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‘m writing this column in my head at about 3 am on a Sunday morning, while staring at the roof of a swaying tent on top of a mountain in
‘m writing this column in my head at about 3 am on a Sunday morning, while staring at the roof of a swaying tent on top of a mountain in
elcome to this first issue of 2003. We have some interesting things in this issue for you. The first item to note is our coverage of Visual C++ 2003. YES,
hen I first met the ASP.NET DataGrid control, it was love at first sight. Together we built several applications, taught dozens of classes, published countless articles and tips; we even
he promise of write-once-run-anywhere is arguably more attractive and far more economically advantageous for developers targeting mobile devices; mobile hardware is so diverse that cutting development time by writing one
everal months ago I sat down to write an editorial for DevX, which I had tentatively titled “Where’s My Wireless Killer App?” The premise of this editorial was to be,
i-Fi wireless LANs are exploding in the corporation. Corporations have adopted 11.6 million Wi-Fi devices in 2002, a 65 percent increase over 2001, according to market researcher In-Stat/MDR. Notebooks, PDAs,
he job ahead of creating new wireless applications and extending traditional desktop applications to mobile devices is somewhat ominous, but the good news, according to Gartner Research Analyst Theresa Lanowitz,
f 802.11 wireless LANs promise to untether corporate users from their wired network connections, then Voice over Wireless IP (VoWIP) promises to free them from their telephone handsets. VoWIP is
eaching critical mass for wireless in the enterprise has been a long time coming. Interest in and reliance on wireless technology has crept steadily ahead, but for several years now,