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Deepening Cloud Investments With the Azure Services Platform
New capabilities in Windows Azure include support for full trust to increase the level of flexibility for developers through support of native code, non-.NET language support via FastCGI, and geolocation to provide developers with the capability to host data and code across two U.S.-based datacenters. … More
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Microsoft Research Announces Tech Preview of Translator Widget
At MIX09, Microsoft Research announced a Technology Preview of the Microsoft Translator widget and APIs. The Microsoft Translator widget brings real-time, in-place language translations to web sites. Users can see web pages in their own language - without having to go to a separate translation web site - and share the pages with friends in multiple languages. The widget is freely available for limited download now for web developers looking to easily add language translation capabilities to their web sites. Learn more at http://www.microsofttranslator.com/mix09, and follow all the action with @vikman live on twitter from #mix09. … More
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Netflix and Business Value of Silverlight
Netflix discusses the way that Silverlight has enabled them to grow profits and customer retention. … More
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Easier Access to Developer Tools, Platforms, and Applications
Microsoft released several components of the Microsoft Web Platform, an integrated set of tools, servers and frameworks that work seamlessly together and interoperate with popular open source applications and products that are used in the community. … More
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Silverlight 3 Beta release
Announced this morning,Silverlight 3 empowers Web developers and designers to build the best experiences for their customers through the creation of cutting-edge Web applications. … More
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Tim Sneath is Live Blogging MIX09!
If you're following from home, or if you just want to get some of the local flavor from an insider who is live blogging the announcements, ambiance, and vibe, follow Tim's series of Live Blog posts! … More
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Expression Web SuperPreview!
Expression Web SuperPreview is one of the coolest features for Web Developers featured in the Day 1 Keynote. Code your markup, and compare to Firefox, Safari, IE6 and even to your PhotoShop comps to make sure that your design is pixel-perfect! Here is an in-depth interview and demo. You can download the SuperPreview trial here. … More
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Bill Buxton: Return on Experience
You saw Bill Buxton in today's MIX09 keynote, now watch the in-depth interview with Bill, where he discusses design and how it relates to today's economic climate. … More
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For some MIX09 is all about meeting cool people
And if the list of people you intend to meet is still empty you may get some inspiration from one of the UK MVPs. Phil Winstanley is an ASP.Net MVP in the UK. On his latest blog post Preparing for MIX09 he highlights the folks we wants to meet and network with. Get your networking list ready and enjoy MIX09 from all angles. … More
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Fewer sheep, more business
Mary Jo Foley thinks MIX09 is a breath of fresh air from the regular Web 2.0 conference. This is because there are more sessions focusing on the Business Applications scenarios. Check her blog for the sessions that caught her attention: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2302 … More