Michael Coates, a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, points to a face-recognition software company with an interesting web site. They encourage you to scan your picture and have it matched against their celebrity photo database. Let’s just say that I was “all shook up” after I tested my photo. Thank you, thank you very much MyHeritage. [Via Scoble]
Michael Parekh: “[T]here’s an imminent collision coming. All the portals are furiously turning their IM clients into conduits for everything from internet telephony and video conferencing… Cell phone/PDA vendors like Blackberry, Motorola, Nokia etc., will all need to support these IM clients because their customers will demand it. Especially as they add Wi-fi and other [...]
Although it is a little way out, I’ll be doing a session on endpoints in SQL Server, diving into the Service Broker architecture, Web services in SQL Server, and the security and management aspects of these services. If you’re in St. Louis in June, put this on your calendar.
ISA Server Product Team: “The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer is a tool that collects configuration data from the local ISA Server computer, such as ISA configuration settings, hardware configuration, OS configuration and more. It examines the above information. Then it notifies the user if there are any configuration issues, and provides information regarding how [...]
SiliconValley.com: “Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry e-mail and phone device, announced partnerships Thursday with Google and an Apple accessory maker that will expand features such as instant messaging, e-mail and the ability to link a computer with a BlackBerry… Owners of BlackBerry devices will be able to use a special version of the [...]
Stephen Toulouse comments on some rumors surrounding WMF and provides more detail on the vulnerability and the fix.
I’m looking to do a small software project and I’m curious to get feedback on the best approach to manage this with a small group. While it would be nice if everyone could just “get it done”, I’m concerned that we could have some trouble since none of the folks have worked together before. A [...]
A while back, I read a good summary of the new features in BizTalk Server 2006 by David Chappell. Since I’ve been involved in discussions on this upcoming version of BizTalk with customers and I’m coming up to speed on the product, I thought I’d write up some of the highlights for developers. The article [...]
The folks over at BizTalk Gurus have put together some nice starting samples for BizTalk Server 2006 developers. BizTalk is a tool that developers either love or hate, but it can be very productive and useful once you get to know it. Check out the sample code with BizTalk Server 2006 beta 2.
Engadget: “After the December 18th purchase of 60 prepaid handsets by six Middle Eastern men, Midland, TX Wal-Mart employees decided to call police, who turned the case over to the Feds when the men began acting shady in custody. The six were later linked to a Metroplex-based sleeper cell, and are most likely enjoying the [...]
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