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ReactionGrid is a virtual world startup based on OpenSimulator technology.  I recently drove down to Fort Pierce, Florida to talk to Robin and Kyle Gomboy, two of the three owers of ReactionGrid, about virtual worlds and how the the idea of using virtual worlds changes when then…

SQL Server Profiler is a tool every developer should have in their repertoire. With the use of frameworks and abstractions, we often lose sight of what is actually hitting the database, and there’s no better way to get that information than SQL Server Profiler. It has a few knobs and dials that…

Once the initial allure of the cool graphics and animation capabilities of Silverlight has passed, you’ll probably say to yourself, "Hey, my app needs data too!" Well, this session delivers on that – not once, not twice, but thrice! We’ll look at accessing remote data services from…

This is an impromptu look at Windows 7 Touch Capabilities.  During the Lauderdale MSDN Roadshow (aka .NET Tiki Hut) we needed a way to showcase the HP TouchSmart to a large crowd.  But the TouchSmart had to VGA out.  So we shot an 'over the shoulder video'.   Professional…

One of the highlights of the Big Room floor at PDC 09 was an Azure IT PAC (Pre-assembled container), the unit of deployment within the Azure Data Centers.  This particular model is the newest, Generation 4, and built to be deployed outside (versus the indoor models used in the Chicago…

This screencast with Chris Bowen is an overview of writing parallel code using the new classes and features available in .NET Framework 4 and the tools in Visual Studio 2010.  Based on a session given for the Northeast Roadshow, this walks through the basics of parallel…

In this second of a series on what developers should know about SQL Server, Jim takes a brief look at SQL Injection attacks, how they occur and what types of things you can do (as well as things you shouldn’t do!) to eliminate your susceptibility to them. Also mentioned are a number of third-party…

Microsoft is all about options, and there's no shortage of options when it comes to data access!  You've got ADO.NET DataSets and DataReaders, LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services just to name a few.  Each of these technologies can be used - and abused - depending on…

It’s rare that a developer doesn’t need some familiarity with the database his or her applications are targeting, so this session (divided in to five parts) provides a bit of insight into features of SQL Server 2008 (and 2005) that they should be aware of when building .NET applications. The…

Kevin Wolf of Tampa, FL has published an innovative Casual Game framework to codeplex named WiMo-GF.  WiMo-GF allows a developer to target Zune, Silverlight, and Windows Mobile 5.0 to 6.5 with a single codebase.  The framework encapsulates multitouch, accelerometer, and ships with…