Dave Glover "Down Under (Oz)"
Internet of Things, Azure, Visual Studio, Mobility, Windows, Security, and Gadgets:-)
Running Windows 7 on my ASUS Eee PC 1000H Netbook
Now that Windows 7 beta 1 is out in the wild I can't resist sharing my experiences with Windows 7...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 01/09/2009
Make sure you patch Internet Explorer
If you haven't done so already then do make sure you have updated your system with all the latest...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 12/17/2008
Victoria.NET Back to Basics - Sessions on WCF, WPF and WF – Monday Dec 15th
In case you missed this announcement from Mahesh… Cheers Dave Monday 15th December 20085:30pm (Pizza...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 12/10/2008
Windows and Dell have joined (RED) to help eliminate AIDS in Africa
Just spotted this in twitterverse (thanks aussienick) If you are looking for a new PC this Christmas...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 12/09/2008
Australia Developer Liberation Day Nov 6th - Live stream will be available at
www.microsoft.com.au/powertodevelopers Please make sure you check it out, lots to show and tell from...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 11/05/2008
Microsoft Hyper-V Server Now Available (Hyper-V role only Server)
In case you missed this, but of couple of days ago we released Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, it is...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/08/2008
Oh I’m so in Lust!! - The first full review of HTC Touch HD published
https://msmobiles.com/news.php/7690.html cut and paste from MSMobiles at last a smartphone that...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/06/2008
PDC and Windows 7 goes “Boy Band” and “So you think you can dance”, ya gotta watch!!
Check out the video at https://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/PDC-2008-is-cominghellip-and-I-canrsquot-wait/...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/06/2008
Sync Services for Devices Shipped!
The device bits for Sync Services for ADO.NET have been released to the web so now we have a have a...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 09/17/2008
Creating a Bootable USB Windows Vista Drive
I've been wanting to create one of these for ages, mostly to install Vista on to DVDLess Laptops and...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 09/11/2008
British Library "Turning the Page" site now available in Silverlight (and WPF)
Yeah ok, I'm probably the last to spot this but one of my fav WPF sites, the British Library have...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 09/11/2008
Daylight Saving Comes to Australia Early - Please be sure you are prepared!!
Daylight saving now commences on the first Sunday in October and ends on the first Sunday in April...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 09/11/2008
.NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit (for VS2008 SP1 and Fx 3.5 SP1)
The .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, demos, and...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 08/22/2008
Australian Teched 2008 Session Listing available at...
I've been asked this a couple of times over the last few days so I thought it might be useful to...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 07/23/2008
FTP7 for Windows Server 2008 RTM is released!
Ok, suspect I'm not the only one that missed this especially if you mostly live in the developer...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 07/17/2008
Designed for Windows Mobile® Software Application Handbooks
This is almost a bookmark for me as this is the best source of Windows Mobile dev guidelines I''ve...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 07/14/2008
Coming to Melbourne soon! Microsoft Virtual Earth Platform and MapPoint Web Service - Meet the Experts
The Microsoft Virtual Earth team are holding an event on 31st July 2008 in Melbourne office (level...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 06/10/2008
Developing Applications for your Zune with XNA 3.0
Huh, now this is well cool!! See...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 05/26/2008
Microsoft migrates MSDN and TechNet on Hyper-V virtual machines
As mentioned at my ADNUG Hyper-V session we are hosting MSDN and TechNet sites on Hyper-V - cool!!...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 05/26/2008
Setting up Windows Server 2008 Core and Remote Hyper-V Management
Virtualization provides real benefits for dev/test/production, reducing physical server count, cost,...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 05/15/2008
MS Press Books Discount (May 2008, Australia) Available via your User Group Leader
Tania Netterfield our Partner Account Manager for CPLS (Certified Partner for Learning Solutions) as...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 05/05/2008
Cumulative update for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 is available
Check out https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB946581, Web Dev related.... Just loaded up and yes they...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 04/23/2008
Great session at MIX on RESTful Services and WCF
