Bradley L. Jones

Halloween is the time when kids get a chance to get tricks or treats from others. This Halloween, I actually got a treat from Microsoft. They sent me a Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 keyboard and mouse set. I’ve been planning to switch my current USB Mouse and USB keyboard with wireless versions for some time […]

Microsoft has C#, IBM has REXX (and RPG, ECL, and others), Oracle has Sun, which has Java, but what does Google have? Looks like they feel they need to have a programming language of their own so they can be part of the club. Google also isn’t one to leave money on the table. They […]

Tuesday November 10, 2009 This Week’s Topics Comments from the Editor New & Updated Articles on CodeGuru Tip: Screen Capture File Verbs – EXE System Shortcut Menu Items File System Filter Driver Tutorial A Web Developer’s Look at Windows 7 [Updated] MODBUS Serial RTU + TCP/IP Simulator Writing a basic Windows Debugger – Part 1 […]

Tuesday November 3, 2009 This Week’s Topics Comments from the Editor Recently Published Books New & Updated Articles on CodeGuru Mobile Device Detection and Redirection Using ASP.NET/MVC [Updated] MODBUS Serial RTU + TCP/IP Simulator Keystroke Monitoring BLOG: “Microsoft’s Entire Marketing Campaign for Windows 7 is Predicated on a Lie” BLOG: World’s First 100-core Chip; Powerful […]

Sometimes you hear a quote that is simply too good to pass up. It is one you want to repeat. Today I read an article where Randall Kennedy stated that “Microsoft’s entire marketing campaign for Windows 7 is predicated on a lie.” Wow. Their entire marketing campaign for Windows 7? That is a bold statement. […]

Tilera has announced that they have created the world’s first 100-core chip — the 100-core TILE-Gx100. This chip claims to have four times the performance of any chip announced to date. They claim to have ten times better computing efficiency than Intel’s next generation Westmere processor. So what’s the downside? Tilera is a relatively new […]

With recent (or near future) releases of Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010, and Silverlight, it is no surprise that a new release of Visual Studio is coming soon. According to The Register, Visual Studio 2010 will release on March 22, 2010. They reported that Beta 2 will be available to MSDN subscribers today […]

In the 90s, ColdFusion was all the rage. Good products never die; they just go into maintenance mode! In truth a lot of ColdFusion is still in use today. In fact, one of our sites, DevX, is written in ColdFusion. As a product, it continues to deliver new features and new editions. Today’s new edition […]

Tuesday September 29, 2009 This Week’s Topics Comments from the Editor Recently Published Books New & Updated Articles on CodeGuru Face lift to Forms; Part 2: Button Outline Text, Part 2 [Updated] Doing In-Place Editing in a GridView Declaring Namespaces with Micro Focus for COBOL.NET BLOG: The Day Microsoft Killed the eBook Reader Hottest Discussions […]

I’ve looked at getting an eBook reader for quite a while now. My wife was going to buy me a Sony eReader for Father’s Day when they were super discounted at Borders; however, they were sold out all around town due to the low price. If you go to a store that has ebook readers, […]

Tuesday September 22, 2009 This Week’s Topics Comments from the Editor Recently Published Books New & Updated Articles on CodeGuru Doing In-Place Editing in a GridView VIDEO: Dependency Injection with Microsoft Unity Skins and Themes in ASP.NET [Updated] Easy C++ – Delegates / Generic Properties / Closures / Thunks Hottest Discussions New Articles on Developer.com […]

Datamation has recently published a couple of interesting articles you might find interesting. The first is Why Developers Get Fired. If you are feeling comfortable in your job, you might want to take a look at what Eric Spiegel has to say. Have you seen the salary surveys posted around the internet and in magazines? […]