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Did 2 talks in our annual application lifecycle management event yesterday with the topics on Role of Architects and Improving Application Code Performance.
Managed to snap some nice photos during Hoong Fai’s session.
Download my slides and materials here!!
http://cid-732d1d42507315a3.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/ALM%7C_20081118
Latest processor revamp since Pentium Pro, Intel Core i7 (codename Nehalem) is the successor to Core 2 architecture. All the newly available chips have 4 cores inside.
The Intel inside logo for Core i7 comes in blue and gray so I am not sure the purpose of 2 colors here, maybe one for the Extreme gamer chips.
There are tonnes of reviews and performance tests already showcased on websites all over. And some vendors already shipping products based on Core i7. I am not going to waste my blog space so I am providing the links here.
News
Tom’s Hardware http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-nehalem-corei7,6092.html
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i7
Intel’s blog http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2008/08/getting_to_the_core_intels_new.php
Reviews
Techgage http://techgage.com/article/intel_core_i7_performance_preview/
Computer Shopper http://computershopper.com/feature/intel-s-core-i7-debuts-systems-cpus-and-motherboards-reviewed
Custom PC http://www.custompc.co.uk/features/605109/intel-core-i7—all-you-need-to-know.html
Techspot http://www.techspot.com/review/124-intel-core-i7-920-940-965/
Products
Alienware http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/alienware-gets-in-the-core-i7-game-with-area-51-x-58-desktop/
Gateway http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/gateway-throws-core-i7-cpus-into-two-new-fx6800-gaming-desktops/
Dell http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/dells-intel-core-i7-packing-xps-studio-and-xps-730x-desktops-on/
Now, how I wish the market never crash and everyone got spare cash for this upgrade
If you pay attention to the new product wave of Windows Live, you will notice the MSN guy/ logo looks slimmer now.
This is the older MSN guy with more fresh.
And the new Windows Live ID sign in screen with the slimmer version
Today there is no build in support for SharePoint found inside Visual Studio 2008 except the SharePoint workflow project. If you want to create studd like Site Definition etc. you need to download the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools for Visual Studio. It is available for VS2005 as well as VS2008. So in TechEd EMEA 2008, Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2010 tools for SharePoint will be build in for VS2010.
Channel 9 did an interview with Reza Chrisaz on what are the new features in VS2010 for SharePoint developers. You can download the video here. I list down some of Reza’s Key callouts
SharePoint project templates build-in for VS2010
At last!! Visual designer for SharePoint webparts!!
Exploring SharePoint artifacts inside Server Explorer
Package Explorer – sort of like the one we have with VseWSS today
One of my favourite feature – the feature explorer
Adding Solution to TFS source control with Team Build and nightly build support
