Code, Cloud & Context

World Record Session for Beginners There is a world record 48 hours non-stop sessions by Hyderabad Techies, commencing today 2 PM. Mainly concentrated on beginner people who are interested to learn from people’s with different areas of expertise. Hyderabad Techies is a “Microsoft Developer User Group” initiative, powered and mentored by “Chandra Sekhar Thotta” –… Continue reading

Parallel Extensions, previously known as the Parallel Framework Extensions or PFX, is a managed concurrency library being developed by a collaboration between Microsoft Research and the CLR team at Microsoft. It is composed of two parts: Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) and Task Parallel Library (TPL). It also consists of a set of coordination data structures (CDS)… Continue reading

Today i got Microsoft Codename “Dallas”! CTP Invitation from Microsoft. What is Microsoft Codename “Dallas”! Microsoft® Codename “Dallas” is a new service allowing developers and information workers to easily discover, purchase and manage premium data subscriptions in the Windows Azure platform. Dallas is an information marketplace that brings data, imagery, and real-time web services from… Continue reading

Flex 4 (Codename: Gumbo) For the latest information on the next major release of Flex SDK and Flash Builder 4(codenamed “Gumbo”), check out the Flex 4 page on the Adobe Open Source site: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Gumbo. The Flex 4 page includes the latest milestones, as well as links to the various public specifications. Also, you can check… Continue reading

Hi Nithin, here is a Windows Azure token for you: XXXX-XXX-XXXX This will give you 8 cores to play with. More details here on how to count cores in your compute apps and here on how to redeem a Windows Azure token. Cheers, XXXXX