Download Hands-On Labs for Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure

Developers and professionals interested in learning more on autoscaling, transient fault handling and logging in Windows Azure can now download a set of Hands-on Labs to get started.

We’re referring here to the set of Hands-on Labs for Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure that Microsoft made available for download only a few days ago. As stated above, the labs include autoscaling and transient fault handling as well.

Before downloading it, however, they should know that the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio and Windows Azure SDK v1.6 is required. To grab the all-in-one installer, they should simply hit this link on Softpedia.

The Hands-on Labs is compatible with Windows 7 Professional or higher, 32-bit and 64-bit and with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 2.

Moreover, the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Development System with Service Pack 1 (any edition) should be installed on the target machine as well.

“The Microsoft Enterprise Library Integration Pack for Windows Azure is an extension to Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 that can be used with the Windows Azure,” Microsoft explains.

“It includes the Autoscaling Application Block ("Wasabi"), Transient Fault Handling Application Block ("Topaz"), blob configuration source, protected configuration provider, and Windows PowerShell Cmdlets.

“Use this set of Hands-on Labs as a guide to learn and practice autoscaling, transient fault handling and logging in Windows Azure,” the company continues.

To install the Hands-on Labs, you will simply have to run the .EXE. Before kicking off the installation process, you will also have to make sure that all the pre-requisite steps have been performed, as outlined in the Pre-requisites and Setup document.

It should also be noted that the before and after source code and instructions have been provided for each of the included labs.

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Sony Tablet S 3G and Tablet P Now Available in India

Unveiled back in August, Sony’s Android tablets have showcased for the first time at IFA trade fair in September 2011. While the Sony Tablet S made its debut in September, the other Sony slate, Tablet P hit shelves one month later.



Sony India officially introduced the tablets last month, but neither was available for purchase until today. Without further notice, major retailer Flipkart put both Sony Tablet P and Tablet S 3G on sale for Rs 36,750 (745 USD or 565 EUR) and Rs 33,750 (680 USD or 520 EUR), respectively.



Flipkart’s prices seem to be very close to Sony’s suggested retail prices. However, customers who want to purchase any of the two tablets will have to pay a small fortune.



Hopefully, their prices will drop, as soon as Sony announces its new Android smartphones at the Mobile World Congress 2012, next month.



Sony Tablet S 3G is the larger of the two and features a 9.4-inch capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 1280 pixels resolution and 16 million colors support. The Tablet P has a dual 5.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with 1024 x 480 pixels resolution.



Both slates are powered by Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system, but Sony has recently confirmed plans to release an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade in the following months.



The rest of the specs sheets seem to be similar, as both tablets are equipped with a dual core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor clocked at 1 GHz, as well as ULP GeForce GPUs.



However, Sony Tablet S 3G embeds 16GB of internal memory and 1GB of RAM, whereas Sony tablet P packs only 4GB onboard memory and the same amount of RAM.



Both slates have microSD/SD card slots for memory expansion (up to 32GB), but the Sony Tablet P also comes with a free 2GB memory card pre-installed.
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HTC Ville Caught on Video with Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense 4.0

The unannounced HTC Ville leaked about two months ago, along with the press shoot and specs sheet. Today, the first video showing the phone’s capabilities surfaced online, which points to an imminent announcement at Mobile World Congress 2012, next month.



The video was published by the French site HTC Hub and shows the HTC Ville in all its glory. Even though this is not the quad-core smartphone that everyone was expecting, HTC Ville is still among the powerful Android devices that will be available on the market this year.



Codenamed HTC Ville, the smartphone may be launched under a different name next month at the MWC 2012. According to the video leaked recently, the Ville is powered by Google’s Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and features HTC Sense 4.0 on top.



The folks over at BGR previously claimed that the HTC Ville would be slimmer than Apple’s iPhone 4S, which seems to be confirmed in the video.



HTC Ville is rumored to be delivered with a brilliant 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 540 x 960 pixels resolution, as well as an impressive 8-megapixel rear photo snapper with LED flash, autofocus and HD video recording.



On the inside, the smartphone is equipped with a dual core Snapdragon Series 4 processor clocked at 1.5 GHz. There’s no word on the amount of memory, but we can safely assume that the HTC Ville will provide at least 16GB of internal memory and 1GB of RAM.



Design-wise, the unannounced HTC Ville strongly resembles Samsung Galaxy Nexus with its curved lines inspired from an image of a magnolia petal floating in midair.



Other than that, it is also worth mentioning that the HTC Ville features three touch-sensitive buttons, instead of four and it’s said to pack HSPA+ support and a 1650 mAh battery.



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