IronPython 0.6 released

IronPython 0.6 has been released as Open Source Software under Common Public License - v 1.0.

IronPython is a fast Python implementation for the .NET framework and Mono created by Jim Hugunin.

Also note that from Monday (August 2, 2004) Jim will join Chris Brumme, Brad Abrams, Adam Nathan, Jason Zander and the rest of the Microsoft CLR team.

Office 2003 Service Pack 1 released

Office 2003 Service Pack 1

iRiver PMP-140 preview

Portable Media World have a pre-release review of the iRiver PMP-140 portable media player.

SQL Server 2005 Express Beta 2

A new beta for SQL Server Express has been released: SQL Server 2005 Express Beta 2

Resign Patterns

Resign Patterns
Ailments of Unsuitable Project-Disoriented Software

Windows "Longhorn" Help (MAML)

Here are a couple of links for Microsoft's new Help system for Longhorn:
Introducing Windows "Longhorn" Help
Longhorn Help SDK

XML Tools in Visual Studio 2005

MSDN Library: An Introduction to the XML Tools in Visual Studio 2005

Jason Anderson on Channel 9

Jason Anderson, a member of the Visual Studio 2005 Team System, describes how Visual Studio 2005 can help with modern development methodologies such as test driven development:

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV

C-Omega compiler preview available for download

Dare Obasanjo blogs about the preview release of the C-Omega compiler. The Comega language site is here. The installer can be downloaded here.

This is an evolution of X# (which was renamed Xen last year) and attempts to address the mismatch between relational data and object oriented programming.

Is this research going to become C# 3.0 - as discussed by Anders Hejlsberg - Programming data in C# 3.0?

Apple Dashboard

  
Tiger Preview - Dashboard. You can see a QuickTime movie here.

Sun Cartoon: Inside Jack

Inside Jack is a fun take on the Microsoft-Sun agreement.

Microsoft Research Data Visualization Components

Steve Makofsky blogs about the MSR Data Visualization Components. They look pretty cool, especially the ThreadTree.

Microsoft "Next Media Research" Demo

Bill Gates and Steven Drucker demonstrate a new data visualization interface for multimedia: 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (a transcript of the speech is here).

PearPC - Mac OS X on Windows

PearPC is a PowerPC emulator. See SourceForge here and a screenshot here.

First PMC: Yepp YH-999

To add to my WMA player dilemma, Samsung have announced a PMC device: Samsung YH-999. No real indication of when this is going to become available, although I4U indicate July 2004.

MonoDevelop 0.5 Released

MonoDevlop is a Mono IDE. See a VS.NET user's first impressions here.