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Developers who are starting new long-term projects are faced with a hard choice? Do they go with C# or Objective C, focus on JavaScript or stay with good old fashioned C++? According to some experts, C++ should be your choice, and here’s why. Your first clue is the language that operating systems themselves are created […]

July 1st Microsoft plans to make its Windows Azure pricing more friendly for those users who will be migrating large amounts of data to the Azure cloud. All inbound data transfers for peak and off-peak hours will be free. Microsoft is hoping to entice those developers who have large quantities of accumulated data they want […]

Data Parallelism and Task Parallelism are common Parallel Computing forms. Task Parallel Library (TPL) bears the "Task Parallel" name, but where does Data Parallel fit into TPL? How is Data Parallel done in the Task Parallel Library? What does Data Parallel look like in the Task Parallel Library? The remainder of this article will answer […]

As the release date for the Mango update to Windows Phone 7 comes closer, developers are eager to hear more details. Microsoft has announced about 500 new features that will be included, such as Xbox Live Voice Chat, tighter integration with Xbox 360, and live push updates from Xbox 360 to WP7 phone. One of […]

This week SapphireSteel Software announced Amethyst Professional 1.5, a Flex, Flash and ActionScript integrated development environment (IDE) for Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. New features of Amethyst Pro enable the development of mobile apps, along with integration with Adobe Flash CS4/5 and Flash Builder. SapphireSteel’s Director of Technology Huw Collingbourne spoke about enabling .NET developers […]

Introduction A CAPTCHA is a challenge-response system wherein typically a dynamically generated image consisting of random letters and numbers is displayed to the users and the users are asked to re-enter the text in an attempt to verify that both of them match. Any ASP.NET developer would want to prevent spam and automated form submissions […]

As developers, we have a love-hate relationship with the mice in our lives. They are useful, but cause pain after repetitive use, even carpal tunnel syndrome. Some are already joyous at the thought of a world without computer mice, after Microsoft recently announced plans to enable Kinect on the PC. If you don’t already know […]

Microsoft created its XNA tools to enable C# developers to create games more easily for Windows and Xbox 360. Now a developer has ported XNA to run on Silverlight and iOS–the new ExEn tool is licensed under a Microsoft Public License, so other developers can immediately begin using it. The developer, Andrew Russell, is also […]

At first glance Windows Workflow (WF) and .NET Task Parallel Library (TPL) may appear to be competing execution engines. Both emphasize composing work and parallel execution. While the tools share some characteristics, each tool is very different. TPL is a lower-level library for managing class level workloads and WF is architected around Activity building blocks […]

Microsoft this week announced that they are partnering with Joyent for the creation of a Windows version of Node.js, which will become available as a standalone executable to be run as node.exe. There has been no mention of dependencies on shell scripts, or installation procedures at this time. The blog on the NodeJS website discussed […]

Is the mythical Longhorn going to make its eagerly awaited appearance in Windows 8? And how does HTML5 fit into the picture for Microsoft .NET developers? There have been a lot of rumors lately surrounding the next version of Windows and the future of app development, and Microsoft hasn’t helped matters by seemingly dismissing .NET […]

Introduction Windows Phone application developers frequently need to access data to present in their applications. Of the variety of facilities available for data services, Microsoft touts oData as solution, which is based on entity and relationship model that allows access to data in REST style (REST stands for representative transfer). What is oData? The documentation […]