Windows Mobile: Working with FakeGPS

Microsoft has introduced a new tool named FakeGPS for Windows Mobile application developers and testers. Testing GPS application was difficult in earlier mobile SDK versions as a GPS receiver doesn't work within closed walls, also the Emulators didn't have any GPS simulated testing tool built in. Using FakeGPS, developers and testers can now easily simulate satellite based global positioning system data and use that for testing their GPS applications. FakeGPS comes with Microsoft Windows Mobile SDK v6.0 and DTK version 6.3.5; after the SDK installation FakeGPS.cab is copied into C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK\Tools\GPS folder. Check my codeguru article.
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/article.php/c17279

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in SQL Server 2008

As part of the SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act) regulatory compliance implementation, one of my banking customers asked me to encrypt their database for an already existing application. It was a business critical web application developed using Visual Studio 2005 (ASP.NET 2.0 framework) and SQL Server 2000 as the backend database. Like any other standard software development project, the delivery schedule for this was also very tight and the client requested that I implement database encryption as quickly as possible, with minimal impact on the existing application. I completed that assignment on time and within budget using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), a new full database encryption technique introduced in SQL Server 2008. In this article, I will demonstrate the implementation of TDE.Read the full article in Databasejournal.com.
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.phpr/3883391/article.htm

Create a Web App Using ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Framework

In this article I will show you how to create an ASP.NET Web Application using MVC 2.0 Framework. You'll recall that ASP.NET MVC 2.0 is the latest Microsoft framework for building web applications on top of the .NET framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 etc. To know more check my article in codeguru.
http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/44747

Microsoft-Compatible APIs in Mono 2.4

Mono is an open source project led by Novell to create a .NET-compatible set of tools that include, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime. Mono can be run on Linux, BSD, UNIX, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows operating systems.To Know more read the full article in Devx.
URL - http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/43857

Productivity Improvements in Mono 2.4: Components and Architecture

Mono is an open source .NET development framework based on the ECMA standards for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Led by Novell, the Mono project creates a .NET-compatible set of tools that enable developers to build Linux and cross-platform applications, including a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime (CLR), that run on Linux, BSD, UNIX, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows. To Know more read my article.
URL - http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/43410

Free Microsoft Azure SQL Tools For Cloud Application Development

The relation database (RDBMS) provided in Microsoft Azure is known as SQL Azure. The SQL Azure database can be easily integrated with your local SQL Server and tools provided in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. Azure Developers can use T-SQL script for queryring data as they presently do for any on-premises SQL database. It's a highly available and scalable service can be obtained by registering to SQL.Azure.com site. Microsoft Azure doesn't provide any Off-premises SQL Azure development tools or Management studio for developers. You need to develop a local database and migrate it to SQL Azure durin production deployment. To know more check my article..

http://www.codeguru.com/vb/mobile/article.php/c17147/Free-Microsoft-Azure-SQL-Tools-For-Cloud-Application-Development.htm