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Microsoft Research Stuff

zainnab — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51:42 GMT

Constellation: automated discovery of service and host dependencies in networked systems Paul Barham; Richard Black; Moises Goldszmidt; Rebecca Isaacs; John MacCormick; Richard Mortier; Aleksandr Simma April 2008 14 p. http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?tr_id=1484...(read more)

"Not Rooting for Reuters" or "How I Learned About Journalistic Integrity the Hard Way"

zainnab — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:50:15 GMT

So, I finally had my first bad experience with journalism in my efforts as the guy who does Virtual World Evangelism and I wanted to share it with you. Not only because it is a great example of what journalism should NOT be but also because...(read more)

Keith Combs Does It Again: Tons of VM's Using Hyper-V

zainnab — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:52:34 GMT

Readers of my blog know about my buddy Keith Combs . Well, he has done some very cool stuff with Hyper-V in the past and now he has loaded up his laptop to see how many VM's he can run. Check out his results here: http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2008/06/07/new-laptop-windows-vista-sp1-virtual-machine-world-record.asp...(read more)

String Comparison Love: Which way is the best for comparing strings?

zainnab — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:10:04 GMT

Just came across this really great article on which method is best for string comparisons. If you ever wanted to dig into string comparisons this is the way to do it! http://akutz.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/stringing-along-in-net...(read more)

Final Version of My Links for the Visual Studio 2008 Webcast Series

zainnab — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:59:00 GMT

I thought I would break out the final version of my links for folks to have from my earlier webcast series...(read more)

XNA: Dream, Build, Play!

zainnab — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:47:54 GMT

The XNA Team has launched Dream-Build-Play 2008 . In Dream-Build-Play 2008 you can build your dream game to compete with other game developers around the world. This year’s contest will feature Xbox360 development only and to ensure...(read more)

Seriously, Marlon Needs Your Help...

zainnab — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:06:00 GMT

I just got done emailing with Marlon about his mother. You may recall that I did a post a while back to ask for help as she recently was diagnosed with Leukemia: http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/archive/2008/07/07/help-for-marlon-s-mother.aspx You all know...(read more)

More Research Goodness -- You Know You Love It!!

zainnab — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:15:32 GMT

My regular stuff on some coolness from MS Research: Spending Moore’s Dividend James R. Larus May 2008 19 p. http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?tr_id=1486 Thanks in large measure to the improvement in semiconductors...(read more)

Dark City Rulez

zainnab — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:35:24 GMT

Just had to get it out there. I LOVE this movie! And the trailer kicks ass, too! And great music too from the album:...(read more)

Fiddler 2: Return of the Cool Tool!

zainnab — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:09:36 GMT

If you haven't checked out Fiddler yet, you need to. It's a great debugging tool! http://www.fiddlertool.com/Fiddler2/version.asp...(read more)

SQL Server vs. Access: Which is right for you?

zainnab — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:30:16 GMT

This question came up the other day from Craig P. and I thought it was such a good one I wanted to blog about it. I think many of us take it for granted that upgrading from Access to SQL is a natural progression but we sometimes forget the...(read more)

Bartlesville .NET User Group, Yeah Baby!!!

zainnab — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:12:41 GMT

So, after my visit with my buds in Tulsa, I went to Bartlesville on Friday to speak to the wonderful DNUG there ( http://bdnug.com/ ). All I can say is "WOW". It is without a doubt one of the most impressive user groups I...(read more)

Tulsa DNUG Totally Rocks!!!

zainnab — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:53:50 GMT

You know I have the best time with every visit to the Tulsa .NET Users Group ( http://www.tulsadnug.org ) led by that MVP of MVP's, David Walker ( http://www.davidlwalker.com/ ). If you live in and around that area make sure to join these...(read more)

RoboChamps!!!!

zainnab — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:02:22 GMT

Good stuff that we just came out with... === While there has long been a large audience interested in robotics, there have also been a number of barriers to entry, both real and perceived. Robots are not widely available in traditional retail...(read more)

Help for Marlon's Mother

zainnab — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:29:00 GMT

Many of my "regulars" will know Marlon as the first person to ever win swag on my blog. He is one hell of a nice guy and he needs our help. His mother has been diagnosed with Leukemia. As if that wasn't bad enough, money is tight to get her good care....(read more)