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Zoom.it – Viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery

What? Zoom.it is a free service for viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery. You give us the link to any image on the web, and we give you a beautiful new way to experience it — along with a nice short URL. How? Zoom.it converts your image to the Deep Zoom format, which lets you smoothly and efficiently explore the whole [...]

8 August 2010 at 12:50 - Comments

Using StreamInsight to Monitor SQL Profile data for Events in SQL Server

Use the StreamInsight CEP tool to monitor data from SQL Profiler. http://www.sqlis.com/sqlis/post/Streaming-Profiler-Data-Through-StreamInsight.aspx

7 August 2010 at 07:39 - Comments

IBM launches Mote Runner for sensors-The ‘Internet of things’ is coming

IBM is about to release an SDK for Mote Runner which could help turn inanimate objects in to Internet connected devices. As ZDNet’s Larry Dignan notes, the Mote Runner moniker refers to Mote’s—or wireless sensor nodes—that gather information ranging from temperature, movement and light and refer back to a network.

What does this all mean? Well on the [...]

7 June 2010 at 23:04 - Comments

Connect to Windows CE Device Without ActiveSync

When ActiveSync is not available, Visual Studio does not automatically copy required connectivity files to the device. Use the following steps to install these files on the device, modify the Visual Studio connection configuration, and establish device security. The first two steps, preparing the device and Visual Studio, have to be done only once. The last set [...]

25 May 2010 at 06:13 - Comments

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 + Resources now available

few important  links to keep  going with Visual Studio 2010 as below: Getting Started with Visual Studio 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ff431702.aspx Better Coding with Visual Studio 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee336135.aspx Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Courses http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/VS2010/ Download Visual Studio 2010 today! http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/download Visual Studio 2010 Express http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/ The Visual Studio 2010 Express is a set of free tools which offers you an exciting experience with the [...]

17 April 2010 at 03:44 - Comments

Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 7.1.0 released

Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 7.1.0 has been released. It contains headers, libraries, build tools, build environments, code samples, documentation, and other tools that software developers use to create drivers and kernel software. Read More: WDK and Developer Tools Resources

WDK Documentation Download

Driver Developer Community Resources

Driver Signing Requirements for Windows

Notes from Windows Development Teams

Support for Developer Kits and Tools

Driver [...]

3 March 2010 at 02:01 - Comments

uPad – Microsoft’s wireless charging pad

Engadget spotted the pad in the wild and claim it’s a prototype device made by Microsoft Research Asia. The charging pad is named “uPad” and was produced in limited numbers as a souvenir for Microsoft Research Asia’s 10th anniversary. It’s not yet clear whether the device will be mass manufactured or released outside of Asia. [...]

25 February 2010 at 01:11 - Comments