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Introduction Having a good user interface design is what separates the best web sites from the rest. Anyone can build a functionally sound web form. Building a web form that allows users to quickly and efficiently enter their data and move on is another story. Below are 5 common mistakes that often occur in ASP.NET […]

LogicNP Software today announced the release of CryptoLicensing for .Net 2011. A 100% .Net solution to add licensing, copy-protection, activation and hardware-locking capabilities to your .Net, Windows Forms, WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, Compact Framework and XNA apps and libraries and ASP.Net web sites. CryptoLicensing uses the latest military strength cryptographic technology to ensure that […]

Microsoft delivered the updated Windows Phone 7 development tools back in the beginning February yet the Windows Phone 7 update still has not be released leaving developer and users alike wondering what the big delay is all about. With the basic Windows feature of copy & paste to be included in the big update, the […]

After 25 million downloads of IE9 beta, Microsoft today announced the availability of the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9. The release candidate, also knows as IE9 RC, is available now at www.BeautyOfTheWeb.com in 40 different languages. Microsoft included over 17,000 pieces of user feedback in the new IE9. These changes have moved the Internet […]

Stephen Elop whom you may remember as a former Microsoft executive officer, is rumored to be set to let several Nokia executives go. The strategy is thought to tie to Nokia’s move to partner with Microsoft to offer Windows Phone 7 devices. It’s still unclear if the talks have progressed into a decision to move […]

Introduction Microsoft’s PEX and Moles are two frameworks that can generate test suites with high code coverage. While the PEX Framework is an automated White Box Testing tool that can be integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio IDE seamlessly, the Moles Framework is a Microsoft Visual Studio Power Tool that is available as free download and […]

After years of Microsoft urging its users to disable the Autorun feature, which by definition will automatically executes an application when any time of removable media is inserted into a drive by Windows operating system. Microsoft engineers have discovered, finally, that Autorun was being used by most malware authors as an easy means to propagate […]

With Microsoft’s “House Party” set to start next week, Microsoft has reveled what titles are coming out and at what time. They’ve also decided to divulge the going price for each new game. There are expected to be five new titles being featured at this years event. The event is scheduled to run for a […]

Introduction The Windows Phone 7 platform supports two programming models – Silverlight and XNA. To fully realize the ability to write responsive Silverlight-based WP7 applications, it is critical to understand the application life cycle. 4 Phases of WP7 Application Activity In a Silverlight-based WP application, there are 4 different phases of the app activity: Launch […]

Introduction Software engineering is maybe the only engineering discipline were building an entirely new wing to a building is considered maintenance. Applications are extended and modified for years. Applications that once used the most modern technologies of the organization have become legacy themselves, yet in a lot of the cases we want them to be […]

The update to the core Microsoft products in the Small Business Server package promises to streamlines employee remote access and the server deployment process. Small Business Server 2011 comes bundled with Microsoft enterprise software geared towards simplifying IT operations for smaller organizations. The new OS is built on Windows Server 2008 release 2 and includes […]

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition is a comprehensive set of tools that accelerates the process of turning the developer’s vision into reality. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition was engineered to support development projects that target the Web (including ASP.NET AJAX), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, SQL Server 2008, and Windows […]