http://microsoft.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Microsoft en Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:00:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675354 unknown@Digg.com Moving past the Yahoo saga, the software giant is buying semantic search engine Powerset as a way of closing the gap with Google Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:00:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675354Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2675305 unknown@Digg.com It is one of these products and service you may not look forward to, but knew it was coming: A subscription model to Microsoft Office. Microsoft envisions that more and more users will not own a copy of Microsoft Office in the future anymore, but rent it and provide the company with recurring revenue stream every year, instead a onetime fee. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:50:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675305Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2675357 unknown@DZone.com This is intended to be the last part in this series and I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about a number of related if diverse topics. I would like to look at what I would like to see in the next version, and talk about when and where I intend to use Linq to SQL and other ORMs such as NHibernate. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:55:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675357.netmethodologyMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2675079 unknown@DZone.com Sandcastle is the API documentation tool used internally by Microsoft for the .NET platform. It is being offered under the terms of the Microsoft Public License. This is a relaxed license that asks for little more than patent protection and attribution, making it suitable for integrating into build systems and the like. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:47:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675079announcementMicrosoftopen sourceProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2675081 unknown@DZone.com There is a lot of discussion around Microsoft’s object-relational efforts right now. There are a couple of key issues:
 Is Microsoft really committed to Linq to SQL, or is it shifting its attention to Entity Framework? 
 Is Entity Framework being pushed out before it is ready? A “vote of no confidence” open letter along those lines has been signed by over 300 including more than a dozen MVPs (Most Valued Professionals), experts in Microsoft data technologies. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:18:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675081MicrosoftreviewsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2673455 unknown@DZone.com My previous article about Bill Gates SQLAuthority News - Famous Quotes From Bill Gates got really lots of readers and got lots of request in email that I should have follow up article about other famous quotes from Bill Gates which are missing from original article. This blog is not about Quotes but SQL Server, but little fun never hurts. SQL Server is product of Microsoft, which Bill Gates is Chairman of, so indirectly this article is about SQL Server. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:54:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673455humorMicrosofttrendsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2673207 unknown@DZone.com Those who responded were Peter Brown of the Free Software Foundation, Jim Zemlin of The Linux Foundation, Richard Stallman, the founder of the free software movement, and Linus Torvalds. All of them gave answers that were not only complex and nuanced, but sometimes surprising when compared to the attitudes that they are often assumed to have. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:21:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673207MicrosoftNewsopen sourceopinionProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2670731 unknown@DZone.com This continues a short series of posts about getting started with PowerShell … with a few tips about things you can do to keep your PowerShell profile safe and organized. Your “profile” is the script that is automatically loaded when you start up PowerShell. Really, I should say that your profile is the set of scripts which are loaded by default when you start up PowerShell. “By default” because you can always skip loading them by passing the -NoProfile switch to PowerShell.exe, and a set because PowerShell does, in fact, attempt to load at least four scripts when you run it. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:29:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670731how-toMicrosoftother languagesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2670426 unknown@DZone.com Now that Hyper-V is officially shipping you can expect to see a series of new developments in the data center virtualization market. Microsoft appears to be leveraging Hyper-V and virtualization to extend the reach of Server 2008 versus launching it as a head to head offering versus ESX. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:03:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670426MicrosoftNewsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2670287 unknown@DZone.com On Google having a hard time retaining employees... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:25:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670287MicrosoftopiniontrendsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2669497 unknown@DZone.com Bill Gates has pulled off one of the greatest hacks in technology and business history, by turning Microsoft's success into a force for social responsibility. Imagine imposing a tax on every corporation in the developed world, collecting $100 per white-collar worker per year, and then directing one third of the proceeds to curing AIDS and malaria. That, effectively, is what Bill Gates has done. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:21:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669497MicrosoftopinionProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2669215 unknown@Digg.com June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It?s also a good day (thanks to a recent New York Times opinion piece) to start looking ahead to what comes next ? after Windows. That answer could be Softie Eric Rudder?s m Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:11:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669215Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2668975 unknown@DZone.com When I graduated from college, in 1991, I started working for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on the Excel team. My title was program manager. I was supposed to come up with a new programming system so users could automate Excel. I sat down to write a spec, a huge document that grew to hundreds of detailed pages. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:53:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668975MicrosoftopinionProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2668415 unknown@DZone.com This is the second part in a series of articles about NHIbernate. This article covers one to one and one to many relationships, inheritance, etc. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:40:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668415.netdatabasemethodologyMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2668065 unknown@DZone.com Yesterday I described the Observer Pattern and mentioned that the .NET CLR provides this functionality through events and delegates.
