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Bing Maps Now Has Native WPF Control
Bing maps used to be integrated with AJAX and Silverlight. Those are in all the past now though since Bing Maps now has native WPF control. Some of you may be thinking that AJAX and Silverlight were just fine. Well, WPF control has some advantages that you would do well …
By Zach WaltonRead More
May 4, 2012 -
Microsoft Improving Visual Studio 11 Beta
Microsoft has been busy lately improving and fixing the Visual Studio 11 beta. The changes thus far have all been much needed updates that make the program easier to use for professionals and amateurs alike. From a more visual based UI to improving update delivery, Microsoft seems committed to making …
By Zach WaltonRead More
April 13, 2012 -
ASP.NET Goes Open Source
Microsoft is becoming increasingly more and more one of the good guys within the tech community. Their latest move is definitely going to make a lot of developers happy. Scott Hanselman, a Microsoft employee, announced Tuesday that Microsoft is making ASP.NEt MVC 4, ASP.NET Web API and ASP.NET Web Pages …
By Zach WaltonRead More
March 30, 2012 -
Microsoft Releases Latest Version Of SQL Server Software
Microsoft has released the latest version of their SQL Server software, SQL Server 2012, to manufacturers, the company announced today. The software includes a number of improvements to help customers manage large amounts of data easily. Today’s release signals the beginning of SQL Server 2012′s full-scale release. Ted Kummert, corporate …
By Shaylin ClarkRead More
March 9, 2012 -
Big Changes Ahead For Microsoft Visual Studio 11
Developers take note – Microsoft is introducing some big changes to Visual Studio 11 that will hopefully make your job easier. On the Visual Studio blog yesterday, Monty Hammontree, Director of User Experience in the Microsoft Developer Tools Division, laid out the changes the team is making to Visual Studio …
By Zach WaltonRead More
February 24, 2012 -
Recently Disclosed ASP.Net Vulnerability Gets Expected Attack Code
In December, 2011 at the 28th Annual Chaos Communication Congress a vulnerability known as CVE-2011-3414 was disclosed to the public. It didn’t take long for Microsoft Security Responce Center to release a security advisory and a patch to correct the issue. Despite this, however, a user known only as HybrisDisaster …
By Trevor BolandRead More
January 27, 2012 -
Microsoft Patches Nine Year Old Exploit
File this one under a sarcastic “Thanks alot“. Imagine you are a company creating a widely used backend web development software. Someone releases a study that says, “This is only theory, but we’re pretty sure we can breaks your interwebs site by dancing like a koala bear.” These people include …
By Michael MarrRead More
January 9, 2012 -
Silverlight 5 Now Available
It’s time for all of you .NET programmers out there to get excited as the new version of Microsoft’s premier web application framework has been released. The Silverlight team released a press release a few days ago announcing the upgrade and describing all of the new goodies that have been …
By Qushawn ClarkRead More
December 19, 2011 -
Huge ASP.NET Attacks Reaching Far Across The Web
For anyone who heard about the massive Liza Moon bug earlier this year, this is a similar mass SQL injection attack.
By Qushawn ClarkRead More
November 8, 2011 -
Beta Version Of New ASP.net Site Is Up And Running
While all of the revisions are not complete, some very significant work has gone on in improving the functionality of the ASP.net site. Most of the features from the old site have stayed constant, such as the two navigation bars at the top of the page, and the community spotlight …
By Qushawn ClarkRead More
October 14, 2011
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