August 2005 Entries

T-Mobile MDA Pro: AWESOME!

 

As MSMobiles said: "If anybody had any doubts that Windows Mobile is superior to Symbian, then T-Mobile MDA Pro Pocket PC phone will remove any such doubts."

Create Multiple Virtual Networks on VPC

 

VPC Guy describes how to create multiple virtual networks on VPC.

Microsoft to Buy Teleo

 

Now Google, Microsoft & Yahoo to implementing better Intenret Calling features in their IM softwares. Via Wallace B. McClure.

Hamed Blogging...

 

Nothing more to add, Hamed is blogging again.

Configuring ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services to Use SQL Server 2000

 

ScottGu showing us how to setup ASP.NET 2.0 Membership, Role Management and Personalization Services to use a regular SQL Server 2000 rather than SQL Express.

Universal Vista Inspirat Brico Pack v1.0

 

You may like having Vista look on your Windows XP. If so, then try this pack. Via help.net.

Interesting Maps

 

Scott just get together everything pretty nice. Take a look at his links to several interesting map sites.

Google Talk & Trillian

 

Google Talk !

 

I just got the URL from a friend and tried google.com/talk and it gave me 404. But when you try google.com/talk/index.html it works. Looks like no default document has been set ;)

What You Should Know About Zotob

 

You might have heard of Zotob in the pas days. Michael J. Murphy is blogging on Technet about it.

2 New SmartPhones by Qtek

 

Qtek has released two new MS SmartPhones both with built-in Wi-Fi and Windows Mobile 5.0. See you i-mate at GiTex! I am going to buy one of those i-mate JAMs with built-in WiFi...

System.Messaging Performance

 

Investigate the performance characteristics of .NET System.Messaging compared to the native MSMQ COM API for different messaging patterns and requirements. Get guidelines on how to create a high-performance messaging application.

PMP

 

Anyone got information on the update of PMP? Is it so different in material? Is it worth to wait for the update then take the course?

Ahmadinejad Announces Cabinet to Majlis

 

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a letter here Sunday morning announced his cabinet to the Majlis.

New Team System Stuff

 

Some nice links to new stuffs of VSTS from Rob Caron.

DasBlog v1.8 Gold

 

Ajax.NET Source Code

 

Microsoft Project & UML

 

Unfortunately what Steve Hebert is saying about Project & UML is absolutely true.

Call Assistant 1.0.0 for SmartPhone Released

 

Call Assistant is assisting your while you are busy. It is running on your device and if you activate it, it is waiting for incoming calls and is then automatically sending an SMS to the caller with a defined text like "I am in a meeting, please try later"

SAMSUNG i730

 

SAMSUNG i730 is pretty nice in my opinion. Good looking and nice features. This makes me to think twice before buying a new phone from i-mate...

Using Multiple Server Forms in ASP.NET

 

Have you ever wanted to use multiple Web Forms in ASP.NET? If so, then you may use WilsonWebForm.

Speeding Up ASP.NET Pages

 

David Hayden tips on how to speed up your ASP.NET pages.

AJAX and Search Engine Problem

 

If you want to find a solution for solving search engine issues with AJAX, take a look at Ajax.NET Blog.

Limited Edition i-mate JAM Goes on Sale

 

HTC is selling it's new Limited Edition of i-mate JAM. It looks nice, but am not sure to get this or PDA2.
I wish there was a PDA in size of my SmartPhone; The only one around is JAM which the new one looks promising to me.

IF NO EXISTS vs @@ROWCOUNT

 

John Papa giving an example on why not to use @@ROWCOUNT instead of IF NO EXISTS in T-SQL.

SyncToy v1.0 Beta

 

Microsoft's way to sync folders and file across computers.
The SyncToy reminded me of what The Planet was offering us for Disk-to-Disk data protection. It is called DiskSync. Do you use such softwares on your servers? If so, then which one you suggest most; Because as you may all know, MS Backup is not the one you may rely on...

Tabbed Browing with MSN Toolbar

 

The new version of MSN Toolbar is featuring tabbed browsing using IE. This is what I like most about Maxthon, but in my opinion Maxthon is not that stable as I wanted and I may have to uninstall it and use this MSN Toolbar instead. Via Scott Van Vilet.

ASP.NET Development Helper

 

ASP.NET Development Helper is a utility for ASP.NET page and control developers that plugs into Internet Explorer. It allows viewing information about the current page such as view state and trace, perform some operations on the server in the context of the running application to aid testing, and also allows monitoring requests and responses for diagnostic scenarios.

Rich ASP.NET Applications

 

Some small tips to remember while you are developing rich ASP.NET applications.