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December 2007 - Posts

R40 000! Interested?

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Facebook has become the most frequently visited web site in South Africa.  And as you may already know, developers can build their own Facebook applications for the platform.

Mentez has launched a competition in South Africa in search of the best Facebook application.  There are five Mentez-sponsored prizes, the winning prize being R40 000.

Microsoft has now joined in the competition with the intention of showing the value of using Silverlight to improve the end-user experience of Facebook applications even further.  Microsoft is sponsoring an XBox 360 Games Console and games bundle for the best Facebook application using Silverlight, over and above the Mentez prizes.

So, what are you waiting for?  Registrations close 22 December 2007.

Go register at www.mentez.com and tell everyone you know who may be interested in winning R40 000!

Posted: Dec 06 2007, 02:06 PM by Eben | with no comments
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It's party time!

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We have the dates for the launch parties in South Africa for Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.

Watch this space!

Posted: Dec 06 2007, 12:59 PM by Eben | with no comments
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AJAX Control Toolkit for Visual Studio 2008

An updated version of the AJAX Control Toolkit (compatible with Visual Studio 2008) has been published on the web.  The integration into the IDE has also been improved.  All-in-all a really sweet experience.  Go check it out!

Scott Guthrie has made a walkthrough available.

ACTK

Posted: Dec 03 2007, 05:35 AM by Eben | with 1 comment(s)
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