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Shockwave Flash preview handler for Windows Vista and Outlook 2007.

Based on the excellent article from Stephen Toub , I was inspired to write a Shockwave Flash preview handler. Basically, it's just a plain UserControl which hosts the ActiveX wrapper for the player. It works from both Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista. The...

Published Wed, May 2 2007 4:27 AM by Random ramblings about Technology

Filed under: Vista, Outlook 2007, Preview handler

Technical Briefing Wrap and HOLIDAY!

First of all what does it look like to talk to nearly 2000 people? Well here is a picture I found on flickr of 900 people... yup I'm in there #9 top row. Think double this and we will be just about there! It was all of you that made this event so successfull...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2007 2:38 AM by Nigel Parker's Outside Line

Filed under: ASP.NET, Events, Vista, wpf, .NET 3.0, UX, WPF/E, Expression, innovation, DreamScene, AJAX, launch, blend, backgroundmotion

Counting the days... 26 work days, 3 keynotes, 3 presentations and 1 external conference.

I just planned my time for the rest of Feb and March and I am overwhelmed by how much work I have left to do. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, on the 24th of March I am flying my family to Europe for a month long holiday! I am going to be...

Published Wed, Feb 14 2007 3:55 PM by Nigel Parker's Outside Line

Filed under: Events, Vista, wpf, msdn

Paul Reynolds and the Gadget Show

I flew back into NZ on Tuesday morning suffering badly from food poisoning, it hit me just after I lay down to sleep on the flight home. I don't know where I got it from but it really hit me for 6 I am only just now recovering! I chose to stay home Tuesday...

Published Tue, Feb 13 2007 8:09 PM by Nigel Parker's Outside Line

Filed under: Vista, gadgets, sidebar

My Tech.Ready (Well at least the parts I can talk about)

I'm starting my long flight home from Seattle to Auckland. Please join me for another long convoluted post about this week abroad all written and linked while disconnected from the Internet ;) Each year technical Microsoft staff that are based out in...

Published Mon, Feb 12 2007 8:52 PM by Nigel Parker's Outside Line

Filed under: ASP.NET, Vista, ie7, wpf, FireFox, Bill Gates, UX, the long tail, innovation, AJAX

GA Vista Launch!

Wow... what a ride! Darryl and I have been humming and we got there with some kick ass sidebar gadgets for NZ! Thanks to everyone involved. If you have Vista try them for yourself if not watch this little video I just put together! ENJOY Coverage so far...

Published Mon, Jan 29 2007 1:52 AM by Nigel Parker's Outside Line

Filed under: Vista, gadgets, launch, new zealand, sidebar

Could you be the first person in the world to buy a retail copy of Windows Vista?

A few people have asked if we are going to be selling the worlds first copy of Windows Vista in New Zealand like we did for Windows 95. The answer is ABSOLUTELY! Where & When? Date: Monday 29th/ Tuesday 30th January 2007 - Remember Monday is a day...

Published Thu, Jan 18 2007 5:03 PM by Nigel Parker's Outside Line

Filed under: Vista

VPC2007: Erratic Mouse Behavior in RC

I've spent several hours testing the RC build of VPC2007 and I'm still experiencing erratic mouse behavior where the mouse seems to "skip" (disappear and reappear during movement). In the beta, this was caused by my Intel Centrino 915...

Published Thu, Jan 4 2007 5:19 PM by Jeff Lynch [MVP]

Filed under: Vista, Virtual PC 2007

WCF, WF and BizTalk Sample Posted

We just uploaded to our corporate site a small sample we created for the Windows Vista Launch in Colombia, showing some features in Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation and BizTalk Server 2006. The sample showcases a simple business...

Published Tue, Dec 5 2006 7:22 PM by Commonality - BizTalk

Filed under: BizTalk, WF, Vista, WCF

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