Microsoft Silverlight 2 released

October 14, 2008 – 01:04

Microsoft has announced the availability of Silverlight 2 and its sooner than we all thought.


The New Xbox Experience due out in November

October 9, 2008 – 11:30

Its official the release date for the New Xbox Experience (aka Dashboard) has been announced.


Xbox 360 price-cut for South Africa

October 6, 2008 – 10:07

Microsoft Announces a lower price for Xbox 360 in South Africa. Read more for the official press release.


Megarom’s impressive rAge line-up

September 16, 2008 – 15:19

Some announcements from Megarom about the games they will have on show at rAge 2008.


Xbox 360 now sporting a 60GB hard drive

September 8, 2008 – 16:19

Xbox 360 now offers triple the storage for same price in South Africa. See the press release from Microsoft South Africa.


Guitar Hero III: Legends Competition at rAge Expo 2008

September 8, 2008 – 11:43

A press release from Megarom about their Guitar Hero III: Legends Competition at rAge Expo 2008.


SQL Server 2008 and .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 dependency explained

August 24, 2008 – 12:34

Users attempting to install SQL Server 2008 Express get stuck trying to find the non-existant .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 which hasn’t been released. Or has it?


Xbox 360 announcements from Leipzig

August 20, 2008 – 21:11

Some details on the Xbox 360 announcements from the Leipzig Games Convention.


A practical use for filtered indexes

August 18, 2008 – 21:09

Finally there is a solution to having a unique column with NULL values in it. The answer is using SQL Server 2008 filtered indexes but there is a practical limitation as well.


Tech-Ed South Africa 2008 Photos

August 11, 2008 – 23:41

Some candid photos I took at Tech-Ed South Africa 2008 down in Durban.