Parallel Computing with .NET
"With all the modern systems using multi-core and multi-processor systems, tapping this new power is an interesting challenge for developers. It also fundamentally starts the shift on how your 'average...
View ArticleSharpOS Releases First Milestone
SharpOS 0.0.1 has been released. "The SharpOS project is aimed at writing an operating system in 100% C#. This originally proved to be a problem of nearly philosophical proportions because C# is a...
View Article.NET Framework Library Source Code Now Available
"Last October I blogged about our plan to release the source code to the .NET Framework libraries, and enable debugging support of them with Visual Studio 2008. Today I'm happy to announce that this is...
View ArticleDevelopers Create Open-Source OS Kernels Using .NET Tools
"Developers are working to create experimental open-source operating systems with modular microkernels using the C# programming language. The SharpOS and Cosmos projects both announced their first...
View ArticleSharpOS in the Stream of C# Kernels
"Previously, we have presented one of the two opensource licensed projects related to creating a C# kernel. Now it's the time to complete the set by rightfully presenting SharpOS, an effort to build a...
View ArticleAnnouncing Pash: Open Source Implementation of PowerShell
Igor Moochnick announced Pash, an open source implementation of Microsoft's PowerShell. "The main goal is to provide a rich shell environment for other operating systems as well as to provide a...
View ArticleMicrosoft: No External Code in DLR
"It's official: Microsoft will not accept any external code contributions to its planned Dynamic Language Runtime, which will run Microsoft's new scripting languages for the web and Silverlight content...
View ArticleMicrosoft Releases ASP.NET MVC Source Under Open License
"Microsoft launched ASP.NET MVC 1.0 at the MIX09 event last month. This new ASP.NET enhancement brings a Rails-like model-view-controller framework to Microsoft's Web development stack. In a blog entry...
View ArticleMicrosoft Turns .Net Micro Code, Support Over to Community
"Microsoft is turning the source code for its embedded .Net Micro Framework over to the community and slowly withdrawing from that business, company officials are confirming. On the rumored list of...
View ArticleRemoving .NET ClickOnce Support from Firefox
Microsoft is really making it hard not to distrust them, aren't they? We already talked about Mono and Moonlight this weekend, and now we're notified of something else. Apparently, the Microsoft .NET...
View ArticleMicrosoft Names New Date for Visual Studio 2010
"Microsoft has named the date for the (delayed) next installment of Visual Studio and its .NET Framework. Developer division marketing and communications manager Rob Caron blogged Thursday that the new...
View ArticleMicrosoft Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4 Released
"Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 have something for every developer. The new editor, now using Windows Presentation Foundation, supports concepts such as the use of multiple monitors. This...
View ArticleMicrosoft Announces Silverlight 5 Beta for First Half 2011
"In a keynote presentation at the Silverlight Firestarter event this morning, Corporate Vice President in Microsoft's developer division, Scott Guthrie officially announced Silverlight 5, and outlined...
View ArticleMonoMac 1.0 Released
From the release announcement: "Almost a year ago we started building a set of Mono bindings for building native MacOS X applications. Our original goals were modest: bind enough of AppKit that you...
View ArticleIntroducing .NET Framework 4.5
"Last week at the BUILD conference, we had the pleasure of announcing the next version of the .NET Framework and releasing a developer preview at the same time. We have so many new things in .NET 4.5...
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