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Internet Explorer 8 has released: Download links enclosed 20 Mar 2009 | 03:34 am
Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 8 (final build) today. There’s not much to say, other than it’s the newest browser for Microsoft. If you are running Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000), it loo...
Video: A Microsoft view of the future of computing (Very Interesting) 1 Mar 2009 | 03:27 am
I just saw this video yesterday at work for the first time in an internal meeting and I had two thoughts. First thought was: I’ve seen videos like this before and although they were nice videos, I co...
Free download: Internet Explorer 8 RC1 27 Jan 2009 | 09:18 am
The IE Team has published the Release Candidate for Internet Explorer 8.0. Here’s the overview from the page: Internet Explorer 8 is the latest version of the familiar web browser you are most comfort...
Free download: Microsoft Visual Studio Learning Pack 2.0 25 Jan 2009 | 04:07 am
If you or your kids are trying to learn how to program, then you might want to take a look at this free download. Keep in mind that you will need a copy of Visual Studio, but you can download one of ...
Free download: Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 Power Tool 25 Jan 2009 | 03:30 am
The Visual Studio Team System folks have released SP1 of the Web Access 2008 Power tools, for free download (note you have to have VS Team System). Overview: Team System Web Access is a free download ...
Windows 7 Secrets from a Microsoft Insider 22 Jan 2009 | 03:39 am
Thanks to Paul Thurrott’s Blog (SuperSite for Windows), I’ve seen what is one of the best list of Windows 7 Secrets, Keyboard tricks, and hidden features on the net! It was written by Tim Sneath of M...
How to make your Windows 7 ISO Bootable by USB Drive 21 Jan 2009 | 10:50 am
If you are like me and get OS’s via TechNet and MSDN, you’ll note that Microsoft has been storing them as downloadable ISO images. This means that in order to use them, you have to burn them to DVD o...
Free download: Microsoft Small Basic (for beginners) 19 Dec 2008 | 12:54 am
Microsoft has just released a project called “Small Basic” which is a simplified development environment and tool for beginners and kids. Here’s the description, from Microsoft: Microsoft Small Basic ...
Free download: WSRP Toolkit for SharePoint 2007 16 Dec 2008 | 06:37 am
In an effort to ensure that SharePoint better support Open Standards, the SharePoint team has released the "Web Services for Report Portlets Toolkit" aka WSRP. WSRP is the Open Standards approach (OA...
Free download: Thumbtack from Microsoft Research 13 Dec 2008 | 09:24 am
I just learned about this little utility, built by the Microsoft Live Labs Team, from a Digg article. Rather than ”Just Digging” the story (which I did as well), I wanted to post the video demonstrat...
