http://reddevnews.com/rss-feeds/rdn-express-blog.aspx Ever since Silverlight was announced in 2007, we've wondered about Silverlight for mobile applications. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/03/microsoft-bets-on-mobile-ria.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:46:21 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/03/microsoft-bets-on-mobile-ria.aspx The momentum of Windows 7 will play a big part in the decisions of many companies to modernize their legacy software, which could be painful. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/03/windows-7-leaving-a-legacy.aspx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:42:15 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/03/windows-7-leaving-a-legacy.aspx Developers have found code IntelliSense for C# turned off in the VS 2010 RC by default. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/03/vs-2010-autocompletion-deactivated.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:07:52 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/03/vs-2010-autocompletion-deactivated.aspx Developers can contribute extensions, services or even to the code itself, although Microsoft is still driving the core technology implementation. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/net-micro-community-develops.aspx Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:39:41 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/net-micro-community-develops.aspx Microsoft is continuing to advance its cloud services for developers, issuing Service Update 1 for SQL Azure just weeks after the database service is launched. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/azure-forecast-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-service-updates.aspx Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:33:51 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/azure-forecast-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-service-updates.aspx Download the patch to resolve a bug that can result in frequent crashing on machines using UI Automation. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/hotfix-pops-up-for-vs10-rc.aspx Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:24:56 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/hotfix-pops-up-for-vs10-rc.aspx Microsoft has invested heavily in user experience and user interface design and it shows. Can developers expect the same due diligence? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/windows-phone-7-finally-in-motion.aspx Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:55:28 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/windows-phone-7-finally-in-motion.aspx Will Microsoft's chief executive finally unveil Windows Mobile 7 at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona next week? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/ballmer-makes-the-call.aspx Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:01:59 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/ballmer-makes-the-call.aspx Tell us what you think about the latest test build. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/got-time-for-the-vs2010-rc.aspx Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:13 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/got-time-for-the-vs2010-rc.aspx With the VS2010 RC expected this month, developers voice their concerns about how much progress Microsoft has made since beta 2. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/debugging-vs2010-crashes.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:15:29 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/debugging-vs2010-crashes.aspx The billing for Windows Azure and SQL Azure starts at midnight. Some services remain free for paid subscribers until April. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/windows-azure-is-ga.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:33 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/02/windows-azure-is-ga.aspx Why are so many people still using Web Forms for stateless Web development? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/points-of-viewstate.aspx Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:36:59 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/points-of-viewstate.aspx As many developers look to Silverlight, not investing in UX defeats the purpose of the technology. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/ux-evolution-lead-by-microsoft.aspx Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:53:40 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/ux-evolution-lead-by-microsoft.aspx What .NET features do you use most often? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/net-survey-says.aspx Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:42:33 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/net-survey-says.aspx What changes are you making this year? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/the-new-normal-for-app-dev.aspx Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:02:30 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2010/01/the-new-normal-for-app-dev.aspx Howard A. Schmidt, the first chief security officer at Microsoft, was appointed White House Cybersecurity Coordinator for the Obama administration. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/washington-revisited.aspx Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:31:36 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/washington-revisited.aspx Microsoft releases the sample code for Silverlight 4 demos in the PDC keynote. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/silverlighting-2010.aspx Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:29:47 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/silverlighting-2010.aspx With the recent Server and Cloud reorganization, what's the future hold for on-premise and cloud development model at Microsoft? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/days-of-our-windows-lives.aspx Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:21:18 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/days-of-our-windows-lives.aspx Microsoft needs to come up with a solution for enterprise customers, explain how it fits with Windows Azure, and fast. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/microsofts-private-cloud-scramble.aspx Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:46:13 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/microsofts-private-cloud-scramble.aspx Microsoft announces a new Server and Cloud division. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/redmond-reorg-gets-cloudy.aspx Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:36:31 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/redmond-reorg-gets-cloudy.aspx Bing Maps powered by Silverlight looks at the road ahead. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/plugin-to-bing-maps.aspx Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:44:06 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/plugin-to-bing-maps.aspx Microsoft definitely wants to hear from you. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/azure-was-my-idea.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:51:45 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/12/azure-was-my-idea.aspx Surface was built on WPF so many of the controls offer similar functionality. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/multitouch-controls-surface.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:16 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/multitouch-controls-surface.aspx http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/pdc-trendspotting.aspx Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:09 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/pdc-trendspotting.aspx http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/silverlight-4-arrives.aspx Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:02:27 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/silverlight-4-arrives.aspx Windows Azure and SQL Azure were launched today. The missing Azure component .NET Services is apparently getting repackaged and released in 2010. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/azure-launched-closer-look-at-mars.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:18:44 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/azure-launched-closer-look-at-mars.aspx It's blue skies (Azure) for Microsoft as the company launches its platform as a service, a little over a year after it was first announced. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/pdc09-preview-azure-finally-scales-up.aspx Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:04 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/pdc09-preview-azure-finally-scales-up.aspx Several recent announcements promise to make life easier for .NET developers. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/competing-clouds-in-seattle.aspx Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/competing-clouds-in-seattle.aspx The technology is evolving yet again, only this time, it has been reincarnated as "SQL Server Modeling." http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/remodeling-oslo.aspx Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/remodeling-oslo.aspx Move over Google, Geneva is coming ashore. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/geneva-wave-hits-rc-for-developers.aspx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/geneva-wave-hits-rc-for-developers.aspx An object-relational mapper is ready for the commercialization of Microsoft's SQL Azure. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/orm-locally-and-in-the-cloud.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/orm-locally-and-in-the-cloud.aspx The major news at the conference, Nov. 2-5, is the imminent release of the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP, which is feature-complete. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/bits-from-the-pass-summit.aspx Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/11/bits-from-the-pass-summit.aspx Microsoft updates the roadmap for the commercialization of Windows Azure. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/azure-billing-to-start-in-february.aspx Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/azure-billing-to-start-in-february.aspx Developers should see WPF 4 text, flow and layout improvements in Beta 2. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/text-sharper-in-wpf-4.aspx Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/text-sharper-in-wpf-4.aspx Readers weigh in on Microsoft's revamped Visual Studio licensing plan. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/developers-balk-at-vs2010-price-points.aspx Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/developers-balk-at-vs2010-price-points.aspx The 7 marketing blunders that don't add up. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/ms-goofs-on-code7-tie-ins.aspx Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/ms-goofs-on-code7-tie-ins.aspx Touch-based laptops, Kindle and you: Today's news suggests we may be turning the page on touch-enabled apps. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/touching-developers-key-to-windows-7.aspx Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/touching-developers-key-to-windows-7.aspx With the latest release comes news from Microsoft about a simplified packaging scheme for VS2010. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/deal-or-no-deal-on-new-vs2010-pricing.aspx Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/deal-or-no-deal-on-new-vs2010-pricing.aspx The October preview includes the complete feature set that developers can expect at PDC next month. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/sql-azure-is-pdc-ready-in-ctp-2.aspx Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/sql-azure-is-pdc-ready-in-ctp-2.aspx Less than a week after a new generation of Windows Phones reached retailers' shelves, Microsoft is making the nightly news as the company whose servers crashed and irretrievably lost all of T-Mobile Sidekick customers' address and calendar data. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/betting-the-server-farm.aspx Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/betting-the-server-farm.aspx Deep dives into the latest client operating system will be a heavy focus of PDC 09 and the free Windows 7 developer workshop. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/win7-lets-get-it-started.aspx Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/win7-lets-get-it-started.aspx Microsoft will offer a scaled down version of its Team Foundation Server 2010 targeted at smaller dev teams. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/will-sourcesafe-users-trade-up.aspx Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:34:43 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/will-sourcesafe-users-trade-up.aspx Microsoft's former open source strategist shares his thoughts on Azure and cloud interoperability. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/open-platform-strategist-secures-new-cloud-situation.aspx Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/10/open-platform-strategist-secures-new-cloud-situation.aspx An epic battle is brewing out West with much more than a lucrative technology contract at stake: Microsoft Office or Google's cloud? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/cloudy-in-los-angeles-microturf-vs-googzilla.aspx Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/cloudy-in-los-angeles-microturf-vs-googzilla.aspx Can these programs help Microsoft counter the threat of open source software? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/websitespark-targets-open-source.aspx Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/websitespark-targets-open-source.aspx The Simple Cloud API gives PHP developers a set of programming interfaces for common operations to access cloud storage services across vendors, including Microsoft and IBM. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/simple-api-opens-up-cloud-storage.aspx Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/simple-api-opens-up-cloud-storage.aspx Web development, once the Cinderella story at Microsoft, seems to be getting the royal treatment this year. This week, the ASP.NET folks introduced a free Content Delivery Network for local caching of ASP.NET AJAX and jQuery libraries. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/more-bandwith-for-microsoft-ajax.aspx Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/more-bandwith-for-microsoft-ajax.aspx A frequent question that developers ask Microsoft is whether the company has any plans to get Silverlight on the iPhone. There are already cool games in the AppStore that use Mono and C#. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/inet-arrives-where-is-silverlight-for-mobile.aspx Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/inet-arrives-where-is-silverlight-for-mobile.aspx http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/microsoft-funds-oss-foundation.aspx Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/microsoft-funds-oss-foundation.aspx Microsoft's Windows Azure platform is approaching its one-year preview anniversary. Where are the early adopters and their apps? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/in-search-of-apps-powered-by-windows-azure.aspx Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/in-search-of-apps-powered-by-windows-azure.aspx The biggest release of Microsoft's developer tools and framework since Visual Studio 2005 is getting closer. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/vs2010-and-.net-4-beta-2-expected-soon.aspx Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/vs2010-and-.net-4-beta-2-expected-soon.aspx On Friday, Microsoft released its standalone hypervisor, Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, to manufacturing on the eve of VMworld 2009, the annual event of market leading VMware, the virtual target in Microsoft’s crosshairs. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/is-hyper-v-a-virtual-showstopper.aspx Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/09/is-hyper-v-a-virtual-showstopper.aspx Microsoft announced that the Live Framework CTP would end on September 8, 2009. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/in-sync-with-the-cloud.aspx Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/in-sync-with-the-cloud.aspx When it comes to native APIs versus .NET, the company is in unison publicly about its commitment to managed code but the reality is quite different. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/microsoftsunexplainedevents.aspx Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/microsoftsunexplainedevents.aspx If Microsoft optimizes Mobile Office for devices that don’t run Windows Mobile, what does the future hold for the Windows Mobile OS? http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/betting-on-the-mobile-enterprise.aspx Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/betting-on-the-mobile-enterprise.aspx The debate about using an object-oriented framework for Web development versus Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP scripting language rages on. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/lamp-attack.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/lamp-attack.aspx Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to get developers – both native and managed coders - on board the Windows 7 roll out. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/net-and-windows-7-its-a-wrap.aspx Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/net-and-windows-7-its-a-wrap.aspx Developers with an MSDN subscription can download the Windows 7 RTM in English today. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/windows-7-rtm-is-released-to-msdn.aspx Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/windows-7-rtm-is-released-to-msdn.aspx Microsoft has opened registration for the Professional Developers Conference '09. Part of the fun is that attendees are give pre-release bits of upcoming technologies. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/get-the-goods-in-la-la-land.aspx Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/08/get-the-goods-in-la-la-land.aspx On Monday Microsoft released an enhanced version of .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 called STM.NET that enables software transactional memory. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/07/microsoft-adds-atomic-blocks-to-.net-4.aspx Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/07/microsoft-adds-atomic-blocks-to-.net-4.aspx