 
 Let’s have a look on how to implement this right now. We’re using delegates with generics, the += operator and throwing and handling events. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:30:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668065.netframeworksmethodologyMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2666909 unknown@Digg.com Painfully visible are the inherent design deficiencies of a foundation that was never intended to support such weight. Windows seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:56:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666909Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2667018 unknown@DZone.com Thanks to Bill Gates. This post is a bio and timeline of the life of Bill Gates. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:44:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667018MicrosoftopinionWindowsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2666845 unknown@DZone.com “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:27:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666845MicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2665625 unknown@Digg.com Damn, Bill, you have come a LONG way. Look at you there back in '82, you handsome devil. As part of our tribute, let's take a quick look back at the top ten greatest (and not so great) products created on Bill-time, shall we? Don't worry, it'll only sting a little. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:00:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2665625Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2665007 unknown@Digg.com Microsoft gets more crap than any other company in tech. That's partly because it's given us garbage like Clippy, Microsoft BOB and Windows Vista. And it's partly because it's arguably the most important company in personal computing. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:16:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2665007Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2664314 unknown@Digg.com Here it is, the definitive Bill Gates timeline. It may contain some bugs and lack some features, but it works: from his parents to the last day of his work at Microsoft, the Bill Gates timeline shows his personal and business adventure?on the top?in relation to the tech industry?on the bottom?as his company takes over it all. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:50:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664314Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2664130 unknown@Digg.com "There won't be a day in my life when I won't be thinking about Microsoft, the great things that we're doing and wanting to help," said Gates, who wiped away tears as the group of employees rose to give him a standing ovation. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:10:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664130Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2664093 unknown@Digg.com Photo history of the man behind Microsoft. Check out some great geek shots. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:50:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664093Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2664016 unknown@Digg.com June 27th 2008 marks the day that Bill Gates steps out of his role as nerd-baron and into the shoes of full-blown immortal philanthropist. Thank You! Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:40:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664016Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2664168 unknown@DZone.com A mail send by Bill Gates to Jim Allchin regarding his frustrations to download and install 'Moviemaker' and 'Digital Plus pack' Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:45:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664168humorMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2663809 unknown@DZone.com I had major issues getting commits to work. Eventually I figured out that git-svn does not send hashes of the files as all other SVN clients that I have tested so far. I was focused on finding corruption much earlier in the game, and drowned in the details. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:31:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663809Microsoftopen sourcetoolsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2663680 unknown@DZone.com This article takes someone through setting up NHibernate for the first time using the AdventureWorks database. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:17:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663680.netdatabaseframeworksMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2663345 unknown@Digg.com Bill Gates has pulled off one of the greatest hacks in technology and business history, by turning Microsoft's success into a force for social responsibility. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:40:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663345Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2663456 unknown@DZone.com There are two distinct types of socket network applications: Server and Client. Servers and Clients have different behaviors; therefore, the process of creating them is different. This article demonstrates you how to create a streaming TCP/IP Server and Client in C++. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:27:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663456c-and-cpphow-toMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2662774 unknown@Digg.com Of all the ware Microsoft churns out from its sweatshop of "lightning bolt, lightning bolt" nerds, Windows is the one most inexorably tied to the public image of the company. Although we agree that Vista could have used a bit more time shoved back into the silicon womb for some feature buffing and bug fixing, it's not nearly as bad as people say. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:20:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662774Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2662949 unknown@DZone.com This article covers the new features in C# 3.0 and Visual Studio 2008 that make complex code generation tasks easy. It explores the techniques by implementing a state machine. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:35:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662949.nethow-toMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2662442 unknown@Digg.com Its cofounder is retiring, its latest big product has been vilified, and potential partners are spurning its advances. So what does Microsoft do to remain relevant? Here are 15 ideas.eas. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:00:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662442Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2662481 unknown@DZone.com Microsoft is aware of a recent escalation in a class of attacks targeting Web sites that use Microsoft ASP and ASP.NET technologies but do not follow best practices for secure Web application development. These SQL injection attacks do not exploit a specific software vulnerability, but instead target Web sites that do not follow secure coding practices for accessing and manipulating data stored in a relational database. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:51:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662481databaseMicrosoftSecurityProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2662324 unknown@DZone.com A framework that allows you to dynamically load Silverlight modules into resizable draggable windows. