http://reddevnews.com/rss-feeds/blogs.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 creative aspects of programming and developing appear lost to this generation's practitioners, says one blogger. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/03/coding-lost-art.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/03/coding-lost-art.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 Prototypes from this event often end up becoming real tech that the tech-hungry can't live without. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/03/techfest-2010.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:15:34 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/03/techfest-2010.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 IBM and Microsoft have been positioning themselves for times like these. One report offers its theories as to why they'll win customers at the expense of Oracle. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/02/db-wars-edge.aspx Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:07:56 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/02/db-wars-edge.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 It's what data geeks do on their one day off. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/02/sql-saturdays.aspx Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:17:19 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/02/sql-saturdays.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 Early response to the Visual Studio RC are glowing, but Silverlight 4 developers are urged to stick with Beta 2 for now. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/02/vs2010-rc.aspx Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:29:32 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/02/vs2010-rc.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 Tightened IT budgets, along with deadlines and external pressures, keep application security low on the priority list. It doesn't have to be this way. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/app-secure-jobs.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:55:18 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/app-secure-jobs.aspx The most dangerous areas of D.C. can be found in the cloud. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/hands-on-powerpivot_0.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:42:10 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/hands-on-powerpivot_0.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 Welcome to the world of "self-service BI." http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/powerpivot-bi.aspx Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:43:09 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/powerpivot-bi.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 Some interesting salary data shows that there's still a strong need for software and Web developers stateside. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/salaries-trends.aspx Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:31:51 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/salaries-trends.aspx Microsoft says the IDE will now ship on April 12, about three weeks after the initial target. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/01/vs2010-to-launch-in-april.aspx Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:29:02 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/01/vs2010-to-launch-in-april.aspx Microsoft says the IDE will now ship on April 12, about three weeks after the initial target. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/01/vs2010-to-launch-in-april_0.aspx Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:29:02 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/01/vs2010-to-launch-in-april_0.aspx Developers working with the SL4 beta have been impressed with what they've seen. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/01/silverlight-4-beta-gets-thumbs-up.aspx Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:06:58 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2010/01/silverlight-4-beta-gets-thumbs-up.aspx Microsoft's Dallas shows what's possible with the data out in the ether. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/mining-cloud.aspx Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:14:39 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2010/01/mining-cloud.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 expects to delay its upcoming IDE by "a few weeks" past the original March 22 release date. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/12/vs2010-delayed.aspx Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:46:29 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/12/vs2010-delayed.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 Here's a ringing endorsement for the simplicity of the Windows Azure platform. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/12/acing-azure-dabbling-dallas.aspx Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:37:39 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/12/acing-azure-dabbling-dallas.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 'Wanted to learn threading' -- that's some excuse to build a booze-serving robot. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/12/code-for-fun.aspx Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:16:38 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/12/code-for-fun.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 I talked with Stephen Chapman, a long-time Microsoft watcher and author of the Microsoft Kitchen blog (formerly UX Evangelist), about his thoughts on the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference last month. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/12/after-pdc-seven-questions.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:26:06 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/12/after-pdc-seven-questions.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 A movement worth keeping an eye on, considering that SQL Server brings in lots of revenue for Redmond. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/12/nosql-heat_0.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:14:29 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/12/nosql-heat_0.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 PDC09 was at times redundant and visionary. But on the whole, PDC09 was a valuable bookend to the ambitious PDC08 show last year. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/pdc-impressions.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:46:33 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/pdc-impressions.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 Giving thanks in various ways. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/oh-2ba-programmer.aspx Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:16:05 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/oh-2ba-programmer.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 Microsoft Research's Cuzz project aims to help developers quickly find hard-to-reproduce flaws in concurrent code. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/microsoft-cuzz-parallel-testing.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:42:04 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/microsoft-cuzz-parallel-testing.aspx Oslo by any other name generates some sparks. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/controversy-pdc.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:29:30 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/controversy-pdc.aspx Help me out and let me know what's on your data-driven minds. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/the-new-guy.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:29:30 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/the-new-guy.aspx Fifty-three SQL MVPs contribute work to help out Warchild.org. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/good-read-deed.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:29:30 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/good-read-deed.aspx Microsoft at PDC offered a look ahead at a simpler, faster and more standards-friendly ASP.NET http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/future-of-aspnet.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:38:49 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/future-of-aspnet.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 http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/random-keynote-tidbits.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:05:44 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/random-keynote-tidbits.aspx http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/ray-ozzie-as-pitchman.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:55:33 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/ray-ozzie-as-pitchman.aspx http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/moving-to-dallas.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:33:06 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/desmond-file/2009/11/moving-to-dallas.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 One of the key pieces missing in Beta 2 of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 was compatibility with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and the completed Code Only extensions that the company promised. http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/entity-framework-4-ctp-arrives.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:38:10 GMT http://reddevnews.com/blogs/data-driver/2009/11/entity-framework-4-ctp-arrives.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