What is MaxiVista?
MaxiVista turns any PC into a second monitor of your primary PC! Connect two PCs via network and enjoy the double viewing space.
How does it work?
MaxiVista includes a virtual graphics adapter which fools your primary PC into thinking that there is an additional monitor display installed. Windows enables its multi monitor capabilities and extend the desktop to an additional screen. The content of this extra screen is transmitted to your secondary PC via a standard network connection and displayed by the MaxiVista Viewer program.
Am going to try it soon! On 2 desktops and one laptop.
Via Scoble.

The question is, when your assembly is executing, how do you figure out the assembly version and file version of your own assembly?
Your assembly (while executing) can be returned from System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(). So:
Assembly Version: Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version
File Version: System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)
Via Junfeng Zhang

Khyal Gallery, is an English language web site in which Iranian painters will be exhibiting their artworks for sell. You can view them in medium size, focus on them for better view and order them if you liked.
We right now got 5 painters and around 100 artworks which is more than what I really expected for beginning. We are gathering more and more artists. New painters can join us by filling Join Us form.
Also there is an interview with Mr. Ali Zakeri, "Develop it and topple down", talking on the artworks he has painted for Bam earthquake. You all remember the disaster...
Be alert of news around Khyal Gallery by joining our newsletter on the first page. We are going to add many new sections in near feature.
By the way, who did it all? F.Tahbaz, H.Banaei and K.Lachkar and A.Parvaresh (sounds familiar?) were involved in this project. You can read more about it on about page.
After all, leave your comments here or send me an email to mailbox at aliparvaresh . c o m. We are eager to hear more from you.

BBC: "The creators of internet search engine Google have joined the Forbes magazine list of world billionaires. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are among many new additions to the list, which has a record 587 names this year compared with 476 in 2003."

I don't know how many of you have ever used ASPEmail. I installed it yesterday and it has been great so far. Good integration with .NET and lots of features. All over all, it is FREE! Highly recommended.

Feature Summary:
Sends e-mail using an external SMTP server programmatically.
Supports multiple recipients, CC's, BCC's, Reply-To's, file attachments.
Supports HTML format.
Embedded images and sounds (multipart/related).
Sends messages in both HTML and text formats (multipart/alternative).
Secure mail in the S/MIME format, when used in tandem with AspEncrypt.
Various SMTP authentication methods (enhanced in 5.0).
High-volume message queuing support.
Deferred message delivery.
NNTP support.
NEW Memory attachments.
NEW Up to 64 simultaneous SMTP sessions when sending out queued mail.
NEW Multiple attempts to resend a failed message.
NEW Bounced message handling.
NEW Full Unicode support in message body and headers.
NEW Advanced logging.

Cool website with lots of freeware PPC softwares. Enjoy it! Via Lance Hunt.

Despite Microsoft's repeated denials, the company will indeed release an interim version of Windows XP that will bridge the gap between the initial XP release and Windows Longhorn, which is currently due in late 2005 at the earliest. The interim XP version will ship as a new retail product that replaces existing retail boxed copies of XP and as a set of updates, called XP Reloaded, that existing XP users can install separately. According to sources I contacted this morning, XP Reloaded will include all the features from XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which is due by midyear, as well as a host of other unique features, including Windows Media Player (WMP) 10. Read More . . .

"Caller ID for E-Mail: The Next Step to Deterring Spam" is the Microsoft draft specification to address the widespread problem of domain spoofing. Domain spoofing refers specifically to the use of someone else's domain name when sending a message, and is part of the larger spoofing problem, the practice of forging the sender's address on e-mail messages. Read More . . .
Via Hamed.

Hehe, where is technology going? We will soon have everything virtually!
"The Virtual Laser Keyboard leverages the power of laser and infrared technology and projects a full-size keyboard onto any flat surface. Compatible with Palm handhelds, Pocket PCs and Laptop PCs. As you type on the laser projection; it analyzes what you're typing by the coordinates of that location. Unlike many small snap-on keyboards for PDAs, the Virtual Laser Keyboard provides a full-size QWERTY keyboard. It is also smaller and more convenient to use than the folding-type keyboards made by some manufacturers and similar to them in functionality. There are no mechanical moving parts whatsoever in the Virtual Laser Keyboard. It provides a projected image that is the perfect portable input device for PDAs. It's similar in responsiveness to regular keyboards, but extremely futuristic looking." Read More . . .
Via Hamed.

