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Windows Vista SP1 RTM available from MSDN/TechNet Plus

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:48:27 GMT

MSDN and TechNet Plus Subscribers can now download the long-awaited update to Vista! Post contains links to both services. Note that the downloads are in the Top Downloads -section.

Hotfix to Correct Visual Studio 2008 Performance Issues Released

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:46:02 GMT

Microsoft has released the hotfix to correct the Visual Studio 2008 performance issues.

ASP.NET MVC Dynamic Route builder Released

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:16:02 GMT

This is a simple HTTPModule that allows you to place your routing rules in web.config were they belong.

XNA 2.0 has been Released

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:16:04 GMT

Well it has been a late night, early Morning, or a nice evening for some... but the XNA Game Studio 2.0 has finally been released.

MVC Toolkit

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:01:03 GMT

MVC Tool kit direct link

Microsoft publishes detailed Vista SP1 changelog

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:41:04 GMT

Leading up to next week's public beta-test release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate, Microsoft today has published a 17-page document outlining in fine detail exactly what difference SP1 makes to Vista.

Bill Gates on IE8 and Microsoft Transparency

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:31:02 GMT

An interview with Bill Gates on IE8 and Microsoft Transparency

ScottGu and his team strike again

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:31:04 GMT

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit and Web Deployment Project for VS2008

The Gospel of the GUID - And Why It Matters!

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:16:03 GMT

There is only one commandment in the Gospel of the GUID: Thou shalt always use a GUID to uniquely identify a row in a table.

Fixing BlogEngine HTML Editor Problem

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:13:25 GMT

When submitting posts the BlogEngine HTML Editor removes certain HTML tags. This post shows how a quick way to fix this problem.

XLINQ to WoW Realm Status

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:40:48 GMT

.NET 3.5 - An example for using XLINQ/LINQ to read live XML from an external website without headaches or seizures.

Dangers of the new ASP.NET MVC framework

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:31:13 GMT

Will the new MVC framework split the ASP.NET community in 2? One following the "stardard" WebForm paradigma and one following the more "strict" approach?

Are you making these 3 common ASP.NET AJAX mistakes?

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:31:02 GMT

An overview of the impact several ASP.NET page life cycle issues have on ASP.NET AJAX development, and how to avoid them.

PLINQ = Parallel FX = PFX = The new Concurrent World

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:01:02 GMT

?Microsoft is developing a number of technologies to simplify the expression of parallelism in code. An example of this work is Parallel Extensions for the .NET Framework (PFX), a managed programming model for data parallelism, task parallelism, scheduling, and coordination on parallel hardware.

Boot vista from a flash drive

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:31:02 GMT

Detailed step by step to create a PE version of Vista that boots from a flash drive. Awesomeness.

Ten SQL Server Functions That You Hardly Use But Should

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:31:02 GMT

Ten SQL Server Functions That You Hardly Use But Should

Hacking the GAC, How to enable standard directory browsing

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:31:02 GMT

Have you ever wanted to or needed to view the actual contents of the GAC? Not just what is in the GAC, but actually grab the assemblies that are there?