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After a long day and night of coding, I released version 0.8.0.0 of my Flickr Metadata Synchr tool on CodePlex this morning. I finally solved the long-standing problem I was having with the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) to update metadata. So this is the first fully-functional release of my application...
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PDC07 has been postponed indefinitely. Dennis already warned me just before MIX07 that Microsoft wouldn't have anything to announce at the PDC after the MIX conference. No new date for a PDC has been given, yet Microsoft already announced the date for MIX08 ! It will be held March 5-7, 2008 in Las...
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The situation I am currently working on version 0.6.0.0 of my Flickr Metadata Synchr tool. The goals for my open source project on CodePlex are described on the Flickr Metadata Synchr wiki page and you can always find the latest status there. At the moment the latest public release is version 0.5.5.0...
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[ Update 2007-02-24 : My Flickr Metadata Synchr project is now live on CodePlex . I will keep the Wiki page on CodePlex updated and will not further update this blog post. If you are interested in the progress, you can subscribe to the Flickr Metadata Synchr project's RSS feed .] I blogged previously...
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I know that Microsoft does not support and recommends against installing XNA Game Studio Express on Windows Vista. But this free (as in $0) product, that was released today (*), is too cool to skip. Since I only have Windows Vista installed on my machine I had to give it a try anyway. XNA is a .NET based...
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Tim Sneath has a more complete list of all Windows Vista RC1 and .NET Framework 3.0 related downloads than I had . For your convenience I have copied his list: Windows Vista RC1 (Customer Preview Program, MSDN and TechNet Subscribers) .NET Framework 3.0 RC1 Windows SDK RC1 Visual Studio "Orcas" Extensions...
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The release of Windows Vista Beta 2 was indeed imminent . The beta 2 wave has hit! Microsoft simultaneously released the beta 2 of Windows Vista, "Longhorn" Server, WinFX and Office 2007. Build 5384 of Windows Vista and "Longhorn" Server can be downloaded if you have an MSDN Subscription...
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Today I went to Day 1 of the Microsoft Developer Days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. One of the keynote speakers was Rafal Lukawiecki. He is a highly rated speaker at events like TechEd. I have attended previous sessions by Rafal and was generally impressed with his presentation skills and the content...
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eWeek runs a story with the title " Why Windows Vista will suck ". It links to the full story by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on DesktopLinux.com . Although I have my fair share of criticism of Windows Vista , this story is very biased and sometimes plain wrong. For instance, it states If you...
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I am currently running Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Version 6.0 build 5308 on my home PC. This is a dual boot installation with my old Windows XP Professional so I have something to fall back on. There has definitely been a lot of progress since I installed Beta 1 back in July 2005 . But I cannot help...
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As you may have noticed I have been pretty quiet on the blogging front during this PDC. There are a couple of reasons for this: There are so many interesting sessions here, including lunch sessions, that it is very hard to find the time to blog if you can't or won't blog during sessions. The program...
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Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as the first OS capable of rendering a good UI at high DPI (DPI =dots per inch). Avalon (*) and the new Desktop Window Manager will make that possible : "For example, Windows Presentation Foundation's vector-based rendering engine enables applications to scale...
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After further exploring Windows Vista it turns out that are some more components than just ASP.NET 2.0 that use managed code . The visuals of the new Event Viewer looked a bit funny and the UI performed sluggishly. Here's a screenshot of the new Event Viewer: This new Event Viewer has gained quite a...
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Microsoft retracted the faulty setup of the WinFX SDK and replaced it with a new version . This version installed without a glitch on Windows Vista Beta 1. I also installed the just released beta 1 of the ATI drivers for Windows Vista to get the best possible graphics experience. The Aero Glass theme...
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After the install of the WinFX SDK failed I tried to install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 on Windows Vista. The first attempt was unsuccesful because the MSXML 6.0 Parser could not be installed. I remembered seeing an msxml folder on the Windows Vista DVD. It also contains an installer for MSXML6. Its location...