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Friday, June 30, 2006 9:25 AM

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 Now Available

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 Now Available   “As a result of customer feedback, IE7 Beta 3 contains some feature changes in addition to the planned reliability, compatibility, and security improvements. If you've previously installed a beta
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Friday, June 30, 2006 9:24 AM

End of Support for Windows XP Service Pack 1

“Effective October 10, 2006, assisted support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) will end. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support or security updates. To enhance the security of your computer and to continue
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:53 PM

Virtual Machine Additions for Beta 2 are available

You can download the additions here: http://connect.microsoft.com Source Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:48 PM

Microsoft's new 360-degree conferencing camera

“360-degree camera designed for video conferences called RoundTable, that has apparently emerged from a back-burner project called RingCam from Microsoft's laboratories.” THIS IS NICE!!! The latest prototype of Microsoft's RoundTable 360-degree
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:02 PM

USB to DB25 Adapter does not install new LPT port

Since am doing a bit of hardware programming via parallel port (LPT) I was looking for sometime to buy a USB to parallel port so I will be able to work on my laptop (my laptop has no LPT ports). I found today a company that sell this kind of cable and
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Monday, June 26, 2006 7:49 AM

How to make a webcam work in infra red

This is a pretey cool guide on how to mod your webcam to a Infra-Red webcam. This is something i’m going to do! Read it here Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Monday, June 26, 2006 7:44 AM

.NET Configuration Manager

Olaf Conijn did an AMAZING job in create a configuration management environment for .NET 2.0. “The “.Net Configuration Manager” tool allows developers to manage .net 2.0 configuration sections and perform the following tasks:
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Monday, June 26, 2006 7:38 AM

Windows Communication Foundation Hands-On June 2006 CTP/RC1 Updates

Craig McMurtry's post about 4 chapters of WCF Hands-On. You can download it from here: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Enjoy!   Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Monday, June 26, 2006 7:30 AM

WinFS - Rest in Peace

WinFS or Windows File System, what was supposed to be a part in the WinFX has been declared dead. Or basically what we used to think WinFS is (part of the Vista API…). “WinFS is no longer being delivered as a standalone software component”
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:42 PM

dd-wrt for WRT54G V5/V6 without JTAG

Until now for those who had the WRT54G router v5.0 / v6.0, there was no easy way to change the firmware. The way to do it until now was via JTAG which is far from a common thing to deal with. “Subject: The new JTAG less WRT54V5/V6 solutionHey
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:37 AM

Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - June 2006 CTP

No more WinFX…   Runtime Windows SDK for .NET Framework 3.0 June CTP Readme for .NET Framework 3.0 June CTP Microsoft Visual Studio Extensions - Development Tools for .NET Framework 3.0® Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:56 PM

queues, synchronization and my cents for performance...

This should be quite ovious but I find developers still writing code like this:         void WorkerThreadDoWork()         {            
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:16 PM

Crawelr I've been working on

Am writing an app that is very close to WatzNew. Specially because WatzNew has died long time ago and I find this tool very cool. What it does is crawl websites, ftp, files, mail, etc and let you know if something changed. Here is the simple web crawler
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:44 AM

My Windows Live Messenger Contact problem

“…However, if they're just showing up as offline, you may need to completely remove them (and e-mail them have them remove you and then readd you). That should restore the relationship between the two contacts… What would cause this
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM

Complete Regional Weather Station with MSN® Direct Weather Data Service

“This weather console uses the MSN® Direct service to receive regional weather information without the use of any outdoor sensors. For the first time, weather enthusiasts can get real-time, 4-day weather forecast information, including the chance
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:00 AM

Detect which Attributes I can put on my methods

After Dan Amiga presentation ASP.NET internals last night in the C++/C# usergroup. I had a talk with Asher Foa (a .NET guru who live in the shadows…) and he brought an idea of how can I tweak the Visual Studio enviorment to help my developers
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:36 AM

Resource ID Organiser

Have you ever got this MessageBox??? I finally found a very good tool that simplify the work with resources in C++. It support all versions of Visual Studio!!! “ResOrg came about as a result of the sheer frustration of repeatedly renumbering
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:10 AM

Remote Desktop Gadget for Windows Vista.

