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<li><a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Jun-28.html">Xamarin Joy Factory</a> (Miguel de Icaza)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/google-invite-received-we-go-hands-on/">Google+ invite received, we go hands-on</a> (Brian Heater)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CodeRant/~3/82GGpjLtWGQ/i-dont-have-time-for-unit-tests.html">I Don’t Have Time for Unit Tests</a> (Mike Hadlow)</li>
<li><a href="http://reflectoraddins.codeplex.com/releases/view/69144" target="_blank">Reflector v7 Add-Ins</a> (CodePlex)</li>
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<h3><a name="dotnet"></a>.NET / Visual Studio</h3>
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<li><a href="http://dailydotnettips.com/2011/06/29/working-with-co-variance-and-contra-variance-in-net-4-0/">Working with Co-Variance and Contra-Variance in .NET 4.0</a> (Abhijit Jana)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlkampferEng/~3/m8Jbbulod9g/">Visual Studio 2010 RTM Virtual Machine Speed up</a> (Gian Maria Ricci)</li>
<li><a href="http://debugmode.net/2011/06/29/executing-sql-query-using-linq-to-sql/">Executing SQL Query using LINQ to SQL</a> (Dhananjay Kumar)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DotNetJalps/~3/iReG540ECTA/code-refactoring-with-visual-studio_28.html">Code refactoring with Visual Studio 2010-Part 3</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/w5xTiOLEkAQ/code-refactoring-visual-studio-0">Code refactoring with Visual Studio 2010 Part-4</a> (Jalpesh P. Vadgama)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeterGfader/~3/Qwt84ABOBfY/continuous-testing-with-visual-studio.html">&quot;Continuously&quot; testing with Visual Studio 2010</a> (Peter Gfader)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/06/AppHarbor-AddOn-API">AppHarbor Announces Add-On API For .NET Developers</a> (Roopesh Shenoy)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CodeBetter/~3/_jZTjhDhWpU/">One step closer still</a> (Sebastien Lambla)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/notaclue/IYRx/~3/5FN96oxLPUE/autocomplete-foreignkey-field-template.html">Autocomplete ForeignKey Field Template Now on NuGet</a> (Steve Naughton)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelperCode/~3/dUQ2iPGjxew/rtfmthe-tale-of-readerwriterlockslim.html">RTFM–the tale of ReaderWriterLockSlim</a> (Dror Helper)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post.aspx?id=02a0b8c8-5365-4524-b3c1-f2a7e06c612b">Delegate feed privileges to other users on MyGet</a> (Maarten Balliauw)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/06/28/book-review-programming-windows-azure-by-siriram-krishnan.aspx">Book Review &#8211; Programming Windows Azure by Siriram Krishnan</a> (Buck Woody)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2011/06/resharper-6-rc2-eaps-for-dotcover-dottrace-performance/">ReSharper 6 RC2; EAPs for dotCover, dotTrace Performance</a> (Jura Gorohovsky)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DiaryOfAnetDeveloperByJefClaes/~3/Jp8dOJe2tTk/no-more-regions-on-implementing.html">No more regions on implementing interface</a> (Jef Claes)</li>
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<h3><a name="web"></a>Web Development</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.aliaspooryorik.com/blog/index.cfm/e/posts.details/post/322">Using jQuery to auto add image captions</a> (John Whish)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/webforms/SearchBoxAutoComplete.aspx">jQuery SearchBox AutoComplete Widget</a> (Slavko Parezanin)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/HTML/Html5SnookerClub.aspx">Html5 Snooker Club</a> (Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/06/28/css-2-1-complete-unblocking-faster-web-standards-progress.aspx">CSS 2.1 Complete: Unblocking Faster Web Standards Progress</a> (Adrian Bateman)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/css/~3/vnG1IqKweDM/leave-past-behind-switch-css3">Leave the Past Behind: Switch to CSS3</a> (Nick Baker)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/7tdIWrxkEDs/">#Ebook Deal/Day: jQuery Mobile &#8211; Only $6.49 w/code DD3JN</a> (O&#8217;Reilly Media)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/Dcni/~3/5ulzWf-ih4c/swiffy-convert-swf-files-to-html5.html">Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5</a> (Scott Knaster)</li>
