Tag: VISUALSTUDIO

Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform is now one year old, and the Redmond company has announced that there are now more than 31,000 customers utilizing the platform. While that means growth slowed somewhat from Azure's first six months -- when some 20,000 signed on -- the 55% increase is still quite impressive. After an initial inrush of early adopters and startups, Microsoft is ...

Yes, the site might be pink... and blue... with astronauts, satellites and unicorns... but don't be fooled! Microsoft DreamSpark is all kinds of awesome! No kidding: if you're a university or high school/college student, you can download Microsoft developer, designer and gaming software for free. For a full list of the software available with DreamSpark, check the support FAQ. In brief: Visual ...

The iPhone SDK has been out for couple of weeks now and I've been using it to develop an application for my work as a technology demonstrator. My experience thus far has been largely positive. I wasn't surprised by how well-made the SDK is, even at this beta stage. The amount of work involved in releasing any SDK, let alone one that is so tightly scrutinized, cannot be underestimated. Consider ...

Second Life is becoming all the rage for first world tech companies. Microsoft has recently opened Visual Studio ISland within the world of Second Life to promote their Visual Studio product, and to offer some much needed rest and gaming for Visual Studio developers. The Island is stunning, but what is far more interesting is the game designed to engage visitors to Visual Studio Island. ...

Microsoft is busy developing its new AJAX toolset using the codename Atlas. There is a lot of excitement and interest in this new tool that Microsoft is expecting to release at the end of 2006, but is currently only available as a prerelease. The final release will depend on user feedback from a beta release version. Microsoft has said that along with Atlas, we will see the release of certified ...

To avoid possible anti-trust allegations again, Microsoft will not bundle VS Express or any of the other express products with Vista when it ships. There are rumors that OEMs may want to include it later, but nothing is for sure right now. Microsoft will leave the bundling to HP, Dell, and others to add in great free products like VS Express, and other express products (I imagine this means SQL ...

A while back I wrote a post (surprising I know, I never do that) on The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog about how many flavors Windows Vista had coming out...whenever. I believe I have found another winner. Visual Studio 2005 has almost as many flavors as Vista, which isn't too alarming because they both come from Microsoft. Not that this is particularly a bad thing, it is just funny to think about. I ...

I can't imagine that many Ruby programmers have a copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 hanging around, so I'm thinking the target demographic for Steel is developers who are used to VS but want to get into Ruby programming without interrupting their workflow. Steel is a free language add-on for VS 2005 that aim "to leverage all the features of Visual Studio." Currently Steel does syntax coloring ...