Step by Step Mango Beta Developer Update Guide for Windows Phone 7 by Ben Lowe
Ben Lowe in his blog ” Trilabs” writes about the step by step developer guide for updating to Mango for Windows Phone Developers . Ben mentions about the following update process importance of taking backup who can get the update Another backup tool for Windows Phone 7 Installing Beta 2 [...]
Categories: Others, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Developer Device, Mango, Update, Windows Phone
Install Mango Beta Update on your Windows Phone Retail Device
Just found this forum thread in XDA developers where files necessary to update your Windows Phone to Windows Phone Mango Beta have been uploaded . There is also a pdf file that provides instruction on how to install . To be frank , i am staying away from it . [...]
Categories: Windows Phone 7, WP News Tags: Developer, Device, Mango, retail, Update, Windows Phone
IE10 Platform Preview 2 is now available for download
Recently, Microsoft had announced the release of the Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2, which includes the same rendering engine of Windows 8. The Internet Explorer Platform Preview Guide for Developers can be found here The Developers can now start working with site ready HTML5 technologies for building more beautiful [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: IE10, platform, Preview
WordPress 3.1.4 is available for download
WordPress 3.1.4 is now available for download . This is a maintenance and security update for all the previous versions . This release also fixes an issue on the malicious Editor level use for gaining site access . You can download the WordPress 3.1.4 here Alternatively you can update your [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: announcement, installation, Wordpress
Yahoo Messenger 11 is now available for Download
Yahoo has released the Yahoo Messenger 11 today which can be downloaded here. Few things that you can expect in Yahoo Messenger 11 as per the Yahoo Messenger Blog are Invite your friend to play a game Keep up with friends wherever they are Post one status to multiple social [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: Messenger, Yahoo
WP7 App – Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner
Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner is a free Windows Phone App listed in the LifeStyle category . The App is published by Alleecipes.com and is a useful recipe app from one of the top food site . Each recipies featues photos , reviews from the community of home cooks . The App [...]
Categories: Windows Phone 7, WP App News Tags: Allrecipes, Marketplace, Windows Phone 7, Zune
Simple.Data 0.6.8
Mark Rendle in his Code Face Blog announce the release of Simple.Data 0.6.8 Library . The Simple.Data 0.68 provides the following capabilities Join between tables Support for Self Join Join where there is no referential integrity in database Know more about the annoouncement here
Categories: Dotnet Tags: codeface, Simple Data, Visual Studio
Fix for Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 for blurred fonts
Microsoft has released a fix for the font rendering problem in Internet Explorer 9 . As per the article KB2545698 , “Text that is displayed in the following core fonts in Windows Internet Explorer 9 appears blurred, when you compare it to text in Windows Internet Explorer 8: ◦Arial (10-point [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: Fonts, Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft
ASP.NET MVC 3 Docs now available in nine languages
Phil Haack in his Blog announces the availability of ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools / Documentation update in nine languages ( Japanese, Korean, Chinese ,German, Spanish, French, Italian , English and Russian ) . Know more about the ASP.NET 3 document and the download links here
Categories: Dotnet Tags: ASP.NET MVC 3, Documentation, NET
WP7 App – Monster ball
Monsterball is a free Windows Phone 7 App listed in Games Category . The App is published by DPE Ukraine . Moster ball is a game where the users play volleyball with monsters. The users can play against the computer or with your friends for 2 persons . The user [...]
Categories: Windows Phone 7, WP App News Tags: App, games, Marketplace, Windows Phone 7
Say Hello to Project jQMvc
KowSheek Mahmood in his Blog “Code Trek” shares goodies that he built for MVC with JQM ( JQuery Mobile ) called Project jQMvc . jQMvc is a collection of HTML Helper extension methods that is used in building JQuery based Mobile Web Application using ASP.NET . In the post Say [...]
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 is now available
Microsoft has released the Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 which can be downloaded from Microsoft Download Center . The Service Pack contains some new updates which improves the security, performance, and stability. Additionally, the Service Pack is a roll-up of all previously released updates. You can download the Microsoft [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: 2010, Microsoft, Office, Service Pack
Interesting .NET Links – June 28 , 2011
Code refactoring with Visual Studio 2010 Part-1 – Jalpesh Reading and Writing CSV Files in C# – Jonathan Wood Windows Phone 7 (Mango) Tutorial – 20 – Know about the Accelerometer Tool – Kunal Retreive the country name in Windows Phone 7 Working with BigInteger in .NET 4.0 – Abhijith [...]
Categories: Dotnet Tags: Mango, NET, Visual Studio, Windows Phone
WP7 App – Are you an introvert or an extrovert
Are you an introvert or an extrovert is a free Windows Phone App listed under the Entertainment Category . The App is published by Movisol . Introverts are the people who tend to keep their feelings for themselves while Extroverts are more socialable and communicate what they feel to the [...]