<li><a href="http://strangelights.com/blog/archive/2011/06/28/announcing-four-new-f-projects-for-creating-web-apps.aspx">Announcing Four New F# Projects For Creating Web Apps</a> (Robert Pickering)</li>
<li><a href="http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2011/06/27/a-better-razor-isnullorempty-statement.aspx">A Better Razor IsNullOrEmpty Statement</a> (K. Scott Allen)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlkampferEng/~3/BMbIAWhchAs/">Pass cookie from Web Request to WebBrowser</a> (Gian Maria Ricci)</li>
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<h3><a name="design"></a>Design / Methodology / Testing</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Typemock/~3/JOdM3EdhJNU/easy-unit-testing-in-c-for-linux.html">Easy Unit Testing in C++ for Linux</a> (Avi Kaye)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-schools-education">Article: Agile Schools: How Technology Saves Education (Just Not the Way We Thought it Would)</a> (Steve Peha)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MarkNeedham/~3/mZl9DGh2Puk/">Git: Deleting a remote branch on a gitolite configured repository</a> (Mark Needham)</li>
<li><a href="http://gigaom.com/collaboration/study-dads-turning-to-web-work-to-relieve-work-life-conflict/">Study: Dads turning to web work to relieve work-life conflict</a> (Jessica Stillman)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jmeier/~3/a_Y4GvMc6sA/why-teams-fail.aspx">Why Teams Fail</a> (JD Meier)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LosTechies/~3/dYjXQi0yMQY/">Introducing the Expected Objects Library</a> (Derek Greer)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/agile/~3/ipw2kxydR7U/git-personal-projects">Git for Personal Projects</a> (Ashod Nakashian)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/books/~3/rE2x9OKCoxI/book-review-uncle-bobs-clean">Book Review: Uncle Bob&#8217;s &quot;The Clean Coder&quot;</a> (Ben Linders)</li>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<h3><a name="silverlight"></a>Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/news/new-coding4fun-toolkit-v1-4-3-officially-released-with-an-important-appbar-fix">New Coding4Fun Toolkit v1.4.3 officially released with an important appbar fix</a> (Windows Phone Geek)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/liveside/~3/lVOAHkodd44/">Windows Phone codenamed &quot;Tango&quot; coming after Mango?</a> (damaster)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kunal2383/~3/qiZOx0Uzf24/windows-phone-7-mango-tutorial-23-local.html">Windows Phone 7 (Mango) Tutorial &#8211; 23 &#8211; Local Database Support, Configuring Project</a> (Kunal Chowdhury)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.designersilverlight.com/2011/06/28/windows-phone-7-push-notification-for-beginnersthe-device/">Windows Phone 7 Push Notification For Beginners–The Device</a> (Matthias Shapiro)</li>
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<h3><a name="podcasts"></a>Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos</h3>
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<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/ICSE-2011-Danny-Dig">ICSE 2011: Danny Dig &#8211; Retrofitting Parallelism into a Sequential World</a> (Charles Torre)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/the-engadget-show-022-gadgets-get-smashed-rick-karr-talks-br/">The Engadget Show &#8211; 022: Gadgets get smashed, Rick Karr talks broadband, Peter Rojas and Ryan Block tell us what moved them</a> (Tim Stevens)</li>
<li><a href="http://jamesshore.com/Blog/Lets-Play/Episode-118.html">Let&#8217;s Play TDD #118: Coupling vs. Complexity</a> (James Shore)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-Code-Camp-2011-Team-Lambda">Kinect Code Camp 2011: Team Lambda</a> (Larry Larsen)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hot-Apps/Hot-Apps-Sonic-4-Robozzle-Career-Tips-Chicken-Implosion-TatZooom">Hot Apps: Sonic 4, Robozzle, Career Tips, Chicken Implosion, TatZooom</a> (Laura Foy)</li>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<h3><a name="events"></a>Community / Events</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://feeds.devhammer.net/~r/devhammer/~3/mF80nhzw6_c/upcoming-events-for-june-28th-2011">Upcoming Events for June 28th, 2011</a> (G. Andrew Duthie)</li>
