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A syntax highlighting TextBlock for Silverlight 3

Microsoft Silverlight content - 3 hours 17 min ago
I’ve adapted a syntax highlighting engine to generate a syntax highlighting TextBlock control for Silverlight. This control has built-in syntax highlighting C#, C++, JavaScript, VB.NET, XAML/XML. In the future, once Silverlight 4 is out, I’ll of course...(read more)
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Silverlight @ #MIX10 – The Next Web Now

Microsoft Silverlight content - 6 hours 49 min ago
With only one week until MIX10, we wanted to give you a heads-up on all the news coming out of the conference, and highlight some of the great Silverlight sessions that every developer should attend. For those of you that don’t know, MIX is Microsoft...(read more)
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The Grinder

Rich Interface Applications Portal - 8 hours 13 min ago
The Grinder is a Java load testing framework that makes it easy to run a distributed test using many load injector machines. It is freely available under a BSD-style open-source license.
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Microsoft Is "All In" for Cloud Computing

Expo, of which Microsoft is a Gold sponsor and one of the biggest exhibitors (out of over 70 leading Cloud companies exhibiting), came out of the corner swinging. Specifically Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, gave a speech on Thursday to computer science students at the University of Washington. He discussed what’s ahead for computing, with a focus on how cloud computing will change the way people and businesses use technology.

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A few announcements for those in the UK

Microsoft Silverlight content - 15 hours 45 min ago
[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] This a quick post to announce a few upcoming events for those in the UK. I’ll be presenting in Glasgow, Scotland on March 25th...(read more)
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Ready to test those Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Series apps?

Microsoft Silverlight content - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 03:54
At MIX 10 this year, Tues. 3/16 at 2pm: Learn from Jeff Wilcox how to create and maintain Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Series applications using the Silverlight Unit Test Framework....( read more )...(read more)
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Windows Client Developer Roundup for 3/8/2010

Microsoft Silverlight content - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 02:20
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Turn your head and check out this post [How to: Easily rotate the axis labels of a Silverlight/WPF Toolkit chart]

Microsoft Silverlight content - Sat, 03/06/2010 - 09:37
When someone asked me how to rotate the axis labels of a chart from the Data Visualization package of the Silverlight Toolkit / WPF Toolkit earlier today, I realized it was time for a quick blog post. Because when I've answered a question two or three...(read more)
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Now Every Thursday Morning - Silverlight TV

Microsoft Silverlight content - Sat, 03/06/2010 - 07:23
It has been 7 weeks since Silverlight TV kicked off its first episode with Keith Smit h. Since then we have posted a total of 12 shows on a variety of topics. Here are some interesting numbers from the show: 12 The number of episodes we have aired in...(read more)
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WPF: Now with Less Fuzz

Microsoft Silverlight content - Sat, 03/06/2010 - 04:56
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PsyMUD: a MUD for Linux

Microsoft Silverlight content - Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:45
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Hot Expression Blend and Silverlight Topics Survey Results. Interesting Trends.

Microsoft Silverlight content - Sat, 03/06/2010 - 00:32
Thanks to everyone who filled up our Design Tools and Techniques Workshop for MIX10. Here are the results. I wanted to share with you as they show interesting trends on what people are interested in learning more related to Silverlight and Blend. The...(read more)
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Excited about Windows Phone Development!

Microsoft Silverlight content - Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:25
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Persisting the Configuration (Updated)

Microsoft Silverlight content - Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:11
[Updated and expanded on March 5]   For this week’s release of the Silverlight HyperVideo Platform we are committed to having configuration information retrieved from a database. To accomplish this we need (want?) Smooth-streaming videos that we...(read more)
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Ignore: New Technorati claim token

Microsoft Silverlight content - Fri, 03/05/2010 - 15:03
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Persisting the Configuration

Microsoft Silverlight content - Fri, 03/05/2010 - 04:11
  For this week’s release of the Silverlight HyperVideo Platform we are committed to having configuration information retrieved from a database. To accomplish this we need (want?) Smooth-streaming videos that we can use to illustrate the relationship...(read more)
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Windows Phone 7 Series Live QA tonight at 6pm PST

Microsoft Silverlight content - Fri, 03/05/2010 - 02:55
Tonight, there is a live QA session about Windows Phone 7 Series @wp7dev, on Twitter, 6pm...( read more )...(read more)
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Windows Phone 7 Series for Designers and Developers

Microsoft Silverlight content - Fri, 03/05/2010 - 02:52
Yes, I know, there have been sooooo many rumors everywhere. But this evening Charlie Kindel, evangelist-in-chief for all things Windows Phone 7 Series, shared a little more about the strategy of the new platform, just in time to set the stage for Mix...(read more)
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SURVEY | MIX10 Design Tools and Techniques Workshop

Microsoft Silverlight content - Fri, 03/05/2010 - 02:40
In this small survey you will find the different topics that Archetype, Adam Kinney and I will be covering during the workshop. We have 3 areas we want to cover at the MIX10 Design Tools and Techniques Workshop: 1) Design Concept 2) Interactive Design...(read more)
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Favorite Tool and Library Downloads for Silverlight

Microsoft Silverlight content - Thu, 03/04/2010 - 23:24
I’ve created my list of favorites tools and libraries and posted them to the Downloads page on the Project Rosetta site. After posting the updated list yesterday I realized I missed two big ones: SilverSprite and Balder. Breaking the new list down into...(read more)
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