Microsoft’s formerly code name “Project Volterra”, now known as the Windows Dev Kit 2023 has arrived. It’s basically a NUC running a quite powerful ARM processor, some kick ass memory and a half TB built-in SSD. Device specifics 32GB LPDDR4x RAM and 512GB fast NVMe storage Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 […]
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It’s been a while… Those astute enough to skip to the earliest article posted on Sanders Technology may note that it was published almost ten years ago as of next month – on the 17th of October, 2006. – Earliest Article on Sanders Technology That’s actually not quite accurate, some […]
Introduction Continuing from the experience with Visual Studio 2013, the next edition – Visual Studio 2015 – was officially released to MSDN subscribers early this morning. This edition follows the trend established in the previous edition of providing two channels of licensing – by using a Microsoft Account or by […]
Some exciting news to share – for those interested in pre-releases, the next iteration of the Entity Framework – v6.1.0 has been released as a Beta just recently (Feb 11th, 2014). For those who are curious about the new features, check out this link or read the summary I’ve copied […]
Yesterday saw the release of a number of products from Microsoft. The big news is Windows 8.1, which was revealed to have hit the RTM milestone last week and was released to MSDN and TechNet subscribers yesterday. Included in the mix was the well performing Windows Server 2012 (previously in […]
Here’s a bit of a look at some articles I’ve been reading lately. Why mobile web apps are slow – http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/ This is a really detailed look at the benchmark performances of JavaScript on mobile devices and, in particular, mobile applications. Be warned, it’s a very long but worthwhile read. […]
It’s been a massive week for Microsoft. We are really in full swing when it comes to the largest release cycle in Microsoft’s history. It all began on Wednesday at 10 AM PST (Pacific) which is an appallingly wee-hours 3 AM AEST (Australian East). Insomnia had gripped me, so with […]
So the official word was that the newly minted Windows 8 RTM build and Visual Studio 2012 would hit MSDN at some point on the 15th of August (possibly sometime in the US time zone). As of writing, still nothing has been published on MSDN Downloads. So to briefly divert […]
As reported across the globe, Windows 8 has officially gone RTM as of August 1st. The official release date schedule shows when you might expect to get your hands on the new version: August 15th: Developers will be able to download the final version of Windows 8 via your MSDN […]
Today marks a sad day, I’ve let two long-held domains expire. I’ve held one of these two domains for almost 13 years, since 1999 when I first registered the Business Name Sanders Technology (to which this site is still named). The two domains, rob.sanders.name and sanderstechnology.com.au became obsolete for my […]
Today was a big day if you happen to enjoy Release Candidate builds from Microsoft. Not only did we see the RC release of both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 (and Hyper-V Server), but it also coincided with the release of RC editions of the Visual Studio 11 developer […]
Overshadowed, possibly, by the release of the new iPad? Not in the world of databases. Yesterday Microsoft officially released SQL Server 2012 “release to manufacturing” (RTM) which means we’re officially out of pre-release editions! Previously codenamed ‘Denali’, the new version brings to the table some serious changes, some of which […]
Recently I started to use this nifty application called GPS Log on my brand spanking new Apple iPhone 4S. I know what you are thinking: WTF is Rob using an iPhone for? Well, after years and years of failed promises from Microsoft to deliver a stable, functioning mobile phone* I’ve […]
Hi All. I’m debating a new article. I’m currently debating whether to spend some time documenting an interesting solution to a fairly esoteric scenario. I’m not sure if it is worth the investment (in my time), so I’m going to throw it open to the community. Give me feedback – […]
We love it when a good patch comes around – so here is a cumulative patch for the .NET Framework 4.0. There is a fairly long and extensive list of changes included in the GDR, here is a list of fixes and new features which have been added (from the […]