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Fixing Sling TV Streaming Issues on Xbox One

November 21, 2015
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I was really excited about the prospect of Sling TV being available, it provided the opportunity for frugal people like ...

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Cryptography as Natural Law

November 19, 2015
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In the wake of the brutal terrorist attacks in Nigeria, Beirut and Paris the privacy all citizens enjoy is once again ...

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Visual Studio Extension Supports Debugging Linux Apps

November 18, 2015
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Microsoft is really taking this One Development Platform To Rule Them All credo to its logical conclusion and now ...

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Tablet Keyboard with an Embedded Thin-Film Touchscreen Display

November 12, 2015
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Interesting take on a 'Touchscreen' display from the Microsoft Applied Sciences Group: The Microsoft Applied Sciences ...

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Oracle Tips: Scripting Differences with MS SQL Server

November 10, 2015
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I have been developing software for years but this year is the first time that I have had the opportunity to work with ...

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Microsoft Band Tip - Edit Quick Responses to Texts and Calls

November 02, 2015
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So this weekend my wife was kind enough to purchase the Microsoft Band for me, it is a fascinating device that has, in ...

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DuoCode - C# to JavaScript compiler

October 27, 2015
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TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that has been in the community for a few years now, it is currently on GitHub ...

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The Mobile Web is Slow and its JavaScript’s fault

October 12, 2015
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Visiting websites from a  mobile device can be a maddening experience its starts with the incredibly slow loading ...

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New Microsoft Devices

October 06, 2015
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Windows 10 has been rolling out for about 10 weeks now and is, by all accounts, running on as many as 110 million ...

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