For some time did not read anything about LINQ To SQL, and the truth is that I had raised was going with this extension of LINQ in Visual Studio 2010 and. NET 4.0 … well, the fact is that work has continued in LINQ To SQL and brings a lot of developments. NET 4.0. You can access all the news in this link.
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According to a spokesperson for Microsoft the company expects to continue marketing its operating system Windows Vista until January 2011.
This is a little odd if we think we are now able to download Windows 7 RC, which would be marketed later this year or early next. With one year would be sold both OSes.
As for the support of Vista the company plans to extend it until April 2012, quite short compared with the support of XP, whose expiration date would be April, 2007 (in its various versions).
We know that Microsoft can offer its products for as long as it sees fit, but it is not clear if there is someone willing to buy Vista if Windows 7 is just out of the oven.
Link: Microsoft: Sun Will Slowly Set on Vista (Via PC World)
If it was possible filtering searches images by manually adding color code & color = imgcolor, Google announced that now that option is part of the search bar.
We will have to wait several hours to propagate the new version and have the filter for color images in our search engine Google.
The announcement, in GOS
Yesterday, Microsoft released the beta version of new software integrated with a new service called Vine.
The software is a desktop client for Windows that lets you send information via email or SMS text messages. The application also meets local news from more than 20 thousand sources plotted on a map.
Like Twitter, the application can write short messages that appear on a map according to their geographical position in which is a member. May be short messages called “alerts” or Longer messages called “reporting.”
Vine is designed to keep family and friends in touch when the traditional methods of communication (telephone, etc. ..) are not available or are ineffective.
Designed and developed considering moments of crisis, as the attacks of 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina, where mobile services are saturated or simply stopped functioning.
This is where this service is intended to be the mainstay of communication to keep people connected and coordinated with a possible evacuation or just to keep a local disaster.
Initially be available in the city of Seattle, USA where the rescue services and first aid and are joining the network and participating in the Beta test period.
Link: Vine Microsoft (Microsoft)
Microsoft on OCT-08, a comprehensive platform for Cloud “Azure Services Platform” with the foundation of the service “Windows Azure” was announced.
Azure Services Platform, Storage, computing, and combine the function of the cloud-based developer of network services and infrastructure. Main components is as follows.
Hosting and management services for low-level scalable storage, computing, networking and
Provide a wide range of databases and reporting
Such as workflow and access control. NET Framework-based implementation of a well-known concept in service
Documents, photos, files, information storage, sharing, sync to PC, phone, PC applications, providing a consistent means stay out of site
Content management in the cloud, collaboration, and provide a rapid solution deployment
Conceptual diagram of the Azure Services Platform (※ Azure Web site reproduction)
Azure Services Platform provides. NET Framework and Visual Studio to develop applications. SOAP, REST, XML support, the future of PHP and Ruby, Python and other languages, such as, Eclipse will be available, such as development tools.
Release date is TBA, Microsoft PDC 2008 for those who attend (CTP) version of the limited distribution. The SDK and tools and the Web can be downloaded (click here).
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Azure Services Platform
Microsoft, Professional Developers Conference in Windows (R) Azure announced (press release)
Name: Venu Thomas
Location: Cochin, Kerala, India
Bio: I am Venu Thomas, Software Engineer, Pro-Blogger, Mac and Windows User & Web Addicted. I live in Cochin, Kerala, INDIA. I have done programs in ASP.Net, C#, VB.Net, Java, Javascript, PHP, ASP, SQL, VC++, VB , ORACLE, AppleScript, ect ..