<li><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/developawards-062811.aspx">Develop Awards 2011: The Finalists for Technical Innovation</a> (Develop Staff)</li>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<h3><a name="db"></a>Database</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlservercurry/blog/~3/w84R5w28jAE/sql-server-grouping-id-example.html">SQL Server: Grouping ID Example</a> (Madhivanan)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2011/06/29/sql-server-find-details-for-statistics-of-whole-database-dmv-t-sql-script/">SQL SERVER – Find Details for Statistics of Whole Database – DMV – T-SQL Script</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/livingforsqlserver/archive/2011/06/28/my-favourite-sql-server-myths-and-realities.aspx">My Favourite SQL Server Myths and Realities</a> (Ramkumar)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/steve_jones/archive/2011/06/28/hashbytes-_1320_-a-t_2D00_sql-function.aspx">HASHBYTES – A T-SQL Function</a> (Steve Jones)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlserverpedia/~3/6TM5_kODVHA/">SQL Functions – ORIGINAL_LOGIN(), SUSER_SNAME() &amp; SESSION_USER</a> (Vishal)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/sqltreeo/archive/2011/06/28/instead-of-trigger-and-output-clause-headache.aspx">Instead Of Trigger and OUTPUT clause headache</a> (Jakub Dvorak)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/stratesql/archive/2011/06/28/pain-of-the-week_3A00_-understanding-your-indexes.aspx">Pain of the Week: Understanding Your Indexes</a> (Jason Strate)</li>
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<h3><a name="sp"></a>SharePoint</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndrewConnell/~3/QHPDqqSAing/sharepoint-2010-service-pack-1-now-availablendashwhatrsquos-new.aspx">SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 Now Available–What’s New?</a> (Andrew Connell)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Typemock/~3/3fYV3P6kgJM/top-software-for-sharepoint-development.html">Top Software for SharePoint Development</a> (Avi Kaye)</li>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<h3><a name="misc"></a>Miscellaneous</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/OPHfZ50KpS4/introducing-google-project-real-life.html">Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web</a> (Vic Gundotra)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/cMlCPZ8HkAI/google-takeout-liberates-your-google-data-in-one-click">Google Takeout Liberates Your Google Data in One Click [Video]</a> (Adam Pash)</li>
<li><a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/06/28/ringing-in-mango.aspx">Ringing in Mango</a> (Alice Luu)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2011/06/4am-v2/">4th &amp; Mayor v2 is now released</a> (Jeff Wilcox)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/bHcPjM3v7iM/1309270908">Uh-oh, Google Apps, Office 365 launches in 40 countries</a> (Joe Wilcox)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/ICv1KxvOq4U/">Windows Gets an App Store of Its Own: Avenue</a> (Jolie O&#8217;Dell)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CloudAve/~3/f34sh5Gr5iY/">Tibbr, the new OS. Integrating is the new Operating.</a> (Martijn Linssen)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-launches-office-365-heres-what-you-need-to-know/9840">Microsoft launches Office 365: Here&#8217;s what you need to know</a> (Mary Jo Foley)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/qcRl2TklLw0/">Google+ Project: It’s Social, It’s Bold, It’s Fun, And It Looks Good — Now For The Hard Part</a> (MG Siegler)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/pcvU_mGJ9aw/dd-perl50oscon.html">Deal/Day: Save 50% on all #Perl Ebooks &amp; Videos &#8211; Celebrate #OSCON</a> (O&#8217;Reilly Media)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/Xs1tLvbiNzA/1309288631">Google+ is much more than a Facebook killer</a> (Tim Conneally)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/inside-google-plus-social/all/1" target="_blank">Inside Google+ — How the Search Giant Plans to Go Social</a> (Steven Levy)</li>
</ul>
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<h3><a name="links"></a>More Link Collections</h3>
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<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=4f13cffe-a0e6-445b-ad85-4dc19ea57d47">Interesting Finds: June 28, 2011</a> (Jason Haley)</li>
