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December 2006 - Posts - Ido Samuelson's blog

December 2006 - Posts

Monday, December 18, 2006 11:55 PM

“Dream-Build-Play” - Get your XNA Game on Xbox Live


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Monday, December 18, 2006 11:43 PM

Microsoft Robotics Studio v1.0 RTM

If the XNA studio RTM is not enough so Microsoft released also this week the Robotics Studio! I haven't bloged about it much yet but this studio gives you all the juice from .NET Framework 3.0 to make it easier for you to control and handle your hardware robots!

Check more here

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Monday, December 18, 2006 11:39 PM

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 RTM

I'm probably the last person to blog about it but the XNA Game Studio Express if RTM and available to download.

After I Installed* it the first thing I did was turning on my xbox 360, download the XNA Launcher and purchase the subscriptions for XNA. Then I wrote a small game sample and ran it on the xbox360!!! It is so cool that I can remote debug my xbox 360 :-) This is just FUN FUN FUN!!!.

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Monday, December 18, 2006 11:35 PM

Pipes via .NET...Finally!!!

Everyone used to talk about named pipes and pipes in general as the fastest way for inter-process communication (IPC) and how .NET is missing these classes. The BCL(Base class library) Team added these managed wrapper and they are currently available as part of the  Orcas October CTP!!!

You can find more inforation on the BCL Team blog post here

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Monday, December 18, 2006 11:23 PM

Updates for Sysinternals suite

  • PsTools v.2.42: all PsTools now support the switch '-accepteula' on the command-line in order to avoid breaking non-interactive scenarios (e.g. scripts and other automation)
  • PsExec v1.73: for Vista the tool now supports the ability to run processes in the Local System account on the interactive desktop with the -s and -I switches.
  • PsGetSid v1.43: fixes a bug where it wouldn’t correctly process multiple computers
  • PsService v2.21: adds support for reporting Windows Vista delayed autostart and pre-shutdown notification services
  • SysinternalsSuite: removed the BlueScreen Screen Saver from the Sysinternals Suite since some anti-virus packages were blocking access to the suite due to the screen saver's new malware status. The BlueScreen Screen Saver is still available as a download from its dedicated page here.
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    Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:24 PM

    Windows Vista + OneNote 2007 tip

    If you are working on Windows Vista and have OneNote installed, you will love this feature:

    Use WindowsKey + 'S' and you will be able to create a clipping of any region of the screen by dragging a rectable with your mouse.

    Enjoy!

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