Altova announces new version of XML suite

The latest release of the Altova XML Suite has several significant enhancements for building Web services, integrating with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005, managing XML Schemas, and working with the latest XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0, and XQuery specification drafts.

Apple do it again!

Today Apple announced a new slimmed down iPod (with video capability), iTunes 6.0 and a new iMac G5.

It is also making various music videos and TV shows (like Desperate Housewives) available for download via iTunes.

Another interesting set of announcements from Apple!

Sparkle – Year 1

John Gossman outlines some history around Sparkle – the Interactive Designer in the new Microsoft Expression product set.

Windows Sharepoint SP2

Microsoft has posted service pack 2 for Sharepoint.

A description of the changes can be found in the Knowledge Base.

Excel Tips

Suresh Behera has pulled together a great list of tips for Excel.

Ajax Top 10

Dan Grossman has compiled a list of cool Ajax applications – check out part 1 and part 2.

Visual Studio 2005 Uninstaller

In the barrage of various CTP releases of Visual Studio 2005, installing the latest version is difficult and always requires that previous CTPs be uninstalled. Microsoft has released an updated utility to remove previous versions of Visual Studio 2005 in preparation for the eventual commercial release.

This utility will uninstall all Visual Studio 2005 components including WinFX SDKs, Visual Studio Tools for Office, .NET Compact Framework, and SQL Server 2005 Developer tools.

Flash Decompiler

Decompile any Flash movie or Flash projector, save, edit and export SWF resources – from sounds and shapes to ActionScripts – to other formats (as JPEG, MP3, WAV etc). Convert SWF to FLA and restore original FLA file with a simple mouse click.

ScreenGrab

ScreenGrab is a very cool Firefox extension that allows you to take screenshots of web pages. What’s so cool about that? Well it captures the entire page – not just the part viewable in the browser window! It’s even cross platform!

Dates in Javascript

Have you ever been annoyed that the JS Date object doesn’t include the nice addXXX and subtractXXX methods? The Date Extras Javascript Library adds these methods and a few more to the JS Date object.