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Introduction to the BlockingCollection In my article on Task Parallel library Task class, I explained the role of the Task Classand how a class called BlockingCollection mediates between executing tasks. However I never elaborated on all the ways it can be used. This articles tackles some if these ways. I’ll explain how to use the […]

Introduction Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications tend to be slower on lower end machines or on machines without graphic acceleration devices. They seem to eat up resources and make the application unstable. However, note that the performance of a WPF application depends on the hardware you have. So higher end machines obviously have a greater […]

Microsoft appears to be making a bet that their efforts to win over the hearts and minds of the consumer with the release of their new mobile OS, Windows Phone 7 will translate into big bucks. Does this leave the enterprise logistics, health-care and government in the dark?

Microsoft tops their previous record of 34 vulnerability patches at one time with todays release of 49 patches including those for the Windows operating system, Internet Explorer, Office and the .NET Framework.

While the new Windows Mobile 7 OS made a big splash yesterday, there is one aspect synonymous with Windows that most people take for granted each day, the Copy and Paste. Thats one function that we wont see in the new mobile OS, not at least until sometime in early 2011. And while the other […]

Introduction Microsoft’s FxCop was released in 2002 as a static code analysis tool. After this initial released version, Microsoft has added new features and updated this tool very frequently. FxCop has now become the most amazing tool in Microsoft Visual Studio environment. It’s now integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (premium and ultimate editions only) […]

Microsoft hopes to regain ground on the smartphone sector and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took every effort to drive that point home. Will this emphasis the the blow that brings the giant down, or will it be the cutting edge factor that crowns them king.

RIM has had the smartphone market share for nearly a decade. Google and Apple came along and grabbed about 30 percent of the market share, now Microsoft is serious about the game and Windows Phone 7 is sure to take a huge bite out of the smartphone pie. Whats that going to do to the […]

The mobile coverage giant made a huge gamble by getting into bed early with Apple, now lets see if the same bet will pay off by marrying Microsoft so early in the game by proving similar support for Microsoft’s new Window Phone 7 scheduled to launch today.

Introduction Objective-C was designed to “enable sophisticated object-oriented programming, and extends the standard ANSI C language by providing syntax for defining classes, and methods, as well as other constructs that promote dynamic extension of classes.” With that mouthful of jargon rolling around in your head, we’ll discuss the myriad of options for iPhone and iPad […]

Microsoft released an early version of NuPack on Wednesday and plans to provide developers with a beta version of its Model View Controller 3 technology and a second beta release of its WebMatrix website-building tool shortly. NuPack is a free open source package manager designed to makes it easier to find and install .Net libraries […]

With October 11th rapidly approaching, the new smartphone OS has failed to inspire any measurable interest in the mobile phone market, but is it really fair to gauge interest when it hasn’t even been released to the public yet. Stand by, it may still be a hit yet.