'Underperformer' Lost Planet 2 and"sluggish"sales beast Monster Hunter Tri.

Capcom's net income between April 1 and June 30 was 213 million yen (around $2.4 million US), down roughly $23.2 million US from the previous fiscal year's first three months. The blame is pinned on factors including shrinking US and European markets, exchange rate changes, poor sales and an increase in development costs.

Capcom reports that its"flagship title" Halo: Reach Campaign Trailer Features the Lesser-Known 'Beginning' of the Fight  from *Shacknews* Games  (29/7/2010 16:25) 

"While we're certainly aware that you've been looking forward to playing SOCOM 4 this year, we don't want to take any shortcuts,"senior community manager Jeremy Dunham explained."Instead, we want to deliver the best and most immersive SOCOM game we possibly can and we're going to use our extra time to do just that."

Our Brian and Garnett got totest SOCOM 4's PlaySt...

Perhaps I intended to highlightGratuitous Space Battlesdeveloper Cliff Harris writing about"the marketing / production tradeoff."It's quite possible that I meant to excitedly point out that Squid Yes, Not So Octopus creator Rob Fearon is soon to releaseFish Fish Bang Bang. We might never know. All we can be certain of is thatStarCraft II is looking at meand I don't know if I can wait.

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When we chatted about Visual Studio architecture tooling in Ranger chalk talk sessions today and especially when I was watching Suhail demonstrate the use of the architecture tooling, I started think about what circular references really mean. Looking at the enormous diagrams generated when analyzing the PetShop or Tailspin sample applications the actual code and the analysis results seem to get lost in all the noise.

I decided to write some simple code, defining classes in four namespaces and creating instances where a class method calls another class method, which in turn calls the original class method. Take note of ClassA2.Test() and ClassB3.Test()?

1:usingSystem;

2:usingSystem.Collections.Generic;

3:usingSystem.Linq;

4:usingSystem.Text;

5: 

6:namespaceClassLibraryDemoA

7:{

8:publicclassClassA1

9:{

10:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

11:{

12:ClassA2 classTwo =newClassA2();

13:classTwo.Test(iValue);

14:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

15:}

16:}

17:

18:publicclassClassA2

19:{

20:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

21:{

22:ClassA1 classOne =newClassA1();

23:classOne.Test(iValue);

24:ClassA3 classThree =newClassA3();

25:classThree.Test(iValue);

26:ClassLibraryDemoD.ClassD1 classFour =newClassLibraryDemoD.ClassD1();

27:classFour.Test(iValue);

28:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

29:}

30:}

31: 

32:publicclassClassA3

33:{

34:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

35:{

36:ClassLibraryDemoB.ClassB3 classThree =newClassLibraryDemoB.ClassB3();

37:classThree.Test(iValue);

38:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

39:}

40:}

41:}

42: 

43:namespaceClassLibraryDemoB

44:{

45:publicclassClassB1

46:{

47:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

48:{

49:ClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA2 classTwo =newClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA2();

50:classTwo.Test(iValue);

51:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

52:}

53:}

54: 

55:publicclassClassB2

56:{

57:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

58:{

59:ClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA1 classOne =newClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA1();

60:classOne.Test(iValue);

61:ClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA3 classThree =newClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA3();

62:classThree.Test(iValue);

63:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

64:}

65:}

66: 

67:publicclassClassB3

68:{

69:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

70:{

71:ClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA3 classThree =newClassLibraryDemoA.ClassA3();

72:classThree.Test(iValue);

73:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

74:}

75:}

76:}

77: 

78:namespaceClassLibraryDemoC

79:{

80:publicclassClassC1

81:{

82:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

83:{

84:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

85:}

86:}

87:}

88: 

89:namespaceClassLibraryDemoD

90:{

91:publicclassClassD1

92:{

93:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

94:{

95:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

96:}

97:}

98:}

We then generate a Dependency Graph by Namespace, enabling all three currently available analyzers as shown below.

So what happens?

1. Namespaces and associated classes that are acting as a hub? get called and call ? are shown in blue.
2. Namespaces and associated classes that not called by anyone? are unreferenced ? are shown in violet.
3. Namespaces and associated classes that calls others, which in turn call the classes again and thereby creating a circular reference, are highlighed in red.

When we create a sequence diagram off the ClassA2.Test() method, to get a clearer view, we suddenly realize that the circular reference is a bad one, which will result in the system eating itself up? like a recursive call that recursively calls itself. At some point the system will throw a no memory exception and implode.

Changing the code as follows, maintains a circular reference between classes, nut not a recursive call that would sooner than later result in a system blow-up.? still showing a circular reference, but not one that will implode ourselves.

