11th August 2009

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The article will show how to edit an XML file using the ASP.NET TreeView control and the TextBox control. The article contains screen shots of the application and fully functional code. This application will be helpful for programmers who wish to implement administrative sections where the configurations of web applications are in XML files.

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Last Thursday Microsoft released the RTM of Windows 7 to the subscribers of MSDN and TechNet. Reviews are coming in from plenty of people getting their hands on it for the first time as well as by those upgrading from the beta or release candidate versions. If you haven't looked at Windows 7 yet, the release candidate will still work until next year.

Lately we've been hearing a lot less about Windows Azure. Last month they announced about commercial availability and a pricing model for Azure. Last week they had a live chat with the public about Windows Azure where they were trying to find out what people wanted out of Windows Azure and what people's concerns were about it. Today they announced some new updates to Azure blog storage and their new Signed Access Signatures storage feature.

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