Beta

In diesem Screencast wird die neue Klasse Task der Task Parallel Library vom kommenden .NET Framework 4.0 vorgestellt. Der Screencast basiert auf der Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 und demzufolge kann sich die API ändern. Viel Spaß beim reinschauen, Dariusz

In diesem ersten Teil unserer Silverlight3-Serie "Druckbetankung - Die Show" geht es um Grundsätzliches, von den Voraussetzungen für Silverlight 3, über die Installation zu der Vorstellung der neuen Features. Ausserdem installieren und zeigen wir ein paar Details der Blend…

Alles was sie über Windows 7 wissen wollten ... Naja zumindest mal einige Features, dafür aber so leicht erklärt, dass sogar ihre Kinder es verstehen!

So, Silverlight 3 was released for public beta today, during Scott Guthrie’s keynote at MIX. There will be an on-demand version of it later on at Visitmix.com. There’s tons of info flowing around today, so I’m just going to focus on the media-related news that came out today. I’ll be posting a lot…

Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developers Preview is software that runs on your Windows Mobile 5 or 6 device that lets you use your phone as a Bluetooth SideShow-compatible device. With SideShow, you can access info on your PC and control some of your computer’s functions. You can check your…

A post on Nick MacKechnie's blog reminds us that the public beta of IE8 is just around the corner - third quarter of 2008 to be exact. When this happens, there will be tons of new users trying out the browser for the first time. Thanks to popular demand, IE8 switches on the standards-compliant mode…

Last week, the startup Xobni launched their public beta, so now everyone can get their hands on the Outlook plugin that turns your inbox into a social network. Xobni (that's "inbox" backwards!), taps into the hidden social network you spend time with every day: your inbox. The plugin runs…

A new web site called Office Labs has just gone live. Here, you will find all sorts of projects, prototypes, proof-of-concepts, downloads, and more, all of which are centered around productivity. The site features tools for the Microsoft Office system and SharePoint, too. To get the launch started…

The Microsoft Speech team just announced the introduction of a new Windows Speech Recognition Macros tool (WSRMacros) which lets you create macros that are triggered by spoken commands. Macros can record a series of actions on your computer, which can be as simple as entering in your mailing…

MapCruncher is a Microsoft Research project which uses the Virtual Earth API to import entire supplemental maps into Virtual Earth. By supplemental maps, they mean any drawn-to-scale maps you can find, be they bicycle maps, transit maps, national park maps, university maps, or antique city maps,…