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Although I'm a C# .Net Software developer I can't figure you how to make the sounds work when creating a theme. I assign my startup .wav file to the "open window" event in order to hear it without having to shutdown and startup windows. When I get things like I like them I assign "none" to the...

Ah, summer days at the public swimming pool: No running, swim at your own risk and of course, no diving. Darren Taylor clearly doesn't remember that rule: The Denver resident recently broke the "certified shallow diving record," aka, the "hurling oneself from a very great height into a pool...

London Olympic organisers were left red-faced on Tuesday when a huge clock in Trafalgar Square marking the countdown to the 2012 Games stopped just hours after being unveiled at a glitzy ceremony. The steel digital clock measuring 6.5 metres tall and five metres long froze with 500 days, 7...

Hey folks, we’ve launched yet another new feature on Channel 9, making a new home for all of our ‘on-demand’ event content, consolidating the content from numerous domains and sub-domains. Link Removed So while you are waiting to attend Link Removed, come take a trip down memory lane with us...

After more than five decades featuring over 1,100 songs, the Eurovision Song Contest, widely considered Europe's favorite TV show, is gearing up for its May 14 finale. Countries, represented by their individual public broadcasters, compete in the show every year, which is transmitted to all...

Famous people born on this day: --> 1754, Talleyrand, French statesman & diplomat. --> 1923, James Dickey --> 1938, Tom Smothers --> 1947, Farrah Fawcett, actress. --> 1954, Christie Brinkley, Supermodel. Events on this day in history: --> 1848, First shipload of Chinese arrive in San...

166: Death of St. Polycarp 404: Death of St. Paula 724: Death of Caliph Yazid II (of grief over the death of his favorite singing girl) 1100: Death of St. Eystein of Norway 1 1266: Charles of Anjou becomes King of Sicily 1316: Revolt in Wales by Llywelyn Bren 1347: University of Prague...

We're back! After a little Holiday Hiatus Laura and Paul have returned to bring you the hottest stories that Microsofties and pinging each other about. Some of this weeks items include: Avatar Kinect! Bing helps you get a new car Bye Bye Bob Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed

Watch: Sneak Peek of Oprah in Australia Link Removed This Tuesday, we'll all get to see the the first of four episodes (airing Jan. 18-21) chronicling Oprah Winfrey's recent visit to Australia, the much-hyped excursion she made in December with hundreds of her U.S. fans, ages 18 to...

With 150-Foot Kites, Texas Man Raises Big Bucks for Charity Want to do something to help people? Go fly a kite. That's the advice of Texas retiree Barry Ogletree, who has been raising money for charity by raising massive kites in the air. With the help of his wife and sometimes...

World's Longest Handshake Record Within Grasp A good, firm handshake shouldn't last more than two or three seconds. Any longer and it starts to get a bit awkward. Unless, of course, you're trying to set a world record. Last night, four teams of two from around the world congregated...

Doomsday: After Many Predictions, We're Still Here "Repent, repent, the end is near!" Or is it? How many times have we heard that in movies, on TV, throughout literature and in the Bible? Yet, as often as people have predicted a global apocalypse, we're still here, still intact. You've...

This week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by guest host Scott Hanselman to discuss the week's top developer news, including: [watch] Silverlight Firestarter online event - See Link Removed [watch] P&P - Prism 4.0 Now Available (Link Removed | What's new) [watch] Facebook - Facebook Link Removed...

I'm already sick of hearing about it. It is has just consumed 80%+ of the lunchtime news.

In this devnugget, Andrew demonstrates some of the new features in WebMatrix Beta 3, including rendering unencoded output with Html.Raw, new Package Management support, new publishing features, and a new options dialog. You can keep track of what's happening with the DEvHammer on his blog, or...

PDC may happen physically here in Redmond, but it's really a global event and all of the sessions PLUS the Channel 9 LIVE feed was streamed out over the net. In addition to the content being available immediately, we also translated it live to Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and French. While it look...

As we wind our way down to PDC, it’s time that you meet more of the team behind the scenes as they’ll share with you each week some of their favorite things to see and do in the Seattle area. First up isLink Removed, who represents the Eastside (the term for the Eastern suburbs of Seattle that...

No I'am not hosting it but the one I attend. We have 40-45 people who come and we use the town hall. but we can only go upto 100 people. Why is that? the reason is not enough room. but I thought about it. Is it better to set up tables in long rows accross the hall like big lan parties for...

Famous people born on this day: --> 1856, Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture. Events on this day in history: --> 1783, Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed. --> 1912, World's first cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy. --> 1921, First bowling...

Famous people born on this day: --> 1797, Mary Shelley, author of "Frankenstein", in 1910 --> 1896, Raymond Massey --> 1901, John Gunther --> 1901, Roy Wilkins --> 1908, Fred Macmurry, actor. --> 1909, Shirley Booth, actress. --> 1918, Ted Williams --> 1943, Jean Claude Killy --> 1943, R. Crumb...