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:51:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662324.netMicrosoftopen sourceProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2661692 unknown@Digg.com George Colony, CEO of Forrester Research Inc., sees a subtle slippage in Microsoft's standing vs. rivals such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. as Gates has disengaged himself from the company ? and implies that the slippage could accelerate once Gates is even more out of the picture. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:46:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661692Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2661126 unknown@Digg.com There are over a dozen people working at our fair Gizmodo, but as a Windows user, I'm in a definite minority. I still rock XP, and I'm pretty happy with that. Why haven't I switched to Macs? Plenty of reasons, not least of which being that I'm just too smart to switch to a Mac.That's right, I'm too smart for Macs. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:10:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661126Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2660860 unknown@DZone.com Well, yesterday it seems I broke my Vista Business install (still not quite sure how this happened, but it did). Instead of just reinstalling it, I decided to try installing Server 2008 and using it as “Super Desktop OS” Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:58:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660860how-toMicrosoftserverWindowsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2660447 unknown@DZone.com Windows activation reminder on an ATM screen. Ouch... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:45:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660447humorMicrosoftWindowsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2660385 unknown@DZone.com A few days ago, looking at the referrers to my blog, I found a reference to site I never see before: aspdotnetmvc.com. It’s a really nice content aggregator that collects anything related to ASP.NET MVC, gathering it automatically from various sources. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:36:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660385.netMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2660078 unknown@Digg.com The information we have is thin, but what one source is saying is that Microsoft is talking a price lower than the $33 they were offering when the talks disintegrated in May, Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:20:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660078Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2660242 unknown@DZone.com Someone said today after seeing the C# var operator for implicitly typed variables, "Oh, now C# has Dim." Well, not exactly. Not even close. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:30:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660242.netMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2659986 unknown@DZone.com Separation of concerns is one of the fundamental tenets of good object-oriented design. Anyone can throw a bunch of code in a method and call it a day, but that's not the most maintainable approach. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:00:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659986methodologyMicrosofttrendsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2659756 unknown@DZone.com Through out the next few articles in this series, it is my intention to go over EVERY aspect of creating the site. For those of you who are new freelancers, these articles will hopefully prove to be an extremely helpful resource for you. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:41:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659756.nethow-toMicrosoftweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2659658 unknown@DZone.com Classic! Everyone has seen that awful 1970's era Microsoft photo, well, Newsweek has got everyone from that picture to come back for a new group shot. Predictably, they're a lot less ... um ... unattractive than they used to be. :) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:21:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659658humorMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2659297 unknown@Digg.com I went back through the internal e-mails turned over in the antitrust suits against Microsoft, looking for new insights into Bill Gate's personality. Read on for one of the gems that turned up, showing Gates in the role of chief rabble-rouser. It shows that even the Microsoft co-founder isn't immune to the frustrations of everyday computer users Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:10:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659297Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2659989 unknown@ma.gnolia.com Saved By: John Debay | View Details | Give Thanks Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659989Designresourcewebinformationlivesearchjavascriptjsprototypeinspirationlogopublishingmagazine publishingdiy magazingmagcloudcssweb tasar?mqaperformancejiffyfirebugdjangopythontumblelogAppleSoftwaremacosxmacintoshwebtoolsNone assignedrpg toolssiliconfloristshareportlandOregonbrowseriefunnyhistoryMicrosoftusability http://web2announcer.com/go/2659211 unknown@DZone.com Carl and Richard talk to Don Syme, the inventor of F#, along with F# PM Luke Hoban and MS Researcher Ralf Herbrich about the future of the F# language. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:20:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659211.netMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2658822 unknown@Digg.com Speaking at a conference in New York, Microsoft?s chief architect, Ray Ozzie, said open source is a bigger threat to the software juggernaut than Google is. He says open source developers are not restricted by the best interests of shareholders and potentially are, therefore, a stronger market force. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:50:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658822Microsoft http://web2announcer.com/go/2658727 unknown@DZone.com Without any physical data access layer, there's no way to build abstractions on top of it. So, in this part of this series we'll take a look at some very simple MSI interop, giving us a basic data provider for MSI databases, mirrored after the typical structure of .NET data providers like System.Data.SqlClient. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:04:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658727.netdatabasehow-toMicrosoftProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2658175 unknown@DZone.com I don't know why this keeps happening so often lately, but at least in the last few months, Microsoft kept losing various lawsuits and being forced to pay various amounts to other companies for patent infringements, but the hardest hits came from the European Comission. Anyway, fortunately for the Redmond giant, today is not about the EC. Unfortunately, the amount they have to pay is a bit more than just pocket money, because a federal judge just ordered them to pay Alcatel-Lucent no less than half a billion dollars! Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:56:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658175MicrosoftNewstrendsProgramming