Posts for: 10 February, 2006

Portable DVD player vs PlayStation Portable vs PictureFrame w/video

eXtensible mind, February 10, 2006

Note: this entry has moved. I want DivX playback. I want a decent screen size. I want easy photo slideshows. I want a single device. Turns out there's no easy answer for that combination. PSP entered ...

Script of the Week

BPID Customer Response Teams Blog, February 10, 2006

Another script has been posted to our script archive on GotDotNet.  The script allows you to query for hosts that exist within a BizTalk Server group. It can be easily modified to query for other...

New Atlas CTP Release (January 2006)

Atlas notes, February 10, 2006

The January release of the Atlas CTP can be downloaded here. This blog entry by Nikhil Kotari introduces some features of this release, while an Added/Fixed list can be found here....

RSA Conference 2006

Poupous blog, February 10, 2006

I'll be attending the RSA Conference 2006next week. This is a major security event and I'm happy to be there again.Last time I had the chance to assist was in 2003, when everyone realized that wifi wa...

Password Policy

Ablog, February 10, 2006

An internal audit at the company where I work determined that we should strengthen our corporate password policy. Consequently, our head of data security drafted a new policy and began to solicit comm...

Off-topic: An absolutely brilliant presentation

More Whidbey stuff, February 10, 2006

This is totally off-topic but this is a must-watch for anyone doing presentations in front of an audience. The contents is pretty interesting in itself (the concept of electronic identity) but the for...

Ink And The Database

DevX: .NET Feed, February 10, 2006

Unless your battery is really, really good, you'll eventually want to store your Ink. Simple file storage or XML serialization is sometimes sufficient, but usually, you'll want to move Ink into and ou...

Script of the Week

BPID Customer Response Teams Blog, February 10, 2006

Another script has been posted to our script archive on GotDotNet.  The script allows you to query for hosts that exist within a BizTalk Server group. It can be easily modified to query for other...

Analysts still see fuzzy future for MSN as new chief takes helm

InfoWorld: Web services, February 10, 2006

Microsofthas appointed former MSNBC chief John Nicol to infuse the company's MSN portal with more multimedia content and make it more appealing to online advertisers. But with MSN rapidly being oversh...

Call for Abstracts: Issue 8 of the Architecture Journal

simon.says, February 10, 2006

Microsofts Architecture Journal is a quarterly magazine, providing a world-class forum for the publication of unique articles on how good architecture can help create great implementations. Microsof...

Call for Speakers -- Mobility Connections Las Vegas

DevConnections Blog, February 10, 2006

Dear Fellow Speaker, It is my pleasure to announce that DevConnections, the greatest third-party conference for .NET developers, is expanding with the addition of a brand new event this fall: Mobility...

A New Approach to Designing Web Applications

The Code Project Latest Articles, February 10, 2006

What we need is a new way to build our applications. Instead of scattering the manual work and items requiring decision making across the development process, we need to do the "thinky" thin...

Designing FreeCell using Expression and Visual Studio Toolsets

MSDN: Coding4Fun, February 10, 2006

Get a taste of UI development on Windows Vista with Expression Interactive Designer, as Expression team member Unni Ravindranathan demonstrates how to build FreeCell using Expression and the Windows V...

Second release of the VS 2005 Web Application Project Preview now available

ScottGus Blog, February 10, 2006

Earlier this week I blogged about an upcoming refresh preview of the VS 2005 Web Application Project.  This new build is now available for download here.  A couple of setup notes to install...

Updated Windows Installer

Mono Project News, February 10, 2006

We have released a new Mono Windows installer, this version comes with a number of updates to the Mono framework. We now bundle: Gtk# 2.8, based on the vector-based Cairo Graphics system. Many of th...

March 2006 MSDN Magazine now online

Stephen Toub, February 10, 2006

The March 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/03. The March installment of my favorite column, .NET Matters, is available at http:/...

Atlas Cometh

Wintellog, February 10, 2006

I've been away from the blog for a while because I've been immersing myself in Atlas, the code name for the forthcoming product from Microsoft that is, for lack of a better term, AJAX for ASP.NET. AJA...

Regex 101 Discussion I7 - Make sure all characters inside <> are uppercase

Eric Gunnersons C# Compendium, February 10, 2006

Regex 101 Exercise I7 - Make sure all characters inside <> are uppercase First, as Sheva pointed out, making them all *lowercase* would make a lot more sense, but you have probably noticed that...

WSRP and JSR168 Are Two Completely Different Things...

FitzBlog, February 10, 2006

WSRP, as I covered a few days ago, is an interoperability standard.  It’s platform- and language-neutral.  It’s all about requesting and transmitting chunks of HTML using SO...

Senior Windows Forms Tech Lead Needed!

Bill Evjens Blog, February 10, 2006

Do you classify yourself as a Windows Forms developer? Do you have a stack of .NET books by your bedside? If so, I am looking for a senior Windows Forms tech lead (team of 8) for an important and exci...

Test Regex

RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

this test matches asdf but doesn't match zxcv...

IT Weekly Roundup, Feb. 10

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | News, February 10, 2006

From the business wires this week: an application control manager for Windows servers, backup and recovery software and an authentication appliance....

Be the "Envy of your Friends"!!!!! - ASP.NET Podcast TShirts

Wallace B. McClure, February 10, 2006

The ASP.NET Podcast TShirts are Here! Listen to the show to find out how to get a one!http://www.aspnetpodcast.com/...

