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23. december 2006 12:25

VMWare Workstation 6.0 beta is available

VMWare started a beta program for its Workstation 6.0 product. I have to say that I find Workstation as a must have product - one that you can't live without, at least I can't. IMO it is the best workstation virtualization product out there (running on
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16. december 2006 12:41

Sql Server 2005 Compact Edition released

Apparently Microsoft is giving gifts away even before Christmas. Seems like Sql Server 2005 Compact Edition has been released, too. I say seems because download page is down, just like (VS2005 SP1 Update For Vista) Beta is (I've put parentheses in place
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15. december 2006 13:11

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is here

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 has been released. Get it here . Note that if you are installing the thing on Vista you should explicitly use "Run As Administrator" assuming UAC is turned on (yes, I am back on UAC). Yet, it doesn't work for me. Perhaps
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14. december 2006 11:50

Microsoft Robotics Studio Now Available

Seems like Microsoft Robotics Studio is RTM. I wish I had enough time to play with robots. I think I have to buy a bunch of robots to my kids and then show them how to program them since my kids are too young.
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13. december 2006 14:20

Avoid using BaseEffect.SetValue(string, *) method overload in managed DirectX

I just found (the hard way) a nasty bug in managed DirectX (all versions I think). Why nasty? Because it happens more or less randomly after certain amount of time (2-10hrs) on some computers and it doesn't say much when exception is thrown (Invalid call
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12. december 2006 14:07

Vista gadgets growing like mushrooms after rain

Here is a short list of Vista gadgets made in Slovenia: OpenSearch Vista Sidebar Gadget Portfolio (Slovene) Radio Exchange Rates I am sure there is plenty of gadgets to come...
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11. december 2006 12:04

Putting sleepless Vista to sleep

Since I have my new computer & Vista x86 I had problems with putting it into sleep or hibernate state - as soon it went to sleep/hibernate state it would wake up immediately and return to happy working mode (like my children - putting them to sleep
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10. december 2006 23:29

Intelli* stuff for Vista

Microsoft finally released IntelliType Pro (keyboard), IntelliPoint (mouse) and Fingerprint Reader (no 64bit support on this one, yuck) software. Another piece in the Vista drivers puzzle. Get the stuff here .
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9. december 2006 11:59

Create a simple calculator with few lines of code

Andrej shows how one can create a simple calculator in .net using only few lines of code. Forget parsing and check out the article . Very good thinking from his side indeed.
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8. december 2006 9:48

PerfectDisk 8 runs on Vista

PerfectDisk 8 , my favorite disk defragmentator, runs on Vista now. You really should run a disk defragmentaion once in while if you want your disk(s) to work at full speed. There is a Winodws built in disk defragmentation feature, however commercial
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