Creating a Blog from scratch with ASP.NET MVC
Why "re-invent the wheel" when there are so many off-the-shelf solutions available? Many web sites offer a free blog service, and there are numerous open-source blog engines available to download. The...
View ArticleAdd an RSS feed to an ASP.NET MVC web site by writing 5 simple lines of code
How to impliment an RSS feed in an ASP.NET MVC web application, quickly and easily, simply by returning an RssActionResult.The best solution currently available to web developers for generating web...
View ArticlePerformance benchmarking: Internet Explorer 8 vs Chrome
IE8 > Chrome? There are some fantastic myths about browser speed and performance circulating on the web. There's a very good video (embedded below) showing the results of Microsoft's own performance...
View ArticleYouTube is still not a profitable business
Google is losing an estimated 0.5 billion per year running YouTube, on top of the 1.65 billion it paid in 2006 to acquire the loss-making business.This is the estimated 2009 loss predicted by Credit...
View ArticleBungie.net launches Render to Video feature for putting game videos on the web
Bungie game studios has just launched a public Beta of their new Render to Video feature. (I've been participating in the Beta.) The new feature is essentially a YouTube for gaming, allowing gamers...
View ArticleBenchmarking: ADO.NET Entity Framework vs Subsonic
ADO.NET Entity Framework vs Subsonic: performance benchmarking and other comparisons Entity Framework is a relatively new feature of .NET, for automatically generating and maintaining the data access...
View ArticleASOS.com profits double despite the recession, through their ASP.NET web site
ASOS.com, a leading UK-based online clothing and fashion retailer, has defied the economic downturn, reporting rapid growth in sales along with a substantial profit margin. At one stage recently...
View ArticleSilverlight 3 is released
The new release of Silverlight, version 3.0, was launched today! I was hoping to be the first to write a blog post about some of the powerful new features now available in Silverlight. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleMicrosoft voted UK's best brand by British public
Microsoft is officially the UK's favourite brand. The BBC made the top 5. Apple just about made it into the top ten.Apple's business model is not so different from that of Rolex, the luxury watch-maker...
View ArticleTwitter hacked via Google Apps
A hacker got into Twitter's internal systems through Google Apps, downloading confidential commercial documents and data, and gaining access to the private accounts of Twitter users (at least one user...
View ArticleApple sued for stealing touchpad idea
Apple and other companies are being sued for stealing the idea for the touchpad interface.The touchpad idea represents an important advancement in the evolution of the interface between human users and...
View ArticleMicrosoft has switched back to attack mode
Microsoft's strategic stance has shifted from defense back to offense.The change back to a stronger, more confident, more competitive business is the bigger picture that clearly emerges from a...
View ArticleConvert Flash apps into Silverlight apps automatically with one mouse-click
The death of Flash: upgrading to Silverlight Flash-to-Silverlight conversion wizards mark the beginning of the end of Flash A simple wizard like SilverX, which has just been launched, can convert a...
View ArticleExecuting a stored procedure with an output parameter using Entity Framework
Entity Framework does support stored procedures with output parameters. It's simple, as you will see in my code example below.Allow me to debunk the widespread misconceptions about support in EF for...
View ArticleUK government uses ASP.NET for emergency flu pandemic web site
The British government today launched the National Pandemic Flu Service, the official web site for supporting the public during the emerging global "swine flu" pandemic.The new online service is under...
View ArticleWindows virtual machine deployed online in a Silverlight app
Windows is now available on your Mac, or indeed on any other modern device which has a good web browser.windows4all.comWindows4All is a free online Windows virtual machine, or Windows emulator. This is...
View ArticleYahoo upgrades their search engine to Microsoft's Bing
Yahoo.com is upgrading their search engine to Bing.Bing > GoogleBing.com is the exciting new search engine web site, developed by Microsoft. Already the best alternative to Google.com, Bing is...
View ArticleNDjango provides a useful templating language for developing ASP.NET web sites
I'm currently experimenting with NDjango with my ASP.NET MVC blog. It's an interesting proposition. I expect that anybody who is familiar with Django and wishes to develop web applications with ASP.NET...
View ArticleEvery iPhone can be hacked by a single text message
Hackers can take control of any iPhone, by sending a simple text message containing a square symbol.Apple has known for "over a month" that its customers are at risk, but has not fixed the problem....
View ArticleHackers can take control of Mac keyboards
Hackers have announced a new keyboard hack for Mac computers which uses compromised hardware to steal private information from the user.The new hack infects Mac keyboards which can then be controlled...
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