<li><a href="http://rhondatipton.net/2011/06/29/weekly-link-post-199/">Weekly Link Post 199</a> (Rhonda Tipton)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brhubartOTN/~3/jSB2T4ANBxg/today_s_links_6_28">Today&#8217;s Links (6/28/2011)</a> (Bob Rhubart)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/V46gFKzJBVI/">The Morning Brew #883</a> (Chris Alcock)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/silverlightshow/~3/vhECE8vXNbs/Daily-News-Digest-06-29-2011.aspx">Daily News Digest 06/29/2011</a> (Silverlight Show)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonz/archive/2011/06/28/june-28-what-is-happening-around-visual-studio.aspx">June 28th What&#8217;s Happening Around Visual Studio</a> (Jason Zander)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/news/daily-wp7-development-news-28-june-2011">Daily WP7 Development News 28 June 2011</a> (Windows Phone Geek)</li>
<li><a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/WynApseTechnicalMusings/archive/2011/06/28/146011.aspx">Silverlight Cream for June 28, 2011 &#8212; #1112</a> (Dave Campbell)</li>
<li><a href="http://thequeue.net/blog/2011/06/28/link-dump-for-june-28th-2/">Link dump for June 28th</a> (Jeff Schoolcraft)</li>
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<h3><a name="shelf"></a>The Geek Shelf</h3>
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<h3><a name="dotnet"></a>.NET / Visual Studio</h3>
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<li><a href="http://sharp-gamedev.blogspot.com/2010/11/xna-gs-40-f-20-xbox-360-love.html">XNA GS 4.0 + F# 2.0 + Xbox 360 = love !</a> (Joh)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zainnab/~3/E2eQMbdpv9Q/document-outline-web-projects-vstiptool0116.aspx">Document Outline: Web Projects</a> (Zain Naboulsi)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/DynamBuildLinqExpression.aspx">Building Linq Expressions Dynamically</a> (zergIII)</li>
<li><a href="http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/11/pre-book-review-microsoft-enterprise.html">[Pre-Book Review] Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0</a> (Greg Duncan)</li>
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<h3><a name="web"></a>Web Development</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.codeasp.net/blogs/raghav_khunger/microsoft-net/1082/common-add-function-in-javascript">Common add function in JavaScript</a> (Raghav Khunger)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DaveBurke/~3/s8h9O0OrzSM/post.aspx">Sueetie Now Supercharged with YetAnotherForum.NET 1.9.5</a> (Dave Burke)</li>
<li><a href="http://elegantcode.com/2010/11/28/introducing-nancy-a-lightweight-web-framework-inspired-by-sinatra/">Introducing Nancy, a lightweight web framework inspired by Sinatra</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://elegantcode.com/2010/11/28/if-it-kinds-looks-like-a-duck-why-not-just-get-a-duck/">If it kinds looks like a duck, why not just get a duck</a> (Andreas Håkansson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DiaryOfAnetDeveloperByJefClaes/~3/pU6CzISKD94/how-to-dockpin-ie9-developer-tools.html">How to dock/pin IE9 developer tools</a> (Jef Claes)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelperCode/~3/400XvW7vfGk/how-to-invoke-events-inside-your-production-code-using-typemock-isolator.aspx">How to: Invoke events inside your production code using Typemock Isolator</a> (Dror Helper)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlserverpedia/~3/uP3JoINzo_E/">Plays Well With Others – Eight Behaviors of Excellent Leaders</a> (Kevin Kline)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.thousandtyone.com/blog/LeadershipTipTheArtOfNotMakingYourDecisionsOverMeetings.aspx">Leadership Tip: The Art Of Not Making Your Decisions Over Meetings.</a> (Rajiv Popat)</li>
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<h3><a name="silverlight"></a>Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/mobile/fix_wp_in_2011.asp">How Microsoft Can Fix Windows Phone in 2011</a> (Paul Thurrott)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsimmons/archive/2010/11/28/simple-wpf-2d-graphics-drawingvisual.aspx">Simple WPF 2D Graphics: DrawingVisual</a> (Danny Simmons)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JesseLiberty-SilverlightGeek/~3/Lm17MOjb9k0/">Windows Phone From Scratch #8–Styles</a> (Jesse Liberty)</li>
