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Oct 16, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Looks like this feature is back on, and will be a part of the product. Look for it in the next Community Technology Preview for Visual Studio 2005 next week.

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Meatware

Oct 15, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

You've heard of hardware, software, and firmware. A student last week introduced me to Meatware, which is a less common synonym for Wetware. Thanks to Michael Diamant of Maximus for this.

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New Programming Language: EPL

Oct 11, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

A Cal-Tech spinoff company, iSpheres, plans to publish an early version of the EPL software, short for Event Programming Language, by month's end. It will be royalty free to end users. They plan to …

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Microsoft releases BizTalk Server 2004 Courseware

Oct 11, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft Learning has finally released BizTalk Server 2004 courseware. I'm looking forward to prepping and delivering course 2157 (Developing) and 2158 (Deploying and Managing).

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Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) Certification Exams

Oct 11, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft certification exam # 074-100 (MSF Practitioner Exam) is retiring, July 28th and is being replaced by exam # 070-301. For those MCTs who want to continue to deliver MSF courses, such as …

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Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT)

Oct 8, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Here's a good introductory article on SPOT, written by the product team. As a reminder, Smart Personal Objects are everyday objects, such as clocks, pens, key-chains, billfolds, and …

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Visual Studio Team System Weblogs

Oct 7, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I'm glad that some of my Regional Director brethren have hung in there and seen the Visual Studio Team System installation through to fruition. Here's a good blog that lists some steps and resources …

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Reported Vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET

Oct 7, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft is currently investigating a reported vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET. An attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server and view secured content without providing the proper …

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Borland's codename Diamondback

Oct 6, 2004 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Otherwise known as the next version of Delphi. It'll do Delphi Win32, Delphi .NET, and C# projects all under one IDE. There's support for refactoring and ASP.NET as well. Here's a quick screenshot:

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