December 2006 - Posts

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 - CTP December 2006 released.
25 December 06 04:16 PM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
If you are developing database related software, or using SQL Server 2005 in some way, this could be interesting. Microsoft has released a new MSSQL 2005 SP2 CTP. Go and get it here . Technorati tags: Microsoft , SQL Server , Service Pack , CTP del.icio.us Read More...
Start podcasting with this bundle from Behringer
14 December 06 01:33 PM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
Behringer has recently announced a complete package consisting of both hardware and software for your basic podcasting needs. Because everything is in the package, it is very simple to start right away without researching for what type of microphone, Read More...
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Successfully using Weblog style with Windows Live Writer and Community Server v2.1
14 December 06 09:46 AM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
There is an excellent tool for blogging, the Windows Live Writer from Microsoft. I have been using this tool for quit sometime now and I regard it as my primary blogging tool at the moment. Simply because it speed up my blogging process considerably. Read More...
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Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 1.0 available
11 December 06 03:37 PM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
Now you can start to redistribute your XNA development results with the XNA Framework runtime redistributable. Link to Download details: Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 1.0 Technorati tags: XNA , SDK , Framework , Microsoft Share this post: email Read More...
Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 released
11 December 06 02:50 PM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
It's here now! Go to the Microsoft download page and get it. This development tool will help you in your quest of developing games for both the Xbox and for Windows. Technorati tags: XNA , Game , SDK , XBox Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | Read More...
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Improve your Windows Vista performance with ReadyBoost
10 December 06 08:44 PM | Magnus @ BassicTech | 5 Comments   
If you have access to install Windows Vista on a system with 1GB of RAM or less, you should definitely look into plugging in a ReadyBoost compatible USB memory stick. In short, Vista will use your USB memory to cache file operations. Read about this technology Read More...
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Christmas holiday gift guide 2006 for tech. geeks
08 December 06 10:48 AM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
If you are, like me, into technology stuff related to games, robots, software development. Then you must see this gift guide from MSDN Coding4Fun. Technorati tags: MSDN , XNA , Gift , Guide , Robots , Software , SDK , PDA , Christmas Share this post: Read More...
Microsoft releases WPF/E CTP
05 December 06 09:51 AM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
WPF/E is short for Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere. A technology that brings rich user experience applications to the web. See more information here . The somewhat complicated name will probably have a shorter, more catchy name at RTM. Nevertheless, Read More...
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals RTM
04 December 06 08:27 PM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
Today, Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals . Technorati tags: Visual Studio , RTM Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...
Microsoft announces the new Web design tools: Expression suite
04 December 06 08:14 PM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
Today, Microsoft announced that Expression Web is now shipping. With the same packaging as Windows Vista , the new suite line-up is: Expression Blend , Expression Design , Expression Media and Expression Studio, which is a subset of all of the other four Read More...
Online Radio Tuner for Pocket PC / Smartphones ?
04 December 06 10:54 AM | Magnus @ BassicTech | 1 Comments   
Hmm... It makes you wonder. Just saw this little device: It looks like a PDA, but it is a smartphone with a "real" keyboard. HTC makes it, the product is known as the HTC S620 . It makes me wonder, is there a need to develop a PDA version of the Online Read More...
XNA Game Studio Express will be released on December 11th
04 December 06 08:04 AM | Magnus @ BassicTech | (Comments Off)   
According to Michael Klucher, program manager of the XNA Game Studio. Follow this blog for more information. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...
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