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I’ve always been puzzled by the ability of some traders to consistently make money. A cynic would say that anyone who is able to profit in all adverse economic environments (recessions, depressions, etc.) is most likely able to do so because they are getting information that is not generally available. Although the cynic might mean “inside” information by this statement, I believe that there is a non-cynical interpretation of this statement that is, to some degree, correct. Algorithmic trading engines and market data vendors are becoming increasingly important on Wall Street, exactly because they are able to give insights to traders, allowing them to consistently “beat the street.” These tools and data sources, though legal, can be sufficiently expensive so as to prevent... (more)

Invoking .NET Web Services from Mobile Devices Part 1 of 2 Pocket PCs put .NET Web services at your fingertips

In May 2000 I was invited to Microsoft's corporate headquarters in Redmond for a special "technology experts" summit. At this summit, the forty or so of us in attendance were given a special sneak preview of a technology upon which Microsoft planned to "bet the farm," so to speak. They called the technology "ASP+ Web Methods." Of course, nowadays we all know these as .NET Web services. Th... (more)

PDC 2003 Isn't .NET Wonderful?

The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc) is a "must-attend" for anyone interested in the future of software development! It showcases the future of the greatest development platform on Earth - .NET! For the 7000+ of you who are reading this magazine for the first time as a result of having gotten it in your bag at the PDC - welcome! You have ... (more)

System.Diagnostics.PerformanceBlocker

Those of you who were offended by my past two editorials criticizing Linux - and who believe in instant karma - will take particular delight in the story I am about to relate. On a recent project, I was given the task of creating a feature that would allow for the real-time monitoring of Windows performance counters, similar to the functionality available via the desktop Perfmon tool. Aft... (more)

What I Did on My Holiday Vacation

For the second year in a row, I had a lot of vacation left at the end of the year. Combined with two major holidays, this allowed me to take off the second half of December. Not wanting to let my brain get flabby, though, I engaged in a number of mental pursuits to keep my cerebellum in shape! Hamurabi.NET For those not familiar with the original, Hamurabi was a popular computer game back... (more)