What piece of software is used in Windows, Office, MySQL, and many other places? The Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset. But even better, did you know it's open source? And, did you know that it is developed by an all-volunteer team. It's developed after hours, come along and meet the team and…

Several years ago I climbed a high mountain to meet a guru atop. He promised that if I would spend months studying his ways that one day I too would become a threading master. I would learn the ways of threads, thread pools, the mutex, the semaphore and lock. I would one day learn to avoid the…

Today I had the opportunity to go down to Microsoft Studios where 10 is shot and edited. Laura, Tina and the crew were doing their thing shooting next weeks videos and let me hang out for a while.  I brought along my camera and got you all some behind the scenes shots. Enjoy!…

So we know that advances in technology affects things like modern medicine, the military and of course computers. But I've often wondered what kind of progress has been made with high quality stereo equipment. Is a nice sub woofer still the size of a jet-ski? Well, car enthusiasts, I hope you enjoy…

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Martyn Lovell is very passionate about C++. He is also leads the C++ library development team. With VC++ 2005 they've introduced Safe CRT, which provides several safe(r) methods to replace the typically unsafe C-style method patterns. Very cool stuff that …

Ok - tell the truth for a moment... If you are shopping at you find an item where the price is just a little a less than the one next to it you buy it right? Well, maybe you don't but I do. I love getting a great deal on the thing I buy and manufacturers know this. They are in one of the most…

Office 12 presents Kate Wolf in Episode II “The Ribbon Bar”. Can the UI nirvana be found at the Food Court? Join Kate as she discovers the power of results oriented contextual extensibility that only Office 12 can bring. And pass the Kool-Aid.

When Kate Wolf, B-Town's ace detective, runs into an old flame, she promises to find out why his fiancé is spending so many late nights at work. Is the fiancé’s lack of Office 12 causing document versioning issues? Can Kate Wolf make a successful Office 12 intervention? Can you handle... One…

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