Scoble: "FeedBurner lets you build different kinds of RSS/Atom feeds from your original feed. For instance, you could build a feed that's optimized for mobile devices. And you can get new kinds of data from your feeds (for instance, they can turn on stats about your feeds, so you can learn more about who subscribes to you."

Windows and Intel for 64-bit market. Read More . . .

BBC: "The first exhibition of British art to go on show in Iran since the Islamic revolution in 1979 opens on Tuesday. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition includes works by many big names of UK art including Damien Hirst, Henry Moore and Gilbert and George. The gallery hopes the display will "open a new era of cultural and artistic collaborations" between the countries."

Thanks to a new set of tools, NewsGator 2.0 lets you access your favorite news feeds from any Web browser, POP3 e-mail client, or HTML-enabled mobile device. You can even synchronize...

What is VS.Php?
Develop php applications from within Visual Studio.Net 2003. This product lets you build, edit and deploy php applications using the familiar interface of the most popular IDE in the market. Contrary to other PHP IDE products, VS.Php leverages the familiar interface of Microsoft Visual Studio.Net 2003 allowing PHP developers leverage all the features Visual Studio.Net 2003 provides. No need to learn a new IDE interface or tools.
Some screenshots.
Via DotNetJunkie XL on the 7th Floor.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] "RescheduleWaitTime"=dword:00000003 "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000000 "NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001 "AUOptions"=dword:00000004 "ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000 "ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:0000000D It keeps your machine updated every 1pm everyday. Via Setfan Demetz.

CodeSmith is a FREEWARE template-based code generator that can generate code for any ASCII-based language. CodeSmith templates use a syntax nearly identical to ASP.NET syntax so that creating templates should feel immediately familiar to ASP.NET developers. Via Eric J. Smith

Special thanks to those who are supporting us in Second News XML Service:
Amir Azemati
Techopedia

The ones who are using Second News XML Service right now are:
Iran IT News Agency
Aria News
AXBlog Weblog
Mohsen Ahmadi's Weblog
PC Tech
If you are using it and I haven't noticed it, please leave me a comment so you will be added to the list.

Alwayson-Network: "An analysis of hacker attacks on online servers in January by security consultancy mi2g found that Linux servers were the most frequently violated, accounting for 13,654 successful attacks, or 80% of the survey total. Windows ran a distant second with 2,005 attacks. A more specific analysis of government servers also found Linux more susceptible, accounting for 57% of all breaches." Via Robert Scoble.

MacWorld: "The world's safest and most secure online server Operating System (OS) is proving to be the Open Source family of BSD (Berkley Software Distribution) and Mac OS X based on Darwin. It's also claimed that Linux has become the most breached online server OS in the government and non-government spheres for the first time, while the number of successful hacker attacks against Windows-based servers have fallen for the last ten months." Via Geek Style.

Stefan Demetz points to some good tools for patching your Windows boxes.

All the public schools in Tehran are cancelled for the process of counting votes.

Follow news of Iran Parliament Election via Second News on http://www.secondnews.com/farsi/iran/election.htm

And now, we are offering news services for free! You can syndicate our news on your own web site for free using http://www.secondnews.com/xmlservice.aspx. 1-15 news, with or without news body from any category all and all for free! Enjoy your time and do not waste your money for writing news for your web sites anymore. We will bring what you need step by step. PLEASE read terms of use before using it!

Jim Blizzard's idea of Dial up usage, we used, using and will be using it! No broadband here so no other choice.
"It's been so long since I've used dial up internet. It's so slow. Don't let anyone fool you. Dial up does NOT equal internet. If you're still using dial up today and you have access to broadband (or cable) switch! You don't know what you're missing!"

eWeek: "Microsoft Corp. and a group of fellow-travelers are planning to release a new Web services specification late Tuesday, which will help provide Web services interoperability and support for occasionally-connected devices and systems, sources said." Via Brubaker, Ken.

Google is offering some new Ad Formats for its AdSense service. I was just informed via email from Google.

BBC: "Turkcell, Turkey's biggest mobile phone operator, has been awarded a contract to set up Iran's first private mobile phone network. The company is expected to invest about $3bn in the project - making it one of the biggest foreign investments in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution."

