Community blog feed on 02 Jun 2009

• Windows 7 July RTM, October 22 launch

  02 Jun 2009 at 23:37 from Tim Anderson

  News is drifting out that Microsoft intends to launch Windows 7 – that is, have PCs with it pre-loaded on retail sale - on October 22. Not unexpected ...

• Webinar on Prioritizing Code Quality

  02 Jun 2009 at 21:37 from Brian Finnerty's Blog | InnerWorkings

  Nobody is 100% satisfied with their organization’s approach to software quality, right? With the best of intentions, it’s very easy to talk about code...

• Silverlight: Pong

  02 Jun 2009 at 18:27 from Mike Taulty

  What with all the high-tech announcements around “Project Natal” I thought I might head the other direction and play with something a little more on t...

• When is 2009-06-02 not 2nd June?

  02 Jun 2009 at 16:00 from BM Bloggers

  The obvious answer is when it’s 6th February (YYYYDDMM format) but there’s another much darker answer that I discovered today. After having a look at...

• BizTalk Server 2009 Dev Center updates

  02 Jun 2009 at 14:30 from All about SQL Server

  Here is the update from Microsoft Development team for BizTalk Server 2009, they are located under the “Top Downloads” section in Dev Center page, and...

• UK Hotels take note – this how to do coffee in my room!

  02 Jun 2009 at 13:29 from BM Bloggers

  I’m in Seattle this week (just as a big heatwave has rolled in). As I type this I’m looking out from my room at the Westin over a great view of the ba...

• Silverlight and WPF: The XAML Continuum

  02 Jun 2009 at 13:19 from Mike Taulty

  I saw that Karl had been busy on the plane and had written this post around sharing code between WPF and Silverlight and so I wanted to flag that up h...

• Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2009 - Critical Security Bulletins

  02 Jun 2009 at 11:52 from All about SQL Server

  This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for May 2009. The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2009 can be ...

• Microsoft Web Platform Installer

  02 Jun 2009 at 09:21 from ScottGu's Blog

  One of the cool new releases coming out this year is a small download manager - the Microsoft Web Platform Installer - that makes installing and confi...

• SQL Server to address compliance needs of your environment

  02 Jun 2009 at 07:38 from All about SQL Server

  Common Criteria (CC) Certification is required for any environment and SQL Server is no compromise or exception in this case. I would like to highligh...

• Save 35% on select Microsoft Press books - look for Sharepoint Services

  02 Jun 2009 at 07:03 from All about SQL Server

  It is a great news that Microsoft has re-confirmd about the changing the economic model for delivery of rich Business Intelligence (BI) functionality ...

• Code Generation 2009 - don’t miss out!

  02 Jun 2009 at 07:00 from The Variation Point

  Booking for this year’s Code Generation conference in Cambridge, UK will close shortly. Participants at previous year’s events have sa...

• Our List of Essential Free Windows Downloads [Digg]

  02 Jun 2009 at 06:36 from Robert Shelton's blog

  We feature downloads of all kinds every day at Lifehacker....

• Xbox 360 Full-Body Motion Control Is Here: Project Natal [Digg]

  02 Jun 2009 at 02:27 from Robert Shelton's blog

  Microsoft unveils its newest control scheme at E3 today: full-body motion control that doesn't require a controller of any kind called Project Natal. ...