<li><a href="http://lukencode.com/2010/11/28/phonealytics-google-analytics-client-for-windows-phone-7/">Phonealytics – Google Analytics App for Windows Phone 7</a> (Luke Lowrey)</li>
<li><a href="http://mahtweetswp7.codeplex.com/releases/view/56475" target="_blank">MahTweetsWP7 &#8211; Nightly Build 69</a>&#160;<em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://xamlquerywpf.codeplex.com/releases/view/56472" target="_blank">XamlQuery/WPF &#8211; The Write Less, Do More, WPF Library &#8211; Release: v1.2 (Runtime, Source)</a> (CodePlex)</li>
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<h3><a name="podcasts"></a>Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Winextra/~3/r2jeiz6SbSc/">WinExtra on Windows – All meat, no stuffing</a> (Steven Hodson)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DiaryOfAnetDeveloperByJefClaes/~3/yJK2RA7fU6A/add-certifications-to-your-linkedin.html">Add certifications to your LinkedIn profile</a> (Jef Claes)</li>
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<h3><a name="db"></a>Database</h3>
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<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/11/28/sql-server-challenge-puzzle-why-does-right-join-exists/">SQL SERVER – Challenge – Puzzle – Why does RIGHT JOIN Exists</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
<li><a href="http://database-programmer.blogspot.com/2010/11/revisiting-normalization-and.html">Revisiting Normalization and Denormalization</a> (Ken Downs)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlserverpedia/~3/feOXpGje9SM/">I/O is frozen on database, No user action is required</a> (Pradeep Adiga)</li>
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<h3><a name="misc"></a>Miscellaneous</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/liveside/~3/2SUUUh2tq58/">Windows 8 and Windows Live Wave 5 to offer cloud-based identity and roaming settings?</a> (damaster)</li>
<li><a href="http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-started-blogging-seasoned-pro-just.html">Just started blogging? A seasoned pro? Just thinking about it? Here’s some lessons and tips that might help on your road to fame and fortune… (i.e. Learn from the mistakes of others…)</a> (Greg Duncan)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=fa8dd291-e3df-4813-979c-3f423d63162b">Interesting Finds: November 27, 2010</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=acbab35b-ebc7-40c0-a198-7925cdc6017a">Interesting Finds: November 28, 2010</a> (Jason Haley)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.vidmar.net/~r/BiteMyBytes/~3/mcZHCOIvwVc/links-of-the-week-134-again.aspx">Links of the week #135</a> (David Vidmar)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.odata.org/blog/2010/11/11/support-for-any-and-all" target="_blank">OData Support for Any and All</a> (Alex James)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MicrosoftDownloadCenter/~3/j6kus8sXwU0/details.aspx">Prism 4.0 &#8211; November 2010</a> (MS Downloads)</li>
<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/11/11/a-few-quick-asp-net-mvc-3-installation-notes.aspx">A few quick ASP.NET MVC 3 Installation Notes</a> (Scott Guthrie)</li>
<li><a href="http://stevesmithblog.com/blog/verify-a-list-of-urls-in-c-asynchronously/">Verify a List of URLs in C# Asynchronously</a> (Steve Smith)</li>
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<h3><a name="dotnet"></a>.NET / Visual Studio</h3>
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<li><a href="http://lorgonblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/the-f-compiler-source-release-making-it-easy-to-write-cool-visual-studio-extensions/">The F# compiler source release: making it easy to write cool Visual Studio extensions</a> (Brian McNamara)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlackwaspLatestAdditions/~3/Jh11p2A8wEE/CombineSequence.aspx">A LINQ Style Operator to Combine Sequences</a> (Richard Carr)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/usisvde/archive/2010/11/12/free-ebook-moving-to-microsoft-visual-studio-2010.aspx">Free EBook Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010</a> (Bruce Kyle)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2010/11/11/whither-async.aspx">Asynchrony in C# 5 Part Six: Whither async?</a> (Eric Lippert)</li>
