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Dustin Metzgar works on our performance team and recently wrote a very cool Link Removed about a performance problem he was troubleshooting with WCF. In this episode, Dustin shares the problem and solution, as well as the tools and techniques he uses to figure these types of things out. Ron...

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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...

Application performance is a hot topic, and for good reason. User Experience is hugely important, but if your app is slow then everything degrades, including UX. In this episode, John talks to the Silverlight team's Mike Cook who shares several techniques that help tune Silverlight applications...

I have questions about two subjects, display settings on the PS3 Slim, and the first Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Please answer any questions that you can. 1. I've read that on the PS3, with an HDMI connection, if you have 1080p or 1080i selected as supported TV resolutions, while your TV is 720p native...

In this episode of Link Removed, Kuat Yessenov and Link Removed, Principal Researcher in the Research in Software Engineering (RiSE) group at Microsoft Research, show how a program can be constructed by stepwise refinement. First, a high-level description of the program is given. Then, some...

how can I take exposure for Canon EOS Rebel XS 1000 D, sorry didn't know where to post this topic

Have you ever wanted to auto-tune your voice? If your a person who has listened to popular singers such as T-Pain, you’ve probably heard this effect in action. Surprisingly, this technology was originally created to make minor corrections to a singer’s pitch, which allowed them to sing perfectly...

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In my last post I showed off the Windows Movie Maker 2.6 Enhancement Pack 2010. It gave users more flexibility went it came to creating custom-made videos. Although video is an important aspect in creating short films and movies, the other is the sound that goes into it. Without music or the...

The ultimate 'God Mode' list: 39 secret Windows 7 shortcuts For some reason that only the gods of the blogosphere can explain, an old Windows trick took on new life this week. If you create a new folder using an arbitrary name, followed by a period and the GUID...

Here is an article on how to do a clean install of w-7 upgrade Link Removed due to 404 Error

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I have just came across this in the technet forums. Most are claiming a dramatic improvement in IE8. A few have had no noticeable change. Open a command prompt and enter this regsvr32 actxprxy.dll reboot. P.S. Later. There has been a follow up,before you plunge in. This guy is obviously a...