Microsoft released ASP.NET AJAX ASP.NET AJAX is a free framework for quickly creating a new generation of more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers. With ASP.NET AJAX, you can: Create next-generation interfaces with reusable AJAX components. Enhance existing Web pages using powerful AJAX controls with support for all modern browsers. Continue using Visual Studio 2005 to take your ASP.NET 2.0 sites to the next level. Access remote services and data directly from the browser without writing a ton of complicated script. Enjoy the benefits of a free framework with technical support provided by Microsoft. You can download ASP.NET AJAX here: http://ajax.asp.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=47 Technorati : ajax, asp, asp.net, web, www Del.icio.us : ajax, asp, asp.net, web, www Ice Rocket : ajax, asp, asp.net, web, www
Here is an interesting project that allows testing some of the latest products and platforms available for web development on Windows. It is called DinnerNow From official site: DinnerNow is a fictious marketplace where customers can order food from local restaurants for delivery to their home or office. This sample is designed to demonstrate how you can develop a connected application using several new Microsoft technologies.The demo utilizes several technologies including: IIS7, ASP.NET Ajax Extensions, Linq, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Powershell, and the .NET Compact Framework.The DinnerNow sample application is now available for download. You can download the entire DinnerNow sample code from CodePlex. http://www.codeplex.com/dinnernow/release/projectreleases.aspx
The Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center enables data synchronization between Windows Mobile-powered devices and Windows Vista. You can download this driver from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83d513ea-9df9-4920-af33-3a0e2e4e7beb&DisplayLang=en (validation required)
From Paessler development team: Today we have released version 6.0.6 of PRTG Traffic Grapher. This version mainly adds the new feature of aggregate graphing (see this blog entry for details), some performance improvements for large installations as well as a number of bugfixes and smaller changes (see PRTG's history page for details). The latest version can be downloaded from the PRTG download page. About PRTG PRTG Traffic Grapher is an easy to use Windows software for monitoring and classifying bandwidth usage. It provides system administrators with live readings and long-term usage trends for their network devices. The most common usage is bandwidth management, but you can also monitor many other aspects of your network like memory and CPU utilizations.
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today announced the launch of its ES1000 Email Security Appliance, extending its range of IT security hardware solutions. Ideally suited for organisations with less than 1,000 employees, the ES1000 is an intelligent and easy-to-manage email security appliance to block malware, potentially unwanted applications and spam from entering the network via the email gateway. With IDC predicting that the amount of daily spam emails circulating will increase from 23 billion in 2004 to 42 billion in 2008*, email security continues to command a large portion of corporate IT security budgets. Experts at Sophos expect collaboration between spammers and malware authors to continue to increase, with a growing proportion of spam containing links to infected websites. Sophos currently identifies more than 5,000 infected URLs each day, posing considerable risk to businesses that do not have full-time network security administration. The ES1000 gives these organisations a cost-effective and easy-to-install hardware solution, designed to secure the gateway and shield them from all emerging email threats, with minimal administrative effort. Benefits include: Automatically updated award-winning malware protection Anti-spam engine that averages a 98.9 percent capture rate Innovative 24-hour system 'heartbeat' monitoring Remote assistance to ensure uptime and reduce administration Secure web-based management console Access to message forensics, in-depth statistical reports and predictive metrics on system capacity and availability Designed with ease-of-use and maximum protection in mind, Sophos's ES1000 requires little human intervention, while Behavioral Genotype® Protection allows for superior proactive blocking of new and unknown threats. Supported by SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of analysis centers, updates for the email security appliance are available every five minutes to ensure the latest protection is always in place.