1:usingSystem;

2:usingSystem.Collections.Generic;

3:usingSystem.Linq;

4:usingSystem.Text;

5: 

6:namespaceClassLibraryDemoA

7:{

8:publicclassClassA1

9:{

10:publicvoidTest(intiValue)

11:{

12:ClassA2 classTwo =newClassA2();

13:classTwo.TestIn(iValue);

14:System.Console.WriteLine(iValue);

15:}

16:}

17:

18:publicclassClassA2

19:{

20:publicvoidTestOut(intiValue)

    GNOME 3.0 repoussé à mars 2011 
    from Generation Nouvelles Technologies 

          (29/7/2010 8:00) 
    
  

Learn how to upgrade your customers'operating systemsnow to ensure they are secure and are running at peak performance.

As a member of the Microsoft Partner Network, you can earn the Desktop competency and uncover new development, sales, and services opportunities for your business. Visit the Partner Portal to find out more.

At this years Microsoft Australia Partner Conference I will be explaining the Microsoft Partner Network changes and demonstrating the increase in value to you, our Partners.  My session will focus on how the changes will support you in your customer engagements.  I will also explain in detail information about the new benefits and requirements. Please register to attend my sessions at this years APC.

Dentro del proyecto de Vinculación entre el CONALEP y Microsoft, sus estudiantes, docentes y planteles, dispondrán de los siguientes beneficios:

1. Software Microsoft para Robótica, Multimedios, Videojuegos, Diseño Grafico, Desarrollo Web, Animación, Programación, Bases de datos y Servidores

Programa:DreamSpark

Beneficiarios: Estudiantes y Docentes de todos los planteles de CONALEP

Costo: no tiene costo

Forma de acceso:

• Ir al portal deDreamSpark
• Dar click en INCIAR SESION
• Introduce tu cuenta de Windows Live (la asignada por CONALEP)
• Comienza a disfrutar los beneficios de DreamSpark!

 

2. Software técnico Microsoft y contenidos educativos para los docentes de CONALEP

Programa:Faculty Connection

Beneficiarios: Docentes de todos los planteles de CONALEP

Costo: no tiene costo

Forma de acceso:

• Solo tienes que solicitar un código de acceso al responsable de informática de tu plantel.

 

3. Software técnico Microsoft para los laboratorios de enseñanza-aprendizaje de los planteles de CONALEP.

Programa:MSDN AA

Beneficiarios: Laboratorios de Enseñanza ? Aprendizaje

Costo: no tiene costo

Forma de acceso:Solo tienes que solicitar los accesos al software a los responsables de informática de tu plantel.

 

4. Software Microsoft para los emprendedores de desarrollo de software de CONALEP durante 3 años sin costo para diseñar, programar, producir, probar, demostrar y hospedar sus productos de software y soluciones

Programa:BizSpark

• Inscríbete enhttp://www.microsoft.com/bizspark

Beneficiarios: Estudiantes, incubandos, egresados de CONALEP que emprendan y desarrollen software.

Costo: no tiene costo

Requisitos:

1. Tener una cuenta de Windows Live (la asignada por CONALEP).

2. Si tu empresa ya esta creada, deberá tener menos de 3 años en el mercado. No es necesario que tu empresa este formalmente creada.

3. Tener un capital 100% privado.

4. Si ya facturas, deberás tener en la actualidad una facturación anualizada inferior a los 250,000  dólares.

5. Desarrollar software empaquetado para comercializar o software más servicios, como parte fundamental de tu negocio.

6. Contar con:

· Una página Web (con dominio propio, URL) que describa sus productos que ofreces u ofrecerás.

· Una dirección de correo electrónico del dominio de su empresa con la cual se establecerá la comunicación con el programa, vía correo electrónico.

Forma de acceso:

Para recibir mayor información sobre el Programa de Vinculación Microsoft- CONALEP, por favor envía un correo electrónico a:cat@conalep.edu.mx

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Tenemos para ti los siguientes videos en los cuales podrás encontrar conejos y tips de los programas que tienes a tu disposición.

1. Programa de Emprendedores

2. Live@Edu

3. TechNet

4. Profesionales TI

5. Seguridad en Internet

6. Autodesk. Descarga software gratis.

Algo curioso que estive vendo hoje..

Encontrei um disassembly do SQL Server rodando na minha máquina com o código do Spinlock (em vermelho):

sqlservr!Spinlock<60,7,0>::SpinToAcquireOptimistic+0x3d:00000000`01aca459 33c9            xor     ecx,ecx00000000`01aca45b 85db            test    ebx,ebx00000000`01aca45d 7412            je      00000000`01aca47100000000`01aca45f 8b07            mov     eax,dword ptr [rdi]00000000`01aca461 85c0            test    eax,eax00000000`01aca463 7407            je      00000000`01aca46c00000000`01aca465 90              nop00000000`01aca466 03cd            add     ecx,ebp00000000`01aca468 3bcb            cmp     ecx,ebx00000000`01aca46a 72f3            jb      00000000`01aca45f00000000`01aca46c 4c8b442438      mov     r8,qword ptr [rsp+38h]

Um comentário curioso: a instrução NOP no endereço 01aca465 não realiza nada, mas permite que processadores com Hyper-Threading façam a mudança de contexto para o próximo processador lógico. Esse comportamento torna a função ?Hyper-Threading Friendly? e economiza energia!

