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Sticking to industry standard interfaces can safe your life... Last week I found out that an interface that I have been using for years and years might become more common than expected. For years manufactures created weak implementations that most of the time didn't stick to the original interface definition. That might have had something to do ...

I was going to buy a new dinner table anyway so: I want this at home, right now! The only negative thing about it is the site, which should have been made with Silverlight. Link to Microsoft Surface

It's official! WPF/E has been named Microsoft Silverlight. (Yet another meaningless name...)  Flash, eat your heart out! Link to Microsoft Silverlight

I have been reading a book on Object-Oriented Analysis & Design from O 'Reilly[1]. Now, O 'Reilly publishes books that, in my opinion, are most of the time good reads and contain a lot of in-depth information. This book appears to be different. Actually, it even says so in it's introduction: ''How can this be a serious programming ...

  Today Microsoft releases XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 The official link and download page aren't there yet but after digging around I found a link[1]. Here's the official link[2] [1] Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 [2] Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0

In my previous post about using and Dispose[1] I touched lightly on the Garbage Collector. Indeed very lightly, I never mentioned it but Dispose is very much related to the GC. Today I found Chris Lyon's Weblog which contains excellent info on the GC, ranging from Dispose to WeakReferences. Read the blog, it's just 17 posts but well worth your ...

Please note that my explanation in this post is incorrect. I am sorry if I caused any trouble. In .NET 2.0 disposing the SqlConnection DOES return the connection into the connectionpool. In my experience .NET 1.1 acted differently; I will try to investigate this and let you know.   In many talks, tutorials and books you will find C# ...

During the last few weeks I developed the idea that it would be nice to be able to pull Key Performance Indicators (KPI) data from a data warehouse to the desktop in gadget on the sidebar in Vista. I even asked some colleagues if there are any standard API's or Web Services to access KPI's. Today (the second day of a course on Longhorn Server I ...

As you might have noticed the Microsoft Expression Products[1] got their final names and a new addition. In true adherence to other naming schemes[2][3] they decided to give Interaction Designer a name that is 'easy' to recognize. I remember it by remembering that it's the one with the non descriptive name... Let me think.... ah! Blend (was ...

What would the world be like if Marketing picture were real? Microsoft employees take the lead.[1] [1] Marketing Pics...Where Do They Get This Stuff!?