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Writing on software development and all related

Expression Studio 2 Beta Release

March 5, 2008
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]

Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Now Available

March 5, 2008
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]

Microsoft SharedView - new tool for remote collaboration

February 19, 2008
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]

Windows Server 2008 RTM

February 8, 2008
Just in case you don't know this yet, Microsoft recently released to manufacturing their new OS - Windows Server 2008.. [More]

TFS 2008 Power Tools Released

December 22, 2007
Microsoft released Team Foundation Server 2008 Power Tools. This is update of power tool pack that was previously released for TFS 2005. Now it is compatible with VS 2008, includes some new tools that were absent in 2005 version and it does not contain some tools that were already moved to VS 2008. Although this package is primarily aimed to Visual Studio 2008 and Team Foundation Server 2008, most of the tools work ok with VS2008 + TFS2005 bundle and some of them even work with VS2005+TFS2005 bundle (you can use command line tools, that are not integrated into VS IDE).. [More]

Amazon’s Kindle: Yet another attack of Information Technology

November 20, 2007
Amazon recently made their attempt to provide alternative to traditional newspapers and books. They announced their brand new device, called "Kindle", that was specially designed for reading. So, what is Kindle?. [More]