Pokud si objednáte a za?nete pou?ívat slu?by platformu Windows Azure, jedna z prvních otázek, která se vyno?í, zní: jak zjistím, kolik spot?ebovávám? V tuto chvíli je mo?né zjistit spot?ebu a? z m?sí?ního výpisu, který je dostupný spole?n? s fakturou. Je to podobné jako u dodávky vody, kdy na ka?dé faktu?e vidíte cenu za m?síc rozpo?tenou podle vodného a sto?ného. V tuto chvíli bohu?el nemáme mo?nost v libovolné chvíli nahlédnout na pomyslný vodom?r. Tato mo?nost se p?ipravuje a bude v krátké dob? uvoln?na k obecnému pou?ití.

Online Services portál

Poj?me si však projít postup, který v sou?asné dob? máme. Prvním krokem je výb?r zem? a p?ihlášení se svým administrativnímú?tem (Live IDú?et) na portálMicrosoft Online slu?eb.

Následn? v pravém sloupci zvolte polo?ky„Zobrazit mé faktury“.

Pokud máte více p?edplatných spojených s jedním administrativnímú?tem, v dalším kroku si zvolíte konkrétní slu?bu, ke které si chcete zobrazit informace. Po výb?ru sledovaného faktura?ního období se zobrazí nabídka, ze které lze získat jak fakturu samotnou, tak detailní informace o spot?eb? v jednotlivých dnech. Na ní?e uvedeném výpisu vidíte výslednou fakturovanou?ístku 0 Euro, proto?e jsem svou spot?ebou nep?esáhlMSDN benefit, který vyu?ívám.

Klikn?me nyní na odkaz„Denní spot?eba“ a získáme detailní informace o?ástkách za slu?by v jednotlivých dnech. Proto?e jsem své aplikace nasadil a provozoval pouze po omezenou dobu, v ní?e zobrazením detailním rozpisu vidím velice malé polo?ky jen v n?kolika dnech.

Over at the IE8 team blog, they?ve hit amilestone? using the Smartscreen filter, they have recently blocked their 1 billionth piece of malware from being downloaded.

1 billion malware blocks is an amazing milestone and an example of two things. First socially engineered attacks like malware continue to be a real threat for users on the web. Second, to help keep you safe online your browser needs to continually enhance and improve its service. We have got better and better at blocking malware through the SmartScreen Filter because we have continued to invest in our back end service since we released IE8 in March 2009.

Smartscreen is the name of the anti-spam engine that Hotmail uses for its spam filtering, and this is a version of the filter that is shipped alongside the browser.  The technologies used to do detections of malware are similar but not quite the same since spam and malware filtering are different balls of wax.

This type of milestone is a pretty big step for Internet Explorer.  In IE6, they didn?t even have malware blocking, and IE6 is the most vulnerable browser from Microsoft at the moment (in terms of usage and attack vector space).  You might be wondering who uses IE6 and there are still a lot of people.  I went to a session at TechEd in New Orleans last month, and in one session they asked the question of which companies are still primarily using IE6.  In a room full of 500 people, roughly 3/4 of the room raised their hands.  I was really surprised by that.

Protecting people at the source from being infected is incredibly useful.  Of course, other browsers like Firefox and Chrome do the same thing.  However, I just want to point out that automated malware protection is one of the better security advances in web browsers that have appeared over the past 3 years.  The fact that this protection is free is even better.

Today, myself and my co-worker got into a pretty big discussion about what constitutes spam and what doesn?t.

At issue was a message that was flagged as spam when sent to an internal Microsoft alias.  What happened is a researcher sent around a message that contains  some data about spam and malware, contains some URLs along with some summaries of important trends and sends to a distribution group.  The From address is an internal Microsoft user alias but the name that appears is?Daily Trends? (not that exactly, but you get my point).  The MUA is not Outlook, but instead is a mailer script that is written in Perl.  I?m not familiar with the interface but the mailer is in the message headers and runs on a box that is internal to Microsoft.  Thus, the script, I assume, connects to port 25 (from within the Microsoft environment) and sends a mail with contents based upon what the user has written.  This mail was rejected in SMTP based upon characteristics within the mail.  I classified this as a false positive.  It?s a legitimate mail, people want it, and is neither unsolicited nor bulk.

