Longhorn M7.2 Bits Coming to MSDN Subscribers

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Windows Longhorn Client Preview For MSDN
Subscribers

Windows Longhorn Client Preview For MSDN
Subscribers 11/13/2003 07:37 PM

MSDN Blog Bits

MSDN Blog Bits 04/18/2004 05:33 PM

• Ego Shooter in 96kb

  Peter Koen writes:
  Beta 1 of kkrieger, an ego-shooter doom3 like game in 96kb has been released this weekend:
  This games needs DirectX 9.0, and a high-end graphicscard (Pixelshaders)! Everything has been done with Visual C++ and x86 Assembler!
  
  Take note that the game requires Pixel Shaders 1.3 to run.
  System requirements listed are:
  

  • A 1.5GHz Pentium3/Athlon or faster.
  • 512MB of RAM (or more)
  • A Geforce 4 Ti (or higher) or ATI Radeon 8500 (or higher) graphics card supporting pixel shaders 1.3, preferably with 128MB or more of VRAM.
  • Some kind of sound hardware
  • DirectX 9.0b

• Paranoia

  As noted in a previous "blogsicle", I have a strange habit of wasting countless hours browsing Slashdot comments, alternating between abject horror and mild amusement at the outlandish things people post there.
  
  Two things that are said time and time again about Windows are:
  
  1) In Windows, you have to run as Administrator.
  
  2) In Windows, every file is executable if it has the right extension.
  
  The first claim is of course completely bogus. For better or worse, Windows makes people Administrators by default (otherwise, how would they install software, set the system time, add other users, etc?) but that doesn't mean you have to stay that way. I have been running as a "Normal User" (not even "Power User") for quite some time now (over a year?) on Windows XP with very few problems. Sure, it's a bit of a pain that I have to use RUNAS when I want to go to Windows Update and install a patch, but day to day it does not interrupt my routine. I can browse the web, use Microsoft Office applications, build apps with Visual Studio .NET, play music, and do pretty much whatever I want without any issues.

• Debugger Visualizers on VS 2005 Community Tech Preview

  As promised, an updated Visualizers How-To! My last how-to entry on Visualizers was targeted at the PDC release of Whidbey, as you may (or may not) remember. This time I don't feel the need to cringe at times as I describe the process. :0)
  
  First, a high level overview of Visualizers. Visualizers allow for advanced, customized viewing of data while debugging. Today's data windows have their limitations; text-only, hierarchical, spatially constrained - not the best for viewing an image, for example. Visualizers allow you to create completely custom views using WinForms to best show the data within any managed object. Yes, unfortunately this feature will only available for the managed world.

• UML and DSLs Again

  I’m often asked by audiences, visitors to Microsoft and journalists to explain our position with respect to UML (e.g. VSLive! Interview). Many people who read our views on model driven development, as described in these postings and other places, assume that our emphasis on domain specific (modeling) languages, or DSLs, somehow has put us into an anti-UML position. We want to make it clear that this is not true. While I laughed out loud at some points in Alex Bell’s excellent article in March 2004 ACM Queue called Death By UML Fever, we still agree with many of the points made by Grady Booch in his response. Before UML, there was an unproductive diversity of modeling approaches, and their convergence into UML 1.0 was a significant step forward in using models in software development.

MapPoint Web Service Offering for MSDN
Subscribers

MapPoint Web Service Offering for MSDN
Subscribers 05/25/2004 01:00 AM
MSDN® Universal, Enterprise, and Professional subscribers are eligible for a free subscription to MapPoint Web Service. This exclusive MSDN Developer account extends the standard 45-day free trial period and also includes limited use of the MapPoint Web Service production environment in addition to the MapPoint Web Service staging environment.

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Available for
MSDN Subscribers

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Available for
MSDN Subscribers 07/02/2004 06:43 AM

The WinHEC Longhorn Build: Now on MSDN

The WinHEC Longhorn Build: Now on MSDN 05/06/2004 10:16 AM
Microsoft has already posted Longhorn pre-alpha Build 4074 on its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) for subscribers. WinBeta has the particulars.

