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Microsoft Tech.Ed SEA 2008

Microsoft TechEd SEA, Microsoft’s premier and largest annual conference is back. The event will be held from Auguest 11 to 14 in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia. This time, the event will be bigger, with much more opportunities to learn from the technical tracks, explore the latest solutions, evaluate the technology and connect with different people all arond the world.

What the tracks available this year?

1. Architecture
2. Database platform
3. Developer tools and languages
4. Office and Sharepoint
5. Management
6. Security
7. SOA and Business Process
8. SOA and Web Infrastructure
9. Windows and Frameworks
10. Web and User Experience
11. Windows Client
12. Windows Mobile and Embedded
13. Windows Server Infrastructure
14. Unified Communications

Right now, they are having a promotion, as you can register yourself for the event for RM 999 (USD 323). You can get more discounts if you register in a group. Hurry and register now!

Check the details here.

Ban Comic Sans

Comic Sans is a casual script typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by the Microsoft Corporation. It is classified as a casual, non-connecting script, and was designed to imitate comic book lettering, for casual use in informal documents. The typeface has been supplied with Microsoft Windows since the introduction of Windows 95, initially as a supplemental font in the Windows Plus Pack. It has since become one of the most widely-used Windows system fonts.

Many people like to use Comic Sans for different purposes. It looks cute and casual, and I guess this is why the font is popular among the users. However, I came across to this web site, started by Dave and Holly Combs, and found that there are a group of people who really hate about using Comic Sans.

Why they want to ban Comic Sans? Most of them feel that Comic Sans should be banned due to a widespread misuse of the font. Martin, from Earz-Mag.com had conducted an interview with Dave Combs about his move of banning Comic Sans. You can read more details from this blog entry. If you are one of them, pay a visit to this web site.Check this Flickr group too, which collects the pictures of Comic Sans (typeface) instances seen in real life.

So, which side are you right now?

Facebook Apps

Most of us know about Facebook and there are more than 69 million active users worldwide who actually join this social networking website. Facebook Apps is one of the greatest features offered, as developers can come out with various mini applications for the users. We found these applications fun, interesting and exciting…

However, there is a new study from Flowing Data that about 9600 applications are developed Just For Fun. According to the study, the firm have divided a total of 23,160 Facebook Applications into 22 categories. Hence, about 40% of all the Facebook Applications are developed to kill our time. (Check this post for more information)

Visit this site to check out some of the cool Facebook Applications.

X-Mini Capsule Speaker

Have you seen this cute little speaker before? It is the X-Mini Capsule Speaker which looks more like a yo-yo to me. I received the product from Moy, my supervisor for Microsoft Student Partner Program. Thanks a lot to Moy…

Although this pocket size speaker looks small, but the sound quality and volume is quite impressing. To my surprise, the product has won as the winner of RedDot design award in year 2008.

Check out more review about this product from CNET and ThinkGeek.

Official Web site of the product.

Backup complete database schema in SQL Server 2005

How do you backup your database schema and all the related objects? You can take a look at this post entry to learn more about it. The tutorial will guide you step-by-step to backup your database schema using SQL Server Management Studio. At the end of the tutorial, you will create a SQL script to copy the complete database schema and all the related objects, including Stored Procedure, Functions, Triggers, Tables, Views, Constraints etc.

Before starting your backup, you can download SQL Server Management Studio Express  from Microsoft. It can be used for configuring, managing, and administering all components within Microsoft SQL Server. The tool includes both script editors and graphical tools which work with objects and features of the server.

SQL Server Management Studio Express:

Overview

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) is a free, easy-to-use graphical management tool for managing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services. SSMSE can also manage instances of the SQL Server Database Engine created by any edition of SQL Server 2005.

Note: SSMSE cannot manage SQL Server Analysis Services, Integration Services, Notification Services, Reporting Services, SQL Server Agent, or SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2

• Computer with Intel or compatible Pentium III 600 MHz or faster processor (1 GHz or faster is recommended.)
• Minimum of 192 MB of RAM (512 MB or more is recommended.)
• 100 MB of available hard disk space

Warning: You must remove any beta or Community Technology Preview (CTP) versions of SQL Server Management Studio Express from your system before installing this package. Not doing so will cause installation of this package to fail.

More Details Here.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available right now. You can download it via Windows Update. The service pack is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from the users. Service Pack 1 actually improved its specific reliability and performance issues, provided support for new type of hardware and also several emerging standards. Windows Vista SP1 also addresses some management, deployment, and support challenges.

You might started to raise a lot of questions about Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Feel free to visit this site to understand more about Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Besides that, you also can visit to Microsoft TechNet to know more about Windows Vista SP 1.

However, if you are having some problems to download Windows Vista SP1, visit here for more information. Hopefully you can solve your problems and doubts by installing Windows Vista SP1. Certainly, Windows Vista SP 1 will deliver a better computing experience to maximize your satisfaction.

Discover Windows Vista here now !

Welcome the return of aXXo

The famous DVD ripper, aXXo had decided to go for a “holiday” and stopped releasing new material in last December. However, it seems that aXXO is back in business now, by uploading the movie, “I am Legend”.

Many torrent lovers are desperately waiting for aXXo’s return after it’s absence for four months. It has been reported that about an estimated of one million people downloaded aXXo’s DVD-Rips every month.

The quality of DVD-Rips provided by aXXo is excellent and most of us will be patiently waiting for aXXo’s release. Now, it is back, and you can start searching for aXXo’s new torrents from this site.

Currently, two movies are uploaded which are, “I am Legend” and “The Mist“. Hopefully, we can expect more from this popular DVD-Ripper.

Visit TorrentFreak for more information.

Visit aXXo-Release at Blogspot.

Building Documentation Comments in C#

C# allows developers to embed XML comments into their source files, in order to provide additional information for other developers. Take a look at the example below:

You can see that there some descriptions for the class System.String. Actually, this can be done by the insertion of XML comments into your source codes. These XML comments start with three forward slashes (///), where the first two signify a comment and the third one informs the parser that this is an XML comment.

/// <summary>
/// Perform a test function
/// </summary>
/// <param name="TestingString">Testing String</param>
/// <returns>string</returns>

Your description should be appeared on the screen now :)

For more information, please visit to this site. Besides that, you also can check the Recommended Tags for Documentation Comments at MSDN library.

Try Gelato at Gelatissimo

Gelato is Italian ice-cream made from sugar, milk, combined with other flavorings. At Gelatissimo, gelato is produced with finest and freshest natural ingredients, giving you the taste of the most popular gelato in Australia.

Now, you can buy Gelatissimo’s gelato in Malaysia. The stall is located at The Gardens in Midvalley City.

Exact location: LG-K08

A scoop of chocolate and strawberry :)

So, what are you waiting for? Grab a scoop and experience the real taste of Italia. Or you can visit to their Official Website for more information.

Google Image Labeler

Feel bored??? Feel stress???

Just spend two minutes and enjoy yourself with Google Image Labeler. It is a game that allows you to label random images and helps to improve the quality of Google’s image search results.

In this game, you will be randomly assigned to a partner. Over a two-minute period, you and your partner will:

• View the same set of images.
• Provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see.
• Receive points when your label matches your partner’s label. The number of points will depend on how specific your label is.
• See more images until time runs out.

After time expires, you can explore the images and the points you have earned from the game. Besides that, there are two rankings, Today’s Top Pairs and All-Time Top Contributors will be displayed to show your effort. Hurry up, and have fun :)

Know more about Google Image Labeler.