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Limitations in processor design mean the ‘free lunch’ is over for software developers, as we come to terms with the fact that chips simply aren't going to get much faster. Matt Nicholson went to Think Parallel, Intel's conference held in Lisbon in April 2007, to find out more. more
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Limitations in processor design mean the ‘free lunch’ is over for software developers, as we come to terms with the fact that chips...
Visual Studio 2005 for Database Professionals
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals brings the data dude into the fold. Mark Whitehorn investigates this latest addition...
Developing for Office 2007
The forthcoming 2007 Microsoft Office System offers many new opportunities for software developers. Matt Nicholson looks at the new user interface...
Wayne Smith on WinFX
Preview versions of a new set of designer tools, and of the WinFX runtime and the Visual Studio 2005 toolset, mean you can start developing...
Infragistics talk components
Matt Nicholson talks to director of engineering Steve Dadoly and marketing director Adam Jaffe about the Infragistics product range, the state...
Visual Studio 2005 launches
November 7th saw the "biggest launch in Microsoft history" with the launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 across...
Visual Studio Team System
By taking a role-based approach, Visual Studio Team System claims to give you all you need to manage the software development lifecycle. Matt...
Moving to Visual Studio 2005
With the launch of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft is taking the opportunity to revise its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) offerings. Matt...
It's a bugs life
How Identify Software integrated its AppSight solution into both Visual Studio Team System and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to provide...
What's new in Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 promises new and enhanced features for almost every aspect of Windows and Web-based software development. Alex Homer introduces...
Visual Studio 2005 for Web developers
There's a great deal that's new for Web developers working with ASP.NET 2.0 in Visual Studio 2005 including deployment enhancements and a new...
Working with data in Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 includes full support for both ADO.NET 2.0 and System.Xml 2.0, with many new features for working with both relational and...
Inside Software Factories
Software factories integrate modelling and code generation with patterns, frameworks and guidance to provide developers with a development environment...
Compuware responds to VSTS
At first sight much of the functionality promised by Microsoft's forthcoming Visual Studio 2005 Team System (VSTS) would seem to compete head-on...
Migrating From VB6 to VB.NET
If you are used to programming with Visual Basic 6.0, then Visual Basic .NET is unlike anything you?ve used before. Fortunately, says Huw Collingbourne,...
Inside Visual Studio 2005
Tim Anderson has a wide-ranging discussion with Craig Symonds, general manager of the Visual Studio product team at Microsoft Corporation, covering...
Designing applications with Whidbey
Tim Anderson asks Keith Short, Microsoft's Architect for Enterprise Frameworks and Tools, about the company's strategy with regards to application...
Mark Greatorex on the path ahead
We talk to Mark Greatorex, Director of the .NET and Developer Group at Microsoft UK, and .NET Systems Engineer Kieran Mockford about WS-Security,...
Genetic algorithms in use
Genetic algorithms can lead you to better answers, argues Jeff Smith, president and lead developer of SoftTech Design.
Ari Bixhorn on Visual Basic .NET
Microsoft product manager Ari Bixhorn talks with Matt Nicholson, Jon Honeyball, Tim Anderson and Simon Bisson about the rate of Visual Basic...
The .NET Weather Station
Mike Becker demonstrates how the .NET Framework can be used to create a Web Service that interfaces with specialised weather station hardware.
Understanding the .NET Framework
What does Microsoft's .NET strategy mean for the software developer? Matt Nicholson explains.
Managed Extensions for C++
Managed Extensions for C++ let you create .NET code with C++
and to re-use existing code with .NET. Richard Grimes explains how.
Anders Hejlsberg on C# and .NET
The TechEd 2001 keynote was presented by programming pioneer Anders Hejlsberg. As well as being the chief designer of Microsoft?s C#, his résumé...
Bob Powell talks .NET
As director of engineering at Stingray, Bob Powell has been involved with Microsoft?s .NET initiative from its early days. Tim Anderson reports.

Choosing between C# and VB.NET
The .NET Framework supports a variety of programming languages, including Microsoft?s much heralded C#. Huw Collingbourne considers whether...
Introducing C#
C# has been described as the native language of the .NET Framework. Julian Templeman finds out what it has to offer the Windows developer.
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