Disclaimer: this is a hack, an experiment, not a finished application - no guarantees are given and the code is probably pretty horrible. It might max out your computer or break something, so use this at your own risk. Also, be sure to check out the great work of the poeple whose projects/source code I have [...]
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If you want to know what cool technologies Microsoft has to offer (and which you can leverage as well), head on over to fellow MS colleague Nigel and watch his video 31 Demos in 39 Minutes. It is well worth spending the time and the best thing is that you can actually grab most of [...]
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This site offers a number of ready-to-use web services and api’s you can use to build web applications with Silverlight, Popfly or WPF. Services offered range from the useful to the plain wacky:
TRYNT Astrology Horoscope Web Service
Fetch daily zodiac information for any sign.
TRYNT Body Mass Index Web Service
Calculate your BMI from standard or metric units.
TRYNT [...]
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I have been using Windows VISTA for quite some time now (me being a Microsoft employee this is a given!). Generally, I am OK with it (and I really like things like the sidebar or WPF, natch) but my Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet PC has been misbehaving quite a lot under Vista – hardware failures, beta-quality drivers [...]
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You know the scenario if you are a blog fan or RSS aficionado: how to keep track and organize that ever-expanding list of feeds or news channels. Well, the single most important tool is a robust RSS reader. There are loads out there, but I have tried many and was not really satisfied. Mostly, because [...]
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