The Mono project, which produces an open source implementation of the .NET runtime, has released version 2.8. The update brings full support for version 4.0 of the C# programming language, substantial improvements to the optional LLVM-based Mono backend, and a new garbage collection implementation that is more efficient. Continue read more from Ryan Paul’s article […]
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems.
Microsoft would also come to dominate the office suite market with Microsoft Office. The company has diversified in recent years into the video game industry with the Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360 as well as into the consumer electronics and digital services market with Zune, MSN and the Windows Phone OS. The ensuing rise of stock in the company’s 1986 initial public offering (IPO) made an estimated three billionaires and 12,000 millionaires…
Released: Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Expression Blend 4 Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes support for building Windows Phone 7 apps and improved integration with Adobe design tools through support for the FXG file format, as well as bug fixes and stability enhancements. Windows Phone support When you install the Windows Phone Development Tools, you can use the design tools in […]
Read more →Open XML SDK 2.0
Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office The Open XML Format SDK 2.0 is a superset of the Open XML SDK 1.0. In addition to the functionality provided by the Open XML SDK 1.0, it leverages.NET Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) and provides classes to construct and query the contents of parts within a package. You can […]
Read more →Creating Excel Files from DataSet using OpenXML 2.0 – C#
Introduction It is quite often we programmers have to develop business applications which provides the facility for the end-user, such as “Export to Excel”, dumping report information to an Excel worksheet and mail them to the user. Since excel is a good medium to generate easy to use reports, calculation, sales forcasts etc. Imagine that […]
Read more →Released: BizTalk Server 2010 – Developer Edition
BizTalk Server 2010 is an integration server that provides connectivity, Business Process Management (BPM), and SOA/ESB capabilities. It also includes Business to Business (B2B) integration capabilities, Adapters, Accelerators, and an RFID platform. BizTalk Server 2010 offers significant enhancements to help integrate heterogeneous Line-of-business systems with Windows .NET and SharePoint based applications to optimize user productivity, […]
Read more →Released: Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0
Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 The XNA Framework Redistributable download provides game developers with the XNA Framework run-time libraries they can include with their product for redistribution on the Windows platform. Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 makes it easier than ever to create great video games for Windows-based PCs, Xbox […]
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