.NET From India

My first VB 2005 Bug

A Generics bug I found when using VB 2005 Express now into Product Feedback Center.

Linux not Secure enough

Inadequate Security Poses National Security Threat

This article talks about the US Defence departments move toward using more and more of Linux based systems and argues that Linux security is not good enough for defence use.

Whidbey Classes Browser

.NET Browser for .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 1 allows you to look at the entire Framework hierarchy of .NET 2.0. It is an online reference guide and you don't have to have the framework installed to use this.

Professional Gaming??

kuro5hin has a post on the future of professional gaming.

Being a gaming hobbyist I am usually quite not sure if I am to believe it when people talk about professional gaming. But this really surprised me:

So far, Korea is the only nation where the concept of E-Sports is fully realized, with China coming in a distant second. Blizzard's Starcraft has an immensely huge cult following in Korea, to a point where there are TV stations that air games during leagues and tournaments that are held on a regular basis. Being one a professional gamer in Starcraft earns you thousands a month, even if you are not the top of the crop, a reason professional Starcraft players from all over the world migrate to Korea and live there permanently.

Want a free XBOX??

Well you will have to write a component review to win that.

Mike talks about a contest they are running at xtras, where you get a chance to win an XBox for writing reviews for a particular set of components.

Earn your Halo 2 Contest

Star Wars Episode III

Looks like Star Wars Episode III will be called Revenge of the Sith

Lucas Arts releases official title for the third Episode, called Revenge of the Sith.

The new movie is set for release in May 2005, will show the link of the prequels with the original "Star Wars" trilogy by telling the story how Luke Skywalker's father, Anakin, went from a nice guy to the super villain Darth Vader. The Sith is the evil sect that corrupts Anakin (played by Hayden Christensen).

Halo 2

A trailer video of Halo 2

via Jason

Root Namespace in VB.NET

Bill posts an hack with VS.NET that will allow you to specify a default namespace for your VB.NET projects.

2GB Email space for msn.com

Looks like MS is offering 2 GB storage space for new @msn.com email ids. There is no info on whether this will affect older hotmail accounts.

My hotmail account still has a 2MB limit though.

Things VB can do that C# can't

Rockford Lhotka talks about Things VB can do that C# can't....