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Outlook Hotmail Connector 14

May 05, 2010
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It looks like there has been an update to one of my favorite plug-ins, Outlook Hotmail Connector! The new outlook ...

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Is Silverlight dead? Really?

April 20, 2010
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There has been a recent flurry of tweets, blogs and general office comments asking if Silverlight is dead on arrival. ...

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SharedView version 1.0

March 30, 2010
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So I just happened to notice that SharedView has officially emerged from years of beta relegation. I have championed ...

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Windows Phone Developer

March 15, 2010
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At the MIX ‘10 Keynote Scott Guthrie announced that you can immediately the Windows Phone Developer Tools at ...

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First things I need to install on my dev machine!

March 10, 2010
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I recently had a complete melt down of my work laptop which required our IIS team to repave the entire thing. I decided ...

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Windows Phone 7 series – Demo

February 15, 2010
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This is the first direct look at Windows Phone 7 series. I am impressed! Technorati Tags: Windows Phone 7 series ...

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Windows Phone 7 series

February 15, 2010
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Having seen the basic premise of the Windows Phone 7 series I fully understand why the Windows Marketplace (for version ...

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Generic Handlers ASP.NET (ashx)

February 09, 2010
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As always my posts are usually based on experiencing some travesty of code that required me either to change or endure ...

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Technical Bankruptcy

January 29, 2010
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Just read an excellent article on the concepts of and incurring and paying back the 'Technical Debt' that accumulates ...

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