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For the past week I’ve been testdriving Windows Vista Beta 2. I wanted to install earlier builds before, but I never found the right drivers for my nforce4/sata-raid configuration. While running Vista, you will encounter one specific feature that is[…]
Read moreTech·Ed 2006 is sold out, that’s probably old news. If you can’t be there, you can at least watch about 40 breakout sessions that will be live from Boston – for free. You may try your luck accessing the page[…]
Read moreDoes anyone know of an RSS Reader that allows you to filter out postings? I subscribed to the mainfeed of http://blogs.msdn.com/ and out of the 200 new messages (maximum on Bloglines), about 80% is the same posting (with a twist) shouting to everyone[…]
Read moreEver wondered how Microsoft France wants to get developers coming to their MSDN-site? Well, they are using Alexia: Check out the site at: http://www.microsoft.com/france/msdn/alexia/default.mspx for a chat with this ehmm….
Read moreHere’s an interesting page. Microsoft is publishing a new API for cryptography for Windows Vista. It’s called Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG) API and is the long-term replacement for the CryptoAPI. It allows developers to securely convey information over non-secure media. The[…]
Read moreIn my efforts to write a beginner’s book on C# (in Dutch) I came across this bug. While I understand some of the reasoning in the Microsoft response: “Resolving this as by design. We need a unique mechanism to identify[…]
Read moreIt arrived today in my e-mail box. I’m both happy and honored to receive the award.
Read moreThis weekend I had the opportunity to take part in the community meeting organized by CodeS-SourceS et ASP-PHP. Besides the fact that it was great fun to meet old and make new friends, the highlight of the day was to[…]
Read moreYesterday, at the dotNed meeting, the question came up why running an .NET application from a network location, such as a share, doesn’t work and generates a Security Exception. It seems this question is raised every once in a while, so[…]
Read moreNot having a computer science or mathematical background, I had a vague idea of bitwise operators, but never needed them for anything practical. Until now that is. I’m building a form with a CheckedListBox. This listbox contains items that can[…]
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