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Visual Studio
Free Open Source Alternative to Visual Studio 2012
There are two good tools out there that are available absolutely free and open source - MonoDevelop and #develop.
Dec 9, 201260,438250
Windows
How to Restart Windows 8
I do not see the Start button in Windows 8 but we can always go back to the old ways to restart Windows 8.
Jun 3, 20123,884250
Windows
IE 10 ships with Windows 8
Windows 8 is loaded with IE 10.
Jan 21, 20205,083250
Windows
Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8 - My Experience
Here is my experience and status update on upgrading my Windows 7 machine to Windows 8.
Jan 21, 20207,251250
Visual Studio
Visual Studio 2012 First Look
I just installed Visual Studio 2012 RC Professional. Check out some screens.
Jun 1, 20125,455250
Visual Studio
Visual Studio 11 Renamed to Visual Studio 2012
In the latest move, Microsoft has changed the name of Visual Studio 11 to Visual Studio 2012. The release candidate of Visual Studio 2012 is available for download now.
Jun 1, 20125,836250
Windows
Upgrade Windows 8 Consumer Preview to Windows to Windows 8 Release Preview
May 31, 20124,944250
Operating Systems
How to left align Windows 7 Task Bar
When I design some graphics, I need more space on my screen and by putting the taskbar in the left and auto hiding it gives me little extra space.
May 30, 20128,391250
Operating Systems
How to auto hide Windows 7 Task Bar
If you work on laptops, you may need more space on your screen. Hiding the task bar may help you. Here are the steps to auto hide the task bar of Windows 7.
May 30, 20127,960250
Windows
Windows Live being dropped in Windows 8
One of the technologies that will be dropped in Windows 8 is Windows Live. If you use Windows operating system, I am certain you have seen Windows Live Ids for logins.
May 28, 20123,522250
Windows
80-inch Windows 8 Tablet
When I think of a Tablet, I think of iPad. I think of a device that is little larger than the mobile phone and smaller than a laptop.
May 25, 20123,631250
Visual Studio
Free Ride is Over for Desktop Developers in Visual Studio 11
Is free ride over for students and developers who have been using Visual Studio Express products from Microsoft to build Windows applications using Windows Forms and WPF? Does this mean that Microsoft is again abandoning Windows Forms and WPF? OR at least Windows Forms? How about ASP.NET?
May 25, 20124,729250
Windows
Download Windows Server 8 Beta
Windows Server 8 Beta download is available now.
May 24, 20124,707250
Office Development
How to Enable and Disable Spell Checker in Outlook 2010
I am setting up my new laptop and just installed Outlook 2010. I was looking for a way to enable and disable spell checker before an email is sent, Here is the solution.
May 15, 201242,045250
Expression Studio
Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen Capture has a long way to go
Microsoft released a screen capturing tool called Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen Capture as a part of its Microsoft Express Studio 4. Microsoft also has Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 as a part of the same suite.
May 14, 20128,313250
SharePoint
SharePoint 15 coming in 2013
It looks like the next version of SharePoint is coming out in 2013 and it will be called SharePoint 15. Thanks to our author and blogger, Lion, for posting this on C# Corner.
May 13, 20123,706250
Operating Systems
Upgrade Windows 7 Professional to Windows 7 Ultimate
How to upgrade from Windows 7 Professional to Windows 7 Ultimate using Windows Anytime Upgrade.
May 13, 201210,800250
Operating Systems
Windows 7 Upgrade Path
Check out which version of Windows 7 can be upgraded to which version.
May 13, 20127,448250
Current Affairs
Holy Cow! Angry Birds Downloads Pass 1 Billion
Angry Birds has changed the mobile gaming world with over 1 billion downloads. Today, I go to a mall, I see angry birds toys, sneakers, cloths and even pencil sharper.
May 10, 20123,577250
Smart Devices
US Phone users are getting Smarter
Check out the latest updates of smart phone users in the United States. Android iOS leads the way followed by Apple iOS.
May 8, 20125,161250
UWP
Building C# Corner Metro Style App
One of these days, we are expecting Windows 8 release preview to come out. I can’t wait for it. I have a machine ready and I am going to jump right in Windows 8 and Metro Style app development.
May 6, 20125,625250
Smart Devices
Is Windows 8 a threat to Android?
It has been almost a year since I wrote Google is winning smart phone war but things have changed since then. Google is losing the Tablets war and it may be too late to come back.
May 14, 20126,756250
Current Affairs
IE drops to 3rd spot in browser usage
Google Chrome has fallen to 3rd spot among C# Corner users followed by Firefox and IE.
May 2, 20123,717250
C#
What is new in C# 5
Watch Mads Torgersen, Project Manager of C# team talks about new features of C# 5.0.
Apr 28, 20126,101250
Current Affairs
Facebook earned 22 cents per user
In a report filled today, Facebook earned $1.058 billion for last quarter with 901 million users. Now out of every 7.7 people on Earth, one of them is on Facebook.
Apr 23, 20123,501250