News for Thursday, April 6 2006

Industry News

EarthLink and Google win San Francisco Wi-Fi bid

San Francico will finally get it's free and low cost Wi-Fi.
Source: ZDNet

Action Engine Powers Tivo Mobile

Program your Tivo from anywhere, thanks to a new application from Action Engine.
Source: Action Engine

Microsoft Readies 'BitVault' Self-Healing Data Store

Once a Microsoft Research project, BitVault may be heading out of the labs and onto hard drives to help distribute and protect large volumes of data.
Source: Microsoft Watch

Microsoft Launches Linux Site

First Macs run XP, now this. I think you all know what this means...
Source: InfoWorld

Developer News

Microsoft Virtual Lab Express

Try out Visual Studio 2005, Team System, BizTalk Server 2005 or SQL Server 2005 without installing any software with these virtual labs.
Source: Microsoft

Security fears prod many firms to limit staff use of Web services

Instant Messaging, Web-based email and Skype at work become off limits at some workplaces.
Source: ComputerWorld

Let The CLR Find Bugs For You

Use Managed Debugging Assistants to help you debug your .NET applications.
Source: MSDN

Automakers Pimp Hybrids to Please

Hybrids are going mainstream. Very cool.
Source: Wired

Hot Threads

Ever want to slap your compiler?

Intellisense? Then why can't it fix my code? Or at least the parts it knows are wrong.
Source: The Code Project

Where is Microsoft going today?

Or rather, where should Microsoft be going tomorrow?
Source: The Code Project