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August 2008 - Posts

Silverlight Spy

I found this GREAT tool for Silverlight developers today called Silverlight Spy .   It’s basically a jazzed-up runtime inspector of running Silverlight applications.  Point it at a web site containing a Silverlight control and it will snoop Read More...
Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 6:13 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments
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MSDN Events coming to Little Rock!

Just a quick note to let you know that the MSDN Events team is coming out to Little Rock, Arkansas on September 25th, 2008 at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock .  There will be three separate sessions focusing on Visual Studio, WPF and Vista Security: Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:32 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

IE8 - Standards Mode and IE7-Compatibility Mode

As you all know, the Internet Explorer team has been working hard to make IE8 the most standards compliant browser around.  Unfortunately, not all web sites confirm to these standards today.  If you have concerns about your web site rendering Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:49 AM by Chris Koenig | 4 Comments
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The Future of .NET Reflector

As someone who has been using .NET Reflector for a very long time, and actually put their name and email address in the registration form, I received this interesting news the other day in an email from Lutz concerning the future of .NET Reflector: After Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:20 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Tulsa TechFest 2008 is Live!

The time is NOW and the word is GO!  The 2008 Tulsa TechFest web site is up and running (and it looks great, by the way!)  Get on over to http://www.tulsatechfest.com to see what David has planned for this year’s extravaganza.  Last year Read More...
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 4:38 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Houston TechFest 2008 Update

The agenda and session list for the 2008 Houston TechFest has been finalized!  Head over to http://www.houstontechfest.com and register today.  Houston TechFest is happening on September 13, 2008 at the University of Houston.  There are Read More...
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 8:39 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Create Your Own Photosynth Synth!

You all know how big a fan I am of Microsoft Photosynth – for those (like me) that missed their update, they are sporting a new web site featuring a TON of new synths , as well as a tool to create your own synth !  Not sure how?  They’ve got Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:56 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments
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Silverlight on Skyfire

For those that don’t know about it, there is a really cool Internet browser for Windows Mobile 6 called Skyfire .   Skyfire shows a web site on a WM device just as it looks on a normal PC browser.  The user can then pan and zoom and interact Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:46 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

GiveCamp Dallas - We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge Weekend 2008

Toi Wright has just updated the We Are Microsoft web site for registration to the 2008 We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge Weekend.  As we did last year, we’re putting together this event to enable developers to give back to their local communities Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:25 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

Shreveport .NET User Group

I had a great time last night speaking at the inaugural Shreveport .NET User Group meeting!  The first meeting was held in the science lecture auditorium (Mickle Hall 114) at Centenary College in Shreveport.  There were about 26 people in attendance Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:56 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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More Upcoming Events – ArcReady and MSDN Unleashed!

In addition to the list I posted the other day, I also want to call out a couple of new and improved event series that we’ll be hosting over the next year.  We’re combining ArcReady and MSDN Events into a one day technical extravaganza, with ArcReady Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:56 AM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments

Upcoming Events in South Central District

Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:00 AM: NTPCUG Microsoft ACCESS SIG - Regular monthly meeting: Special Guest Speaker Excel MVP Michael Alexander will show us some sample Tips for Power Users and give us an overview of what he will cover in his Power User Read More...
Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 7:18 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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.NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit

Want to learn about all the new features of .NET 3.5 SP1?  Head over to the Microsoft Download Center and download your copy of the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Tranining Kit.   The kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, demos, and event materials Read More...
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 5:18 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Visual Studio 2008 / .NET 3.5 SP1 Now Released!

The long anticipated update to Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 – Service Pack 1 – has now finally been released.  Many of you have probably been using the SP1 bits for some time now, so it’s time to upgrade to the final release bits.  Read More...
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 4:14 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments
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Want a PDC 2008 T-Shirt?

Then help us design it!  The PDC organizing committee is holding a contest for people to design the PDC 2008 Attendee T-Shirt.  The shirts will be Maroon this year (I need to talk to them about a Burnt Orange shirt next year) and the logo can’t Read More...
Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 10:57 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 RTM!

Grab your hats and clear out your bandwidth – it’s time to start downloading SQL Server 2008!  Previously codenamed “Katmai”, SQL Server 2008 represents some serious enhancements over SQL Server 2005 – read more about it at the SQL Server 2008 Press Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:00 PM by Chris Koenig | 6 Comments
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New Release of Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio

The Windows Live team recently released and update to their Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio, and added a new ASP.NET Server Control for Virtual Earth!  Now it is super easy to add a Virtual Earth capabilities to your ASP.NET applications Read More...
Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 9:36 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
 
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