see https://sessions.visitmix.com/ and search for session T01, titled "Creating a RESTful API with...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 03/19/2008
Hooking up my Turtlebeach Audiotron to Windows Server 2008
My Audiotron continues to be one of my favourite household gadgets, it's a Win CE device (Win CE 3x,...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 03/18/2008
Australia Heroes Launch Wave 2008: What's new for Services Development in Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Fx 3.5
The objective for this session was to outline the updated support in Visual Studio 2008, .NET...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 03/17/2008
Free e-book offer for Windows Server 2008 and Powershell
In case you missed this there is a free download for the following books:- Introducing Windows...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 01/29/2008
"How Do I?" Videos for Security
In case you missed this then worth checking out the "How Do I?" Videos for Security, see...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 01/09/2008
INNOVATE ON Windows Mobile Resources
Well Happy Year, if you took time out of then hope it was a relaxed one and all the best for 2008!!...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 01/06/2008
POS for .NET and Symbol LS 2208 Scanners and Possibly Others
Well I cant say life gets boring, I've been working on WEPOS and specifically with the Microsoft...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 11/30/2007
Silverlight 1.1 is now Silverlight 2.0 - see the very useful links for information on timeframes and functionality
Author: Dave Glover Date: 11/29/2007
Expression Blend Service Pack 1 (SP1) is alive and available for download from
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a07196d1-971b-4710-99c8-d3d9603ccfcb&Di...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 11/27/2007
Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit updated for RTM
Shameless copy and paste from Eric (thanks Eric!!) who shameless copied it as well:) but a useful...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 11/22/2007
Wondering what to do this weekend then check this out!!
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e73_1192213802
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/19/2007
ISV Innovation Days coming to Canberra!! Dec 11th, 2007
By popular request the ISV Innovation Roadshow will be coming to Canberra - but there is a caveat,...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/19/2007
Free Online eLearning Available from https://www.microsoftelearning.com
See the attached document for more info - but here is a quick summary:- Developer Clinic 7045:...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/11/2007
"Windows Server 2008: Developer Essentials" Partner Readiness event also free to Oz Managed ISVs
What is it? Training for developers on Windows Server 2008 If you are a managed ISV then this...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/11/2007
Oz ISV Innovation Days for the 2008 Launch Wave: Coming to a city near you!!
ISV Innovation Days will allow you to connect with the Microsoft ISV Virtual Team (including...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 10/11/2007
"Astoria" RESTful Data Services for AJAX/Silverlight Solutions
Yup, again, probably the last to spot this, but Angus pinged me the link yesterday and it looks...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 09/01/2007
ADNUG/MSDN (Thur Sept 6th): New Features and Improvements for Smart Clients in Visual Studio 2008
Hi there, hoping we'll see you this Thursday lunch time for an update on what's new in Visual Studio...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 09/01/2007
SQL Down Under Code Camp 2007 (Oct 13th and 14th) Agenda Publish
If you're not on Greg's SQLDownUnderList mailer then there's a fair chance you missed the agenda has...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 08/29/2007
BizTalk R2 Launch in Sydney September 14: Registration now open
There's a lot happening with the R2 release of Biztalk 2006 and this launch event will be a great...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 08/29/2007
Check out the Silverlight and Live Search Beta called Tafiti
Tafiti means "do research" in Swahili and it is an experimental search front-end designed to help...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 08/22/2007
Public Hotfix Patch Available for VS 2005 F5 Debugging Performance Issue with ASP.NET
In case you missed this on Scott's blog... See...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 08/22/2007
SMS Voter 3.0 Meets Software plus Services
If you attended my Dynamic Data Controls session at TechEd then you'd have spotted the latest...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 08/19/2007
TechEd Oz ASP.NET Dynamic Data Controls and Why You Love TechEd Vote Results
Attached is the working version on my ASP.NET Dynamic Data Controls session, including demo notes...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 08/08/2007
ADNUG/MSDN ASP.NET Dynamic Data Controls (Oryx) this Thursday (Aug 2nd, 2007)
Hi there, hoping you can make it along to this months ADNUG/MSDN Lunchtime Update, the session is a...
Author: Dave Glover Date: 07/30/2007
SMS Voter Results via Silverlight and Popfly
Author: Dave Glover Date: 07/03/2007