<li><a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Nov-11.html">F# Goes Open Source</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Nov-11-1.html">New Mono Log Profiler</a> (Miguel de Icaza)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/sasha/archive/2010/11/11/writing-a-compiler-in-c-parsing-part-3.aspx">Writing a Compiler in C#: Parsing, Part 3</a> (Sasha Goldshtein)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OneDotNetWay/~3/Rm7Nm4jqjdE/">Book Review Programming Entity Framework Second Edition</a> (Deepak Kapoor)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zainnab/~3/PnecbD2Wh5A/linked-items-in-projects-vstipproj0022.aspx">Linked Items in Projects</a> (Zain Naboulsi)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.abdullin.com/~r/RinatAbdullin/~3/W-QdjF-f2ZQ/moncai-cloud-computing-platform-for-net.html">Moncai &#8211; Cloud Computing Platform for .NET</a> (Rinat Abdullin)</li>
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<h3><a name="web"></a>Web Development</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MSJoe/~3/sU0ZjiMG_eM/">Getting ready to move to a jQuery / WCF based AJAX model.</a> (Joe Stagner)</li>
<li><a href="http://expressioniq.com/?p=1251">Using HTML forms to collect user data</a> (Pad Gallagher)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/css/~3/sD4oDOtfeYs/javascript-prototype-property">Javascript prototype property</a> (Ryan Sukale)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DaveBurke/~3/tTMfbFU4g18/post.aspx">Sueetie Calendar Properties Exposed</a> (Dave Burke)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SamGentile/~3/Ax2LbbpdEN4/">Gave up ASP.NET MVC on IIS 5.1/6</a> (Sam Gentile)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wix/~3/ywHu3QlD5E0/web-designers-vs-web-developers.html">Web Designers VS. Web Developers: Infographic by Wix.com</a> (Talya Wix)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/j8u9EMaXPtc/">Facebook Best Practices Straight From The Source</a> (Romin Irani)</li>
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<h3><a name="design"></a>Design / Methodology / Testing</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LosTechies/~3/GEBdMsd-9BQ/cost-vs-risk-in-testing.aspx">Cost vs. Risk In Testing</a> (Derick Bailey)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Typemock/~3/B4Ma_i6saJ0/typemock-isolator-606-is-out.html">Typemock Isolator 6.0.6 is out!</a> (Igal Tabachnik)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/JvuE_RoQ0Uc/design-patterns-and-techniques">Design Patterns used with Windows Azure App Fabric: The Service Bus</a> (Mitch Pronschinske)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/articles/denning-radical-management">Article:Book Review: The Leader&#8217;s Guide to Radical Management</a> (Shane Hastie)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.abdullin.com/~r/RinatAbdullin/~3/VDc6RF1PXgg/mighty-moose-smart-continuous-unit-tests-for-net-and-mono.html">Mighty Moose &#8211; Smart Continuous Unit Tests for .NET and Mono</a> (Rinat Abdullin)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/agilescout/~3/ELJLvDejiMk/">Interview with Mary Gorman – Agile Requirements!</a> (ScoutMaster)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/davybrion/~3/GZS5r_snD3I/">Favor Value Over Quality</a> (Davy Brion)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMindmapBlog/~3/sor2aHxQOS0/">Mindjet takes Project Management to Next Level with Project Jetpack</a> (Chance Brown)</li>
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<h3><a name="silverlight"></a>Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone</h3>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dani/archive/2010/11/11/windows-phone-apps-that-play-media.aspx">Windows Phone Apps That Play Media</a> (Dani Diaz)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2010/11/11/geocoordinatewatcher-tips-part1.aspx">GeoCoordinateWatcher tips part1</a> (Jaime Rodriguez)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NicksNetTravels/~3/g1elTZHoszI/post.aspx">Pet Peeve: How to break the back button experience in Windows Phone 7</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NicksNetTravels/~3/CUW4a_ZMt_c/post.aspx">Windows Phone 7: Where to store that application key? NOT in the Application</a> (Nick Randolph)</li>
<li><a href="http://sachabarber.net/?p=837">WPF DatePicker That Allows KeyBoard Up/Down DatePicking</a> (Sacha Barber)</li>
