Yahoo Messenger 6

The new Yahoo! Messenger (v6.0) [http://messenger.yahoo.com] looks really impressive. Some of the new features are integrated LAUNCHcast Radio, Games, Avatars, Audibles, Stealth settings etc. Yahoo address book synchronization with Messenger is neat too. However, I still support the idea of an integrated multi-protocol IM software like…

BPO Buzz

Where in India are most BPO [http://www.rediff.com/money/bpo.htm] companies situated? Take the BPO Quiz [http://specials.rediff.com/money/2004/feb/10quiz.htm] and find out the facts.…

Signal-to-Noise #9

* dotText pre-0.96 – Two new features (among others), Search [http://scottwater.com/dottextsourcetree/browse.aspx?f=C:SitesDottextSourceDottext.Search] and ScheduledEvents [http://scottwater.com/dottextsourcetree/browse.aspx?f=C:SitesDottextSourceDottext.FrameworkScheduledEvents] ,?in dotText (pre-0.96) [http://scottwater.com/blog/archive/2004/02/01/Pre096.aspx] that I’ll be?going…

Signal-to-Noise #8

* Code Reviews – Sample chapters [#2 [http://www.processimpact.com/reviews_book/chapter_2.pdf] and #6 [http://www.processimpact.com/reviews_book/chapter_6.pdf]] from Karl Weiger [http://www.processimpact.com/]s’ book on Code Reviews. [via Joseph Cooney [http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/JosephCooney/posts/6397.aspx]] * Web Services…

Signal-to-Noise #7

* A new version (4.1.3) of Inno Setup [http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php] (an application installer & setup creation tool that I use quite frequently [http://weblogs.asp.net/ashben/archive/2003/10/25/33443.aspx]) has been released with an all-new Explorer-like folder browser. * With Visual Studio…

Signal-to-Noise #6

* Sample chapters (Part 1 [http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/ado.netckbk_chap01/index.html] and Part 2 [http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/ado.netckbk_chap01/index1.html] ) from O’Reilly’s ADO.NET Cookbook [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/adonetckbk/] * Ted Neward shares his…

Matisse Database

Yesterday I posted a line [http://weblogs.asp.net/ashben/archive/2004/01/29/64327.aspx] on the Matisse Database [http://www.matisse.com/], said to be The Ultimate .NET Database [http://www.matisse.com/pdf/product_information/Whitepapers/DotNETarticle.pdf] (PDF). Comments [http://weblogs.asp.net/ashben/archive/2004/…

Signal-to-Noise #5

* The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog [http://microsoft.weblogsinc.com/] * Now we?know a little more about “Microsoft Venus” [http://www.iunknown.com/000398.html] (i.e. ASP.NET 2.0). * Matisse 6 [http://www.matisse.com/]: The Ultimate .NET Database [http://www.matisse.com/pdf/product_information/Whitepapers/DotNETarticle.pdf] (PDF)…