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Senior Director of Windows, Windows Phone & XBOX Technical Evangelism & Development at Microsoft Corporation

Internet Explorer 8 at MIX

IE8 is back! As we announced last week at MIX, Internet Explorer 8 RTW has been released. You can...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2009

Internet Explorer is back!

This year I have the pleasure to present the A Lap Around Internet Explorer 8 session at MIX. In...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2009

The MIX website has been IE’fyed! :) If you go to https://2009.visitmix.com/ (using Internet Explorer...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2009

Share a creative picture about IE and win a FREE PASS TO MIX

About one year ago, almost at this same time, I’ve been given the opportunity to attend MIX 08. I’ve...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2009

IE8 META Tag to make your site compatible

To summarize with one picture the great recap of the Compatibility View written by Scott on the IE...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2009

ASP.NET Menu and IE8 rendering white issue

If you are using the ASP.NET Menu control, you might encounter under certain circumstances an issue...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2009

IE8 RC1 Download Available

Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 is finally available! In order to get started with all the...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 01/26/2009

MIX 09 Special Offer Discount

It’s the holiday season – time for family and friends, good cheer, and PRESENTS!  Plus, we also...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2008

Security Update for Internet Explorer 7

Following a recent security alert (KB960714), we’ve just released a security hotfix. If you are...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2008

[ITA] WPC Tech Days Italy – Le mie sessioni

Message for English readers: this post is about the event I will participate to next week in Italy....

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2008

Fiddler and localhost

I would like to share a really useful trick if you need to use Fiddler with a website running on the...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2008

Building graphically advanced applications with the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Tutorial Published

Silverlight for mobile is great. It allows you to build Rich (Mobile) Internet Application quickly...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 11/20/2008

Tech ED EMEA 2008 Barcelona

After MIX and PDC…this time I have the pleasure to give a couple of presentations at TechED EMEA in...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2008

Silverlight for mobile v2 announced at PDC 2008

Amit and myself announced yesterday Silverlight for mobile v2 here at PDC. The video is already...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2008

Microsoft Expression Newsletter

Interested in creating rich desktop and Internet applications? If the answer is YES, you should...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 09/24/2008

PDC 2008 and Silverlight for Mobile

37 days left to the start of PDC 2008 in Los Angeles. Lot of sessions abstract have been announced,...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 09/19/2008

Bacardi and Silverlight

No, it’s not the name of a new cocktail we serve in Microsoft campus… I’d like to share here another...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 09/04/2008

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Download

IE8 Beta2 is live and available for the download! Check it out here:...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 08/27/2008

Computer Weekly Awards: and the winner are…

 Thanks to those of you that submitted a vote for me in the ComputerWeekly competition! I’m...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2008

Deep Zoom Batch Export using C# - Update

In a previous post I’ve showed how to automate the exporting process of a DeepZoom composition or...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2008

Imagine Cup 2008 Memories

Imagine Cup 2008 is over. Another GREAT edition has challenged more than 100 thousands students from...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 07/23/2008

Please Vote Me for Blog Awards :-)

My blog has been nominated in the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08. If you have time (I assume...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2008

OOB (Out of Blog) Message

I’ve been (and I will) be traveling between London, Paris, Atlanta, Barbados and Seattle in the...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 07/01/2008

Microsoft, Environmental Sustainability and Imagine Cup

With Polar bears drowning, glaciers melting, forests being cut down…preserving the environment is a...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 06/26/2008

Silverlight 2 B2 Resources

Based on the questions I received in the last period, I’d like to share here some links that will...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2008

Measuring WPF Effect Performance with .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

As I said in the previous post, .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 addresses issues that were found through a...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 06/23/2008

Building RIA Event slides + source code + resources

Thanks to Ravi Nar and the Vista Squad folks for participating yesterday at the “Building RIA for...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 06/19/2008

RIA for Desktop, Web & Mobile using Silverlight & WPF

Sign up for “The Wrath of Khan” meeting, organized by the UK user group Vista Squad. The meeting...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2008

PDC 2008 is coming!

PDC 2008 registrations are now open. Expect lot of fantastic news/announcements this year about...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2008

[ITA] The Next Web Now – Sessioni disponibili!

  Message for English readers: the following links are the videos from the session recorded at...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2008

Windows Live Messenger + Twitter Addin (with setup and source code)

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates"...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 05/11/2008

Deep Zoom Batch Export (Programmatically using C#)

[UPDATE: You can find an updated version of this library here] The Deep Zoom composer is a great...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 05/05/2008

Deepzoom Composer Export as Composition or Collection?

I was trying the new version of the Deep Zoom Composer…it’s just great!! Between all the new...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 05/05/2008

Steve Ballmer Interview (by Carlo Rossanigo)

Carlo, the PR and Marketing Director of Microsoft Italia, has been successful in the tough task to...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 04/28/2008

[ITA] The Next Web Now – il giorno dopo

Si è svolto ieri l’evento The Next Web Now a Milano, che ha visto la partecipazione di Steve Ballmer...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 04/24/2008

Silverlight for Mobile TodayScreen Plugin

Today I would like to share with you another video, that showcase a possible use of a Silverlight...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 04/06/2008

Speaking @ The Next Web Now!

For my Italian friends…you can’t miss the event The Next Web Now! in Milan, on April 23rd; this is...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/28/2008

MVP Global Summit 2008

MVPs around the world are invited every year to attend the MVP Global Summit, one of the largest MVP...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 9/9 – Windows Vista Mobile

I think that everybody here agree that Windows Vista is the best Microsoft operating...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/25/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 8/9 – Slot Machine

If you still feel unlucky…I suggest you to play with this Microsoft Slot Machine v1. Bill pays...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/24/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 7/9 – Horoscope

Las Vegas, casino, Slot Machines, Roulette, Texas Poker Holden, Blackjack, … you might want to...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/24/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 6/9 - Windows Mobile Professional and Standard

I’m receiving frequent questions these days about Silverlight for Mobile target platform....

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/20/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 5/9 - Gesture

This is probably the demo where I've seen more interest from MIX attendees. With a bit of logic...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2008

Personally I don't really like using carousel when we deal with a lot of information; however it...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 3/9 - Speakers FishEye

The third demo showcase how to use the fish-eye control inside a small screen device; by dragging...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 2/9 - Sessions List

The most common control for a mobile device is out of any doubt the List. In this scenario I'm...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo 1/9 - Hello World

The first demo, whatever language we are using, must always be Hello World. In this scenario I'm...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2008

Silverlight for Mobile Demo from MIX

I would like to share in the next posts the videos of the 9 demo I showed on stage at MIX. The...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2008

Silverlight for Mobile UX Session at MIX

For those of you that were unable to attend the MIX, you can see for free the recording of my...

Author: Giorgio Sardo [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2008

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