Now, my colleague, by contrast, insists that this message is 100% spam.  It is not legitimate by any stretch of the imagination and the content filter rejected it and that this was the correct behavior.  To my (crazy) colleague, the reason that this message is spam has nothing to do with whether or not the recipients wanted to receive the message, nor whether or not the message contents are spam.  Instead, he insists that it is spam because there was no SMTP AUTH for the message.

In other words, the message was sent?anonymously.?  The script connected to the network, sent a mail, and then disconnected.  By contrast, if you are in a corporate environment, you might have to login and send mail via Exchange and all mail is sent as you; that is, mail has SMTP AUTH because you are logged in and mail is coming?from? you (never mind the fact that anyone can walk by your terminal if you haven?t locked it and send mail as you).  His argument is that a rogue employee could log in and send volumes of mail to internal distribution lists without actually doing SMTP AUTH.  And if you aren?t AUTH?ed, then the message is spam.  It doesn?t matter what the contents of the message are, no AUTH = not legitimate.  Furthermore, most (?) companies? policies (?) are that you cannot send mail anonymously like this, you must do it logged in.  If you?re not, then it doesn?t matter what type of mail you send, it should be rejected 100% of the time.

From my perspective, this is wrong.  SMTP AUTH is a way to backtrack back to the user who sent the mail and makes it easier to find out who is sending the mail.  But if it isn?t used, it doesn?t mean that it is spam.  These are the exact types of scenarios that are part of the?long tail? of email usages.  I would guess that there exists hundreds of thousands of mail and IT admins who have automated scripts set up somewhere to collect information and send out reports.  Or that send out email and don?t do SMTP AUTH.  It?s just a script, and it?s internal.  It?s a quick, easy way to find out information and send it to a narrow audience.  My point is that it isnotspam.  If a spam filterdetectsit as spam then that would be an example of a false positive.  It may be a false positive that the filter should not take action to correct (it falls into the TS category), but it?s a legitimate mail that was incorrectly flagged as spam.  Mail that one user sends to another for a specific purpose? namely, that contains valuable information ? is not spam.  Maybe best email practices aren?t being followed, but a filter should be intelligent enough to figure that out.  And not so aggressive that it cannot allow some leeway to handle cases like these.

I believe I'm a little over halfway through the campaign and it's mostly living up to my expectations, but hopefully I'll be able to finish and have a review up shortly.

Gaming News o'the Day

• Call of Duty: Black Ops heading to the DS.
• Star Trek Online drops in price as season 2 hits.
• "Best of Indie"bundle returns via Direct2Drive.
• Fairytale Fights developer/publisher in trouble.
• Indie Games C...
  

I am sure that you have seen the hype about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 release. I have posted a few times already about it with some great videos, see the posts below:

• Windows Phone 7 Series is coming
• Windows Phone 7 Series Demo Video
• Cool Windows Phone 7 Commercial

Now if you would like to get a handset to put on your desk and show off to your work colleagues, friends and family.... you need to head over to the Jayway Team Blog site and look at the article below. 

Get your free Windows Phone 7 handset fromWindows Phone 7 series paper prototype

Enjoy

David

Budu up?ímný a p?iznám,?e k obsahu tohoto postu m? p?ivedla hodn? ?ivá diskuse s kolegy v hospod? Seattlu (pokud n?kdy navštívíte toto nádherné m?sto na severozápad? USA a budete si chtít dát lokální pivo, ur?it? navštivteRock Bottom) :-)

Jednou z charakteristik cloudu, Windows Azure nevyjímaje, je elastické chování. To v podstat? znamená,?e výkon, který z cloudu získáme je v?dy p?izp?soben pot?ebám, které naše aplikace má. Jde o nádhernou myšlenku a technicky realizovatelnou. Je zde však ono?asté ALE– výkon není zadarmo.?ím více odebíráme, tím více platíme. Proto v mnoha p?ípadech?adu forem cloud computingu také nazýváme Utility Computing.

Jaké tedy máme teoreticky mo?nosti v p?id?lování výkonu?

Pln? manuální.U této formy je výkon cloudu kdykoli k dispozici, ale p?id?lování výkonu je pln? na vlastníkovi aplikace. Prost?ednictvím administrativních nástroj? p?idává nebo ubírá dedikovanou kapacitu cloudu.

Aplika?n? automatizované.V tomto p?ípad? si aplikace sama, podle definovaných algoritm? a parametr?, ?ádá o pot?ebné cloud zdroje. P?íklad jak takovou funk?nost zajistit najdete v mém postuJak jezdit ve Windows Azure cloudu s optimální spot?ebou.

