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Microsoft Refreshed .NET Framework 4.5 with Updates
Microsoft has recently released updates for .NET Framework 4.5 which fixes reliability, compatibility, stability, and performance issues associated with WPF, CLR, Windows Forms, XML, NCL, ASP.NET, WWF, WCF and Entity Framework.
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What is the Future of Vert.x?
When Tim Fox, project leader of the open-source Apache Licensed project Vert.x, left VMWare in December he had intended to continue working on the project after joining RedHat at the start of this year. However, VMWare now own the trademark and project assets, and it's not clear whether it can continue under the same name. Read on to find out what happened, and what the current situation is.
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Cordova/PhoneGap Adds Support for Windows Phone 8
Cordova 2.3.0 now supports Windows Phone 8 and adds a way of opening a browser window within the application.
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Researcher Breaches Windows RT's Security System
An independent security researcher has discovered a way to run unsigned desktop applications on Windows RT running on Microsoft's Surface. InfoQ has an exclusive interview with the creator of the exploit.
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Right Way(s) of Doing and Being Agile
Debates are being held in agile communities concerning the right way(s) to do or be agile. It is questioned if you are agile or not, and if you do good or bad scrum. How can you deal with this?
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Windows Azure Updates: Job Scheduler, Command Line Support, ACS and Media
Microsoft recently released several updates for Windows Azure with background job scheduler, addition of North Europe region, mobile support for command line tool and support for SQL Data Sync services.
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Getting Started with OData v3 and WCF Data Services 5.x
If you are building new web services with .NET then OData should be high on your list of frameworks to investigate, especially if you need to support unknown third parties. The technology inherently supports both SOAP and REST style messages with the latter offering ATOM (XML) and JSON representations. This means consumers can pretty much request whatever format is best for them.
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RadPivotGrid with Filters and OLAP
Telerik recently released RadPivotGrid control that enables you to build Microsoft Excel look and feel applications for WPF and Silverlight.
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A Fist Full of RIM, For a Few Mobile Devs More
All of the ducks are in the proverbial row for the much ballyhooed debut of Research In Motion’s Blackberry 10 (BB10). The all new OS is slated for release on January 30, 2013. InfoQ scrutinizes the salient facts and more to gain the most in-depth perspective on the new release from the venerable developer.
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QCon London in 8 Weeks (March 6-8): Barbara Liskov (MIT) Keynote; New Tutorials; Schedule Now Live
The QCon London 2013 schedule is now live, with new sessions and speakers being added daily. Hear MIT's Barbara Liskov on "The Power of Abstraction" during her Day 1 keynote, followed by Perl aficionado Damian Conway, who explores "The Power of Dead Languages". With less than 8 weeks left, you can still save up to £341, if you register by Jan 11th.
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Orubase, Hybrid Mobile Apps that Embrace Native Code
Usually when we hear about “hybrid mobile apps” what people really mean is PhoneGap, a HTML app with a thin wrapper. Or worse, it’s an app builder that works at first but quickly dead-ends. It seems that Syncfusion’s Orubase is different. It is a true hybrid application framework where developers are encouraged to freely mix HTML and native code so we are giving it another look.
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.NET Goes Immutable
One of the most common misunderstandings in .NET development is the idea that variables of type IEnumerable or ReadOnlyCollection are thread-safe. In order to offer truly thread-safe collections for scenarios where you would be tempted to use IEnumerable or ReadOnlyCollection, Microsoft’s Base Class Library (BCL) team is offering a preview of a new set of immutable collections.
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ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 with Knockout IntelliSense
The recently released ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 includes support for Web API, knockout IntelliSense, friendly URLs including several feature enhancements.
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Google Drops Free Apps Offering, Paying Customers can Downgrade to Free till January 9th
On December 6th, 2012 Google stopped to accept new registrations for free Google Apps domains, that could be used for up to 10 users. Existing free Google Apps users can continue to use the service without any change. Google Apps for Business domains can downgrade to the free version till January 9th if they have no more than 10 users and fit into the reduced features set.
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Cassandra Gets Atomic Batches, Virtual Nodes, CQL Improvements
Cassandra 1.2 was recently released with several improvements such as virtual nodes, atomic batch support, better performance and more.