It seems that there is still lot to learn about .NET Framework 3.5. I've found today (thanks to Daniel Moth) that is one more interesting feature was added in .NET Framework - Programming Model for Add-Ins. Basically, it allows you to build application that can be extended by add-ins. You may ... [More]

In addition to Silverlight 2 Beta 1 that is made available yesterday, another great product's new version was made available for download. That is beta version of Expression Studio 2. The application suite that is going to help graphic designers and developers working together. The suite inclu... [More]

Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 (Contains Silverlight 2 Beta 1 runtime and SDK) Silverlight 2 Beta 1 runtime SDK Controls Source Code Documentation Online documentation Silverlight 2.0 DataGrid sample Links were taken from this page: http://silverlight.net/f... [More]

A couple of years after introducing Office 2007 Open XML file formats, Microsoft recently published specifications of their doc, xls and ppt binary formats. It seems that it was surprising for everyone how complicated these formats are. For example, the Excel 97-2003 file format is a 349 page ... [More]

It is in beta yet, but already looks very good. It is really easy to install and use. You need to download just 3.6 Mb. Allows connecting with up to 15 people in different locations. There is integration with Live Messenger and Office applications. And it is free. [More]

Just in case you don't know this yet, Microsoft recently released to manufacturing their new OS - Windows Server 2008. [More]