Cloud automatizované.Tato forma, v p?ípad? Windows Azure zatím hypotetická, funguje tak,?e samotný„mozek cloudu“ analyzuje vytí?ení aplikace a automaticky p?id?luje odpovídající výkon.

Vra?me se nyní tématu postu– pot?ebují zákazníci opravdu t?etí formuškálování– cloud automatizovanou? Osobn? si myslím,?e ne. Jak dob?e poznamenal m?j kolega Michael Ju?ek– je to jako by jste si objednali malí?e pokoj? a ?ekli– je mi jedno kolik to bude stát, jen a? je to dob?e vymalované. Jaký je váš názor?

Díky,

  Dalibor

Budu up?ímný a p?iznám,?e k obsahu tohoto postu m? p?ivedla hodn? ?ivá diskuse s kolegy v hospod? Seattlu (pokud n?kdy navštívíte toto nádherné m?sto na severozápad? USA a budete si chtít dát lokální pivo, ur?it? navštivteRock Bottom) :-)

Jednou z charakteristik cloudu, Windows Azure nevyjímaje, je elastické chování. To v podstat? znamená,?e výkon, který z cloudu získáme je v?dy p?izp?soben pot?ebám, které naše aplikace má. Jde o nádhernou myšlenku a technicky realizovatelnou. Je zde však ono?asté ALE– výkon není zadarmo.?ím více odebíráme, tím více platíme. Proto v mnoha p?ípadech?adu forem cloud computingu také nazýváme Utility Computing.

Jaké tedy máme teoreticky mo?nosti v p?id?lování výkonu?

Pln? manuální. U této formy je výkon cloudu kdykoli k dispozici, ale p?id?lování výkonu je pln? na vlastníkovi aplikace. Prost?ednictvím administrativních nástroj? p?idává nebo ubírá dedikovanou kapacitu cloudu.

Aplika?n? automatizované. V tomto p?ípad? si aplikace sama, podle definovaných algoritm? a parametr?, ?ádá o pot?ebné cloud zdroje. P?íklad jak takovou funk?nost zajistit najdete v mém postuJak jezdit ve Windows Azure cloudu s optimální spot?ebou.

Cloud automatizované. Tato forma, v p?ípad? Windows Azure zatím hypotetická, funguje tak,?e samotný„mozek cloudu“ analyzuje vytí?ení aplikace a automaticky p?id?luje odpovídající výkon.

Vra?me se nyní tématu postu– pot?ebují zákazníci opravdu t?etí formuškálování– cloud automatizovanou? Osobn? si myslím,?e ne. Jak dob?e poznamenal m?j kolega Michael Ju?ek– je to jako by jste si objednali malí?e pokoj? a ?ekli– je mi jedno kolik to bude stát, jen a? je to dob?e vymalované. Jaký je váš názor?

Díky,

  Dalibor

¿Eres una chica, estudiante o recién egresada de una carrera de Tecnologías de Información o similar y te apasiona estar a la vanguardia, conocer sobre las mayores innovaciones tecnologías y trabajar en equipo?

Sí es así, Microsoft te está buscando?

¡¡¡Queremos encontrar a la mujer maravilla que pueda unirse a la empresa de Software más importante del Mundo!!!

Lo que necesitamos es lo siguiente:

• Carrera:Alguna relacionada con Tecnologías de Información.
• Lugar:Microsoft México ? Santa Fe, Distrito Federal.
• Edad:Entre 23 y 25 años.
• Descripción del Puesto:Apoyará en campañas de marketing digital y comunicación tecnológica para dar a conocer nuevas tecnologías.Colaborará en el análisis de tendencias de adopción en el mercado a través del uso de Business Intelligence. Estará encargada de administrar, analizar y dar seguimiento a comunidades tecnológicas para brindarles información, recursos, entrenamientos, eventos y noticias.

Si cumples con el perfil anterior¿Qué esperas? Envíale tu CV a Karina Jiménez:i-kajim@microsoft.com, con copia a Astrid Espinosa y a un servidor:t-aespi@microsoft.com;rmugar@microsoft.com

Será un gusto que te unas al equipo y juntos podamos ayudar a desarrollar el máximo potencial de empresas y personas en México.

I got an email the other day fromIvo Manolovwho worked for several years as the test lead for WPF and then for a bit as the PM lead. He's recently moved to a new group, but he summarized what he's learned from his experience leading the WPF team into two blog posts. One on driving projects (Principles 1: The Essence of Driving– A Crash Course in Project Management) and one on testing (Principles 2: Principles of Software Testing).

Enjoy!

Margaret

People often ask me about GPGPU (General Purpose GPU) programming with F#.

One project you might like to take a look at isBrahma, which lets you compile C# expression trees to the GPU. When combined with the F# Power Pack support for converting F# quotations to LINQ expression trees, this should give a viable technique for using GPUs for computation.

