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As David Ebbo blogged today, the NuGet Gallery is now open to the public . The goal of the NuGet Gallery is to be the hub for NuGet users and package authors alike. Users should be able to search and discover packages with detailed information on each one and eventually rate them. Package authors can register for an API key and upload packages. We’re not quite where we want to be with the gallery, but we’re moving in the right direction. If you want to see us get there more quickly, feel free to lend a hand. The gallery is running on fully open source code ! In this blog post, I wanted to cover step by step what it takes to create and upload a package. Create Your Package Well the first step is to create a package so you have something to upload. If you’re well acquainted with creating packages, feel free to skip this section, but you may learn a few tips if you stick with it. I’ll start with a simple example that I did recently. The XML-RPC.NET library by Charles Cook is v...

As a class, developers have had a fantastic year in 2010. We’ve made headlines, grabbed the limelight, been vilified and glorified beyond all reason and gotten paid pretty nicely along the way. And the bubble of consumer web apps just continues to swell, so there are no signs (yet) that 2011 will bring anything short of grandeur for the web and mobile development communities. Looking ahead to what the coming year might hold, there are a few sure bets and a few speculations we’d like to offer. Some are, as noted, almost certainly bound to come true. Others are more along the lines of hopes and prayers than hard-and-fast predictions we’d stake money on. With that in mind, here are 10 things we think the world of hacking will hold in 2011. 1. There Will Be a Need to Understand and Optimize for All Form Factors Even the most brainless of “social media gurus” could tell you this one. With the surging popularity and newfound accessibility and affordability of smartphones — thank...

We might be known for our Windows articles, but in 2010 we sure posted a lot of really in-depth articles covering Linux. Here’s the 20 best articles that we covered this year, covering everything from how to tweak your setup to how to use Linux to fix Windows. Want even more? You should make sure to check out the top 20 How-To Geek Explains topics of 2010 , the 50 Windows Registry hacks that make Windows better , or the best 50 Windows articles for 2010 . Recover Data Like a Forensics Expert Using an Ubuntu Live CD There are lots of utilities to recover deleted files, but what if you can’t boot up your computer, or the whole drive has been formatted? We’ll show you some tools that will dig deep and recover the most elusive deleted files, or even whole hard drive partitions. Recover Data Like a Forensics Expert Using an Ubuntu Live CD Move Window Buttons Back to the Right in Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 One of the more controversial changes in the Ubuntu 10.04 beta is...

  2010 was a busy year for the Linux Foundation , and their recently posted 2011 schedule Linux Kernel Summit and the Embedded Linux Conference Europe . suggests that this year will be just as interesting. In addition to LinuxCon and the Collaboration Summit in the US, there’s also LinuxCon Brazil, LinuxCon Japan, and for the first time ever LinuxCon Europe. The latter is running concurrently with the The call for presentations is open at all of the Linux Foundation’s 2011 events. Since many of these events are invitation-only being a speaker might be a good way to get to attend. The CFPs ( LinuxCon Europe , LinuxCon North America , LinuxCon Japan , LinuxCon Brazil ) list a number of suggested topics, so if you have anything compelling to say about those aspects of Linux, submit a presentation! You can register for an event, or submit a proposal in response to the Call for Presentations, at events.linuxfoundation.org .

  Jaspersoft, the San Francisco based Business Intelligence vendor, yesterday announced the newer version of their product, Jaspersoft 4, with embedded BI market in mind. Jaspersoft 4 leverages a new modular UI architecture which makes it easy to customize and embed, thereby making the BI tool more attractive to users. This version has a new GUI for rich visual dashboarding and a host of self-service features making it palatable to more users. Some background on the market segment As the quantity of data in today’s enterprises grows in leaps and bounds, organizations are looking for various ways from datawarehousing to embedded BI to make their decisions. While datawarehousing tools give a holistic view of the entire organization, there is a clear need to push the decision making to various operational divisions. Today, these divisions make more decisions affecting their functions than anytime in the past. To make such decision making at the divisional levels and lo...

The awesome Kinect hacks continue, and BLITZ have delivered what could turn out to be one of the more interesting adaptations of Microsoft’s motion-gaming peripheral. They’ve figured out a way to get the Kinect sensor-bar to work with Flash-based interfaces via Node.js, opening the door to Flash, Silverlight and Unity apps being directly controlled by Kinect-recognized motions. Video demo after the cut While we’ve seen integrations of Kinect and DIY apps before, this generic link promises to take the headache out of hooking up the Microsoft peripheral. The prototype they’ve thrown together uses hand gestures to navigate a TV UI, something that could be pretty useful if you’ve ever been given a headache by a button-encrusted remote control. BLITZ is expected to release the code imminently, at which point we’re expecting a flood of Kinect-enabled HTPC apps. More details in the video below. Flash Kinect Demo from BLITZ Agency on Vimeo .

Microsoft have already published what you can expect for its upcoming major Windows Phone 7 software update here . Other than “Copy and Paste” function, another important improvement is the faster loading time on both applications and games. Anandtech has posted a video demonstration, showing the differences between a patched Windows Phone 7 and a original Windows Phone 7 OS. Check out the video below Upcoming change log Copy and paste Soon you’ll be able to copy text from emails, text messages, web pages, and Office Mobile documents, and paste it anywhere you can type. Using copy and paste is easy and intuitive. In many cases you just tap a word, slide your finger to highlight any additional text, then tap the Copy icon. To insert this text in a message or app, just tap the spot where it should go, then tap the Paste icon. Copy and paste is a handy way to quickly send someone’s latest Facebook update, turn-by-turn directions from Maps, or a must-see link from Internet Expl...