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Introduction New C# programming feature announcements are always big news. Microsoft recently announced new C# programming features for making asynchronous programming easier. This is good for developer’s building applications requiring asynchronous programming, but why venture into asynchronous code if it’s not required? The short answer is application users are always looking for a better experience. […]

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 developers who were given the pre-production Samsung Taylor are to receive a minor update to their smartphone OS via the Microsoft Zune client on their PC. This is just a minor update slated to add just one more feature, that being of course the “Copy & Paste” feature. Once the update […]

Microsoft’s Silverlight rich internet application platform has been the subject of much gossip lately, specifically about the future of the development platform. Microsoft has clarified that Silverlight will get a refresh next year starting with the release of Silverlight 5. One of major upgrades to the product will include 64-bit capability and high-dev video support […]

Introduction to ClientIDs in ASP.NET 4 Microsoft has released ASP.NET 4 with a lot of new features. One that seems small on the surface is a feature that I am very excited about. It has the potential to really clean up my code, and make JavaScript a lot easier for me to write and maintain. […]

The new Google Chrome browser plugin aptly named “Chrome to WP7” is now available for download from the Microsoft Windows Marketplace. The new plugin was developed by Dave Amenta and allows users to send links and text from the Chrome browser directly to their Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphone.

Microsoft officially released Silverlight 5 beta this past week at their Silverlight Firestarter event. But what does this mean for developers. Is Microsoft going to continue moving forward with the Flash killer, or will HTML 5 dominate. Its not likely that anyone at the event left there with a clear understanding of where Microsoft will […]

Contrary to expectations, the Windows Phone 7 smartphones are actually very good. Solid and dependable. In particular, the HTC HD7 which has received nothing but good reviews. However, if Facebook is any indication, data shows that only a very small number of account holders have accessed their Facebook accounts from a Windows Phone 7 platform. […]

Microsoft’s new parallel computing features are making it easier to leverage mulit-core processing. This video will start you down the .NET Framework Parallel Computing path. The video guides you through building an application using the Task and BlockingCollection classes. Examples will show how to coordinate Task classes and utilize llambda expressions. You’ll learn why you […]

The cloud wants smart devices. It also wants Web access, and native applications that take advantage of the unique capabilities of user’s laptops and desktop machines. The cloud wants much of us. Once upon a time, the rush was on to produce native Windows applications, then it became “you need a web strategy”, and then […]

Introduction Did you realize that the HTML generated to render an ASP.NET page can also hamper the performance of the application? This ASP.NET tutorial shows you a few common pitfalls that are seen in development cycles and often times are missed.

After only a few days of it’s download debut, the tool that provided a means to install “unauthorized” Microsoft Windows Phone 7 apps on to your shiny new WP7 equipped smartphone has been pulled. ChevronWP7 is no longer available for download, at least until further notice giving Microsoft an opportunity to discuss the Pros and […]

Released earlier this year in November, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 gives users a new take on mobile and smartphone computing as compared to the previous version of Microsoft’s mobile platform. With many new features, a sense of elegance, much easier navigation and all this created with the end-user at the forefront. With the “tiles” like […]