Dan Poynter has an interesting collection of statistics on the book industry.
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October 8, 2007
Statistics on publishing
08October
October 8, 2007
ACS: James Crisp on .Net 3.5
I went to the Australian Computer Society (ACS) meeting in the city last Wednesday night to hear James Crisp present on .Net 3.5 and VS2008. James has his slides available here. It was a good session, with James explaining the following: – A very brief overview of WWF.– A few simple WPF examples (Flipper, Particles, 3D materials).– Next up a discussion of WCF. Then onto an...
October 7, 2007
Silverlight-integration in ASP.NET
07October
From CodeGod (I kid you not), comes this helpful basic intro into Silverlight.
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October 7, 2007
Dan Pritchett on Architecture at eBay
Interesting article on the inner workings of eBay. I really like the functionality of this site btw. Dan Pritchett gives us an inside look into the decisions behind on of the largest scale architectures in the world: eBay. In explaining how the scale of eBay turns simple requirements a complex engineering problem, he walks us through the technical and organizational challenges of managing...
October 7, 2007
Death of the cell phone charger
Ron Mannix pointed out this cool invention that can charge devices wirelessly (from March this year). A transmitter plugs into the wall, and a dime-size receiver (the real innovation, costing about $5 to make) can be embedded into any low-voltage device. The receiver turns radio waves into DC electricity, recharging the device's battery at a distance of up to 3 feet. Technorati Tags: Wirless...
October 6, 2007
Excited about Halo 3
06October
I'm really excited about the release of the new Halo game – Halo 3.
Now I just need to get an Xbox 360…
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October 5, 2007
Important change to MOSS 2007 for Internet Sites (MOSSFIS) licensing
05October
From Tom Rizzo, news about a change to MOSSFIS licensing:
I'm happy to say that beginning Sept 1st, we made a change that makes running MOSS Server Licenses and MOSSFIS legal in the same farm.
(via William Cornwill)
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October 5, 2007
Halo 3 sales go bananas
Everyone knew it was going to be popular, but selling $300M US worth of Halo 3 in the first week, just stagggers me.
"Halo 3 is truly a cultural phenomenon," said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, in a statement.
No kidding!
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October 4, 2007
Deploying Silverlight in the Enterprise
04October
Deployment guide for Silverlight (via Tim Sneath)
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October 4, 2007
BizTalk 2006 R2 versions and costs
Mick Badran tables the different versions, along with costings:
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