As we all know Silverlight is a great technology based on the RIA (Rich internet Application) concept.Today I will show how to build a Silverlight based media Player for Your self.get ready to get your hands DIRTY!!!Hands on Microsoft's deal with US media giant NBC Universal to stream this summer's Olympic Games online using Silverlight represents a major demonstration of the potential of Microsoft's emerging browser-based runtime and streaming service. In keeping with the news, and following Continue Reading

As in my last post I gave an overview of the .Net framework and it's evolution.Now as part of the process, im putting up the framework's Posters which will tell, what is actually inside the framework and then telling about the new features that are present in the newly released .Net 3.5 version.The .Net 2.0 Framework.(To view a bigger Picture click Here) The .Net 3.0 framework The .Net Framework 3.5 To Get The full Framework PDF, Click Here.Well the framework can be downloaded from Continue Reading

We all are very much using microsoft technologies every day, and the platform that microsoft is giving developers to play upon is the .Net Framework.Pretty recently many people asked me to give an overview of teh evolation of the framework, so here it is.The .NET Framework is an integral Windows component that supports building and running the next generation of applications and XML Web services. The .NET Framework is designed to fulfill the following objectives:To provide a consistent object-oriented Continue Reading

Well here it goes again. Microsoft announced recently on it tech net website that it is on the verge of developing a new UI framework.Not too long ago Microsoft described Windows Presentation Foundation as the “UI platform for the next 20 years”. Surprisingly work is beginning on an even newer Windows UI framework. My Windows Vista clock must be running slow.Bearing in mind the arsenal of Windows UI frameworks that exists today - Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, Windows Forms, Win32, Continue Reading

Well The .net 3.5 framework is a big hit as it came together with the right tool just in time for early birds to get an overview, the visual studio 2008.I previously did give an overview about the new IDE platform, here is the link.Now the new developments that Microsoft has made in the new platform include LINQ (Lanaguage Integrated Query), roots to support Microosft upcoming version of it's SQL server dubbed SQL server 2008.Visual Studio is more than an integrated development environment. It is Continue Reading

Well the new year start off with a bang, as recently after confirmation Sun has acquired MySQL for a price of $1bn.This has taken everybody by surprise - users, community members, customers, partners and MySQL employees. He believes that depending on one’s relationship to MySQL, the immediate reaction upon hearing the news may be a mixture of various feelings, including excitement, pride, disbelief and satisfaction, but also anxiety. Most Industry experts have been speculating that MySQL will likely Continue Reading

Yet again the Interenet King spawns its paws further into our lives, now with its own mobile. APC recently made a prediction that google is yet again to awe the world, but thsi time by debuting its phone.You can bet that if Google’s handset partners lift the covers on their Android phones during the Mobile World Congress expo, which kicks off on February 11th in Barcelona - or if Google itself trots out a flock of phones to impress this annual powerhouse gathering of the global mobile industry Continue Reading

As 2008 begins, Microsoft isn’t letting up on its efforts to push Windows Vista. The latest promotion is aimed at subscribers Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) or TechNet who provided Microsoft with Vista testing feedback. “As we approach the one year anniversary of launching Windows Vista we want to remember you as one of the many people who downloaded and tested one of the Windows Vista Beta or Release Candidates through TechNet or MSDN. YOU were a significant contributor to the development Continue Reading

Pretty big news out of CES tonight where Bill Gates gave the keynote. NBC and Microsoft have signed a deal that will make MSN the provider for online content during the 2008 olympics at NBCOlympics.com. The biggest news is that Silverlight is going to be powering the video.There is going to be a tremendous amount of attention and traffic on the NBC site and now all of those people will need to install Silverlight in order to see it. That could do big things for adoption and give Silverlight a big Continue Reading

And the first Software BUG of 2008 Award, yet again goes to one and only Microsoft!!!Microsoft has confirmed that its recently released Windows Home Server OS can corrupt data if users are reckless enough to put it under extreme loads. The company first warned last week that it had received reports of data being corrupted when certain Microsoft programs, and a few other app's, were used to write files. However, reaction was initially mooted, presumably because the user base was too busy enjoying Continue Reading

To All my Reader's out there, I wish you from the Bottom of my Heart, a warm( it's Winter I know, that's why :)), a more HAPPY, a more successful, a a more exciting and prosperous NEW YEAR of 2008.I Pray to THE ALLMIGHTY GOD, that may HE SHOWER HIS BLESSING UPON US, FORGIVE US FOR OUR SIN's and most of All, FULLFILL ALLALL OUR GOOD WISHES.AMEEN Take CareSamir Sam Z Best! Continue Reading