Microsoft Silverlight has been on a roll! If you thought Beijing Olympics was the last sport for Microsoft’s challenger to the popular Adobe Flash, you were wrong. With just 36 days to go for the first ever Formula 1 race under lights in Singapore, Singtel has launched a Silverlight based "SingTel Grid Girls [...]
Reports are always one of a compulsory requirements of any IT or non-IT solution. In this example we will experience how to integrate crystal report in a WPF Application.
I am using a database here to fetch some record in order to display on my report ofcourse you can use any other source. For reference [...]
I think storing images in a database can save a developer loads of time and can ease his life while dealing with visuals, either creating a local application or a web application. Think of storing your images of a certain web application in a database instead in a directory exits somewhere in a cloud which [...]
If you saw the Touch Wall demonstration by Bill Gates, you would have noticed the cool and fluent interactive interface that Touch Wall had. He used it to browse through many PowerPoint presentations on the fly, along with panning and zooming. The pptPlex plugin available for download by Microsoft Office Labs lets you do that on in Microsoft PowerPoint now. It’s used by a mouse and not a touch interface though, but th[...]
A few days ago I wrote about the possibility of Microsoft making Windows Dancer available as Ultimate Extras for Windows Vista Ultimate users. After doing some research, I found out a way to have Windows Dancer and yes it works(not fully) under Windows Vista.
Windows Dancer was essentially a part of Microsoft Plus! Digital [...]
Windows Ultimate Extras has altogether been a real sorry story from Microsoft. Many of us Windows Vista Ultimate users feel like having been ripped off our money for Ultimate Extras which promised a lot but delivered very little.
Before shifting full time to Windows Vista in late 2006, I used to have Windows XP [...]
Microsoft is going a step further with their Live Search cashback offer. They are doubling the rewards just in time as part of their back to school deal.
Here is an excerpt from Microsoft PressPass:
For a limited time starting today, Microsoft is offering big savings to consumers, in some cases up to double the cashback rewards [...]
MSN/Windows Live team has silently updated their Silverlight based toolbar for Internet Explorer.
The new version is:
MSN Toolbar: 3.0.426.0
Application Version: 3.0.0619.0
With just three days left in Olympic games to start, this new version with Olympics tab is going to keep us all updated with what's going on in & around the[...]
Corresponding with Microsoft’s Power Pack 1 release, HP released a software update for the HP MediaSmart Server which delivers enhanced media streaming capability like PacketVideo, server-side anti-virus protection from McAfee and prepares the HP MediaSmart Server for compatibility with 64-bit operating systems. This software update is available via an automatic update, [...]
Woohoooo.. that was quick. I placed my order of 120-days free evaluation DVDs from Microsoft on 22nd July 2008 and guess what? Today morning I received a packet from DHL containing my Windows Home Server Evaluation copy much before my actual shipping date which was 19th August 2008.
The Pack includes:
Windows Home Server Installation DVD
Windows Home [...]
