MS Visual Studio.Net 2010 Experience 2

I feel like a kid with a new toy :-)
I finally got the VB.Net and C# console working by making over 2 GB avialable to the VM.
I also got the VS.Net 2010 Training Kit that have labs and samples for all the key technologies: C# 4.0, VB.Net 10.0, MEF etc.

Anyone that want a copy can contact me: 076 824 3560. I'm base in Fishhoek, Cape Town. If you can bring 2 empty DVDs (dude its over 7 GB!) or a portable hard drive.

MS Visual Studio.Net 2010 CPT Experience 1

After shutting down all the Services I still find the VM being extreamly show! Looking around under the settings I find that the VM only allocate 256MB RAM (that memory get take from the host machine) !! No that doesn't work, Windows doesn't run within 256MB of RAM (unless your running Windows 98 or something really old) I increased the memory to 1.8GB (leaving +- 2GB from my host) and wow the speed is now normal! :-)

Update:

Ok now it crash everytime I want to create a new VB.Net or C# console application. The only one that work fine is C++ (but I don't program in C++ that much - mainly C# and alittle of VB.Net)

GizmoCall.com

Call directly from your web browser without installing any software... can call to a regular phone number (using cheap VOIP rates), to another Gizmo user or to a SIP number.

Use the embed Gimzocall plugin below.

Telkom doBroadband 384kbps vs Telkom 4Mbps

About a week ago we upgraded from Telkom do Broadband with a speed of 384kbps, cap of 1GB (yes ladies and gents bandwidth in SA get capped unless your willing to spend R1000-R2000 on uncapped) to 4Mbps with a cap of 3GB. The speed increase is incredible!

I reguraly watch Channel 9 to download a video normally took around 30+ minutes, it download in about 5 minutes.

Tomorrow I'm preparting for my Uganda trip, more about that in a future blog (yes I know, I told you that before but good things come to those who wait hey...)

VOIPBuster vs Skype - Phone Calls

Looking into VOIPBuster vs Skype for cheap VOIP calls expecially when I goto Uganda (more about that in a later post) I find that:

If you buy VOIPBuster credit you get 120 days free period where you can make free calls to countries unfortunatly for us Uganda or South Africa isn't :-( So nothing is going to be free.

Comparing the prices:

VOIP Buster:

0.060 EUR = R0.797024 (Landline)
0.170 EUR = R2.25728 (Mobile)

Skype:

Landline: R1.612
Mobile: R1.612

So VOIPBuster is cheaper for landline but Skype is cheaper for mobile.

See VOIPBuster Rates
See Skype Rates
To Convert EUR To ZAR

Video Chat In Gmail

Oboy! This is cool, see here!

Internet Over Bluetooth

Testing an application last night on my wife's ex Nokia 2760 phone using my bluetooth dongle (a Bluesoleil Dongle) I found that it create a personal area network where I can access the Internet from the phone over bluetooth without GPRS. WOW this is cool!

Btw, this week there isn't a weekly source code since I've been on leave on Monday and its been a crazy week back at work.

Next.... Windows 7

The next MS Windows version will be called Windows 7

I believe, we all hope that this time MS will do a proper job than what they did with Windows Vista or allow us to always downgrade back to Windows XP :-)

iPhone 3G Now In South Africa

Vodacom released the long awaiting iPhone 3G in South Africa.

For more information and deals, visit http://www.vodacom.co.za