Another route is to useMicrosoft Accelerator, an incubation project from Microsoft Research. New functionality includes:

• Accelerator v2 is written as a native-code C++ library with a managed API wrapper
• Execution on multicore CPUs in addition to DX9 GPUs
• Extensible HW target interface enabling support for execution on new devices
• Ability to execute on multiple devices within a single Accelerator instance
• Asynchronous evaluation of parallel arrays
• Reusable expression graphs: Across different devices and on the same device with different leaf-node data

Some samples in F# are on the Accelerator home page, andTomas Petricekhas an excellent guide.

Cheers!

Don

If you?re an IT administrator managing multiple copies of Visio and Office 2010, this post explains some changes and improvements we?ve made to the deployment experience for Visio 2010. Visio 2010 deployment is a little different than Office 2010 deployment, and this article will illustrate all thosedifferences.

Volume Activation Methods

There are two supported volume activation methods for Visio and Office 2010:

• Key Management Service (KMS). KMS uses a host computer to establish an activation service on your local company network. With a KMS host you can activate thousands of computers at the same time when they regularly connect to the company network. If you use a KMS host to activate Office 2010 or Visio 2010, you can use the same host to activate Windows.
  
  
• Multiple Activation Key (MAK). With MAK, each computer activates Office 2010 and Visio 2010 with the Microsoft hosted activation servers over the Internet or by phone. MAK is recommended when you have fewer than 50 computers to activate, and for computers that are not regularly connected to the company network.

For more information about those activation methods,see this article on TechNet.There?s also agreat blog poston the Office Engineering blog that talks about the differences between these methods.

Visio Single Image

Visio 2010 comes in one single-image SKU. This means that the edition of Visio installed is determined by the key that is used to install it. There are three different Visio 2010 editions: Standard, Professional, and Premium. (For more info on the three editions, see this previous post).

Before you deploy Visio 2010 to your users, you need to decide which edition(s) of Visio you want to deploy.

The Visio 2010 Single Image SKU is prepopulated with a Visio Premium 2010 KMS client key.This means that if you deploy the Visio 2010 Single Image SKU without making any changes, you will be deploying Visio Premium 2010. If you want to deploy different editions, you need to take additional steps.

Benefits of Single Image Architecture

Visio 2010?s new single image architecture was designed to make it easier for organizations to manage multiple editions of Visio 2010. Some of the benefits of single image include:

• Only one set of bits to download and mange for multiple editions
• Ability to change editions without having to reinstall Visio
• Support for upgrading and downgrading editions

Changing Editions of Visio

If you?re planning on deploying a different edition of Visio (other than Premium), or deploying multiple editions of Visio, you will need to install the correct product key based on the edition you want. This section is targeted towards those who are using KMS as the activation method, though you can use the same tools to install the correct MAK key. Here are some different options to help you manage this easily:

1.Pre-deployment

By default, the KMS client key in the Visio 2010 Single Image SKU is the Visio Premium 2010 key. You may use the?Enter another product key? under the ?Licensing and user interface? section in the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to enter the correctKMS client key:



SKU	Key
Visio Premium 2010	D9DWC-HPYVV-JGF4P-BTWQB-WX8BJ
Visio Professional 2010	7MCW8-VRQVK-G677T-PDJCM-Q8TCP
Visio Standard 2010	767HD-QGMWX-8QTDB-9G3R2-KHFGJ

If you don?t enter the key in the OCT, then you can also enter the key in theconfig.xmlfile.

2.Post-deployment: Use VAMT 2.0

If you?ve already deployed and installed Visio Premium 2010 and want to change editions, it?s easy to do so, and you don?t need to reinstall Visio. Using the Volume Activation Management Tool, you can change the key for every installation of Visio client installed.

After you change the product key for an installation of Visio 2010, you will need to restart Visio twice for the changes to take effect. From then on Visio will update and run as the edition specified by the new key.

You can download and get moreinformation about VAMT 2.0 here.

There?s also agreat video herethat shows how to use VAMT.

3.Post-deployment: Ospp.vbs script

The Office Software Protection Platform script (ospp.vbs script) enables you to configure volume editions of Office 2010 client products. With this script, you can change which keys are used for specific Visio 2010 installations. This is the command you can use to change the key:

cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:<Visio key>

For more information on how to use this script,see this article on TechNet.

Deploying Multiple Editions of Visio

The above section talked about how you can change the edition of Visio before installing the single image SKU, and even after you?ve already installed Visio 2010.

If you?re planning on deploying multiple editions of Visio 2010 in your organization, we recommend you do one of the following:

1. Keep multiple copies of the Visio 2010 Single Image SKU
   
   Follow the steps above to customize the single image SKU for each edition of Visio 2010 you are planning on deploying, and keep them around.
   
