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Parallel Processing
16 September 2007 in Microsoft & Programming | Comments (2)

The October 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine was recently released and can be downloaded at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/10/default.aspx.

This edition seems to be focused on Parallel processing, a subject well spread around the web this days. Pooled Threads, WPF Threads, Parallel LINQ, Parallel Performance, etc.

The one article I find special interesting is the Parallel Processing: Optimize Managed Code For Multi-Core Machines. Introduces the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and shows some simple ways to real improve .NET code for multi-core systems, without to much change in the code.

There’s also another article focused on WPF, explaining how to easily use the UI thread and the Dispatcher to build a more responsive application.

Its a good read, if you’re interested.

Silverlight 1.0 RTM
5 September 2007 in Microsoft & Programming & WebDev | Comments (0)

Scott Guthrie finally announces the official release of Silverlight 1.0 on RTM stage. This is still the first version, and I looking for to working with the next (1.1) version with .NET languages support, besides the already supported javascript.

Also, they finally made an official partnership with Novell to bring its Moonlight as the official Linux Silverlight version. Miguel de Icaza and his team has done a fantastic job with their implementation.

Read more on Scott’s blog

Microsoft Web Experience DVD Released
21 August 2007 in Microsoft & Programming | Comments (0)

The new ”Microsoft Web Experience DVD” got released.

It comes with a bunch of development resources, a Expression Studio trial on Virtual PC and some Expression training material. For more information check this post.

XNA Game Studio 2.0 just released
14 August 2007 in Microsoft | Comments (0)

The new version of Microsoft XNA Game Studio just got announced at the XNA Gamerfest 2007. The new 2.0 version comes with new multiplayer support (over Xbox LIVE), better audio editor, support for all VS.NET versions, and several others tweaks and features.

The download should be publicly available soon.

Webcast: Securing .NET code
10 August 2007 in Microsoft & Security | Comments (0)

MSP Mark Rasmussen has made avaiable a webcast about Securing .NET code.