Visual Studio 2010 is the latest version of Microsoft’s IDE which has a new improved UI build using WPF, tools for Windows 7 and SharePoint 2010, drag and drop bindings for Silverlight and WPF, parallel programming support and the inclusion of Dynamic Language Runtime for programming with scripting languages. The release of Visual Studio...
IMDb is an online movie central where you can find information on probably all the movies ever made plus TV shows, actors and even video games. Its an excellent place to visit to read a review and look at trailors or even just when you’re looking for a new movie to watch. I’ve used Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for many years now and...
Office 2010 Beta and Office Web Apps have finally been released to the public. While they’re not yet online ( still! ) at the new Office portal, you can download them from Microsoft Download Center ( links given below ).
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Office 2010 Beta has been released for MSDN and TechNet users along with Office Web Applications. Office 2010 Beta is available as only Professional Plus SKU (32 bit and 64 bit variants) while Office Web Apps are available in x64 variant only for self hosting in corporate environments.
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The public beta for Microsoft Office 2010 must be very near because Microsoft has put up the download pages for the betas on the new Office portal. From the information on the download page, it seems that Office 2010 Beta will be available in 3 SKUs, first being Office Home and Business 2010 beta, while the second one will be the Office Professional...
Microsoft has just made available new games for the Zune HD. These aren’t the same old simple games that were launched with the Zune HD, but make full use of the power of Nvidia Tegra. A welcome addition to the Zune HD gaming catalogue are Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition as well as Vans Sk8: Pool Service and Audiosurf. Hopefully,...
Finally something new for the Zune HD, just when I thought that they had lost momentum. A new firmware update, version 4.3 for the Zune HD, brings support for upcoming games and apps, improved browsing as well as text input along with many additions and bug fixes.
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Microsoft CodePlex has just released BingPaper. BingPaper is a small, simple and useful application that downloads the current Bing Image and sets it as your wallpaper. With BingPaper, gone are the days where you were required to right click on a particular Bing Image, save it and then set it as your desktop background.
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A lot of people came to this blog in search of themes for Windows 7 in the early days. I still get a lot of requests for customs themes but it’s difficult to get much time for new ones. Therefore, to honor the Windows 7 launch, I’ve created a list of 96 themes created by me and my friends as well as official ones by Microsoft for the...
Here’s another new game for the Zune HD, which has been created thanks to C# and XNA Studio 3.1, called Fifteen. It’s hard for me to judge how this game is supposed to be played, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the ones that are already available for Zune HD via the store or even the simple ones in the App Store. The developer says he...