ActiveWin.com: Longhorn 4074 available
on MSDN

ActiveWin.com: Longhorn 4074 available
on MSDN 05/05/2004 05:00 PM
MSDN subscribers can now get their hands on the version of Longhorn that WinHEC attendees got yesterday. Microsoft has posted build 4074 of Longhorn on the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site. Interestingly, the iso of build 4074 registers at 733.75 MBs, meaning it must be burned onto a DVD. The iso for 4074 is nearly 100 MBs larger than the iso distributed at last year's PDC. Anyway, click the headline to get started! Microsoft has said they are making this available only for download, and will not ship Longhorn build 4074 with the June updates.

MSDN Webcast, May 5: Architecting Mobile
.NET Applications for Longhorn

MSDN Webcast, May 5: Architecting Mobile
.NET Applications for Longhorn 05/04/2004 10:34 PM
In this final webcast of the six-part series, Derek Ferguson describes the most important enhancements to mobility that will occur in the Longhorn timeframe, as well as several patterns and best practices for fully leveraging these improvements in the design of your mobile solutions.

Security and 64 bits coming to Intel's
Prescott in June

Security and 64 bits coming to Intel's
Prescott in June 05/14/2004 04:30 PM
Prescott supports the NX (no execute) feature designed to prevent worms and viruses from executing dangerous code through the exploitation of buffer overflows, Intel said.

Security and 64-bits coming to Intel's
Prescott in June

Security and 64-bits coming to Intel's
Prescott in June 05/13/2004 05:11 PM
BOSTON - Later this year, Intel Corp. will turn on security features and 64-bit extensions within the Prescott core as it ships PC and server processors based on Prescott and the Grantsdale chipset in the second half of the year, Intel President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini said during Intel's spring analyst meeting Thursday in New York.

MSDN Webcast, April 28: Developing
Mobile .NET Applications for Longhorn

MSDN Webcast, April 28: Developing
Mobile .NET Applications for Longhorn 04/23/2004 05:52 PM
Mobility is an integral part of Longhorn, the codename for the next generation of the Microsoft® Windows® operating system. Exciting new capabilities for mobility at the OS level will present significant new opportunities for architects and developers capable of leveraging them--will you be ready? In this fifth webcast of the 6 part series, Derek Ferguson, Chief Technologist for Expand Beyond and Editor-in-Chief of the .NET Developer's Journal, will describe all of the most important enhancements to mobility that will occur in the Longhorn timeframe, as well as presenting several code-level demonstrations of mobile .NET development under Longhorn to get you ready to catch the next wave in Microsoft Windows technology.

MSDN TV: WinFS Overview - Significant
New Storage Innovation for Longhorn

MSDN TV: WinFS Overview - Significant
New Storage Innovation for Longhorn 12/12/2003 05:31 PM
Quentin Clark provides an overview of WinFS, including what benefits it produces, what it is, and how it's put together. This episode introduces WinFS as a basis for more detailed presentations.

Microsoft: NAP Coming in Longhorn Client

Microsoft: NAP Coming in Longhorn Client 03/24/2005 04:29 PM
Microsoft officials say out-of-the-box Network Access Protection capabilities will be fitted into the Longhorn client due out in 2006.

Report: New ID system coming to Longhorn

Report: New ID system coming to Longhorn 03/28/2005 08:07 AM
Blog: To stem identity theft online, Microsoft may be readying a new ID management system for its Longhorn version of Windows....

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Review - WINXPSP2 32
bits and WINXPSP1 64 bits

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Review - WINXPSP2 32
bits and WINXPSP1 64 bits 09/06/2004 07:21 AM

Microsoft: Network Security Coming in
Longhorn Client

Microsoft: Network Security Coming in
Longhorn Client 03/25/2005 09:19 PM
eWeek Mar 26 2005 1:35AM GMT

Microsoft: Buy 32 bits, get 32 bits free

Microsoft: Buy 32 bits, get 32 bits free 07/30/2004 03:44 PM
Firm says buy a 64-bit server with 32-bit Windows Server OS, and you can upgrade free to 64-bit Windows when it arrives.

