The new wave of web applications are built on technologies such as AJAX and Microsoft Silverlight that enable developers to build better, richer user experiences. These technologies bring a shift in how applications are organized, including a stronger separation of presentation from data.

The goal of Microsoft Codename Astoria is to enable applications to expose data as a data service that can be consumed by web clients within a corporate network and across the internet. The data service is reachable over HTTP, and URIs are used to identify the various pieces of information available through the service. Interactions with the data service happens in terms of HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE, and the data exchanged in those interactions is represented in simple formats such as XML and JSON.

Downloads

1 x Visual Studio Code Name 'Orcas' Express Edition (C# + Web)

1 x Microsoft Codename "Astoria" - May 2007 Community Technology Preview (Download)

1 x BizTalk Labs Identity and Connectivity Services (Download SDK)

Getting Started

DEEZER.COM LAUNCHES THE FIRST FREE AND LEGAL MUSIC ON DEMAND WEBSITE

After SACEM1 closed down Blogmusik.net in February 2007, the site, which is now called Deezer.com, has announced that an agreement has been reached with the societies that protect copyright royalties.

Deezer.com is now the first global website for music on demand with no restrictions: listening to all kinds of music is now free, unlimited, legal and accessible to all Internet users via a Web browser.

At a time where most Internet users access music in a non-paying and illegal manner, a practice against which professionals and artists are legitimately fighting a never-ending battle, Deezer.com has announced a long-awaited revolution.

The site, which was created in France and is available in 16 different languages, is already successful on an international level with hundreds of thousands of members in different countries. Thanks to the agreement with SACEM, Deezer.com has become the only site to offer Internet users a non-paying solution whilst still remunerating those involved in the creation of the music (artists, record companies etc.) through the advertising revenues generated.

In allowing Deezer.com to offer this kind of distribution, SACEM and SESAM2 have shown that they are aware of the need to adapt to an ever-changing world.

Deezer.com offers thousands of different tracks, of all styles, all accessible via a simple and userfriendly interface. Users can also manage their own musical universe by creating their own playlists, and can freely share their lists of tracks with other users.
Deezer.com is already in talks with major music labels and the SPPF3, and will soon be announcing that new agreements have been reached.

ABOUT DEEZER.COM:

Deezer.com (formerly Blogmusik.net) is the first website for music on request that is free, unlimited and legal. The site was created in France in June 2006 by Daniel Marhely and Jonathan Benassaya, and has been translated into 16 languages. Deezer.com offers all kinds of musical

http://www.deezer.com/

When you want to use a onmouseover event that triggers through javascript a method from serverside c# code, you need a button ...

HTML ATTRIBUTE
onmouseover="GetItems()"

JAVASCRIPT
function GetItems(){
document.getElementById('btn_getitems').click();
}

ASP.NET BUTTON
<asp:Button id="btn_getitems" runat="server" OnClick="btn_getitems_Click" UseSubmitBehavior="false" style="visibilty: hidden;"/>

It is very important to use the UseSubmitBehavior="false" attribute because otherwise your serverside method won't be called.

C#
public void btn_getitems_Click(object sender, EventArgs args) {
DisplayAllItems();
}

Now you see that when you use the onmouseover in Firefox works as great as in IE...

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Silverlight is a cross platform, cross browser plug-in that enables designers and developers to build rich media experiences and .NET based RIAs for the web.
Silverlight 1.0 and Expression Encoder 1.0 Released

Today they shipped the Silverlight 1.0 release for Mac and Windows. Silverlight 1.0 is focused on enabling rich media scenarios in a browser.



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