Major Nelson, the mac daddy of XBox Live, gives me a sneak peek at the new Xbox 360 dashboard update.  From queued downloads to streamed music to the new Xbox Live Vision cameras. This is your one stop shop.By the way, when you hear "released today" in the video... umm...…

In August 2004 I wrote a presentation called Patterns for SOA that would change my life – really! Since that time I have delivered this talk about 15 times in various locations from San Francisco to Amsterdam to Bangkok and many others. In spite of this I never really knew if this presentation…

The New York Times has an interesting article today (registration required I believe) on students who attend college without a high school diploma or GED. Apparently more and more colleges are accepting such students into degree programs.This brings up several concerns. One is about the meaning of a…

MSN R&Dセンターの陳さんにより、Windows Live Localの概要と日本での取り組みについてお届けします。Windows Live Localとは、マイクロソフトが１０数年携わってきている地図の技術を応用し、Webプラットフォームに新しい地域情報サービスを提供しようと開発しているものです。まだ、日本向けのWindows Live Localは公開されていませんが、日本のプロダクトマネージャの視点から、Windows Live…

Building on concepts from his previous screencast, Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelist Marc Schweigert demonstrates more AJAX enabling capabilities of ASP.NET "Atlas."  You'll see how to AJAX enable ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts with a few simple steps. The…

InfoWorld has an interesting article about the intersection of IT education and business education. Which raises the question: what is the proper education for a CIO? It also raises the follow-on question: once they have the formal education, what's the idea path that someone should follow…

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 introduces a new innovation named Content Types that allows users and developers to create reusable definitions for an item in a list or a document within a document library. This tutorial demonstrates how to create user-defined content types using inheritance and…

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 introduces a new innovation named Site Columns that allows users and developers to create standalone field types that can be reused across lists and document libraries. This tutorial demonstrates how to create and reuse site columns across the sites within a site…

While Tina found solace in a greasy cheeseburger, I spent the day playing with all the cool toys and hardware down in Kentia Hall at E3 06. From chairs to fight sims to brain wave monitors, watch todays show to find out how to enhance your gaming experience.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 introduces powerful new integration with ASP.NET Master Pages that makes it easier than ever to customize and brand Windows SharePoint Services sites. This tutorial explains the difference between page templates and page instances and shows you how to customize…