Code Review in Visual Studio 2012

The following article discusses the code review & annotation feature of Visual Studio 2012.

Finally integrated in Visual Studio & TFS, this feature is another step forward to integrate the entire Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in one toolset.

Delaying action at transaction commit

I am designing a back-end where Database contention is the number-one issue for scalability.

We use those darn distributed transactions and therefore I do not know how long the transaction my component is participating into will last.  If a transaction remains open for a few seconds, many of those would create contention in the Database my component is using.  This...

Convertible Tablet: HP Envy x2

Finally some competition to Microsoft’s Surface hybrid!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHroxzEZfIY] <p>This goes in another direction (compared to Surface).</p> <p>This means the paradigm one-OS multiple hardware vendor is still good for consumers!</p>

A Hitchhiker's Guide to StreamInsight 2.1 Queries

Microsoft has released a very interesting tutorial (in PDF format) with an accompanying VS Solution.

Microsoft Surface Keynote

Have a look at the Microsoft Surface Keynote from last Monday night.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpltjgXMTf8] <p>…  Wow!</p>