Great article from Scott Hanselman on Edge.js bringing Node.js and .Net together on three different platforms; Mac, Windows, Linu...
Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Use Ubuntu To Access A Failed Windows Hard Drive
My daughter brought me her HP laptop that was running Windows Vista, but now won't boot. Like many users, she had years worth of data and no backup. All she wants are the photos and a few assorted documents. After trying various hard drive utilities, with no luck, I decided to try and create a bootable Ubuntu (Linux) USB stick. I know from past experience...
Friday, April 13, 2012
Running Windows 7 On The iPad 2
More of a novelty than really functional, I managed to get Windows 7 running in the Parallels iPad app. As you can see in this image I am running Visual Studio 2010. Very cool...
Thursday, September 15, 2011
5 Tech Stories Worth Reading
Netflix Headed For A Brick Wall?It was bound to happen, subscriber backlash over pricing, and recent news that major content providers are cutting ties with Netflix. Read more of the story here: http://thom.ws/mUNE5CIs Steve Balmer Actually Surprised At The Crappy Windows Phone 7 Sales?Steve, you have to actually build a brand, a community, and a solid app store before you can start to capture market share. Oh, and if you have to battle the retail sales folks for pushing people away from your product, you will have an...
Friday, June 3, 2011
5 Tech Stories Worth Reading
1. Apple’s iCloud To Be Free At Launch, Then Pay To PlayApple Inc. has just sewn up its contracts with the four major record labels Thursday for a cloud music service, with agreements from music publishers to follow on Friday, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.2. Mashape, the Marketplace for APIs, Moves to BetaAn app is like a Lego construction, Mashape is your Lego box. Search the API you need an easily integrate it in your project.3. Robots With Laser Vision, Ford's New $100M InvestmentFord's new army of...
Monday, November 1, 2010
The Windows Phone 7 Land Rush
Windows Phone 7 is about to hit the streets, and there is a lot of buzz being generated. My first impression of the phones are so-so. Nothing to write home about. The device is simple, and according to Steve Balmer's keynote address at PDC2010, Microsoft wanted to put the most important features front and center on the main screen.
Microsoft is late...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Twitter Launches A Client For Windows Phone 7
Twitter released a version of their mobile device client for Windows Phone 7. This version of the client uses a platform and design they call Metro. This application also lets you view your Twitter data through Pivots, described as pages.
From the Twitter blog:
We dug into the platform with a development partner, IdentityMine, who helped us get...
Monday, November 30, 2009
Two New Features I Love In Windows 7
I’ve been using Windows 7 for a few months, and I’ve come to enjoy two features not seen in Windows XP or Windows Vista. The first is a fast list that is shown when you click on an item in the task bar and move the mouse up just slightly, this menu below will show up. It doesn’t work for every application, but for applications like browsers, you...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Easy Way Detect Changes On The Clipboard With Windows API
A recent Windows Forms project required that I copy data from a grid and an associated object with each cell copied. This allows a user to paste the data in the same grid but in a different set of cells. My problem came when a user would copy data from an external application like Excel, and tries to copy the text into my grid. I had to come up with a way to determine the user was trying to paste something copied from an external program. There is a great solution using a Windows API called GetClipboardSequenceNumber(). ...
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Organize Your Crap
Advice from a seasoned IT professional. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2" /> w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"...
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