As of 14th October 2008, Mainstream support for .NET Framework 1.1 has ended. However extended support will be available till October 2013. We’ll most likely be in .NET Framework 12 by then. Or will there even be .NET?

Microsoft has launched a new web site targeted at Web developers and web professionals. The goal of this site is to showcase blogs, products events etc. This web site will also be home for Microsoft Web Platform Installer and Microsoft Web Application Installer. What’s most interesting is that the site will also showcase open source [...]

To give Live Services a well deserved push Microsoft has organised Live Services Jumpstart 2009. The event is a 2 day training session to be held across 11 cities around the world. The sessions will be an opportunity for some in-depth technical training for Live Services. In Sydney Live Services Jumpstart will be held [...]

An exciting news in last few days has been announcements of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0. The actual products may be more than a year away. To get the ball rolling, Microsoft has posted many videos on Channel9 which give you a sneak peak into some features. Can’t wait to get my hands [...]

I could be the last one to spot this. I just saw that the official Windows site on microsoft.com has a new look with Deepak Chopra’s (no relation) image looking into your eyes and telling you that he is a PC. The new look is refreshing. Much better than the old Microsoft.com look with too [...]

Back at PDC 2004 Microsoft announced Longhorn which eventually became Vista. Those who attended PDC in 2004 got an early build of Vista to play with. Microsoft will continue the tradition and will give an early build of Windows 7 at PDC 2008. As of today you can find screenshots of Windows 7 build [...]

After many months I attended SBTUG today. I have always found the presentations at SBTUG to be informative and more importantly entertaining. There are times when I feel like consuming content which is bit light on programming but still related to IT. And SBTUG provides that perfect mix. Today’s presentations were Predicting the Past: Emotional [...]

As per Beta Exams blog Exam 71-433 TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development is now open to all. you can find more details about it here.

Microsoft India is running an online event called Virtual TechDays. They are covering some good content on the latest goodies from Microsoft .Net 3.5 SP1, LINQ etc. I am particularly interested in sessions on LINQ and Parallel Extensions.

Yesterday Large Hardon Collider went RTM at CERN. The Collider will provide insightful information about moments after Big Bang. Now for most of us Big Bang is just a very very big bang and starting of everything including space and time. But if you are not willing to settle at that and if you are [...]

Channel 9 does a “This Week On Channel 9” video every week and this week they paid a visit to One .Net Way. They mentioned my post about Retrieving a list of applications using LINQ in their news video. I am very happy to see One .Net Way mentioned on Channel 9. It feels good [...]

Tomorrow i.e. Wednesday 10th September, I will present Entity Framework at Wollongong .NET User Group (WDNUG). My presentation will focus on What, Why and How of Entity Framework. WDNUG meets at CSC Offices in Wollongong. You can find more details of the venue here.
I hope to see you there.