Archive for 2006
…as I previously assumed. The download list update “slowness” was actually filtering caused by Parental Controls enabled on the console. Unrated content will be hidden. XNA Creators Club does not have any control on what code will be executed on the xbox. So the XNACC download is marked Unrated and thus hidden. Michael, Program Manager [ READ MORE ]
Yes, it seems that everything that gets added to the Xbox Live Marketplace doesn’t show up on my xbox until several days after release. XNA Creators Club is no exception. I was hoping to see my rotating greenish wired sphere in glorious 720p on 40″ LCD… guess I’ll just have to wait. Update: after some postings on the forum, Michael [ READ MORE ]
Now we know there’s a launch party going on over at Microsoft campus, Redmond. Does that mean we’ll get the released product today also? I certainly hope so. And my hope was rekindled when the download center listed both the XNA Framework Redistributable 1.0 and XNA Game Studio Express 1.0.Guess who’s downloading as we speak! …my, this [ READ MORE ]
Yesterday I attended a technical conference where the speaker talked about BizTalk 2006. I had brought along a couple of friends of mine, both keen to learn the new and cool stuff but lacking a multi-year IT industry background. So I got kinda embarrassed when the speaker started talking about ESB and SOA and totally failed [ READ MORE ]
Sweet! Vista, both 32 and 64 bit versions, was made available for download yesterday evening. The iso image contains the following Vista editions: Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Business N Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Basic N Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Starter Windows Vista Ultimate ..now I’m off to download a brand [ READ MORE ]
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