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Robotics Developer Studio 2008 CTP Available for Download
Microsoft has recently made available for download the Robotics Developer Studio 2008 CTP.
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F#: What to Expect from It in the Near Future?
In recent posts, Brian McNamara and Don Syme, of the F# research team, have shed some light on their plans for the near future.
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.NET Framework Versions: Marketing vs. Reality
Since .NET Framework 3.0 Microsoft's versioning strategy confuses the community. Scott Hanselman explains the how and why of the drift between marketing and reality.
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SpringSource Announces Acquisition by Microsoft
In a surprise announcement, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson announced that SpringSource has agreed to be acquired by Microsoft. InfoQ interviewed Johnson to learn more about this acquisition and what it will mean for the future of both Spring and the .Net Framework.
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Article: Asynchronous Workflows in F#
In this third installment, Robert Pickering continues the conversation on F# and this time focuses on Asynchronous Workflows and the resulting performance gains obtained when used.
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Microsoft, Intel to invest $20M in parallel computing
Microsoft and Intel have recently announced a $20 million joint investment into parallel computing over the next 5 years.
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Microsoft Publishes ASP.NET MVC Source Code
Microsoft opens up a CodePlex project to share the source code of future ASP.NET releases. Currently the ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 sources are available for download.
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Creating a RESTful API with WCF
Aaron Sloman and Haider Sabri gave a talk about "Creating a RESTful API with WCF" at MIX08 introducing a sample REST application called RESTChess.
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ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 Brings Out Many Value Additions
The ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview 2 has been released last week and offers a lot of new features and many refactorings.
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Using the Task Scheduler in Vista and Windows Server 2008
Task Scheduler is an useful addition to Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows Server 2008. This is a quick lesson on how to use the Task Scheduler from managed code.
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VB 6 to VB.NET Migration Proceeds Ever So Slowly
Six years after VB.NET was released, Microsoft is still slowly working towards a true migration path for VB 6 applications. Recently Microsoft released "Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0". This release adds the Data Repeater, an important control for layouts.
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Custom MSBuild Tasks
Since version 2.0 Microsoft has integrated MSBuild, a build system, into the .NET Framework that is fully compatible with Visual Studio projects. Bart de Smet shows how to extend MSBuild via custom tasks.
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Interview and Book Excerpt: Model Based Software Testing and Analysis with C#
Recently published, Model Based Software Testing and Analyis with C#, by Cambridge University Press. Infoq was able to speak with all four authors about their personal views on model based testing and analysis: Jonathan Jacky, Margus Veanes, Colin Campbell and Wolfram Schulte.
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QCon Panel: What will the Future of Java Development Be?
In this panel from QCon San Francisco, Joshua Bloch, Chet Haase, Rod Johnson, Erik Meijer and Charles Nutter discussed and debated the future of the Java language and APIs based upon the lessons we have learned from the past. Topics included static versus dynamic languages, removing code from Java, forking the JVM, and the next big programming language.
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Catching Up With the .NET Micro Framework
The .NET Micro Framework is the smallest runtime available within the .NET Framework. Able to run in only 512k of RAM without an MMU it is targeted at 32-bit processors.