2. Use VAMT or the ospp.vbs script to monitor and change editions of Visio in your organization. VAMT and ospp.vbs make it easy to manage multiple editions of Visio, and you have the option of either a graphical interface or a command line script.

While we recognize that Visio 2010?s single image SKU requires a little bit of planning before deployment, we hope the benefits of it will save you time in the long run.

As always, let us know if you have any feedback on Visio 2010, Visio Services, or suggestions for blog posts you would like to see.

One of the things I've been remiss in doing is advertising the existence of some key F# templates for use with Visual Studio.

First, if you have Visual Studio 2010, you can access many of these templates simply by going "New Project --> Online Templates --> ..." and looking for F# templates. You can also peruse and search the fell set of online templates onVisual Studio Gallery, and rate and comment on existing tempaltes. We're looking forward to seeing many 5-star rated F# templates there over time :-)

Here are some of the F# templates currently on Visual Studio Gallery:

• An F# Parsed Language Starter Template, for getting started with fslex/fsyacc, from the F# Power Pack (by Jomo Fisher)
• A very simple F# WPF Application(no XAML)
• An F# OData Web Service Template (by Jomo Fisher) 

F# templates are also available for F# worker roles in Windows Azure as part of theWindows Azure Tools for Visual Studio. You have to create a C# cloud application and add an F# worker role. You can find some older examples of F# worker roleshere, or just posrt some C# samples.

In addition, Daniel Mohl has developed 5 fabulous templates, he's working on getting them up on Visual Studio Gallery.

-A F# WPF MVVM Multi-Project Template

-An F# WPF MVVM Project Template

-A standard F# WCF Template 

-A standard F# ASP.NET MVC 2 Template

-An F# Silverlight MVVM Multi-Project Template

If you have your own templates or projects-that-could-be-turned-into-templates, here are the steps to make and publish a template to the Visual Studio Gallery, making it really easy to access by the whole community:

1. Download and install the Export Template Wizard
2. Create a project that looks like the template you want to publish
3. Select File\Export Template
4. Upload your template tocode galleryhere.

Enjoy!

Don

It's been a while since I have seen (or mentioned) a corporate blog I can really appreciate. Let's be real here...most corporate blogs are full of suck...excuse my language if you are so inclined. The suckage generally results from a tragic misunderstanding of two basic, foundational elements of blogs. Those are a company's understanding (or not) of why they are there and also of how they talk to people (or as I like to say: "who am I and why am I here?"...come on, who hasn't said that more than a few times? College anyone?). Or more simply put, it's a matter of having a vision and a voice. Today's message has been brought to you by the letter "v".

The world of corporate blogging is separated into 2 groups: the get-its and the get-it-nots. And let's just say that if these 2 groups participated in a tug-of war contest, the get-its would be belly first in sand. And the ones that don't get it often make the same few mistakes:

Why are they doing it?They heard blogging is cool and/or someone told them they should do it.

And how do they do it?By speaking just like their corporate website. Turn up that inner marketing copy voice, kids. It's time to start bloggin'!

Most corporate bloggers make both of these mistakes. I drink their milkshakes. Can you still call it common sense when it's in such short supply?

I have written plenty about my vision and voice. Speaking of my own voice, I am sick of the sound of it. So I won't recount my narrative on these two things. Refer to tug of war reference above. I consider one of the folks with sand in their pants. Of course. Otherwise, I never would have brought this up.

OK, a point. I have one and now I will get to it.

I have so appreciated any praise I have received for getting this blog thing right (Dear Dad, I got your email). And so I pass it along to...Glenn Kelman at Redfin. Bravo! And I say "bravo" like never. I'm just not a "bravo" kind of a gal.

You know I have had my house on the market. Did I tell you that it sold and that I bought a new condo? Perhaps the radio silence was a clue? The good news is this: I'll stop being cranky now. OK, now let's all laugh about the fact that I may never stop being cranky. Anywayz, when I started my search, I went to Redfin to view listings in the area. And by creating a login, gave them permission to send me marketing mails. What I didn't expect was that those mails would sound so...well, human.  The marketing emails I get from them are posted to their corporate blog. And they actually sound more like blog posts, from a real person, than copy. Yes the blog posts were co-opted by marketing. Imagine.

When you think about who their target audience is, it makes so much sense. I think there are 4 types of people in the market for real estate (ooh, I like to separate people into types!). Think of 2 variables, time and money. Then create a four square matrix with those variables and consider the home buyer/seller that fits into each:

People with little money and little time. Or as I like to call them, renters (and no judgment folks; I was fortunate to get into the market when I did. Let's call it home equity. Or "down payment")

People with lots of time and lots of money. To those people I have 3 words: I hate you.

