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May 2004 - Posts

Monday, May 24, 2004 1:37 PM

ADO.NET 2.0 promises ...

Dino Esposito explains some of the features we can expect in the next release of ADO.NET 2.0 and also some of the features that might find its place and some out by the final release. Complete story ...
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Monday, May 24, 2004 1:33 PM

Microsoft Management Roadmap Update

Figure out what Microsoft is doing with SMS, MOM, SUS, and related products and its future roadmap ...
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Monday, May 24, 2004 1:30 PM

NNTP ADO.NET Data Provider

Another code project projects :) ... Useful and interesting.
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Saturday, May 22, 2004 6:45 PM

VS Data Team's WebLog

John talks about MVP's ... His experience does come from the FoxPro background but the expereience is generic ... See it for yourself ... Source : Sudhakar
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Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:00 AM

Google time again ...

I am not sure from where this google fever caught on me. It must be from Rajiv I suppose :). But still I still like google ... “ Google Groups 2 Beta Brings Personalization Features ” ... Catch the news ...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 2:03 PM

PInvoke structures

Everything about PInvoke in .NET and the more import part is the constructs in C# and VB.NET available extensively at PInvoke.Net ...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:49 PM

Mass Mailing Worm "Wallon"

Microsoft is aware of reports of a new mass mailer worm named Wallon that attempts to entice users into visiting a spoofed web site. If visited, a malicious Windows Media Player file, "wmplayer.exe" is downloaded into the user's machine which overwrites
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:27 AM

Retrieve Hotmail e-mails using ASP.NET or C#

I came across an interesting article that talks about accessing/retrieving exchange server e-mails through .NET. Here you can find the information on Connecting HTTPMail Hotmail Gateway, Parsing MailBox folder list, enumerating folder MailItems and much
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Friday, May 14, 2004 6:50 PM

Onward Novell support centre to push Linux usage

Onward Novell Software, a joint venture between Novell and Onward Technologies, will go live with a technical support centre at Mumbai. Besides attending the calls and e-mails from the US customers of Netware, the 40-seater centre will also solve the
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Friday, May 14, 2004 12:46 PM

SQL Packager beta

Red Gate will release beta 1 of SQL Packager, a new product that packages schema and contents of SQL Server databases for simple installation. To find out more about the product , or to sign up for the beta program. (Via Pooran)
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Friday, May 14, 2004 8:51 AM

Tablet PC could go away

The "slate" version of the Tablet PC platform that Microsoft Corp. and its partners pioneered is being increasingly marginalized, a victim of a desire to bring "electronic ink" technologies into notebook PCs, analysts and vendors said. Furthermore, the
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Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:41 AM

MS Ties Longhorn Server to Longhorn CLient

MSFT has announced plans to tie its next-generation Longhorn client-side operating system to its Longhorn server operating system that is aimed squarely at corporate computing. Complete Story ...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:47 PM

'Preview' Beta of OneNote SP1

Download the 'Preview' Beta of OneNote SP1 from MS Site.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:37 PM

Longhorn Build 4074 SDK Now Available

The build 4074 SDK is now on the MSDN Universal Site.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:35 PM

Google unveils new version of Blogger

Google on Monday rolled out an updated version of its Blogger online self-publishing service. The new version features an enhanced dashboard, the ability to post blogs via e-mail, a shared comments function, and author profiles. Complete Story at InfoWorld
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:33 PM

VB .NET FAQ Blogs

The new VB.NET FAQ blog started by the VB.NET Team. (via Panopticon Central )
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Monday, May 10, 2004 4:25 PM

SQL Server Performance Monitoring Tool

This is another interesting tool that I came across in the internet web. SQLCheck - Its a dashboard that quickly investigates, organizes and explains critical information about your server's hardware, operating system and SQL Server. Download your copy
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Monday, May 10, 2004 10:02 AM

List of Oxymorons ...

To list the Top 10 : 1. Microsoft Works :) ... Hmmm !!! Right at the top spot !!! 2. Healthy Tan 3. Jumbo Shrimp 4. Work Party 5. Dodge Ram 6. Virtual Reality 7. Tax Return 8. Working Vacation 9. Head Butt 10. Pretty Ugly ... Exhaustive list from here
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Friday, May 07, 2004 3:05 PM

Dilbert - Interesting !!!

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Friday, May 07, 2004 2:53 PM

Microsoft GIF Animator

Had no clue there was a product on first place. Interesting there are tons of products for picture editing starting from paint, microsoft phot editor etc. And to add to the list here is a software that was build with Win 95 systems :). Download the same
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Friday, May 07, 2004 2:46 PM

Visual Basic At The Movies

VB programmers movie location. Concept is good and presentation is good as well. Much better than reading the MSDN articles and the code in it. Catch the movies ...
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Friday, May 07, 2004 2:30 PM

Microsoft in apple patent blunder

Software giant Microsoft has won apple patent rights - not those of its arch-rival Apple computer - but a special variety of fruit tree. Source: BBC
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Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:05 AM

Singapore Trip Snaps Uploaded

On my way from MVP Global Summit I had a 3 day vacation at Singapore. You can catch some of the snaps from here .
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