Categories: Windows Phone 7, WP App News Tags: Marketplace, Windows Phone 7, WP7, Zune
Nancy 0.6.0
Andreas Håkansson in his blog has written about Nancy 0.6.0 which spans 220 change sets and 12 authors . Nancy 0.6.0 is a community effort which includes Bootstrapper receive attention Customizable view View Caching Razor View Support Know more about Nancy 0.6.0 here
Categories: Announcement Tags: Caching, Razor View
QFE for Visual Studio 2010 Testing Tools is now available for Download
Darshan Desai from the the Visual Studio Lab Management Blog announces the new QFE for Visual Studio 2010 testing tools . The QFE for Visual Studio 2010 testing tools has fixes for some important issues faced by the Customers and can de downloaded here The Visual Studio 2010 SP1 [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: testing tools, Visual Studio
datajs version 0.0.4 Announced
Marcelo Lopez Ruiz , ECF Data Services Team announces the release of the datajs 0.0.4 , a release that adds the supports the Reactive Extensions for JavaScript together with the extended metadata and improved cache filtering and simplified oData configuration . Marcelo Lopez Ruiz also mentions that the next planned [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: JavaScript, NET, WCF
New Windows Phone 7 Me Series Installment
Want to know how other people use their Windows Phone ? The Windows Phone Team Blog has started a new collection fo documentery style short video called Me Series which explores a day in the life of someone interesting who owns a Windows Phone . Here are 3 videos … [...]
Categories: Others, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Series, videos, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone Team
IronPython 2.7.1 Beta 1 now available for download
The IronPython Team announces the release of the first beta release of IronPython 2.7 which can be downloaded from the Codeplex site The Current Release brings has updatd the standard library to match CPython 2.7.2 and also disabled the the IronPython Tools for Visual STudio by Default . The Current [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: CodePlex, IronPython, Silverlight, Visual Studio
GPE and Window Builder Support for Eclipse Indigo (3.7)
Last Week , Google had Shipped Eclipse Indigo , an annual release of Eclipse projects . One of the interesting feature is the Embedded Window Builder Support . WindowBuilder is a popular GUI builder for Eclipse developers which is now open source and part of Indigo Know morw about the [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: Eclipse Indigo, GPE, Social Media, Window Builder
NLog 2.0 Release Candidate Released
The NLog 2.0 Release Candidate is now available for download from Codeplex site NLog is a Advanced .NET Logging Tool for .NET , SIlverlight and Windows Phone . Some of the Log Output Options included with the NLog are Files Event Log Database Network Email etc… Some of the new [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: Logging Tool, NET, NLog, release candidate, Silverlight, Windows Phone
Play Media files with the MediaPlayerLauncher in Windows Phone 7
The Windows Phone SDK provides the MediaPlayerLauncher which allows the developers to play video or music in the WP7 App . The MediaPlayerLauncher defined in the namespace “Microsoft.Phone.Tasks” will launch the Media Player and plays the Media file specified . The Media files are stored to the Isolated Storage when [...]
Categories: Dotnet, Others, Windows Phone 7 Tags: C#, MediaPlayerLauncher, Windows Phone 7
WP7 App – Animal Sounds
Animal Sound is a Windows Phone 7 App published by WindowsPhone7Apps and listed in the Games Category . Currently the App is free and the App was updated with the new version 1.1 . The App Animal Sounds is a collection of animal sounds . All that you have to [...]
Categories: Windows Phone 7, WP App News Tags: Animal SOunds, Marketplace, Windows Phone 7 App, Zune
WP7 App – Red Ants
Red Ants is a Windows Phone App published by Flame Angel in the Games category of the Marketplace . The rule of the game is straight forward and simpe “Kill the red ants and protect the green ants” . The Windows Phone 7 App – Red Ants can be downloaded [...]
Categories: Windows Phone 7, WP App News Tags: App, Marketplace, Windows Phone, Zune
Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java ( June CTP ) is now available
The Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java ( June CTP ) is now available for download CTP stands for Community Tehnical Preview . The Plugin intends to help the developers using Eclipse to create and configure deployment packages for the Java Applications on the Cloud . Some of the [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: Azure, Eclipse, Java, windows
Interesting .NET Links – June 23 , 2011
3 Incredibly Useful Projects to jump-start your Kinect Development. – Michael Crump Visual Studio 2010 Visual Experience – Richard Carr Silverlight , HTML and the WebBrowser Control for Offline Apps – Mike Taulty Sending Richly Formatted Emails with .NET – Jonathan Allen Sort Data in Windows Phone using Collection View [...]
Categories: Dotnet Tags: .NET Links, Windows Phone
Stylecop 4.5 RC8 is now available
A new version of StyleCop ( 4.5 RC8 ) is now available in the codeplex site The Current Version of the StyleCop is the StyleCop 4.5.20.0 and includes the StyleCop for ReSharper plugin and will also automatically uninstall the previous versions of the StyleCop . The Updated release also includes [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: StyleCop, Visual Studio, windows
How to disable the Splash Screen in Microsoft Word 2010 ?
When you start the Word 2010 , you will see a cool startup splash screen . Its good looking and harmless splash screen but it does take few seconds before the Word is launched . You can disable the splash screen with the help of the switch “/q” . Just [...]
Categories: MS Office, Tools, Word Tags: Microsoft Word 2010, Office 2010, tips
ReSharper 6 Beta 3 Released
The JetBrains Team has announced their 3rd Beta Release of ReSharper 6 based on the feedback from previous Betas . The Beta 3 version of the ReSharper 6 offers Improved Memory Footprint Improved Performance across the new Java Script and Razor Support Few more fixes Know more about the announcement [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: JetBrains, ReSharper, Visual Studio
Stencil Kit and Sketch Pad for Windows Phone 7
Just found this great Stencil kit from UI Stencils for Windows Phone Developers . The Windows Phone 7 Stencil Kit from UIStencils allows the developers to mock-up app ideas with ease. Use the precision cut stainless steel stencil to let the ideas flow. Perfect for doodling user interface, user experience, [...]
Categories: Others, Windows Phone 7 Tags: developers, sketchpad, stencil kit, Windows Phone