64 Bits and AMD, A Year Later
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Computer-
Processors/64-Bits-and-AMD-A-Year-Later/

64 Bits and AMD, A Year Later
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Computer-
Processors/64-Bits-and-AMD-A-Year-Later/ 12/29/2004 01:45 PM
DevHardware Dec 29 2004 4:44PM GMT

Introducing "Longhorn" for Developers:
Create Mobility-Aware "Longhorn"
Applications

Introducing "Longhorn" for Developers:
Create Mobility-Aware "Longhorn"
Applications 04/16/2004 11:41 PM
In this final chapter of Introducing "Longhorn" for Developers, you'll learn about the key "Longhorn" mobility scenarios you will want to be aware of as you design "Longhorn"-compatible software.

Longhorn Foghorn: Another Step Down the
Longhorn Road

Longhorn Foghorn: Another Step Down the
Longhorn Road 04/16/2004 11:41 PM
Chris Sells explores the five major element families of Avalon as he builds the next piece of his Longhorn based Solitaire application.

Into the bits - goes Ted

Into the bits - goes Ted 09/23/2004 07:22 AM

Ted Leung is being drawn deeper and deeper into an digital lifestyle on-line world.

Here's Ted's post.....

The wired world is slowly absorbing pieces of me. There's the weblog, where I write prose, del.icio.us has my bookmarks, and now Flickr has got my pictures. Never mind the social networking sites. And the feeds, the RSS and Atom feeds. The blog feed, the category feeds, the comment feed. All the del.icio.us feeds. Flickr feeds from friends. Feeds, feeds, feeds. Oh, and don't forget to feedburner your feeds into one mega feed. I have microcontent personality disorder. I won't even start on multiple e-mail, IM, and IRC personality disorder -- I need a whole display just for communications! [sauria]

Other Bits

Other Bits 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
• Photographers Cannibalizing Creative MuVo For 4GB CF Hard Drive [Wired] • Buffalo AirStation G54 WLA-G54C [802.11G Wi-Fi] Review [trustedreviews.com] • Court Nixes FCC Ruling...

BITS

BITS 11/11/2003 10:23 PM
BITS v0.38 is out and packed with new features!

P2P Bits

P2P Bits 06/25/2004 02:10 PM

"Bits on Wheels"

"Bits on Wheels" 03/29/2005 04:56 AM

The 8 bits of Christmas

The 8 bits of Christmas 12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Xeni Jardin: Holiday-themed chiptunes from 8bitpeoples: 8 classic carols performed on 8 different videogame consoles and home computers. Link (Thanks, Marc)

Afternoon Bits

Afternoon Bits 09/10/2004 01:16 PM

Product Highlights

• ATI unwraps All-in-Wonder X800 XT [TheRegister]
• Kon ica Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 7 Digital [via digitals lr.org]
• MP3 player with a twist [ShinyShiny]
• Nintendo Microphone [IGN]
• Sony DSC-M1 Hybrid MPEG-4 Movie and Still Cam [MobileMag] (As seen here, but I like it.)
• Jawbone Headset Shipping [PDAToday]

Business

• Nokia: Caution Replaces Euphoria [SRC]
• Stev e Jobs - Apple renaissance man [TheReg]
• Forbes Wonders �is iPod Good for Apple?� [MacObserver]
• TiVo , ReplayTV agree to limits [SiliconValley]
• A new handshake for mini hard drives? [CNet]
• Nintendo DS To Sell For $200? [GameInformer]

Reviews

• Scanner: Perfection 4180 Photo [BIOS]
• VisionTek Xtreme2 GO USB Drive [HardOCP] (With wash/dry test! A new standard?)
• Falcon Northwest Mach V Gaming PC [PCMag]

