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Friday, October 01, 2010

Welcome New Silverlight MVPs for October 2010

by Tim Heuer via Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer on 10/1/2010 11:44:55 PM

Just a quick shout-out to congratulate the latest Silverlight MVPs to the program.  The Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) program is a recognition program that is in place to recognize and reward those individuals who have been identified by individuals (peers, Microsoft staff, etc.) as experts in their technology field and global contributors to the technology.  As of today (01 OCT 2010) we welcome some new folks to the Silverlight group: Colin Melia (@colinizer) Kunal Chow ...

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Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Performance Tips

by John Papa via JohnPapa.net on 10/1/2010 11:39:00 PM

This week on Silverlight TV: Performance is always a critical topic in development, especially when it comes to a mobile device. Jeff Wilcox shares several performance tips and dives deep into how he made the ProgressBar perform even better. Jeff retemplated the ProgressBar control via a style and made it very simple to apply to all instance in a project. Jeff and John also discuss the roles of the compositor thread and the UI thread on Windows Phone 7 with Silverlight. Jeff covers several t ...

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Proud to be a Microsoft Silverlight MVP – October 2010

by Kunal Chowdhury via Kunal's Blog on 10/1/2010 7:41:00 PM

Today Morning (1st October, 2010) when I noticed the mail with the Subject line: “Congratulations on receiving the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award”, I was really surprised. This is the biggest Award in my Life. I am really feeling very proud once I got the MVP Award from Microsoft.   Yeah, it was the early morning when I received the mail from Microsoft India MVP Lead “Abhishek Kant” mentioning the following: Dear Kunal Congratulations on getting awarded ...

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ASP.NET Security Fix Now on Windows Update

by ScottGu via ScottGu's Blog on 10/1/2010 6:30:27 AM

Earlier this week I blogged about the availability of a patch on the Microsoft Download Center to fix the recent ASP.NET Security Vulnerability. Today we also made it possible to update systems through Windows Update (WU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).  This enables administrators to more easily streamline patch installs, and enables you to take advantage of the WU/WSUS infrastructure to detect which patches you should install based on what versions of .NET are on your sys ...

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Smart Dispatcher – Getting Back to the UI Thread

by John Papa via JohnPapa.net on 10/1/2010 6:12:00 AM

When you work with Silverlight classic or for Windows Phone everyday like I do, you get used writing code that helps you get back on the UI thread when needed. I was chatting with Jeff Wilcox about threading and I tossed this code at him, as Jeff also has a SmartDispatcher class. Mine is a much smaller feature set than Jeff’s, but it does the job I need. Anyway, the discussion with Jeff made me realize I had not shared this code. Sometimes your code runs on a background thread, for exampl ...

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One of the winners of the Windows Phone 7 competition

by einar@dolittle.com (Einar Ingebrigtsen) via Einar Ingebrigtsen on 10/1/2010 3:14:08 AM

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a competition for creating a Windows Phone 7 app. Yesterday it was announced that I was one of 3 lucky winners of the competition, the two other winners being Sigurd Snorteland and Ronny Gydar. The grand prize; a Windows Phone 7 device.The results were announced at the Windows Phone Developer Community meetup yesterday. Thanks a lot to the jury for picking my app as one of the winners, and to the sponsor of the hardware for providing the phones - that will ...

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Silverlight Sessions Coming to DevConnections Las Vegas November 1-4

by dwahlin via Dan Wahlin's WebLog on 10/1/2010 12:22:34 AM

Silverlight continues to grow in popularity as companies realize the different ways it can be used to build both consumer and enterprise applications. If you're looking to get started with Silverlight or simply want to enhance your existing skills we've planned some great sessions at Silverlight Connections Las Vegas (November 1-4, 2010). Whether you're starting from scratch or already experienced and looking to take your skills to the next level, there is definitely a session for you. Here's ...

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