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Microsoft Acquires Winternals (a.k.a SysInternals) Software
This is *huge* news. Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software Company appoints operating systems kernel expert Mark Russinovich as technical fellow. If you don't know how valuable SysInternals tools are - it's time to…
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Could JaJah be the next Skype Killer? Almost
If only you were able to initiate calls *without* a real phone, I think it would. To start, www.JaJah.com - an Israeli startup company has had this product for about a year now. What it does is allow you to call free…
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Understanding the different generic collections in .NET (List<T>, BindingList<T>, Collection<T>)
An innocent question came up in one fo the mailing lists I subscribe to. It was about when would you want to derive from the various generic collections in the framework. That also prompted another discussion about the…
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Does your desktop look cool/geeky these days? You could win some prizes.
There are some seriously cool desktops being posted over at Http://desktops.osherove.com How about you get over there and submit your cool, amazingly geeky desktop?
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Solution: Using Source Server with Team System Source Control
Microsoft source server Source Server is coolness. If you don’t want to read further - This script adds Team System Source Control Support to Source Server. Microsoft source server is part of the Debugging Tools For…
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See you at Tech-Ed Europe!
The guys at Tech-Ed Europe are very impressive when it comes to managing the show. As early as now they have a speaker site up with a complete speaker application online that helps manage the massive amounts of data…
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Solution: Using Source Server with Team System Source Control
If you just want to go to the site: Go here: http://SourceServer.Osherove.Com . A team I work with needed Source Server usage support for Team System. Unfortunately, this is just about the only place online that really…
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Some updates about the desktop screenshot contest
Some updates about the desktop screenshot contest : You can now simply send an email with your screenshot without having to register on the site We have judges! Mike Gunderloy Scott Hanselman Carl Franklin Yours truly…
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Geek Desktop Contest Announced
It's time for another Geek Desktop Contest (last one was 3 years ago!). Just head on over to http://Desktops.Osherove.com , register, and upload a screenshot of your desktop. Contest closes on august 31st 2006, and the…
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Make IE and FireFox go faster than ever
FireFox is cool - but it's *very* slow. So is IE. There are ways to make both of them run faster, fortunately. If you want to make IE go faster - Go here . If you want to make FireFox go faster, follow these steps: Type…
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TestDriven.NET - Pro and Enterprise editions announced
Jamie Cansdale announced that he's coming out with a pro and enterprise commercial versions of TestDriven.NET (yes- it costs money now). Read the full thing here , but to answer the most important question for a lot of…
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Screencasts on developing for Windows Mobile 5.0
Rory seems to have put up actual technical content on his blog and on channel 9 , and it looks spiffy. If you're interested in developing for windows mobile 5.0 , check out these posts: Here Here And Here
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Attack of the high and mighty forum reply (or: can't you just answer a simple question?)
Careful – major rant! I was having a question from one of clients about something they are dealing with. I know the app, I know the design and the problem was something I didn’t know how to solve (technical problem with…
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Solution to: "Cannot add diagram to SQL Server 2005 DB: Database diagram support objects cannot be installed because this database does not have a valid owner."
I found the answer in this post via Larkware . There are some other alternatives over here . I came accross this problem a couple of times but never had the chance to delve too much into it. Next time I'll know what to…
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More Interesting Podcasts about technology
After my post about QAPodcast.com and other podcasts (which actually isn't that great after listening to a couple of shows, sorry), I got some nice referrals to other podcasts in the comments. Here they are: Brian…
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TypeMock 3.5 is out - and it's powerful!
The wizards at TypeMock.com have released a brand new version of TypeMock - one of the coolest Mocking frameorks you've never heard of - and it's a shame you hadn't. (if you're new to this product , look at the bottom…
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Introducing Regulazy: Point & Click Regular Expression
Regulazy is an attempt to build a small “Expert System” for creating .NET Regular Expressions. It lets the user create an expression based on a real life example of text they would like to parse. As the user interacts…
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Interesting podcast: QAPodcast.com
I was looking for some more interesting podcasts to listen to while I do my nightly walk. I already listen quite regularly to : .NET Rocks HanselMinutes ITConversations (though there haven't been many intersting ones…
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MVPs go karting
Yesterday we had an MVP-Event - a local go-Kart tournament. I've previously written how great it would be to have this thing (not just for MVPs) on a monthly or bi monthly basis, but there was little response. So, here…
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See you at Agile Israel today!
Don't forget that today we meet at Agile Israel. Complete details found here . The two topics are: Feature Driven Development and part II is Designing for Testability . We'll also be giving away two cool Agile related…
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NSPec - The evolution of unit tests into behavior description?
Get ready for another naming storm. This time it's going to be "Behavior Driven Development". The most important thing coming out of the BDD "movement" thee days is NSpec - a framework and specification for writing…
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ORMappers.Com is open for business (sort of)
As promised, here's a portal I made dedicated to Object Relational Mapping Tools , Technologies and reviews. http://about.ormappers.com/ The site is currently very thin with information, but that's why it's a community…
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Should I set up an OR Mapping Related web portal?
Update: The site is now live, and waiting for your shared knowledge to be written into it! Check it out: www.ORMappers.Com I'm In the process of creating a site that will deal with ORMappers (of all technologies). This…
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Four cool books to give away at today's C# user group
If you're planning on showing up today to the Israeli C# User Group meeting (Wednesday) be prepared for a great raffle I'm planning in the end. I try to make it a habit to bring along cool books to presentations I host.…
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Free Sharepoint 2007 Book Download
If you're into that kind of thing, Eli says there's a free book download about SharePoint 2007. Download the PDF directly from here . Eli says: "Future or current SharePoint developers should at least flip through the…
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Procedure for Installing Team System
The first time I Installed Team System, it took about a day. I had to learn all this stuff the hard way, and the docs were just too darn "wordy". So I made a small log file of what I had to do before I could install…
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MSBuild SideKick - Fixed to use with Team Build
Update : Downloading the latest version of hte Sidekick tool fixes the problem mentioned here. See this comment from Matan: "Please download the latest version of the MSBuild Sidekick - that should take care of the…
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A Simple Version Control Strategy Using Team System
To Skip this Intro, read the full article here: A Simple Version Control Strategy Using Team System I was recently asked by a client who I'm helping to integrate Team System, to create a strategy for the organization…
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A Simple Version Control Strategy Using Team System
Parts of this article are compiled from http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vs05teamsys.asp?frame=true Update : Added questions about sstoring third party components, sharing project output internally…
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This week at the C# User group - Hardcore ASP.NET 2.0 [Dan Amiga]
I'll be hosting the meeting of the Israel Visual C#/C++ User's group this week due to scheduling problems on part of the original hosts of the group, Shai Bar Lev and Moshe Raab. So what's the meeting about? Read the…