Culture

• The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide [Amazon]
• Welcome to our newest young gamer, Gabriel Aden Krahulik [Penny-Arcade]
• Jakarta received SMS warning of Australian embassy attack [SmartMobs]
• Futuristi c Farming [Piquepaille]
• High-Tech Ice Cream [SciencCentral]
• Tokyo's Sky City [Discovery via Blues]
• Nokia Should Build a Blogger Phone? [Mobitopia]

Two biking bits

Two biking bits 07/31/2004 06:59 PM

Two quick things: Lance's legs look insane. Bicycling Science is a really interesting book that breaks down the mathematics of everything from spoke weight to wind resistance, though I was in too much of a rush to buy it when I spotted it at Powell's.

Bits keep falling from the sky

Bits keep falling from the sky 04/26/2004 07:05 PM
I've been fooling around with BitTorrent lately. Nothing big, just fiddling to see how it all works and playing around a bit. (Yeah, OK, I admit it--I've been snagging manga scanslations off the shub-internet :) Definitely a cool idea, though the reference implementation lacks some things that'd make it otherwise handy. Things like a global rate limit and client cap, handy for those of us with full-time internet connections that don't mind being seeds for a directory full 'o stuff, but don't have that much bandwidth on hand. (I don't at all mind letting a torrent client run for a...

Channel 9 Bits

Channel 9 Bits 06/18/2004 01:50 AM

• Anders Hejlsberg - Tour through computing industry history at the Microsoft Museum

Anders Hejlsberg is a distinguished engineer here. At least that's his official title. But that doesn't do justice to the role he's played in the industry (first at Borland, where he ran the team that developed Turbo Pascal and later Delphi, or here at Microsoft, where he and his team developed C#). But, don't take our word for it -- listen in as he takes you (and interviewer Charles Torre) on a tour of part of Microsoft's Museum and the part he played in computer industry history.

• Anders Hejlsberg - What's so great about generics?

Anders Hejlsberg talks about one of the biggest new feature in the next version of C#: generics.
Charles Torre interviews him in the middle of Microsoft's museum.
What are you going to use generics for?

• Anders Hejlsberg - Programming data in C# 3.0

Anders talks about a feature he's working on for C# 3.0 that aims to make data programmable in a general purpose and truly object oriented syntax; something that just doesn't exist today.

• Chris Anderson - "Hello Avalon"

Chris Anderson, a Software Architect on the Avalon team, discusses some of the possible first experiences programmers will have with Avalon. He demonstrates a XAML Hello World and discusses possible "Eureka!" moments for developers writing Avalon applications.

Evening Bits

Evening Bits 09/22/2004 04:23 PM

Product Highlights

• PluggedIn: Next-generation TV streams over phone lines [Reuters]
• Canon Goes Wi-Fi [WiFiNetNews]
• JVC launches digital media camera (Everio) [TheRegister]
• Smart AC Converter [Merconnet]
• Marantz Introduces Three New Plasma Displays [HomeTheater.About]
• T ribes: Vengeance Gold [FiringSquad] (VGW!)

Business

• VZ Wireless Slams National 411 Directory [InternetNews]
• Yahoo! to! launch! its! own! music! player! [SRC]

Reviews

• iMac G5 [TIME]

Culture

• Informal record for the fastest speeding ticket in Minnesota [MyE28]
• T ransformers: A History [Angelfire]
• African Leaders Seek More Cell Phones, Computers [Reuters]
• Broadband Users Better At Trivial Pursuit [TechDirt]
• Pic ture messaging loses its appeal [Textually]
• Dan's Data I/O Letters #37 [DansData]
• Lightbulb Burns for 96 Years [Reuters]

Quick bits

Quick bits 08/09/2004 04:52 PM

- If there was an award category for stoner teen comedy, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle would deserve an Oscar. Aside from being an enjoyable movie, two things stuck out: 1) Most of the white characters are one-dimensional stereotypes, while characters of other ethnicities usually had depth. It's nice to see the shoe on the other foot, and I thought it was hilarious and illuminating. 2) Neil Patrick Harris doesn't take himself too seriously, allowing himself to be mocked in both this movie and in Undercover Brother. Most actors can't laugh at themselves, but NPH continues to let himself be the butt of jokes which is worthy of praise.

