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History of Microsoft Part 2

Following up from my previous post about series on channel9 about world’s most amazing software development firm. Here are some of the recent episodes: 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 Enjoy :)...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Wednesday, July 29 2009 No Comments

Windows 7 developer contest

Microsoft have announced a developer contest ( code7contest ) that challenges developers to write an “amazing windows 7 application” the competition price is trip to LA for PDC09 and upto $17,777 in cash. According to windows team blog “ To enter, you must: Build an original, consumer-oriented client...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Thursday, July 16 2009 No Comments

ERROR: WCF deployment on shared hosting: This collection already contains an address with scheme http

I have been lately working on a WCF version of the gallery engine that I use for my photo gallery. Since I  have been using shared hosting server, I had few issues in getting WCF services working on my account. First up seems like few of the DLL’s were missing, and I when I finished up sorting everything...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Tuesday, July 14 2009 No Comments

IIS 7.5 :: HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error

I have been using windows 7 for quite a while now but I didn’t need to run a website in IIS. On most occasions, I simply use cassini to test out various applications. If you are planning to setup a new application on IIS 7.5 you are in for a surprise.   HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Wednesday, July 08 2009 No Comments

Late update on what has happened in last few weeks

Well apologies for not posting in last few weeks. I have been flat out working on various project at work and outside work. Mix that with my young daughter and you realise that you don’t have any time left at. So here’s a list of some of the major things that took place in last week weeks. One of the...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Thursday, June 04 2009 No Comments

Google Chrome to make its TV debut!

Google is going to use TV adverts to advertise its web browser. Seems to me Google are really trying hard to break into the market which has to some extent shaped the Internet.     There are already number of short videos available on You tube on Google Chrome Channel Enjoy :)...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Tuesday, May 12 2009 No Comments

History of Microsoft

Channel 9 have got a an excellent series of videos going on History of  Microsoft.   The series of videos gives a rare glimpse into the story behind world’s biggest software company. Here are some of the episodes so far: The History of Microsoft - 1975 The History of Microsoft - 1976 The History...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Friday, May 08 2009 No Comments

MS Office 2007 SP2 available now

Microsoft have just released SP2 for MS Office 2007. You can download it here . This release is considered as major update to the product as it includes some of the major performance enhancements. One of the area of focused improvements is Outlook (Thank god for that microsoft :)). You can get a complete...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Wednesday, April 29 2009 No Comments

Google Chrome Beta Update 2.0.174.0

I have been hooked to Google Chrome since its release 1. Brilliant browser IMO and one of the main reasons I have been keeping a close eye on the beta bits coming out from Google chrome team. The recent update is something that is worth looking into. According to Google chrome blog some of the new changes...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Tuesday, April 21 2009 No Comments

Windows Home Server Power Pack 2

WHS Team have just announced the availability of Windows Home Server Power Pack 2. This new update will get installed automatically to your WHS box if you have Automatic Updates enabled. Some of the enhancements of this release are: Remote Access - Redesigned Remote Access Settings page. - Improvements...

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Posted by Sunny Nagi on Wednesday, March 25 2009 No Comments