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• Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, Plus Launch and Packaging Info

  Microsoft made a number of announcements today around Visual Studio 2010 and its developer tools and programs. Here's the word directly from Microsoft: Today, Microsoft announced one of the most significant updates to its developer offerings and roadmap... Posted Oct 19 2009, 03:47 PM by pthurrott with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: Developer

• Visual Studio Documentary

  Microsoft's Channel 9 has released a fascinating two-part video documentary of the history of Visual Studio, appropriately titled Visual Studio Documentary . It's an hour long (split into two 30-minute parts) and covers Microsoft's development... Posted Oct 09 2009, 01:55 AM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Developer, Nostalgia

• Use the tools Microsoft didn't use to create Zune HD apps

  Yes, you read that right. Microsoft (and its partners) did not use XNA Game Studio to create the free games and other apps that are now available for the Zune HD. (They used proprietary in-house tools instead.) But if you are interested in developing... Posted Sep 15 2009, 04:09 PM by pthurrott with | with 44 comment(s) Filed under: Zune, Mobile, Developer

• Upload your apps now. Windows Marketplace for Mobile

  Microsoft's Windows Mobile (or, we should say, "WinMob") team goes viral and decidedly non-PC in this video-based attempt to woo developers to their platform . It's funny, and a bit long, but they get at least some credit for simply... Posted Jun 23 2009, 11:05 AM by pthurrott with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Mobile, Humor, Developer

• Windows Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List

  Or, to use a more controversial headline which I'm sure you'll see elsewhere: Internet Explorer 8 natively incompatible with over 3,000 web sites Microsoft has provided a list of web sites (in super-convenient Excel format) that haven't taken... Posted Mar 19 2009, 12:28 PM by pthurrott with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Internet Explorer, Developer, Commentary

• Microsoft Small Basic

  Apparently, Visual Basic has gotten a bit too complex for the kiddie crowd, so a Microsoft employee is working up a simpler, old school version of the language called Small Basic : Small Basic is a project that's aimed at bringing "fun"... Posted Nov 18 2008, 09:43 AM by pthurrott with | with 54 comment(s) Filed under: Developer

• Bad user interface, part 37

  I walked up to my laptop and saw this bit of OneCare-like stupidity: Here's the thing. If you’re going to perform background tasks, do it in the background. Obviously. And God help you if you pop-up a dialog later to inform me that whatever you were... Posted Oct 31 2008, 12:31 PM by pthurrott with | with 33 comment(s) Filed under: XP, Developer, Vista, Commentary

• Apple is evil, part 227

  This one kind of speaks for itself: Opera Mini for iPhone sits on sidelines due to App Store rules A professionally-developed alternative to Apple's Safari web browser for iPhone already exists in Opera Software's labs; Apple's guidelines... Posted Oct 31 2008, 12:24 PM by pthurrott with | with 72 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Developer, Commentary

• Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog

  ... and if you thought the first one, Engineering Windows 7, wasn’t long-winded and boring enough for you, wait ‘till you get a load of this one. It’s called The Windows 7 Blog for Developers . Sounds exciting! Welcome to the first post of a new Windows... Posted Oct 23 2008, 02:33 PM by pthurrott with | with 78 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Developer

• Microsoft to debut next Office at PDC

  This isn’t exactly news , but what the heck: Windows 7 and Windows Cloud may be the main attractions at Microsoft's upcoming Professional Developers Conference, but the next version of Office will also be on show. 'Office 14', as the product... Posted Oct 22 2008, 03:26 PM by pthurrott with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, Travel and events, Developer

• 4 Softies and a Pizza Guy - P-D-C 2008

  LOL. It’s unclear whether this is meant to be a parody or an outright mockery, but it’s pretty funny : Think boy band. And software development. Naturally. :) Thanks Leonard D. Posted Oct 07 2008, 10:19 AM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Humor, Developer

• Microsoft updates its application server technologies

  From Microsoft via email: Today, the Connected Systems Division announced a set of new enhancements coming in .NET Framework and Windows Server, including key enhancements to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)... Posted Oct 01 2008, 02:44 PM by pthurrott with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Developer

• Apple drops the iPhone NDA

  Let the leaks begin. :) Apple : We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software. We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that... Posted Oct 01 2008, 01:57 PM by pthurrott with | with 36 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Developer

• The Cell Phone Wars

  Slate has an interesting comparison of Apple’s very closed model with the iPhone and Google’s very open model with Android: In the two months since the App Store's launch, Apple has rejected several programs for seemingly arbitrary reasons that it... Posted Sep 26 2008, 11:47 AM by pthurrott with | with 90 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Windows Mobile, Internet, Smartphone, Mobile, Cloud computing, Developer

• Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1

  Microsoft is updating its Expression Blend product to support Silverlight 2. Here’s the info: Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 will directly and seamlessly patch the previously installed version of Expression Blend 2 to utilize the newest designer/developer... Posted Sep 26 2008, 11:40 AM by pthurrott with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Cloud computing, Developer