I just love seeing Glass apps!!! Full Glass Window based on Windows Vista Aero-Glass. WOW!!! Fixed the bug with the application not saving the history of servers. Due to requests I have adjusted the position where the application is presented
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:07 AM

Auto-Reply Messenger Add-In

If you wanted to add auto-reply messeges to your Messenger,  this small Add-In will do the job for you.     This version will allow you to customize auto-reply messages for the following status: Away Busy Be Right Back
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:44 AM

WPF MSDN Browser

After Craig Andera blogged about MTPS Content Service, Ian decided it will be cool to have a WPF App that is based on this service. MTPS is a web service that let you retrieve MSDN   Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:18 AM

Box.net is a online storage place which allows you to store files upto 1 GB online for free, It also has paid options for more storage space online. Using Box.net you can access your files from any computer that has an internet connection, uploading files
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:33 PM

A picture to remember...

Reuven Goldshtein, the CEO of Advantech – Microsoft Devision (formally Magen MTC). Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:26 PM

Tech-Ed Eilat 2006 - Final notes

Just recieved a mail about Tech-Ed Final notes website. You can find on this website pictures, presentation and movies. Enjoy! Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:01 PM

Researchers Say New Chip Breaks Speed Record - 500Ghz

Yes, you read corretly, I.B.M. and the Georgia Institue of Technology announce today they have broken the speed record for silicon-based chips. A speed of 500Ghz was riched. The researchers achieved the speed by “freezing” the chip to 451
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:37 PM

Remotely Enable Remote Desktop

This is a nice freeware that let you enable remote desktop on a remote computer. Download here Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:26 AM

Command & Conquer 3 is coming to Xbox 360

  This is GREAT news!!! No release date so far. via http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/06/20/command-and-conquer-3-bound-for-360/   Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:12 AM

Windows Desktop Search 3.0 has no User interface

After installing Office 2007 beta 2 there is a requirement to upgrade to Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta Engine Preview I then discover that the Search UI is not there, I had to go back to the download page to find out why:  “This release
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 3:35 PM

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __clrcall `eh vector destructor iterator'

I was working nearly 2 hours to figure out why I’m getting the LNK2001 regarding a virtual distructor (My code doesn’t have any virutal destructor. The solution after is simple after I figured out that a lib dependency is missing. Add msvcmrt.lib to
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:01 PM

Why I love my job

This is the reason why I love my job so much. Where else would you work on both hardware stuff and .NET? Sorry for the low quallity, some things are classified to view… But what you see is a Camera + Laser + VMD (Video motion detection). This
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 11:03 AM

Migrating a 70+ projects solution from .NET 1.1 to 2.0

Am currently migrating at my free time a large scale solution (over 70 projects) from .NET Framework 1.1 to .NET framework 2.0.  (although some work has been done by my co-workers, am doing it from fresh, for one reason only – this
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 9:28 AM

Windows Live Messenger 8.0 released

“Windows Live TM Messenger 8.0 Brief Description Windows Live TM Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger, and much more!   Windows Live TM Messenger is the next-generation MSN
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Monday, June 19, 2006 8:20 AM

MSDN Wiki Beta!

“On this site you can add content to VS 2005 documentation topics and edit contributions from other users.  Our goal is to extend the documentation with code examples, tips and tricks, and other information that you add.  To learn more
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Monday, June 19, 2006 7:53 AM

WLAN800 - PC-less VoIP Wi-Fi phone

This gadget only need 802.11 b/g wireless access point connected to the internet. Fully compatible with Skype, SIP services, MSN Talk and MSN Messenger. Chargable via USB, can be use to access streaming music with its built in media player (has a stero
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:46 PM

Windows Live Messenger problem

After I changed my messenger contact address it seem that some people not only didn’t get the updated address, but also those who did are unable to see me online. No matter how many times I remove/add the contacts, we are still unable to view each
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:05 PM

You think you are a good Tetris player?

Think again… Tetris Japan Finals Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Monday, June 12, 2006 11:00 PM

Creating a FULL glass Form in Vista

Here is a small sample on how to create a full Glass Form in Windows Vista:     public partial class GlassForm : Form     {         [DllImport("dwmapi.dll")]        
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Monday, June 12, 2006 12:52 PM

Disabling DEP in Windows

Although this is NOT something you want to do, and again DO NOT do it unless you 100% pro and know exactly what you are doing. Here is the way to disable the DEP – Data Execution Prevention in Windows XP/Vista/… Edit the boot.ini file to
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Monday, June 12, 2006 12:13 PM

My blog's statistics

This findings areVERY interesting :   Num Perc. Country Name   43 46.24% United States 21 22.58% Israel 5 5.38% Germany 4 4.30% Japan 3 3.23% United Kingdom 2 2.15% Canada
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Monday, June 12, 2006 12:04 PM

