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SQL Profiler for express edition

I just started using SQL Server express edition 2008 R2 in my workplace. But the express edition does not have a profiler to trap the errors. SQL Profiler is only available for developer editions and beyond. I found this neat tool that works like sql...

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 04-24-2012

TripWolf Travel Guides free for iPhone and Android users (5 apps per day) in celebration of their win.

Below are the schedule when the apps turned free. Each of them cost $5.99 usd. It will be worthwhile if you do travel a lot. For Android users, all tripwolf guides are also available in the Android Market Thursday December 1st Italy , Amsterdam , Istanbul...

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 12-01-2011

Some new RedGate products relevant to developers.

SmartAssembly: This is a tool to obfuscate your .NET code using SmartAssembly Read more here: http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/smartassembly/ SQL Connect for Visual Studio: SQL Connect is an add-in for Visual Studio 2010 that lets you...

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 12-01-2011

Free eBook "Troubleshooting SQL Server: A Guide for the Accidental DBA"

Get Jonathan Kehayias' eBook 'Troubleshooting SQL Server' to help you diagnose and solve common performance problems. Download your copy now!

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 12-01-2011

PopCap PC Game "Zuma" is free for download.

Link: http://www.popcap.com/promos/2011/zuma/free/?cid=fb:popcap:zumafree Register by email and they will send you the link to download. Use the coupon code to checkout the game free. The coupon code is valid till 29 Nov 2011.

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 11-27-2011

WP7 GeoBlog: Geo-Blogging on the Windows Phone

After so many months of starts, stops and many distractions, I finally took the time over the (long) weekend to port my Windows Mobile 6.0 GeoBlog application over to Windows Phone 7. I had searched and waited so long for a similar application on the...

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 11-07-2011

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog

Enterprise Library Cache Key is case sensitive

Learnt it the hard way on Enterprise Library 4.1. We were getting inconsistent response from the cache manager for a key that we defined. Apparently, to the cache manager, key named “Key A” is different from “key a”. The following code snippet will give...

Posted to Soup Recipes by usoup on 10-06-2011

On the speaking trail again: Generating actionable Insights and increasing efficiency with intuitive business intelligence

Time to do my sporadic updates on this blog again. I have been making quite a few presentations on Business Intelligence recently and my next presentation will be together with Panoroma on the 17th August 2011 in Microsoft Singapore. Title of the presentation...

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 08-16-2011

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog

Gettiing WP7 Update 7.0.7392.0 into the Samsung Omnia 7

For those old WP7 faithfuls who are trying to get WP7 update 7.0.7392.0 to work on their Omnia7 without any success and thinking you have bricked your phone, I have managed to get mine to work successfully. It is not an exercise for the faint-hearted...

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 06-25-2011

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog/

Release of NaviRoutes into Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

The better-than-expected response to my SG-Drive in Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has resulted in some user feedback for a leaner version of the application. Feedback collected suggested that there is a need to just have the very-popular Navigation features...

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 04-13-2011

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog

Reduce Iconic Cluster in IE9 Address Bar

One of the hidden is what I thought to be the most useful setting in IE9 - and that is to be able to split the STOP and REFRESH icons and move it before the address bar. This effectively reduce the cluster on the right of the address bar. Because all...

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 04-06-2011

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog

Streamlining SG-Drive in v.3.12

It has been about 4 months since I released SG-Drive into the Windows Phone Marketplace . v3.0 onwards has been a popular hit, judging by the user requests coming in via email and the good and not-so-good user reviews from all over the world. It seems...

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 03-29-2011

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog

Lavasoft Ad-ware Pro is free for download on 28 Dec 2010

Go to the url on today 28th Dec and download the software to get rid of malware. It is a free for 24 hours. So get your copy before it is too late. http://reviews.cnet.com/exclusives/

Posted to DarenHan's Blog by darenhan on 12-29-2010

Independent review of WP7 App: SG-Drive on Mobinauts

Just got alerted that the independent review of WP7 App: SG-Drive just appeared on Mobinauts .

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 12-14-2010

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog

SG-Drive (SG-LTA Traffic Cams) v3.9 is out

With reference to a this : SG-Drive v3.9 is out and this incorporates more visuals. v3.9 : More and More Visualizations Image of each Step of each Direction of each Route. Map Visual of each Traffic Alert / Incident Faster Start-up Time I do not have...

Posted to Softwaremaker by Softwaremaker on 12-10-2010

Filed under: http://www.softwaremaker.net/blog

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