Vinod Kumar's Blog : March 2004

Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:16 PM

US Visa approved :)

I am happy that my US visa got approved last week. I am now all set to attend the MVP Global Summit 2004. I think this is a dream come true for me ... I am also visiting Singapore on my way back. Now my Sngapore Visa has gone for processing ... Hoping

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Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:13 PM

Huge Vs Tiny

Enter any URL to turn it into a huge bloated monster - http://www.hugeurl.com/ My favourite is to turn it the other way :) - http://www.tinyurl.com/

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Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:10 PM

Gates' Visual Studio 2005 Vision

Bill Gates adopted the "Seamless Computing" theme for his keynote address at VSLive! Watch the video ...

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Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:08 PM

A Developer's Perspective on WinFS

Explains how WinFS defines types of objects that can be stored, examines the WinFS API, and helps developers start thinking about how to use WinFS to store data in a cohesive data store, not just a file system. From MSDN ...

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Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:26 PM

Sun’s McNealy: Java won’t be open source

“ Despite urging from competitors and open source advocates, Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., will not open the source to its Java programming language anytime soon, said Sun CEO Scott McNealy during a news conference at the 2004 FOSE

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Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:37 PM

Java Desktop crashes during Sun's CEO keynote at CTIA

Catch the complete thread at http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/8065/ ...

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Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:36 PM

Project 2002 SP1 to Release to Web (RTW) ...

SP1 will provide the latest updates to Microsoft Project 2002 and Project Server 2002 and contains significant security enhancements as well as stability and performance improvements. Both service packs contain all previously released updates to Project

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:31 PM

Stephen Walther Named a Software Legend

Microsoft selected Walther to join the Legends because of his best selling title, ASP.NET Unleashed , which many developers cite as one of the most comprehensive and accessible resources on ASP.NET available. With this honor, Walther joins an impressive

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:28 PM

Port Reporter

Download Port Reporter a logging service for Windows that logs TCP/IP port usage data. Port Reporter logs TCP and UDP port activity on a local Windows system. Port Reporter is a small application that runs as a service on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:01 PM

Bill Gates at 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show

Catch the transcript of the talk from Bill Gates at the International Consumer Electronics Show this Jan. View .

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:34 AM

Reporting Services Books Online January 2004 Update

Download the updated documentation for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. The update to Reporting Services Books Online includes the complete documentation that shipped with Reporting Services plus additions and revisions. Download from MSDN

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:30 AM

Testing ASP.NET Applications with NUnitASP and NUnit

A handy step-by-step guide from Justin Gehtland at one of my favourite site www.theserverSite.Net .

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:28 AM

Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 SDK

Nice to get the MDAC 2.8 SDK released. Interesting to find some of the finer details of this component that integrates with almost all the MS Products. More at MSDN Downloads ...

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:25 AM

MapPoint Web Service ...

If you purchase MSDN Professional, you get a 1-year trial of the online interface to MapPoint, instead of the usual 45 days. Note that this doesn't renew with your MSDN subscription; it just gives you a longer time to get hooked before shelling out licensing

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Monday, March 22, 2004 4:23 PM

Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies ...

Service Pack 2 (SP2) adds advanced security technologies and innovations to Windows XP. SP2 implements strong security infrastructure that defends against viruses, worms and hackers, delivers increased manageability and control of security infrastructure

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Monday, March 22, 2004 3:32 PM

TOAD for SQL Server ...

Quest Software has released a SQL Server version of its highly popular Oracle tool - TOAD. It is freeware! You can see more about it at http://www.toadsoft.com/toadss.html and donwload it at http://www.toadsoft.com/toad_ss.zip .

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Monday, March 15, 2004 2:10 PM

Offline Application Block ...

It is intended to serve as an architectural model for developers who want to add offline capabilities to their smart client applications. The block demonstrates how to: Detect the presence or absence of network connectivity. Cache the required data so

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:53 PM

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager for Windows XP ...

With IIS 6.0 Manager for Windows XP, administrators can remotely manage an IIS 6.0 server from a Windows XP Professional workstation. This tool only installs a snap-in for Microsoft Management Console and its associated DLLs and documentation; it does

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Friday, March 12, 2004 9:32 AM

Yukon, Whidbey Delayed Until 2005 ...

Yukon officially code named “ SQL Server 2005 ” ... Both to be released in the first half of 2005 ... I think might have Whidbey as VS 2005 :) ... Catch the news on the same from EntNews ... PS: Interestingly that I reached 150 posts with

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Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:36 AM

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility ...

Not sure if you will use this often. But surely an interesting KB article to read ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

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Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:30 AM

Multi-select ASP.NET datagrid ...

A step-by-step tutorial again from CodeProject ... Read on ...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:39 PM

White Space ...

Pretty interesting programming language construct..not sure how it works though... http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/ .

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:19 PM

Oracle Vs SQL Server 2000 ...

The arguement continues. I adore both the technologies. Here are some interesting points ....

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Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:30 PM

Gates : Buy stamps to send e-mail

A anti-spam tactic ??? I dont quite agree on these views ... But the thread is surely worth a read :) ... Read along ...

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Friday, March 05, 2004 7:55 AM

Some Linux threads to read ...

Linux Is Not Ready For the Enterprise - http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10700411&pgno=1 The Limitations Of Linux - http://www.forbes.com/technology/enterprisetech/2003/06/16/cx_ld_0616linux.html Windows more stable

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Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:21 PM

MS Office - Ab Hindi Mein (Now in Hindi) ...

Microsoft Corporation India has launched 'Office Hindi', its first offering developed specifically for the Indian market, which combines computing experience with familiarity of Hindi language. The suite helps to create documents in native languages and

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Monday, March 01, 2004 9:49 AM

InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET

The Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio® .NET is designed for developers who are interested in creating form templates in InfoPath 2003 using Visual Studio .NET 2003. From MS Downloads ...

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Monday, March 01, 2004 9:48 AM

InfoPath 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP-1) Preview ...

Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP-1) Preview provides an early look at bug fixes and feature enhancements that will be shipped as part of Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP-1). Download the same from MS Downloads Section

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Monday, March 01, 2004 9:45 AM

H-1B visa cap could be reached within a week ...

U.S. immigration officials have enough applications to fill the H-1B visa cap this year, shutting down a pipeline for companies that hire foreign high-tech workers. Catch the news on ComputerWorld ...

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Monday, March 01, 2004 9:43 AM