Tonight the tubes of the Interwebs are all atwitter with rumours that Microsoft may reach the release-to-manufacturer (RTM) milestone for Windows 7 in July. The date being bandied about is July 13th which coincides with a Microsoft event in New Orleans.
This is stunning news particularly when thinking back to the release of Windows Vista [...]
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Windows 7 RTM in July??
July 4th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Microsoft · software · Tech News · Technology · Windows · Windows7
Mac vs. PC :: Will my next computer be a Mac?
May 18th, 2009 3 Comments
It’s been about two and a half years since I made the switch from being a dedicated Windows user to buying my first Mac. I have really enjoyed my MacBook and wanted to take a few moments to discuss some of the differences and similarities I’ve found with the Mac ownership experience, compared to my [...]
Tags: Apple · apple vs. microsoft · Gadgets · Geeky · Hardware · Mac OS X · mac vs. pc · mac vs. windows · MacBook · Microsoft · os x · review · software · Technology · Windows
ASP.NET MVC Tutorials
April 4th, 2009 No Comments
A couple of weeks ago at Mix ‘09 the ASP.NET MVC team announced the RTW (release-to-web) version of the MVC framework. I’ve been looking at the framework and playing with pieces of it for a few months now, but due to school & work commitments haven’t really had a chance to give it a [...]
Tags: asp.net · asp.net mvc · c# · Development · Microsoft · Tech News · Technology · tutorials · vb · visual studio · visual studio express · walkthroughs · web development
Nerd Dinners — Geekery and Good Eats
March 27th, 2009 1 Comment
Leave it to the big brains of Scott Guthrie and Scott Hanselman to come up with this simple yet super cool concept. Nerd Dinners — a way (by use of web technology) for a bunch of introverts to meet up with each other and enjoy a meal, and the kind of conversation that drives [...]
Tags: asp.net mvc · developers · dinner · Microsoft · nerd · nerddinner.com · social networking · Web 2.0 · web-based
Learning by Disaster
January 15th, 2009 1 Comment
I was reading an article on Raymond Chen’s blog today really made me think. The story, for those who don’t care to read it, essentially is about a service (shell.windows.com) which was created by a Microsoft developer as a proof of concept. He ran it off a computer under his desk at first [...]
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