Windows 7 RTM, first impression

You may have heard it by now, Mircosoft released Windows 7 RTM to select groups such as Vendors, OEM partners but also on MSDN and Technet. I am a technet subscriber and so I had to download the Windows 7 RTM version. I had tested Windows 7 in a VMWare environment before and I was happy about t... [More]

Microsoft Project Code Named “Velocity”

  Today, Microsoft released the Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3) of “Velocity” the project code name for a .NET caching solution which could significantly improve your applications performance. The following is the excerpt from the Microsoft web site: Microsoft project code named “Ve... [More]

Microsoft .NET RIA Services Preview released

Microsoft released the March preview of the .NET RIA Services framework. This framework aims to simplify the n-tier application pattern for ASP.NET hosted Silverlight applications. The March preview is the first release of this framework and was released and presented at MIX09. There were two sessi... [More]

Internet Explorer 8 Released

In today’s keynote at MIX09 Internet Explorer 8 was demonstrated and surprise surprise it is now also released. As of today you can download Internet Explorer 8 at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8.   I think a browser is just a browser, how many more tools do I need to view a web page? Sure, one... [More]