The Insider News

CIO[^]:

Unlike other Windows 8 products, Windows RT steps away from the Windows legacy code base—which means there's no legacy interface, either—and is largely focused on tablets and devices like them. Like Apple iOS and Google Android, Windows RT users will add applications largely through app stores. However, Windows RT devices are designed to be centrally managed; IT departments can deploy network access controls to keep tabs on user behavior.

The Codist[^]:

Programming is not about writing lines of code, it's about completing projects or shipping applications or whatever you do and generally working in a team. None of that is evident in any kind of interview test or whiteboard session.

News.com[^]:

Researchers at Disney and Carnegie Mellon develop Touche, an interface system where multiple gestures can be added to existing touch screens and other objects, including "smart doorknobs."

Dodgy Coder[^]:

Microsoft started development on the .NET Framework in the late 1990s, originally under the name of "Next Generation Windows Services" (NGWS).

So why did Microsoft choose the name .NET?

Science Now[^]:

Scientists face many obstacles on the path to greater knowledge. But new research suggests how to avoid one of the more common pitfalls: spilled coffee.

Peter Provost[^]:

Lately I’ve been asked by more and more people inside Microsoft to help them really learn to do TDD. Sure, they’ve read the books, and probably some blog posts and articles, but they are struggling to figure it out. But with so many people talking about how good it is they are frustrated that when they try to apply it at work, in their day job, it just doesn’t seem to work out.

InfoQ[^]:

Visual Studio Express was never meant to be a free product. When the first version was released in 2005, the Express edition was intended to be an entry level product that cost approximately 100 USD. In order to build up a customer base for the product, and to promote .NET in general, Microsoft said that anyone registering the product within the first year would get it for free.

Karl Seguin[^]:

How do computers actually work? We write code, but how do our inputs become outputs? As you know, there are a number of layers between the code that we write and the electrical impulses that race through our hardware. If we stick to the software end of things though, we're actually pretty close to the lowest levels. What I'm talking about, of course, is assembly.