Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4.0 CTP released

Microsoft has recently released the first Community Technology preview for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0. Here is a list of new things in VC++, from the VC++ team’s blog: MSBuild Support for Visual C++ IntelliSense and Browsing Experience Improved Responsiveness and Scale Improved Accuracy and Robustness C++0x Features Lambda Expressions Rvalue References static_assert … Read more

Get a free copy of Windows Server 2008 SE with selected Windows Server classroom training

Microsoft’s Certified Partners for Learning Solutions are providing this offer untill the end of the year: enroll and attend any one of top Windows Sever 2008 training classes and receive a free copy of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition NFR (Not For Resale). Details about this offer can be found at http://trainingoffers.com/WS2008NFR.aspx. To see … Read more

Hraneste un copil

RONUA.RO a implinit 4 ani. Pentru aceasta iti multumim, in primul rand tie pentru sprijinul acordat, sprijin fara de care noi, nu am fi implinit 4 ani in aceasta luna. Cu aceasta ocazie festiva, in timpul roadshow-ului TechEd Review 2008, dorim sa facem diferenta intr-o campanie inovativa de promovare a demersului la nivel global de … Read more

Even numbers as sum of 2 primes

A very old unsolved problem in numbers theory, known as Goldbach’s conjecture, says that any even number greater than 5 can be written as the sum of 2 prime numbers. It hasn’t been solver yet, not I will try to solve it. But I decided to write some F# code to display all the possibilities … Read more

Writing UTF-8 files in C++

Let’s say you need to write an XML file with this content: < ?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″? > < root description=”this is a naïve example” > < /root > How do we write that in C++? At a first glance, you could be tempted to write it like this: #include < fstream > int main() { … Read more

Google Chrome Beta

According to the official Google Blog, Google is set to release today a beta version of a new web browser, called Chrome. They say that: Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go. There is a comic book … Read more

Vacation in Croatia

I recently spent a two weeks vacation in Croatia, plus a couple of days in Slovenia, visiting different locations, such as Ljubljana, Postojna, Split, Brela, Mlini, Dubrovnik, Plitvice Jezera and Zagreb. Here are some impressions from this vacation (an perhaps things to know). Roads & Traveling Roads are great, especially the motorways. The infrastructure is … Read more