Who’s on 8? Mobile Dine Out
The latest entrée into the Windows Store from the Boston area comes from Joseph Anderson of JMA Web Technologies. I first met Joseph last fall to see if he might be interested in bringing some of his...
View ArticleBRDLite V2.0 is Released to the Public!
After a few weeks of silent ship, which did not reveal any showstoppers, we would like to announce thegeneral availability of BRDLite on Codeplex. Kudos to John Jacob and Myself, the co-leads of the...
View ArticleOooooooData
The past couple of days have been big for OData as we saw the RTW release of not one but TWO OData stacks.Congratulations are in order to the Web API team, who just released a flexible open source...
View ArticleHow Scalable Cloud Solutions Can Reduce Cost
There is a significant amount of energy wasted by applications because of how they are designed and operated. Typically there are more than enough IT resources provisioned as a buffer to ensure...
View ArticleParsing JSON in Windows 8 store applications
Since you reached here I don’t think you’ll be interested why JSON is better than XML you are already using it, but if you are interested in why? Here is a great web page speaking about that (JSON: The...
View ArticleIt’s Not Too Late – Register for PreGAME @ Convergence 2013
If you’re a Microsoft Dynamics VAR or ISV for Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, or Microsoft Dynamics GP attending Convergence 2013 in New Orleans reserve your space for the PreGAME events...
View ArticleCongratulations - Imagine Cup UAE Local Finalists Announced!
Microsoft Gulf wishes to formally congratulate the local finalists of Imagine Cup UAE. These young and bright students have come up with some of the most innovative ideas on how to utilize technology...
View ArticleDie Schlaumäuse räumen auf der didacta ab
Die Schlaumäuse haben im Rahmen der didacta den begehrten Bildungsmedienpreis digita 2013 in der Kategorie „Vorschulisches Lernen“ gewonnen. Der digita ist eine Qualitätsauszeichnung für digitale...
View ArticleCollection of more than 40 Windows 8 Partner skills and training resources...
To help keep you up to date on some of the new, as well as some of the existing Windows 8 skills development and training resources we have available for you, I am sharing a collection of February...
View ArticleWhat does -1.#IND mean?: A survey of how the Visual C runtime library prints...
As every computer scientist knows, the IEEE floating point format reserves a number of representations for infinity and non-numeric values (collectively known as NaN, short for not a number). If you...
View ArticleAfrica reaps the reward of new innovative high-speed broadband
Every now and then a story comes along which warms your heart (and lets face it, it's cold out there at the moment) - and the 4Afrika initiative (by Microsoft) is one of them. It's something we simply...
View ArticleMoving from Blogger to WordPress: Are you really ready?
It is hard to believe but it is a year now that I have been actively blogging. When I started blogging, I did not want to spend the time in setting up a WordPress site. I took all of 5 minutes to setup...
View ArticleCan you add more dimensions than the 10?
Can you add more dimensions than the 10?Yes, but you must use Advanced rules for Account structure to add those additional dimensions to the structure.In the Account Structure designer the design is...
View ArticleImplementing a good GetHashCode
If you've ever implemented GetGashCode you probably did it the way suggested in MSDN which is using XOR. And if you use R# you might have seen that it generates a different GetHashCode using prime...
View ArticleStarting Windows Phone Development: Lesson 4 of n – Communicating with...
Before we move on, you need to have a basic understanding of event handling and navigation. I went through this in Lesson 1 and Lesson 3. Please finish it first before moving on.You can always find the...
View ArticleCanadian Imagine Cup Submission Deadline March 23rd, 2013!
For all those of you entering Imagine Cup Canada, a reminder: the submission deadline for the Canadian finals is March 23rd, that’s earlier than the world finals deadline (since we have to have time...
View ArticleUsing Azure? If you reinstall the OS, be sure to backup and restore your...
Ever wonder where the settings for your Windows Azure subscriptions are stored?In Visual Studio, under Server Explorer, when you have the Azure tools installed you can use it to connect to a Storage...
View ArticleForos de discusión en LinkedIn
Buen dia, solo para hacerles una invitación a participar en la mejora de AX a través de dejar sus comentarios y participar en las discusiones de los temas más relevantes. En este caso los invito al...
View ArticleVývojářské akce v příštích dnech
Konec února a začátek března je plný zajímavých akcí, které by vám neměly uniknout. Níže najdete jejich seznam a možnost registrace.Cloud pro webové vývojáře27. 2. 2013, 9:30-14:00, Praha,...
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