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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

Canceling an async postback – ASP.NET AJAX

Recently a new requirement came for cancel an async operation.  Being aware of the abortPostBack method the PageRequestManager, I figured that it would be pretty simple to implement this feature.  I added a ‘Cancel’ button to my progress indicator and wired the onclick handler to invoke the abortPostBack method. Clicking cancel did abort the async postback however, because the OnUpdated [...]

11 May 2010 at 00:38 - Comments

SQL SERVER 2008 R2 EXPRESS NOW WITH 10GB DBS

SQL Server 2008 R2 Express is now available  for download from the SQL Server Express site.More importantly SQL Server 2008 R2 Express now supports 10 GB of storage per database.

7 May 2010 at 00:48 - Comments

Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia

Microsoft Corp. and Nokia today launched the first application from their alliance around mobile productivity, Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia devices. This new unified communications client connects directly with a company’s communications systems to streamline mobile collaboration. Owners of a number of Symbian-based Nokia Eseries smartphones can download the English version today from Nokia’s Ovi [...]

5 May 2010 at 23:47 - Comments

Microsoft Fix it Center Automatically Repairs Windows Errors

The beta release of Microsoft Fix it Center has been released and is available for free download. Microsoft Fix it Center can resolve computer problems quickly with a single click. The Fix it Center houses automated troubleshooters that can fix and fix issues immediately. According to Microsoft, Fix it Center finds and fixes many common PC and device [...]

16 April 2010 at 13:19 - 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