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Multithreading: using fences from .NET code

LA.NET [EN] — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:28:13 GMT

In the last post , we’ve talked about memory fences. Today we’re going to keep looking at this topic, but we’re turning our attention to coding, ie, we’re going to talk about the options we have to add fences to our classes. In .NET, things are relatively...(read more)

Multithreading: introducing memory fences

LA.NET [EN] — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:58:22 GMT

A few posts back, we’ve introduced the concept of load and store reordering. As we’ve seen, reordering operations exist as a way of improving performance and can be introduced on several levels (starting at compilation time and ending at runtime when...(read more)

Review - Mophie Juice Pack (not the Juice Pack Air)

Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:37:09 GMT

The battery life on my iPhone is laughable. If I want to actually use it, like make use of it, then it's dead by after lunch. With 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, work and personal mail, yada yada, it's a joke. Here's a picture of me with my first external...(read more)

My Lenovo Choice - ThinkPad W700 vs. ThinkPad W500 Review

Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:03 GMT

"But it’s the same laptop!" my wife said. I've been using a Lenovo T60 or T60p for a very long time. Since it came out, in fact. I had a T60 at my last job for years, and a T60p all the while at Microsoft. I have happily running 64-bit operating...(read more)

The Technology Post for July 2nd, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:28 GMT

If you are looking to follow this series, be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed at http://feeds.jasongaylord.com/JasonNGaylord or my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/jgaylord . This series can be followed by using the The Technology Post tag. Series...(read more)

UNC content with IIS 7 and Samba

Steve Schofield Weblog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:16:00 GMT

Here is another thread on forums.iis.net that discusses UNC content, IIS 7 and Samba. http://forums.iis.net/p/1158781/1909100.aspx Great stuff! Steve Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More......(read more)

Multithreading: when interlocked operations aren’t enough

LA.NET [EN] — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:45:30 GMT

In the previous post , we’ve started looking at interlocked operations. As we’ve seen, interlocked operations are great at what they do but they won’t be usable in all scenarios (ie, don’t think that they’ll solve all your locks problems). To show how...(read more)

Multithreading: introducing the interlocked operations

LA.NET [EN] — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:58:04 GMT

As we’ve seen in the previous post , most processors give us important insurances regarding memory loads and stores. However, even though those insurances are important and can be used in several scenarios, the truth is that they aren’t enough for all...(read more)

ASP.NET MVC Talk in Reading UK July 3rd

ScottGu's Blog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:11:20 GMT

I’m in the UK today and tomorrow (on my way back from a trip to India for two days earlier this week), and am giving two tech talks while in town. The first is this evening at a London .NET User Group event . I’ll be presenting Silverlight...(read more)

Snapshot of the Silverlight 4 Wish list

David Yack's Blog! — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:37:25 GMT

It’s only been about 9 months since Silverlight 2 was released in October 2008, we are nearing the release of Silverlight 3, and already the momentum is building for Silverlight 4. A thread recently has been started on the Silverlight forum to capture...(read more)

The Technology Post for July 1st, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:56:10 GMT

StomperNet Live 8 event in August - not the usual SEO BS

British Inside — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:10:00 GMT

It's time for me to come clean about my "other job" - I've always had things going on, on the side so to speak, but for a year now I've been into e-commerce websites. Yeah, that whole "making money online" thing. I've...(read more)

Hanselminutes Podcast 168 - Successful Cross Platform .NET Development - Mono and Banshee with Aaron Bockover

Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:16:30 GMT

My one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth podcast is up . In this one, I chat with Aaron Bockover of Novell about the Banshee Project - a cross-platform Media Player. It's a Mono Application that runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. What are the hard-won secrets...(read more)

Videos from the Norwegian Developer's Conference

Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:41:01 GMT

All of the talks at this year's Norwegian Developer's Conference were recorded, which is always a treat. I did four talks as well as a live .NET Rocks show. It was a crazy week. I also recorded a half-dozen great podcasts. Three are already live on Hanselminutes...(read more)

Herding Code: Drag n Drop Debating?

.net DEvHammer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:19:00 GMT

This has to be my favorite podcast description in a long while, and not just because I’m in it. As backstory, Alan Stevens (he of # AlanStevensAvatarWeekend fame, among other things) and I have occasionally had some spirited tussles on twitter about myriad...(read more)