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8/29/2007
Latest Vista SP1 build leaks out
Newest update to Microsoft OS, intended for use by invite-only list of testers, can be downloaded from BitTorrent networks ahead of official release.
Microsoft distributed a new build of Windows Vista's first service pack last week to its invite-only list of testers, according to bloggers armed with copies. But as is the norm, the version also leaked to BitTorrent networks.
The 6.0.6001.16633 (longhorn.070803-1655) build weighs in at a relatively svelte 684MB, bloggers and message forum users claimed. The first Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta, which leaked earlier this month to BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, was significantly larger -- more than 3GB -- and came as an .iso file that was, in effect, Vista with SP1 already added. Last week's build, an .exe file, updates existing Vista installations.
8/29/2007
Entity Framework Beta Released!
The long awaited Entity Framework Beta 2 and the accompanying Entity Framework Tools CTP have been released!
Beta 2 of the Entity Framework includes many great improvements and added features since the last release of the June CTP, including:
Events to customize code generation
Abstract types in EDM models
Complex types
support in metadata files
Entity key serialization
Increased persistence ignorance in entity data classes
Improved connection management in ObjectContext
Improved DataBinding usability
Metadata annotations
Better support for span over LINQ to Entities queries
Improvements to LINQ queries: additional canonical functions and automatic mapping from CLR functions to server functions
A new event for extensibility of SaveChanges
Usability and consistency improvements
Polymorphic results from stored procedures
8/28/2007
MS Sets Fall Launch for Configuration Manager
Microsoft Monday said development is complete on its System Center Configuration Manager 2007, a cornerstone in its model for managed IT systems, and that the management tool will ship in November.
For users moving from the pervious version called System Management Server the release represents an upgrade, but for those tracking Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI), a 10-year plan to build a management platform for Windows, it represents a beginning and an end.
8/28/2007
Tafiti Searching With Silverlight
Tafiti: It sounds like something contestants might yell on Survivor Africa. But it's really an experimental Microsoft search mashup application built around the company's Silverlight cross-platform streaming media technology and Microsoft's Live Search engine.
The experimental application, which uses Silverlight to front-end Windows Live Search, is available online as of this week.
8/28/2007
Windows Installer 4.5 Beta is Now Posted
The Windows Installer 4.5 Beta binaries, CHM, headers, and libs are all now accessible at http://connect.microsoft.com.
We are eager to hear your feedback on our new features. We’d also like your feedback if you find compatibility problems that are unique to the Windows Installer 4.5 beta. The feedback link on the Windows Installer 4.5 Beta connect site at https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/default.aspx?SiteID=432.
Thanks for your help creating a great new version of Windows Installer.
8/28/2007
hackers @ microsoft
Welcome to a new blog from Microsoft. The focus of this blog is likely to be a little different from most other blogs you'll see on blogs.msdn.com. Microsoft employs some of the best hackers in the world and actively recruits them and develops them. They work on all kinds of projects, whether it be in development, research, testing, management and of course security. Of course, there is controversy even in the word "hacker" but I don't think that should stop us from using it in the manner I think is the most appropriate. At his or her core, a true hacker is someone who is curious and wants to learn how systems work.
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