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| Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:12 EDT North Korea launches short-range missiles |
North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, an act that the U.S. watched closely and South Korea called provocative. The recent firings come amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, fired test rockets and threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters. |
| Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:08 EDT Palin: 'I know when it's time to pass the ball' |
Sarah Palin said Friday that she will step down as Alaska's governor by the end of the month. She will not seek election to a second gubernatorial term in 2010. As the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, Palin had been considered one of the front-runners for the GOP nomination in 2012. |
| Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:01:26 EDT Jackson fans face long odds for tickets |
Fans continued to register by the thousands early Saturday, hoping to be among the 8,750 people who will be randomly picked to attend the memorial service for singer Michael Jackson next week. |
| Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:08:41 EDT Diprivan risk well-known to doctors |
While authorities do not yet know what killed Michael Jackson, the possibility that anesthetics -- particularly the drug Diprivan -- might be involved continues to swell. Sources close to Jackson told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta that the singer traveled with an anesthesiologist who would "take him down" at night and "bring him back up" during a tour in the mid-'90s. |
| Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:57:56 EDT 'Serial killer' sought in South Carolina |
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office on Friday released a second sketch of a man believed to have fatally shot four people in less than a week near Gaffney, South Carolina. "Let me say that, under the FBI's definition of a serial killer, yes, we have a serial killer," Sheriff Bill Blanton said. In addition, Blanton said he did not know whether the shooter knew his victims or whether he may have chosen them at random. |
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| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:00:00 GMT Check out the MSDN Home Page's evil twin! |
| Want a peek at a couple things our designers and front edge team have been working on? These widgets were just short-term exercises that we hope will get you excited about the things to come. If you love it or hate it, let us know by hitting the feedback link at the bottom of the page! |
| Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Learn More About the Open Source SecurityTool: !exploitable Crash Analyzer |
| Learn about the makings of the !exploitable Crash Analyzer tool. It's the only tool of its kind that increases efficiency, reduces cost, and improves security by providing automated crash analysis and security risk assessment. |
| Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Tell Your Web Developer Friends About "Will Code for Green" |
| Develop a green application using the Bing API with any tech platform or language, win US$10,000 + be featured at Gnomedex! |
| Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Watch a "How Do I Video?" on Getting Started with .NET Services |
| .NET Services are a set of highly scalable building blocks for programming in the cloud. In this brief screencast, you'll learn about the registration process, the SDK and the built-in samples - everything you need to know in order to get started. |
| Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:45:00 GMT Windows 7 Release Candidate Now Available |
| The Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available. Download, install, and actively test the Windows 7 RC code to help get your software and hardware solutions ready. |
| Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:45:00 GMT Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 On-Demand Series |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 release expands on existing technology and adds a host of new features. In this series of on-demand webcasts, you'll get to know Windows Server 2008 R2, learn about what's changed, and get a jump start on developing for this new platform. |
| Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:45:00 GMT Privacy Guidelines for Developing Software Products and Services |
| Download this document to help set data privacy guidelines for developing your software products and services, based on Microsoft's internal guidelines and experience with incorporating privacy into the development process. |
| Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:50:00 GMT Windows 7 Release Candidate Now Available |
| The Windows 7 release candidate is now available. Download, install, and actively test the Windows 7 RC code to help get your software and hardware solutions ready. |
| Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:50:00 GMT Check Out the Latest Videos and Webcasts on Windows Azure |
| Take advantage of this resource that includes a full listing of the latest webcasts and how-to videos covering the technologies included in the Azure Services Platform: Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Data Services, and Live Services. |
| Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:50:00 GMT Get a Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview (Video, Part 3) |
| In the last of a three-part series of videos on Windows 7 rraphics architecture, David Blythe, Senior Architect in the Desktop and Graphics team, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, discuss many new updates and improvements on Windows 7 architecture and how this improves the user experience. |
| Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Windows 7 General Availability on October 22 |
| Windows 7 will be available in stores beginning October 22. An important milestone on the path to general availability (GA), the release to manufacturing (RTM) code for Windows 7 will be available to Microsoft partners at the end of July, as will the RTM code for Windows Server 2008 R2. |
| Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT "How Do I?" Video: Learn More About Encryption |
| Learn more about the basics behind encryption algorithms and practices used to create cryptographic schemes, symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms, the SHA256 hash encryption algorithms, and how to implement them in a simple application. |
| Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Free Visual Studio E-Books Offer from Microsoft Press |
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Download chapters from three great books on Visual Studio 2008: Programming Microsoft LINQ, Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 2, Second Edition, and Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5.
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| Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Bytes by MSDN |
| Listen or watch 16 influential community and Microsoft developers, interviewed at Tech·Ed, talk about their recommended must-have resources for the summer. Check back weekly for the next installment in the series or subscribe and take it with you. |
| Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT New "How Do I?" Videos for Internet Explorer 8 |
| Find videos designed to help Web developers and designers of all skill levels experience the power of the Web using Internet Explorer 8. Check back often, as new videos are added regularly. |
| Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Get a Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview (Video, Part 2) |
| In the second of three overview videos, David Blythe, Senior Architect in the Desktop and Graphics team, and Yochay Kiriaty, Technical Evangelist, discuss what's new in Windows 7 graphics and how developers can tap into the new APIs. |
| Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Write Secure Code Using the Security Development Lifecycle Process Template for VSTS |
| The SDL Process Template for VSTS integrates the policy, process, and tools of the SDL v4 into Visual Studio Team Systems 2008, and eases adoption of the SDL, enables auditable security requirements and status, and demonstrates security return on investment. |
| Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Mark Your Calendar for July 1, 2009 - Windows 7 Beta Expiration |
| Heads up! The Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 1, 2009, so be prepared and plan to rebuild your PC with either the release candidate (RC) or another valid version of Windows before July 1, 2009. You will receive a warning two weeks prior to July 1; after this date, your PC will begin shutting down every two hours. |
| Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Read a New Customer Case Study on Windows Server Platform Strategy |
| In this case study, YOURasp had been hosting WAEC's sites on Linux, and decided to run the new PHP-based Web site on the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating system. In less than one week, the company deployed a virtual failover cluster that handled up to 10K service requests per minute during the election. |
| Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT Mark Your Calendar: Windows 7 General Availability on October 22 |
| Windows 7 will be available in stores beginning October 22nd. An important milestone on the path to general availability (GA), the release to manufacturing (RTM) code for Windows 7 will be available to Microsoft partners at the end of July, as well as the RTM code for Windows Server 2008 R2. |