Archive for February, 2006



Creating UIDs in C#

Published on February 7, 2006

Everytime you want to create a UniqueID, don’t bother with hashing or using a random number generator… Instead, use the System.Guid.NewGuid() function to generate a 128-bit integer.
Read more about using the GUID creation function, with examples.


Unicode and .NET

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An interesting article giving an overview of the various character types under Unicode and what C#/dotNet provide.


BetaNews | EarthLink Runs VoIP Over Phone Lines

Published on February 1, 2006

EarthLink Runs VoIP Over Phone Lines
There is one issue that plagues the VoIP market: bandwidth. By nature, the technology both transmits and receives a large amount of data that leaves little wiggle room for other services. Internet service provider EarthLink hopes to change that with its latest offering. Read more…
Finally, something that makes sense… […]