Yahoo acquires Oddpost

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Yahoo acquires Oddpost [http://www.oddpost.com]. More … [http://news.com.com/Yahoo+acquires+Oddpost+to+bolster+e-mail/2100-1038_3-5266019.html?part=rss&tag=5266019&subj=news.1038.20]…

Data Mining FAQ

By Ashutosh in Databases on

Data Mining FAQ [http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/sqlwarehouse/dmfaq.aspx] [via Christa Carpentiere [http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/christac/archive/2004/07/12/3480.aspx]]…

Whitehorse SOA designer

By Ashutosh in .NET Web Dev on

In the time frame of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft is introducing a new suite of graphical design tools, code-named “Whitehorse,” to make it easier to design and implement systems using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). More @ Visual Studio 2005: Bridge the Gap Between Development and Operations with Whitehorse — MSDN Magazine, July…

"Window Shopping"

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Microsoft To Open Windows Marketplace [http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml;jsessionid=?articleId=22104724] – Company to demo online mart for Windows-ware and talk up Windows XP Service Pack 2, due to RTM in August. [via CRN.com]…

World's longest dance party

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Delhi hosts world’s longest dance party [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/12dance.htm]. Cleveland’s record of hosting the world’s longest dance party was broken by 40 dancers of New Delhi (India) who have set a new world record.…

NullReferenceException or ArgumentNullException

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NullReferenceException or ArgumentNullException [http://weblogs.asp.net/brada/archive/2004/07/11/180315.aspx] – “The API Design Guidelines encourage developers to check all their arguments and thereby avoid throwing a NullReferenceException. If an argument is null and the contract of the method forbids null arguments an ArgumentNullException should be thrown.…