People with money but no time. I would put myself into this category, only because I was fortunate enough to get into the market when I did, like I said. No merit on my part...it's just how the market played out.

People with little money, but more time. I would say that Redfin dominates this market.

Now, I should say that I didn't use Redfin (but my buyers did). I have finally grown accustomed to paying for things I could do myself but that really aren't worth it. When I try to do these things myself, I get pissy. So When it came to selling and buying, I honestly did not want to deal with the research, the appointment setting, the negotiation. Even typing those words makes my blood pressure go up. I should probably also tell you that my real estate agent is magic. His knowledge of neighborhood, agents and structures is almost frightening. And he tolerated my OCD.

Redfin didn't know I wasn't part of their target market when I joined their site. Obviously they use the tactic of harvesting the fruit and dropping the bad stuff. And I am rotten. This also allows them to capture people that may not be interested in buying their first home yet; they are just out their looking. The good news is that they will likely fall into the target mentioned above. And they have told Redfin to market to them...selves (?).

What it is likely that these people want is information. Perhaps (or even likely), they haven't done this before. So they need a little education on the market (go ahead and ask the average person what the prime lending rate is...I'll wait). And they don't want someone to treat them like they are a fool (that comes later, during the negotiation process). Now watch Glennbreak down the Case-Shiller Home-price Index. It totally makes sense and he does it like he's at happy-hour. He's their CEO and he doesn't act the least bit jerky. He's kind of charming in a geeky data kind of way.

So there it is. Best corporate blogging I have seen in a very long time. Hit those links above and givem a little interwebz juju.

Adding to Tuesday?s announcement of the newMicrosoft Hohm and Blue Line PowerCost Monitor, here's a great"how-to" videofrom Elliott on the Microsoft Hohm team where he provides stepsto install the device.

The video is currently featured video on ourEnvironmental Sustainability @ Microsoft YouTube Channel. While you?re there, make sure to check out our other videos where you can learn more about how Microsoft technologies are helping customers reduce their impact on the environment.

Shacknews has teamed up with Stardock to present some excerpts from that book over the next few days, starting with a look at the game's"Sovereign's of the East", seen below.

Three pages from the Hiergamenon World Guide for Elemental: War of Magic

The book was written by Stardock CEO and Elemental lead designer Brad Wardell and Random House, which is also publishing the companion book Just got back to MSDN blog  from MSDN Blogs  (29/7/2010 0:55) 

I lost my access to msdn blog for a few month.  Just figured out how to login.  There were WLID and my microsoft alias and display name, screen name, login name, etc.  All kept my head spining, dizzy.  Luckily, i got back after all.

The following sample code demonstrates transcoding a .wmv file to a default set of Smooth streaming files.  Thanks again to my colleague Random on Windows Media  for colloboration on this sample.

INSTRUCTIONS:

SimplyCopy and Paste the following code into your Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/2010 C# project, build the project, add the necessary Expression Encoder references.

This programming sample is provided as - is for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. The sample assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures.

Microsoft.Expression.Encoder
Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Types
Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Utilities

Also note that the sample below is for a console application and may vary from a WPF based application.

//==============================

usingSystem;
usingMicrosoft.Expression.Encoder;
usingMicrosoft.Expression.Encoder.Profiles; 

namespaceEE4smooth
{
   classProgram
    {
       staticvoidMain(string[] args)
        {
           using(Jobjob =newJob())
            {
               stringMediaFile ="d:\\Sample Media\\pinball.wmv";
               MediaItemmItem;
               try
                {
                    mItem =newMediaItem(MediaFile);
                }

               catch(InvalidMediaFileException)

                {
                   Console.WriteLine("Error: Invalid Media File or Path");
                   return;
                }

                 mItem.OutputFormat.VideoProfile = SetVideoProfile();             

                // Output mode must be set for Smooth Streaming.  Otherwise it

               // will default to a WMV file

               OutputModeoutputmode =newOutputMode();

                outputmode =OutputMode.SmoothStreamingMultipleFile;                          

                Console.Out.WriteLine("Output mode is: "+ outputmode.ToString());               

                job.MediaItems.Add(mItem); 

               // Sets one of the template profiles to make things easier

                job.ApplyPreset(Presets.VC1IISSmoothStreamingHD720pVBR);

                job.OutputDirectory =@"c:\output";

                job.Encode();

            }

        }

        staticAdvancedVC1VideoProfileSetVideoProfile()

        {

           // Sets the video profile properties

            AdvancedVC1VideoProfileprofile =newAdvancedVC1VideoProfile();

           // The SmoothStreaming property must be set to true on the video profile

           // if you are using Smooth Streaming.  This is not necessary for the audio profile.

            profile.SmoothStreaming =true;

            profile.AdaptiveGop =false;

           returnprofile;

        }  

    }

}