Programmatically Execute Smart Tag Actions, and Kanye West as Terrence Trent D'Arby

John R. Durants WebLog, February 10, 2006

One of the recent questions on our forums was about invoking a smart tag action in a VSTO 2005 project. Invoke action for all Smart Tags in Word document First, let me repeat: Our smart tag tools in ...

Layer 7 Selects Tarari to Power SecureSpan OX

WebServices.Org, February 10, 2006

Solution enables network security OEMs to provide customers with a fast path to XML security...

My Favorite Wiki: pinvoke.net

Marquee de Sells: Chriss insight outlet, February 10, 2006

I guess wikipedia is cool, but the wiki that provides a vital service in my life is pinvoke.net, which provides an enormous, user-contributed list of Win32 API mappings for .NET. I find it useful not ...

Learn to Program Virtual Earth - virtually or live - and win an XBox 360!

Julia Lerman Blog - Dont Be Iffy..., February 10, 2006

Thom Robbins is presenting a 1/2 day seminar on Programming Virtual Earth on March 1st in Boston and it will also be accessible over Live Meeting. At the end of the s...

Cool AJAX Implementation

Steven Smith, February 10, 2006

I've recently been talking with the folks at FarPoint Technologies and took a look at their AJAX implementation of a web-based spreadsheet.  It's very cool!  It's essentially like having Exc...

Associating

All Things Distributed, February 10, 2006

I have to admit that one of the reasons for my January Recommendations posting was to experiment with the Amazon.com associates program. Associates earn up to 10% of the purchase if they drive traffic...

Microsoft Puts Campus Expansion on Fast-Forward

Recent News on Only4Gurus.com, February 10, 2006

Q&A: The company plans to add 14 buildings in three years, to accommodate new growth and reduce overcrowding.Read more...

Framework Design Guidelines review and thank you Belgium

Brad Abrams, February 10, 2006

David Hayden (a C# MVP) recently posted a good review of the FDG.    Here is one notable comments:   Although I was originally worried that it would be more theoretical in nature a...

Oracle, System.Transactions, and ASP.NET 2.0 membership

All About Interop, February 10, 2006

This paper, covering how to migrate an ASP.NET 1.1 app to 2.0, taking advantage of new 2.0 features like the membership provider, System.Transactions, and so on, was just published last week.  Th...

With .NET, all the choices are provided by Microsoft

All About Interop, February 10, 2006

With .NET, all the choices are provided by Microsoft Excuse the headline. I got a comment in a previous blog post, along those lines, and I had to respond. No matter how many times that statement is...

Blurb

James Shaw at CoverYourASP.NET, February 10, 2006

This is quite exciting - a cheap way to get published in hardback. Can you imagine how much your other half would like one about the kids? I can't wait to get into that Beta.. via The Head Lemur (but...

AJAX Community (focus on .NET)

Ajax.NET Professional, February 10, 2006

Yesterday on the launch event of Visual Studio .NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 in Karlsruhe/Germany we had the idea to create a usergroup/community here in Germany for all Web 2.0 and AJAX developers. I...

XM Radio On Treo 700w

Pencil Bros. Geology, Inc., February 10, 2006

My buddy Nathan comes through with this today--www.minixm.com. This is XM Radio's official lightweight stream site, meant for devices like the Treo 700w. Access the site through you...

IE7 and telerik r.a.d.controls - anything to worry about?

the telerik blogs, February 10, 2006

Our marketing folks are going to kill me for posting this one before they have a chance to post in a newsletter/press-release, but well - this is the purpose of this blog anyway. We tell you things be...

ASP.NET Validation and so much more

the telerik blogs, February 10, 2006

Perhaps some of you know that Telerik's tools provide great interoperability with the Professional Validation And More ("VAM") package by Peter Blum. Peter has a great set of products that offer muc...

Multi-column dropdown combobox - an ASP.NET 2.0 server control

The Code Project Latest Articles, February 10, 2006

Multi-column dropdown combobox - an ASP.NET 2.0 server control....

Time for New Toys!

Richard Campbell Blogs Too, February 10, 2006

I've said this before, and its still true - Christmas isn't a good time for me in terms of me getting toys. Its good for everyone else because they all come to me for advice about t...

JavaScript HtmlDecode

JohnPapa.net, February 10, 2006

I lost my function! Its a good thing I found a nice snippet of javascript code while surfing around tonight. Its an oldie but goodie that decodes HTML using javascript. Thanks to Andy Oakley for ...

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

VAT Numbers format verification (United Kingdom) with support for optional member state definition....

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

VAT Numbers format verification (Ireland) with support for optional member state definition....

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

VAT Numbers format verification (Lithuania) with support for optional member state definition....

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

VAT Numbers format verification (The Netherlands) with support for optional member state definition....

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

US 10-Digit Phone number matching. *Requires Area Code *Brackets optional, supports: () and [] *seperators optional, supports: - and . *whitespace optional...

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

this Expression use conditional expression to eveluate parameter after "HREF" and executes the yes/no part of the expression. this expression finds <A> TAG and returns value of "...

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

Checks domain names. This will match all of the valid domains. It will accept TLD's that are from 2 to 6 characters. You can not have more then one dash or period next to each other. Also it will not ...

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

Email validation for domain or IP...

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RegexLib.com - Recent Patterns, February 10, 2006

Remi provided an example that would match all domain names (http://www.regexlib.com/REDetails.aspx?regexp_id=391). I'm adding it so that it can be tested....



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