Open Source Technologies with Stability on Windows/IIS

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:01:01 GMT

If you're looking to deploy open source technologies on your Windows/IIS server, you need to know what technologies work on Windows with stability, performance, and reliablity - and those that don't. Covers Perl, Python, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and more. This guide/review tells you both which technologies work well on Windows, and how best to "fix" those that don't.

Devs Don't Hate to Make Desktop Apps... Do they?

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:46:01 GMT

While the rest of the web is busy arguing over whether the desktop is dead and if Microsoft is going down with it, NeoSmart Technologies takes a technical look at why - from a coder's point of view - the desktop will never die. Whether its the better IDE, better and more mature languages (specifically C#), and just more resources in general; the desktop is far from dead.