The SQL Server Web Data Administrator enables you to easily manage your SQL Server data, wherever you are. Using its built-in features, you can do the following from Microsoft Internet Explorer or your favorite Web browser:
Create and edit databases in SQL Server 2000 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
Perform ad-hoc queries against databases and save them to your file system
Export and import database schema and data
Manage users and roles
View, create and edit stored procedures
Whether you are doing Microsoft Windows or Web development, or just need remote access to data for yourself or your clients, the Web Data Administrator is the perfect complement to your toolbox.
Via Stefano.

I like this one, read the others from Lisa Blog.

"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."
—Joe Ancis

In this article, Edgar Sanchez will show us how to keep our passwords secure in a database using hash codes.

Again a disaster for Iran.
Guardian: Many people were killed today when train carriages carrying industrial chemicals derailed and exploded in Iran, causing widespread devastation in five villages. There was some confusion about the numbers of fatalities, with reports ranging from 60 to more than 200. State television put the figure at more than 100.

Hehe, it was too funny, take a look for yourself. Possible new Windows edition, Windows RG (Really Good). Via Stefano Demiliani.

I have same problem as Ken Robertson got for Source Controlling on the 'net. Actually I am looking for a way to setup something like GotDotNet so all our developers can work together wherever they are on our development server. Any idea?

Mark Jordan, shows us how to prevent multiple submits on Web Forms which mostly cause problems.

"Web developers loathe the task of building forms almost as much as users loathe having to fill them in. These are both unfortunate facts of the Web, but some smart JavaScript and intelligent CSS can go a long way to remedying the situation. In this article, I'll introduce a number of simple tricks for improving the usability of forms, and hopefully inspire you to improve on them and create your own." Read More . . .
Via Nick Bradbury.

Cogitation Blue Skin for .Text 0.95. Via Scott Watermasysk.

Dan Fernandez introduces J# Browser Controls v1.1b which you use it to have your code running on .NET Framework.

EasyProjects.NET is anohter .NET baed online project management system. From it's web site:
EasyProjects.NET - the latest generation web based project management system. It is called "Easy Projects" for a reason - it was specifically designed to make project management hassle free and straightforward.
You can take a look at its demo on http://www.logicsoftware.net:8008/EP_Demo.
It's standard edition which allows 10 users and 25 projects is $49.95.

New Scientist: "Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails."

Here you can take a look at disallowed folders for Google using it's Robots.txt file. Via Graham Leuschke.

Slashdot: "OSNews reports: As part of its initiative to put Linux on the desktop, IBM Corp. wants to migrate Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite to Linux."

This video is very interesting, and shows how partners can debug into windows source code methods without having to suffer through downloading a huge block of code. Via Jason Nadal.

"Opera now has experimental support for RSS Newsfeeds (RSS 0.9x, 1.0, and 2.0)--a syndication format often used on weblogs and news services--as part of Opera Mail. You can choose from a selection of pre-installed feeds by choosing "Newsfeeds" from the Mail menu. Newsfeeds are shown in the Mail panel under the Newfeeds access point." Via Dan Gillmor's eJournal.

“A researcher believes he can predict the outcome of most any marriage with a few squiggles on a chart. John Gottman said a 20-year study involving more than 600 married couples shows by carefully plotting how a husband and wife interact and then reducing those observations to a formula, researchers can tell which marriages will succeed and which are heading for the rocks. In a report at the national meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Gottman said studies by his Relationship Research Institute and the University of Washington show how couples resolve differences is a key factor in whether a marriage will last. The methods used by couples for conflict resolution can be expressed mathematically or on a simple graphic to predict how the marriage will endure. In effect, math has now found a place in love and marriage, he said.” Via Lockergnome.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and HP have teamed up to lend guests of the hotel chain, the new HP iPAQ Pocket PCs. More on Lockergnome.

CXOtoday.com: "Microsoft's stream of worries continues unabated, what with the company confirming the reported leak of part of its source code over the internet on Thursday, for which an FBI enquiry has been sought."

What should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the whole enchilada. Read More . . .

Scott Mitchell shows us how to add a calendar control to .Text. So much to do, so little time!

