The infrastructure of the .NET platform from Microsoft. It includes the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and .NET Framework class library. The CLR provides the environment for running .NET applications, and the class library provides the foundation services, including ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Windows Forms (for building GUIs) as well as classes for accessing COM services. See CLR, .NET and .NET Framework 3.0.
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- So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?
- Project name changedIt's Microsoft Live Mess now under Ballmer's leadership.RE: So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?i hope they don't get rid of or just leave it alone because i really like it. Actually, it works very well.It might be stuck in some pre-release limbo but whats already available to use does...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Competition made Microsoft open source embedded .NET
- Hair line cracks?Is the "Kontrol" program from "Tron" beginning to crack?CE would be smart to go Linux.Less hassles, more reliability and no licensing costs.It's a no-brainer - Linux > Windows.LOL!"The handwriting was probably on the wall here years ago, when Linux bought Wind River, and when innovative start-up Cavium bought...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid
- Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- NConstruct Basic 2.2.7 (Windows)
- NConstruct is a rapid enterprise application development tool and environment for .NET Framework. Its goal is to reduce the time used for the development of most commonly used enterprise applications, which consist of data handling and presentation capabilities.
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Is imminent Chrome OS launch reckless?
- First Impressions"first impressions are extremely important."Yup, Vista SP1/SP2 is a good operating system. Microsoft botched the initial release of Vista, and it gave a good operating system a permanently bad name.reckless not sure dangerous surely i may sound stupid or ill inform but ...What will be Chrome...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-14
- Control System Works 1.0.358 (Windows)
- Control System Works is a Web-based framework for building HMI/SCADA/EMI/process control solutions using Micrsoft .NET and Microsoft Silverlight. Control System Works offers: open system with unlimited customization capabilities; powerful contemporary graphics; works across network boundaries and firewalls; zero administration client; rich and transparent configuration capabilities; high-availability. CS Works consists of...
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- Microsoft whittles away at Oslo; now plans to fold it into SQL Server
- Let's wait for PDC09 firstOk, it's a fact that the Oslo umbrella has little left of the glory it once had. On the other hand, the original plan would never have yielded a stable, full-featured product or a set of products in v1. If the new direction results in shipping...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild
- iPhone is officially the most malware ridden mobile platform in the worldAnd since the "bad guys" always go after low hanging fruit, that [b]proves[/b] that iPhone is the [b]least[/b] secure mobile platform in the world. Buy an iPhone if you want to be infected [b]within seconds[/b] by malware [b]that requires...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- i-Newsletter.NET 3.2 (Windows)
- i-Newsletter.NET provides a handy way to manage your mailing list and publish personalized newsletter through e-mail. i-Newsletter.NET is built on the Microsoft Windows platform using the ASP.NET framework. The 100% Web based system facilitates you to access the system round the clock, around the world.
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Microsoft 'Geneva' identity wares approach the finish line
- just PR stuntsM$ merely renamed Active directory and claims a 'break through'.I'm still waiting to see a technology realy new comming out of M$.So far they only stole are renamed existing technologies.Parent post is a troll. Please ignore it. nt OKDeep zoom: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspxPhotosynth: http://photosynth.net/ASP.NET copied by Sun in JSF.Ajax (yes,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Spesoft Audio Converter 2.10 (Windows)
- Spesoft Free Audio Converter is fast, stable, easy yet powerful software that allows you to convert between a large collection of audio file formats. You can convert from MP1, MP2, MP3, OGG, WMA, M4A/MP4/AAC/ALAC, FLAC, WAV, APE, WAVPACK, MUSEPACK, AIF/AIFF, MIDI/RMI, MO3/IT/XM/S3M,/MTM/MOD/UMX, AC3, ADX, OPTIMFROG, SPEEX, TTA, CDA/Audio CD and...
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- Net Neutrality: You own the Internet - make sure it becomes Law
- how to get from there to herewhile net neutrality makes a lot of sense to most people, how can we make sure that it becomes law. Our open source government democracy is decidedly NOT neutral, and the same interests that would take away our rights on the internet, are the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Elertify your PC with Text to Speech! (Mobile)
- FREE 7 Day Trial - Trial Version is fully functional!Please Download the Trial prior to purchase Elertify your PC with Text to Speech! Do you work with your BlackBerry and a PC? Are you tired of picking up your BlackBerry every 15 seconds to check messages only to discover it's...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- Poyga 1.2 (Windows)
- ProgramGame that helps to increase your typing speed. Choose yor car, text and go... by pressing key you are driving your ar. All texts are stored in the db.mdb file MS Access where you can add new texts. By default there are 11-texts. You can play alone or with competitor...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- What Windows7 could mean for Linux
- Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- .NET Obfuscator 3.7.12 (Windows)
- Skater .NET Obfuscator is an obfuscation tool for .NET code protection. It implements all known software protection techniques and obfuscation algorithms. Skater .NET Obfuscator is a comprehensive professional solution for .NET application code protection. With Skater .NET Obfuscator you can easily protect Microsoft .NET framework applications from illegal code extraction...
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- VB Decompiler 7.7 (Windows)
- VB Decompiler is decompiler for programs (EXE, DLL or OCX) written in Visual Basic 5.0 and 6.0 and disassembler for programs written on .NET technology. As you know, programs in Visual Basic can be compiled into interpreted p-code or into native code. .NET assembly always compiled to just in time...
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010
- Side-by-side installationYou said "Also unlike its predecessors, .Net 4 can be installed side-by-side with the previously released .Net 3.5"Notwithstanding the fact that .Net 4's predecessors actually was .Net 3.5, haven't all previous versions of .Net featured side-by-side installation?translations....[i]Microsoft is touting .Net 4 as being 81 percent smaller than its predecessors,...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010
- Microsoft is making what may be the last beta of Visual Studio 2010 and the accompanying .Net Framework 4 before they launch next March available to testers this week, company officials said. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on
- RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
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