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Hi-Def AVCHD Video Format Processing for mere mortals ...

I had recently purchased a Canon Hi-Def Flash Camcorder HF100 at wholesale price ( please dont ask me how much and where I got it from ). There was a long thought process before this high-end purchase. I knew I wanted a camcorder to record in Hi-Def ...

Windows Cardspace Breach ? I think NOT

I was recently pointed to this post that highlights a " successful attempt " by some students in Germany to crack _Infocards_.After reading through the post several times, I became convinced that it is NOT what it seems it is and that if the " breach...

Too many books - too little time and space

Gosh, I think I am in desparate need for some new empty bookshelves ... <-- Click this pic to see a higher resolution for even more details. ...and you havent even seen my other bookshelves containing my other interest, which I wont share for now ...

Windows Workflow Foundation: MultiThreaded Parallelism

I remember back in 2005/2006 when I was still touring the APAC circuits such as Sydney (Australia) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) doing training and consulting gigs for customers, partners about _WF_ and _WCF_ and some of the initial Windows Workflow questions...

BizTalk 2006: BizTalk Server Operations Guide is available live

If you make your living installing, deploying, managing and operating _BizTalk_ 2006. I guarantee that you will be excited and be thankful for the availability of the BizTalk Server Operations Guide. So, what's in it ? Guidance based on real-world experience...

I am a fan of monster lice

There are not too many movies that will get me rushing onto the web once I get home to find our more about it and the various viral marketing and spins behind it. Blair Witch project was one. This one , which I just caught, is another. Spoilers here ...

Do not ignore the correctness of casings in measurements

So...Let me start off this New Year 2008 with a rant post. I am constantly amazed at the technical knowledge of some of the folks manning the shops selling computer peripherals. I was in the market shopping for an external casing for my SATAII HDD and...

Speaking in the Singapore .NET Usergroup December Meeting

It has been a long time since I spoke in a usergroup meeting. This time, I will replicate what I did in Microsoft TechED Asia 2007 in KL in the Dec 2007 SgDotNet Usergroup meeting . Languages, Frameworks and Architectures New language solution frameworks...

Differences between the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Line-Of-Business (LOB) Adapter Pack and the BizTalk Adapter Framework

With the impending release of the _BizTalk_ Adapter Pack (Beta 2 available here ), there are some confusions as to the differences between the BizTalk Adapter Pack, Microsoft's WCF Line of Business (LOB) Adapter SDK , and of course, the (older) BizTalk...

Threading and Throttling differences between WCF and ASMX

I know I havent been posting deep technical stuff that I used to do . Contrary to what people think my current role entails, keeping abreast of the technology landscape is what I am supposed to do and what I enjoy and so when colleagues joked with me...

Please sell us solutions, SingNet

I have been a SingTel and SingNet customer for the longest time and do recommend friends and family over sometimes. While I have no complains about the service, I do have questions about some of their front-line staff operations and capabilities . Another...

Speaking in our Singapore Government Public Sector Day - 22nd Oct 2007

This is targetted at our Singapore Government Public Sector customers and obviously this blog post is targetted at those customers who are reading this post. i-smile. I will be speaking at the above event, which will be held at our office premises. As...

Does what happens in Facebook stay in Facebook

My friend, Chester, shared this link with me. I am fully aware of Facebook 's privacy policies and I think that it leaves much more to be desired. This is precisely the reason why I dont share much in Facebook or dont put up incriminating pictures of...

How to hack around the .svc curse

It was not so long ago when I made my intentions known that the .svc extension in _WCF_ is really a clutz. It is obstrusive and really unnatural, especially when it comes to RESTful Web Services. In a closed door meeting with the product group folks back...

Windows Communication Foundation AND Compact Framework: Part II

Following up on this , here are some more aggregated shareable details with regards to the Compact Framework 3.5: Feature Desktop WCF Compact WCF Bindings: · BasicHttpBinding Yes Yes · CustomBinding Yes Yes · WindowsMobileMailBinding N/A Yes · ExchangeWebServiceMailBinding...
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