Email Spoofer.NET is an ASP.NET Server Control for obfuscating and encoding email address to prevent spam bot harvesting. Via Jeff Widmer.

BBC has reported a way to predict success in marriage using mathematics, done by a professor from USA. Read More . . .

Yahoo News: "Microsoft Corp. on Thursday confirmed that the source code for two versions of its Windows operating system has been leaked, a security breach that could give hackers important intelligence about how to exploit flaws in software run by most of the world's computers."

I hope it does not make any trouble.
Here you can take a look at file list, it DOES NOT LOOK like a fake. I don't know what's going on! File list via Stefano.

What's going on? Is it true?
Neowin reports: "It would appear that two packages are circulating on the internet, one being the source code to Windows 2000, and the other being the source code to Windows NT. At this time, it is hard to establish whether or not full code has leaked, and this will undoubtedly remain the situation until an attempt is made to compile them. Microsoft are currently unavailable for comment surrounding this leak so we have no official response from them at the time of writing."

Dave will discuss Weblogs, RSS, aggregators, OPML, content management, how we can work together, and the care and feeding of online communities.

Paschal L points to an SMTP/POP3/IMAP4/WebMail server for Windows based on .NET Framework. But I still like Mail Enable Standard which is free too.

I installed patches of Microsoft Windows 2003 Server last night on our server and after rebooting, yes it still needs reboot even if you install it on Windows 2003 Server, everything in Second News just went wrong and after two hours of working hard and making backup of everything and making some changes, we got it used. Whatever it was, the problem was from that Microsoft JET patch. If you had same experience, let us know too!

IHT: "As Iran's traditionalists and modernists continue their political struggle, the government, faced with growing demand for mobile phone service and an unreliable, overburdened state-run network, is moving ahead with a plan to hand control of a second network to one of five foreign-led consortiums that have made a short list of bidders."

It is finally out, ASP.NET Resource Kit.
"This resource kit is designed to provide both new and experienced ASP.NET developers with valuable resources for working with ASP.NET. The information on the ASP.NET Resource Kit CD is organized by common development task: Web application programming, mobile device programming, data access, and Web services. Each of these major categories is further organized by several common subcategories, including Conceptual Overviews, Code Samples, Step-by-Step Walkthroughs and Quick Start Tutorials, Training and Certification, Best Practices Sample Applications, Recommended Reading, and Sample Book Chapters. In addition, Microsoft has partnerd with several companies to offer special discounts and free resources on this CD, including free ASP.NET controls, $10/month ASP.NET web hosting, discounted ASP.NET training and more."
Will take time downloading it, but worth it!

Lockergnome: “The standalone Mozilla Firebird browser has been renamed to Firefox and received an upgrade to version 0.8. This latest release features a new download manager, bookmarks enhancements, better support for extensions and several thousand other improvements. Windows users can benefit from a new installer, while Mac OS X users will enjoy the new Aqua-style theme, Kevin Gerich and Stephen Horlander’s Pinstripe.”

BBC: "An Iranian plane has crashed near Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates killing at least 35 people. The Kish Airlines flight was coming in to land after a flight from the Iranian Gulf island of Kish at about 1100 local time (0700 GMT). Local media reports say that at least two people survived the crash."

What is it?

The URL Investigator will return a page full of information about a specific URL including the following:
Who owns the domain
What language the site is written in
The size of the page
The date it was last updated
A list of subdomains
How many pages link to that URL
How many pages are indexed from the given domain
A link to see how the site looked in the past
Via Simon Willison.

How to turn the shutdown tracker off in Windows 2003 Server?

Open Group Policy.
Navigate to:
Local Computer Policy
Computer Configuration
Administrative Templates
System
Display Shutdown Event Tracker policy, and double-click it.
On the Setting tab, click Not Configured, Enabled, or Disabled.
Click Apply, and then click OK.
Via Andrew Stevenson.

BBC: "Prince Charles has arrived in Iran to visit the city of Bam, which was devastated by an earthquake last year. The trip marks the first visit to Iran by a British royal since Prince Philip and Princess Anne arrived 33 years."

We have been using Gemini for a term and it has been a nice software for online issue, task and defect tracking based on .NET. Plus point is it's multi project support and looks really nice. Countersoft last night annouced release of Gemini v1.5. But they have limited it to internal use only for it's free license, so I am going to stick to it's old version. Also they have very good support, although it is free, they solved my problem via email within less than half a day.

