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Antonio Chagoury Awarded for Community Contributions

Inspector IT, Inc.'s CEO and Chief Software Architect, Antonio Chagoury, was recently awarded the April 2008 prize for his tireless contributions to the IT community. More information on this award can be obtained via his blog post located at http://www.cto20.com/cto20/tabid/647/EntryID/55/Default.aspx

Following the prize award, Antonio further contributed to the viral growth of the Community-Credit.com website by developing an open source smart client application that connects via web services to the community-credit website in an effort to provide and easier way for community leaders and contributors to submit their accomplishments for credit retribution.

The application was named "Community-Credit Studio" and has been posted on CodePlex and is accessible via the following URL: http://www.codeplex.com/ccstudio.com.

Antonio has also blogged about this effort here: http://www.cto20.com/cto20/tabid/647/EntryID/56/Default.aspx

If you would like to contribute to the further development on the tool, please feel free to drop us a line at http://www.inspectorit.com/contact.aspx

Antonio Chagoury Presenting at NoVa Code Camp Reston

Inspector IT, Inc. CEO & Chief Software Architect, Antonio Chagoury, will be presenting at NoVa CodeCamp Reston on Saturday, March 29th at the Strayer University Woodbridge Campus.  NoVa CodeCamp is a free all-day developer event and has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community.

Antonio's presentation, Developing DotNetNuke Modules, is scheduled for Saturday from 1:00pm - 2:15.pm 

Registration is limited to 200 attendees and is filling up fast so please register today if you're interested!

When: May 17th, 2008 from 9a - 5p (we'll provide pizza for lunch, other options nearby)
Where: Microsoft Corporation - 12012 Sunset Hills Rd. Microsoft Technology Center, Reston, VA 20190 (directions)
Registration: https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=125097

DNN Virtual Earth 1.6 Released!

We are delighted to annouce the release of DNN Virtual Earth 1.6 which addresses a number of defects reported by the module's user community. For more information please review the Change Log below.

The latest version is available for purchase or download at Snowcovered:

• Source Code Version
• PA Only Version (Install)

Change Log for 01.60.00
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1. Fixed Point list window opened in Firefox even if setting was turned off.
2. Modified "cancel" link in Manage Point List page to "Return to Main View"
3. Removed Inspector IT copyright notice below the map
4. Minor HTML fixes in the VirtualEarth.ascx
5. Clean up of Module.css
6. Fixed issues found in Point List window that sometimes caused the window not to load with the proper design theme.
7. Fixed CSS issue that caused the DNN skin to reset its position to top-left:0 in Firefox

Thank you for support!

Antonio Chagoury Presenting at NoVa CodeCamp South

Inspector IT, Inc. CEO & Chief Software Architect, Antonio Chagoury, will be presenting at NoVa CodeCamp South on Saturday, March 29th at the Strayer University Woodbridge Campus.  NoVa CodeCamp is a free all-day developer event and has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community.

Antonio's presentation, Developing DotNetNuke Modules, is scheduled for Saturday from 1:00pm - 2:15.pm 

Registration is limited to 100 attendees and is filling up fast so please register today if you're interested!

When: March 29, 2008 from 9a - 5p (we'll provide pizza for lunch, other options nearby)
Where: Strayer University Woodbridge Campus (directions)
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/39yhtw

cto 2.0 Blog Launched

Announcing the launch of the new Blog CTO 2.0.

Here you will find news and information on events and applications surrounding the next generation web.

So go ahead, visit www.cto20.com and make sure to keep visiting to read on news, events and finds on everything 2.0.

It's Ready: Virtual Earth Module with SDK v4.0 enabling 3D Mapping

We are pleased to announce that we are preparing for the release of the Microsoft Virtual Earth module which will support Virtual Earth SDK Version 4. The release will be made public within the next 24 hours.

With version 4.0 of the map control, you can now display 3D maps on your Web site. Existing 2D maps will continue to work as they do in version 3 of the control, but now users can switch to 3D mode and view maps in an all-new way.
Note that Version 4.0 of the map control also includes the latest updates to the version 3.2 map control.

Existing customers will receive this update via the Snowcovered Patches section free of charge.

Product Release: Windows Live Search Box Module 1.0

We are pleased to announce the release of yet another great DotNetNuke module: Windows Live Search Box.

Powered by Windows Live, it is designed for people who want to quickly add customized search to their site. The search box enables visitors to search your site, the Web, or any other locations you define.

The search builds a floating box on your page to display the results. You can customize the query in the first tab to search your site, or anything else, while the second tab will return web results.

A version 1.1 release is planned to debut in the first quarter 2007 which will include additional features such as Macro searches, higher level of UI customizability and more.

Google Turns off Map API v1

Google has officially turned off the Map API v1 in the first week of November.
This controversial move has caused a lot of disruptions to services built around that version and you will notice by reading blogs and community news groups that a lot of people are left unhappy.
Moreover, it seems that Google also miscalculated the risks involved so much that by turning version 1 off their GeoCoding service also seized to function properly, according to news sources.

Inspector IT's popular GoogleMap module for DotNetNuke was also based on the Map API v1 and is currently not functional.
We are working hard on an upgrade to Map API v2 which will be distributed to all our customers as soon as a public release is available.

Meanwhile, if you have purchased the GoogleMaps module, Inspector IT is offering a FREE version of the other popular mapping module, Virtual Earth*.
To get your free replacement please use the contact form located here.

(*Inspector IT - VirtualEarth Module is built for DotNetNuke 4.3.x and above)