Hello, I'm   Jason

I read an article earlier today about virus scanning for smart phones. This eWeek article can be found at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1737171,00.asp?kc=ewnws120804dtx1k0000599.

I wonder when they’ll come out with virus scanning for microwaves. ;)

On Wednesday, December 15th, .Net Valley and the University of Scranton will host .NET Debugging and Error Trapping. The presenter will be our very own Rachel Appel. For directions, please visit the directions link on the website. Room information can be found on the event page.

To force a file to download using ASP.NET (or classic ASP for that matter), you must add a header to the page. The header should look similar to:

This Thursday I’m finally closing on my house and land. I will post some pictures of the land soon on my website.

Dale Michalk has posted the code from the Google presentation that he gave last month. The code can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/dalemi/archive/2004/12/07/277972.aspx. The presentation was about using the Google API with ASP.NET 2.0. Great presentation Dale!

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

One of the issues with IE, Netscape, and Firefox is the inability to make your cookies and favorites travel around with you. Of course there are third party utilities and services to assist, but it’s not flawless. One Firefox developer decided to change this. He created a portable version of Firefox. Visit it here: http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/.

Rob Howard has recently wrote an article for MSDN discussing ASP.NET performance tips (MSDN - January ‘05). This seems to be additional tips to the original ASP.NET performance tips (QuickStart Examples).

Microsoft has recently released Visual Studio.NET 2003 Special Edition. Included in this edition is Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The price tag is less than $800 for the full version and $600 for an upgrade. This system will allow a developer to create a true web development environment. For more information, visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/se/.

The CISCO PIX IOS is now for sale. But, it’s not by CISCO. Back in May the IOS was picked up by a group of hackers. Now, that group is selling the IOS. For more information, visit the recent eWeek article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1710415,00.asp?kc=ewnws110304dtx1k0000599