According to what ParsOnline said, they should start offering services in some areas of Tehran this week. Neda is also offering service for 690,000 Rials (around $90) in one area for 64-256kbps shared service.

Second News: "TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (Mehr News Agency) –- Iranian officials have finally reached an agreement about holding the seventh parliamentary elections on time. It appears that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei settled the conflict on Wednesday when he said that the elections should be held on February 20 as scheduled. The two sides then agreed to make strenuous efforts to prepare for the upcoming election." Read More . . .
More election news? http://www.secondnews.com/farsi/iran/election.htm

Jesse Ezell is showing us a new future in .NET Weblogs Archive as Top Blogs for Term. But I couldn't get it used, I think it is down right now. I hope it comes up and we use this great service.

If you, like most of those who disabled, are looking for a way to re-enable the user:pass functionality in IE, try Cumps David procedure.

Scott explains how .Text get trackbacks used. I still haven't got time to upgrade my .Text!

MyDoom (A, B) Worm Removal Tool for Windows XP and Windows 2000 and be obtained from Microsoft.com.

The competition in entry-level consumer PDAs is hot and heavy, which may be why Toshiba has tried to aim its Pocket PC e405 ($300 street) more at business professionals who value portability and handheld power over the lowest price. This model costs the same as the e400, but includes ArcSoft's PhotoBase software for editing and managing digital images. Read More . . .

An article from MSNBC, Ten Technologies That Deserve to Die. Via Early Adopter Weblog.

Another books from Cisco Press. "802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals". More on WiFiNetNews.

"In looking to install my .NET program on a Windows 98 or ME platform and even the newer XP and 2000 versions, I ran into several difficulties. There are several requirements to running a .NET program. The first is that the .NET framework needs to be installed prior to installing your program. The second problem is that the requirements for a .NET program are that IE 5.01 be installed. Windows 98 comes with IE 4.01 and Windows 98 SE comes with 5.0. And all installer files created by VS use the newer Microsoft Installer (version 2.0). I found the Microsoft setup program to be useful but not enough. So I set out to update the program. Little did I know that I had to dredge up my old Win API skills." Read More . . .
Via Stefano Demiliani.

Damn Small Linux is a 50MB bootable Linux distribution which can be booted from CD. Via Stefano Demilinani.

Scott Mitchell shows us how to protect .mdb files using Http Handlers.

The Googlers are doing a great job and they deserve these titles.
BBC: "Google tops a poll of branding professionals for a second year, closely followed by Apple and Mini cars."

Great news, Oracle has dropped it's entery level price of 10g DBMS to $5000 per processor. That's great. Via Brubaker, Ken.

.netWire: "The Microsoft .NET Framework is not just about Windows Forms and Web services. This article discusses the simplest kind of Framework-based applicationthe console appalong with the frequently overlooked constructs of standard input/output and the pipe. When designed carefully, console applications offer a surprisingly powerful way of solving complex programming problems."

Can I ask this Mr. Jalali, whose job seems talking rather than anything else, why should there be an organization or what ever you call it to posses ICT/IT industry of Iran?

Read the story yourself here.
"On the 3rd of February 2004, this page (or rather the page that was here) was swamped by requests and the server subsequentially failed. The reason was traced to Google introducing a fractal looking logo (see below), which when clicked, performed an image search for "julia" and "fractal". The two most interesting resulting images on the top row of the list were on this page (or rather the page that was here)."

Lockergnome gives an answer to our daily question, what is that port?

You can read all the latest news about Fajr Festival via Second News on http://www.secondnews.com/farsi/iran/culture.htm

Some photos from Google's new look. Via Google Weblog.

You can have a spyware-free Real Player in the way Boin Boing Blog teaches you.

Reuters: "TEHRAN (Reuters) - More than 100 Iranian reformist MPs submitted their resignations on Sunday in protest over a hard-line watchdog's decision to disqualify hundreds of reformist candidates from parliamentary elections on February 20."

Russell Pooley has created a Mobile RSS Feed Reader. You might use it!

Oddur Mangnusson shows us how to deploy Web Services behind proxies. I will we will need to do the same from now and on.