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Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 7.1.0 released

Dasun Wickasitha — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:01:46 +0000

Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 7.1.0 has been released. It contains headers, libraries, build tools, build environments, code samples, documentation, and other tools that software developers use to create drivers and kernel software. Read More: WDK and Developer Tools Resources WDK Documentation Download Driver Developer Community Resources Driver Signing Requirements for Windows Notes from Windows Development Teams Support for Developer Kits and Tools Driver [...]

Geosense: Free Location Sensor For Windows 7

Dasun Wickasitha — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:30:45 +0000

Rafael Rivera and Long Zheng have released a handy application for Windows 7 called Geosense, a Windows Sensor, that provides the Location and Sensors platform in Windows 7 with accurate and reasonably ubiquitous positioning information without requiring or the assistance of GPS hardware, enabling more practical location-based applications and scenarios on Windows 7. Geosense is available [...]

uPad - Microsoft’s wireless charging pad

Dasun Wickasitha — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:11:21 +0000

Engadget spotted the pad in the wild and claim it’s a prototype device made by Microsoft Research Asia. The charging pad is named “uPad” and was produced in limited numbers as a souvenir for Microsoft Research Asia’s 10th anniversary. It’s not yet clear whether the device will be mass manufactured or released outside of Asia. [...]

Beep in C# Windows forms

Dasun Wickasitha — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:27:21 +0000

The following very simple example would alert the user when click the button.hope this will help you . private void buttonClick_Click(object sender,EventArgs e) { System.Console.Beep(); MessageBox.Show (“error…!”); }

Solution - ASP.NET jQuery AutoComplete - textbox not responding after first search

Dasun Wickasitha — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:27:49 +0000

Problem I have an ASP.NET WebForms app with an UpdatePanel containing a search area where I have a ASP:TextBox that I use for a jQuery autocomplete. $(document).ready(function() { $(”#tabContainer_tabSearchBreaks_txtSearchName”) .autocomplete(”AutoCompleteEmployee.ashx”, { minChars: 3, maxItemsToShow: 10 }); }) This whole thing works fine, but if I click on a ASP:Button and process some code for the search area, the autocomplete javascript no [...]

Announcing VS2010 / .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate (RC)

Dasun Wickasitha — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:50:42 +0000

VS2010 RC is out now and available for MSDN users now. Read more : Announcing VS2010 / .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate (RC)

BIDN.com - Business Intelligence Developer Network

Dasun Wickasitha — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:23:59 +0000

Hungry for information about business intelligence? The BI Developer Network (BIDN) contains the best information about bringing business intelligence into your company. Every resource in BIDN is free. visit : http://www.bidn.com/

Apple finally supports Windows 7- Bootcamp for OSX 10.6

Dasun Wickasitha — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:54:27 +0000

Apple have now finally released a version of Bootcamp for OSX 10.6 to support Windows 7. Not to soon either as Apple had previously announced that they would be releasing Windows 7 support by the end of 2009. This is good new for owners of Mac’s as they can now dual boot their Mac’s Windows 7 [...]

Location-based operating system concept: “Locus OS”

Dasun Wickasitha — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:34:48 +0000

The video by Barton Smith, a designer from Australia of all places, appears to be a prototype UI for a conceptual “Locus OS” which is described as a “location-based operating system”. What makes it special is that it appears to be Microsoft branded Features : | Location-based operating system | Multiple widget desktops designed around a location or activity [...]

Microsoft to phase out its enterprise search offerings for Linux and Unix

Dasun Wickasitha — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:48:58 +0000

Microsoft is going to be phasing out support for Unix and Linux platforms for its FAST enterprise search products as of their next release (some time after 2010). Microsoft shared that information, as well as other news about its near- » Full Story »