22 July 2009 0 Comments

Updated Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone “Pushes” AIM Aside

Yahoo announced today an eagerly awaited update to Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone that brings about support for push notifications, joining rival AIM . With the latest updates, Yahoo is continuing to push the bar (pun intended) and give AIM a run for its money (pun not intended). If you are new to chatting, the three major players in the market are AIM, Yahoo and Microsoft (what market are they not part of?)

13 July 2009 0 Comments

iPhone Social Gaming Service Roundup

Like any gaming platform, the sustained success of the platform itself is driven by its users. Social gaming networks allow for increased user interaction and, in many ways, a more engaging gaming experience.

17 April 2009 0 Comments

On annonce la “SharePoint Academy”, premières sessions à venir rapidement

On ne change pas une formule qui gagne. Alors dans la lignée de la “ Silverlight Academy ”, qui est une formule à succès (voir les témoignages de deux participants ici et là ) j’ai aujourd’hui le plaisir de vous annoncer la naissance de la “ SharePoint Academy ”. De quoi s’agit-il ?

15 April 2009 0 Comments

Puget Sound SharePoint User Group – new Website

It’s always interesting when a website goes through a re-branding exercise, or a new launch.  You get to know a website by it’s look and feel, right?  I mean – the personality of a web site starts to come out with the look and feel, and then as you see a site change it’s content and you start to use it, you also get to know it. Well, the Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group web site has gone through a metamorphosis and has come out looking different.    Thanks to the great folks at Salient 6, there’s a new skin on the surface.  Now, if we could just get the leadership there to keep the content fresh, things would really be going strong! Oh – and there’s a meeting tomorrow (16 Apr 2009) night.  Be with us to hear from NewsGator and from OTB Solutions .

7 April 2009 0 Comments

Twitter Ruminations

My team and I have been mulling over our experiences with Twitter . Some of us have individual (JaAG) as well as the team account (MSDynamicsCRM). And we have been pinging merrily away looking for some silver lining to the work necessary to feed and maintain the experience

6 April 2009 0 Comments

que tal 40M de usuários dando vida ao teu site? Assista!

folks, duas coisas absolutamente geniais neste modesto post: em primeiro lugar a facilidade enorme que é alavancar seu site com o Web Toolkit do Live.   Lembre-se: só no Brasil são mais de 40 milhões de ID’s ativos.   e cada um deles com centenas de amigos.   quer trazer esse grafo social inteiro pro teu site?  assista ao video segundo detalhe: esse player está em Silverlight 3, o que permite que… ele seja instalado na tua máquina, seja ela Mac ou PC  :)  …( read more )

5 April 2009 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 向けアプリケーション開発フォーラム

MSDN Windows Mobile 向けアプリケーション開発フォーラムのカテゴリが分けられました。 Windows Mobile 向けアプリケーション開発 これまでは単一カテゴリでしたが、3つのカテゴリとなりました。 Windows Mobile フォーラム Windows Mobile アプリケーション開発全般、エミュレータ、Visual Studioなどに関するフォーラムです。 Windows Mobile – VB, C# フォーラム .NET Compact Framework をベースとした VB, C# での開発に関するフォーラムです。 Windows CE フォーラム CEフォーラムとなっておりますが、基本は C++ を使ったネイティブアプリケーション開発に関するフォーラムです。 以下の注意を守りながら、質問内容に合ったフォーラムを選んで利用しましょう。 あくまでもアプリケーション開発に関するフォーラムです 本体機能等に関するご質問は控えましょう あくまでもフォーラムですので、正しい回答が得られるとは限りません(わかったものは修正します) できる限り問題が発生した環境を書きましょう (言語、バージョン、動作環境、エラー内容等、問題となるソースコードなど) 回答が得られた場合は、お礼と「回答としてマーク」するのを忘れないようにしましょう

29 March 2009 0 Comments

The Fastest Copy of Windows 7

On the partner floor at the recent SXSW show, we found a drag bike which contains two servers which are designed to process the media and telemetry of the bike. While it has not been down to the track yet, they think it will do 0-60 in around 1 second!!! Around 3 Gs. The media part of the system is running Windows 7, together with the touch screen…..

25 March 2009 0 Comments

Twitter to be taught in UK Schools?

TechCrunch in the UK is reporting that the British Government is proposing that Twitter is to be taught in primary schools. ‘The British government is proposing that Twitter is to be taught in primary (elementary) schools as part of a wider push to make online communication and social media a permanent part of the UK’s education system

23 January 2009 0 Comments

Announcing SharePoint SilverView

I’m glad to announce that today Trent Swanson and I have published a beta of SharePoint SilverView Guide Pack (described in my previous posts). This is a pre-release software and it contains only one view so far (Explorer View), but we are planning to release more polished version by February 1, 2009. Later we will improve it some more with changeable skins so you can adjust the look and feel of it according to your preferences

19 January 2009 0 Comments

Linux Commands – 10 Useful tricks for Admins

I have heard a saying – the one thing which sets apart a Linux administrator Guru from a Novice is how much more the former is able to accomplish with so few keystrokes. I do not know the veracity of that saying. But here are a couple of tricks which will help raise the efficiency of any system administrator by a notch or two.

15 January 2009 0 Comments

Debian running on Google Android Mobile Phone

Wish to run a full fledged Linux distribution on your mobile phone ? Here is how you do it – the simple way.