My new Company Car - Volkswagen Passat

I’m pretey much excited about, but the long waited (~3 month) company car has finally arrived to the port in Israel.  I should get it in the next couple weeks! Woohoo! Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Monday, June 12, 2006 11:09 AM

Sharp’s newest Smartphone - WS004SH

3.7-inch Mobile ASV LCD display. 416-MHz Intel PXA270 processor. 256MB flash memory, 197MB SDRAM. 1.3-megapixel camera. MiniSD card slot. 802.11b Wi-Fi. USB port. W-SIM slot. measures 70 x 130 x 26mm. weighs 220g. Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelso
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Monday, June 12, 2006 10:43 AM

WinFX -> .NET framework v3.0

If you remember the early pictures, you remember that Avalon, Indigo and WinFS was inside the .net framework. Since then it was announced that WinFX will be a seperate install/download/distribtion… Guess it’s back to the original now
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Monday, June 12, 2006 9:17 AM

TextBox prompt

Ever needed to have a “default” text in textbox that displayed only when text is empty? with Vista it is now possible: internal const uint ECM_FIRST = 0x1500;internal const uint EM_SETCUEBANNER = ECM_FIRST + 1; Win32Api.SendMessage(   
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Monday, June 12, 2006 9:13 AM

Virtual TechEd

If you can’t be at TechEd this year, you can be at virtual teched at http://virtualteched.com/default.aspx. “Watch the keynote live from virtualteched.com Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 4:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. “
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Monday, June 12, 2006 8:30 AM

TxF is working with Vista beta 2

Transactional NTFS (TxF) integrates transactions into the NTFS file system (also Registery). TxF can participate in distributed transactions that the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) coordinates, which allows you to use TxF for the following:
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:45 AM

Pachelbel's Canon in D Major... on Electric Guitar

I have some emotions to this master-art by packablle (Can you guess why? ) When I heared this playing…this kid is just AMAZING!!! Watch it here. Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:28 AM

Cool WPF demos by thirteen23

thirteen23 posted a few WPF demos. WPF demos are looking better and better every time! Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:22 AM

Fan Live Tekken video

A group of Tekken fans created this amusing live action video clip, complete with health bar, sound effects, and more. Watch after the jump. The effects might be fake, but the moves ain’t. If you’re still a naysayer, these guys will kick
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 12:22 PM

Building your own Xbox portable...

This guy did an AMAZING job!!! Read more here              Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:38 AM

WFP - Windows Filtering Platform

“WFP is a new architecture in Windows Vista that allows unprecedented access to the TCP/IP packet processing path, wherein outgoing and incoming packets can be examined or changed before allowing them to be processed further. By tapping into the
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:57 AM

E-TEN M600+

“The E-TEN M600+ could be the perfect Smartphone. It features a super bright 2.8-inch display, 400MHz Samsung processor, 256MB flash memory, 2.0-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an SDIO expansion slot. It’s powered by Windows Mobile
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:54 AM

JetBrains dotTrace profiles .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0

JetBrains dotTrace profiles .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 applications including ASP.NET applications running on Internet Information Server.       Convenience and ease of use set dotTrace Profiler apart from the many profiling tools
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:45 AM

Ballmer was unable to get rid of spyware for 2 days from a friends' PC

“Allchin says Ballmer, the world's 13th wealthiest man with a fortune of about $18 billion, spent almost two days trying to rid the PC of worms, viruses, spyware, malware and severe fragmentation without success. “ Failed??? Huh??? Also MS
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Monday, June 05, 2006 7:17 AM

La Linea (Mister Line...) TV show

Une ligne devenue classique It was cool to find out that all of the episodes of this cartoon show are now available online for free. Enjoy! http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/la_linea/index.php?numero=2   Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelso
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Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:04 PM

patterns & practices Mobile Client Software Factory CTP is available now!

 The patterns and practices group has just announced the Community Tech Preview of the Mobile Client Software Factory for Windows Mobile Enterprise Application Development. You can download the bits here : http://practices.gotdotnet.com/projects/mobile
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Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:46 PM

Surround sound is not enough anymore

Have you ever wonder what will be the hot thing after surround sound? After every home reciever support the 5.1 6.1 7.1 audio channels? How about lighting? Vibration? air movement? Well, Philips again, take the leading step and publishing its new amBX
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Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:27 PM

Windows Live Messenger VOIP Phone by Philips

Just have a look at this cool gadget. Cross-post from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/samuelson
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