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The Weekly Newsletter from PocketPCWire

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Monday, June 30, 2008 Nokia E66 Smartphone: All Work (And Some Play, Too) Specifically designed with professionals in mind, Nokia (NYSE:NOK)'s E series of smartphones are business-oriented, with a focus on connectivity and e-mail. One of the latest models to be released in this series is the E66, and the Test Center got an early look at this e-mail-optimized Nokia device. Apple drops Iphone dock We've all been wondering how the Cupertino Cabal could offer the Iphone 3G in all markets at $199, and it looks like saint Steve's bean-counting minions are following a similar route to that taken by the Ipod through its first few iterations. Mobile phones to save airlines, by exposing passengers Airline travel is set to get even more unpleasant, as hapless airline passengers face being hounded through airports by online advertisers as well as sec

The Weekly Newsletter from VBWire

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Monday, June 30, 2008 Enable WPF/Windows Forms Interoperability with WPF Commands Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) can interoperate with Windows Forms, letting you add legacy controls to your new interfaceor new WPF controls to your existing Windows Forms applications. Either way, you need to make them play nicely together. Learning Loops in VB.NET for Game Development in Visual Basic.NET This is the fourth article of a nine part series that teaches VB.NET via the development of a text-based game. The last article discussed variables, conditionals, and Console input. This article will commence the discussion of loops, starting with the While loop and the Do loop. Join us as we continue on our journey. Moving and Sizing Pictureboxes Cover a simple problem that often takes the longest time to solve because of the math required.

The Weekly Newsletter from ASPWire

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Monday, June 30, 2008 Getting Started with ASP.NET 3.5 This chapter shows you how to install Visual Web Developer, along with the .NET Framework and SQL Server 2005. It also gives you a brief tour of Visual Web Developer and walks you through creating your first ASP.NET web page. Should IE stay or should IE go? Microsoft's dominant browser is being challenged by open source upstart Mozilla Firefox, but in our testing neither browser scores a knockout punch. Manipulating ASP.NET 2.0 browser support For instance, ASP.NET 2.0 allows you to address browser support through browser configuration files. This set of files defines the capabilities for specific browsers. In addition, you can include browser files within a project to override settings for specific browsers. Pushing Data to a Silverlight Client with a WCF Duplex Servic

NETGEAR Releases Open Source Wireless-G Router

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Monday June 30, 2008 NEW!   NETGEAR Releases Open Source Wireless-G Router [June 30, 2008]   NETGEAR announced today that it has released a new open source Wi-Fi router, the Open Source Wireless-G (WGR614L; $69). NEW!   Skyhook Announces New Hybrid Positioning System [June 30, 2008]   Skyhook Wireless today announced its new XPS 2.0 location system that uses Wi-Fi, GPS satellites, and cellular towers for greater coverage, faster results, and improved accuracy. NEW!   3Com Expands Wireless Networking Portfolio [June 27, 2008]   The company aims to help small businesses boost their wireless networking with new access points, routers, and adapters. NEW!   June Newsbits [June 27, 2008]   Energizer's new AAAA battery powers tiny Bluetooth and other devices; iPhone and iPod touch users may soon have access to a