Neither could I. Xobni (pronounced zob-nee) is 'Inbox' spelt backwards, and has been hailed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as the 'next generation of social networking'. At first glance Xobni looks like yet-another-desktop-search-engine, much like Google Desktop and Windows Desktop...
Don't know about you, but personally I love Office 2007. Despite what I hear and read about it, it is much easier than its predecessor (which ultimately means it is more efficient). Having said that, the number one problem users new to Office 2007 face is the 'ribbon'. To them, everything's...
New releases from Microsoft for all you developers out there: Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 .Net Framework 3.5 Beta 2, and SilverLight 1.0 Release Candidate Happy downloading! Links: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/install.aspx Bashar Lulu / MVP...
I was sitting at the office earlier today going about my day-to-day business when I received an email from my MVP Lead, that contained one word and a URL. The word was 'WOW' and the URL was http://www.microsoft.com/surface . I quickly clicked on the link. At the risk of sounding too much like...
From an online download website: 'Microsoft XML NotePad 2007 assists developers in creating XML applications. It allows authors to rapidly build and edit small sets of XML data as a test bed during the development of XML-based applications. With XML Notepad, you can create XML document prototypes...
First a personal piece of information: my MVP status has been renewed! Wooohooo! I'm happy :-) Now for the real stuff; the other day I was trying to uninstall WDS (Windows Desktop Search) and since I did not find the uninstaller in 'Add or Remove Programs' I had to do it manually. I found an entry on...
Remember the service manager in SQL 2000. Yes, that nice little icon near the clock in the system tray that showed the status of the SQL Server service. Well, it went missing in the 2005 version of SQL. Well, some cool dude has created one for SQL Server 2005 . I have to say, WOW! It looks absolutely...
I just received an email telling me about this. Apparently this is a "free image editing and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools." Download it from www.getpaint...
I am very anxious to be going to the 2007 Global Summit. The Global Summit will take place March 12-15, 2007 in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center and at Microsoft Corporation’s main campus in Redmond, Washington. Bill Gates will deliver the keynote!! Yes, I'm gonna meet Bill Gates!!!...
Enabling managed class library developers throughout the world to easily create accurate, informative documentation with a common look and feel. Ladies & Gentlemen! Introducing Sandcastle, Microsoft's new software to produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive documentation by reflecting over the source...