- The X games were pretty much a disaster. First they confined programming to just a few hours over the course of three nights on just ESPN instead of a week of programming on any of the ESPN channels (put the whole competition uncut on ESPN 8 ("The Ocho") at 2am!). Then they insisted on showing things live instead of editing them on tape. This created a couple big problems: worse than just being live, they actually delayed the athletes for TV time, sometimes for 30 minutes or more. That means muscles and minds cooled down during the dead time and people got hurt, badly in some cases. The other big problem was that open-ended events could go on forever. One night's two hour slot featured two guys on motorcycles trying to jump over a stick for 90 minutes, leaving the bike vert comp to wait, which barely got started at the end. Then the bikes had to delay for a slot within Sportscenter (which wouldn't have gotten recorded unless I was watching it happen live), and ESPN didn't show street skating at all, because there was no time that night. It appears that advertisers have left the event (much less top-flight sponsors than previous years), but it would have been nice if ESPN could have recouped their losses by showing more of it on TV -- if for nothing else than fans. I suspect at the rate things are going, there will be no X games next year.

- this is the best TiVo story I've heard.

Morning Bits

Morning Bits 08/12/2004 09:20 AM

• Toys "R" Us May Leave the Toy Business [AP] Big box store getting killed by Wal-Mart.
• FCC certifies Freescale ultrawideband technology [CNet] Possible Bluetooth replacement.
• Digital Cameras Change More Than the Way We Take Pictures [ABCNews]
• Blu-ray Disc spec approved by Blu-Ray Group [CNet] On a related note, I declare myself awesome.
• People Killed by Lightning While Using Mobile Phone [PhoneMag]
• Shifty tiles bring walking to VR [TRNMag] God bless the Japanese for not knowing VR and robots "have no future."
• Sterli ze your cell phone while having an ice cream [AdMBlog]
• Woot Online Midnight Madness [CollisionDetection]

MSDN TV: First Look at ADO.NET 2.0

MSDN TV: First Look at ADO.NET 2.0 04/15/2004 06:30 PM
ADO.NET 2.0 extends and enhances ADO.NET in multiple directions. A faster disconnected stack, a cleaned-up programming model, including support for provider-independent applications, and support for the latest SQL Server 2005 features are a few of the new cool stuff we’re adding in the next release. This quick peek at ADO.NET covers some of the disconnected stack enhancements, shows what the new provider-independent model looks like and briefly covers the new batching support in the connected stack.

Tech Bits: Can that spam

Tech Bits: Can that spam 07/10/2004 07:51 PM
US News Jul 10 2004 11:16PM GMT

Tech Bits: The 411 on videophones

Tech Bits: The 411 on videophones 06/05/2004 07:47 PM
US News Jun 5 2004 11:17PM GMT

Conferencia RetroEuskal'04: �qu� fue de
los 8 bits?

Conferencia RetroEuskal'04: �qu� fue de
los 8 bits? 07/12/2004 03:46 AM

Assorted Bits of Halloween

Assorted Bits of Halloween 10/31/2003 03:02 PM
It wouldn't be halloween without a linux jack-o-lantern like the one submitted by h0mee writes "Just an amusing little Halloween set of pics. If you're curious ...

Bits and Bytes for May 28, 2004

Bits and Bytes for May 28, 2004 05/28/2004 06:27 PM
InternetNews.com-1 hour ago ... These include anti-spam company Brightmail, comparison-shopping engine Shopping.com and Google, giving rise to speculation about a possible bubble such as that ...

Movie bits you didn't get to see
photoshopping

Movie bits you didn't get to see
photoshopping 05/28/2004 02:06 AM
Today on Worth1000's photoshopping contest: "Movie scenes you didn't get to see." Lots of subtle funny stuff here. Link

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