<li><a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2010/11/11/2th-of-10-make-sure-your-buttons-are-visible-even-when-the-keyboard-is-displayed.aspx">2 of 10 &#8211; Make sure your buttons are visible, even when the keyboard is displayed.</a> (Alfred Astort)</li>
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<h3><a name="podcasts"></a>Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos</h3>
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<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/E2E-Concurrent-Programming-with-Revisions">E2E: Concurrent Programming with Revisions</a> (Charles Torre)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gduthie/archive/2010/11/11/new-devnugget-pinned-sites-in-internet-explorer-9.aspx">New DevNugget: Pinned Sites in Internet Explorer 9</a> (G. Andrew Duthie)</li>
<li><a href="http://startuppodcast.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/show-88-jeff-haynie-of-appcelerator/" target="_blank">StartUp Success Podcast Show #88: Jeff Haynie of Appcelerator</a> (Bob Walsh)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/expression/archive/2010/11/11/videos-to-learn-more-about-expression-blend-and-windows-phone-7.aspx">Windows Phone 7 Themed Videos</a> (Kirupa Chinnathambi)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kunal2383/~3/wNwo9hVmU_A/giveaway-win-telerik-radcontrols-for.html">Giveaway: Win Telerik RadControls for Silverlight worth $799 FREE</a> (Kunal Chowdhury)</li>
<li><a href="http://microsoftjobsblog.com/blog/john-jackson/">John Jackson: from submarines to the Cloud</a> (Ariel Meadow Stallings)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MichaelSync/~3/56ESNvSGCQg/silverlight-firestarter-future-of-silverlight-starts-now">Silverlight Firestarter – Future of Silverlight starts now!!!</a> (Michael Sync)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OneDotNetWay/~3/m6slEw6SNZ0/">Generate SQL Server Database From Entity Data Model</a> (Deepak Kapoor)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jamiet/~3/tFcrgKzDQ8M/parameters-in-ssis-in-denali.aspx">Parameters in SSIS in Denali</a> (Jamie Thomson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/facility9/~3/wSV6UUSHP48/new-uses-for-nosql">New Uses for NoSQL</a> (Jeremiah Peschka)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlservercurry/blog/~3/1RDZqTxeNHk/take-sql-server-database-offline.html">Take a SQL Server Database Offline</a> (Suprotim Agarwal)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/11/12/sql-server-get-all-the-information-of-database-using-sys-databases/">SQL SERVER – Get All the Information of Database using sys.databases</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
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<h3><a name="sp"></a>SharePoint</h3>
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<li><a href="http://lightningtools.com/blog/archive/2010/11/11/cross-web-application-rollup-web-part.aspx">cross web application rollup web part</a> (Brett Lonsdale)</li>
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<h3><a name="misc"></a>Miscellaneous</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MicrosoftDownloadCenter/~3/ZmojNBhRzfY/details.aspx">Migrating from Communications Server 2007 R2 to Lync Server 2010</a> (MS Downloads)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/liveside/~3/9X1Ih3l_MDs/">Windows Phone 7 supports USB tethering for Samsung Focus/Omnia 7 and LG Optimus 7 (Updated)</a> (damaster)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/wrn7PIXlwJU/how-to-get-more-plus-out-of-notepad%252B%252B">How to Get More Plus out of Notepad++ [Coding]</a> (Aaron Martin)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/davybrion/~3/DBgOKwlLzcA/">Check Out PragPub, An Excellent Free Magazine</a> (Davy Brion)</li>
<li><a href="http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/snippet-manager-in-powergui-script-editor/">Snippet manager in PowerGUI Script Editor</a> (Dmitry Sotnikov)</li>
<li><a href="http://p2p.wrox.com/content/blogs/jminatel/adding-value-ebooks-color-figures">Adding Value to Ebooks &#8211; color figures</a> (Jim Minatel)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JoelsSharepointLand/~3/tejHaZexikw/ViewPost.aspx">Mr. Ballmer, Please Step Back. Step Away from the Vehicle.</a> (Joel Oleson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/akuSw5kHNPU/">#Ebook Deal/Day: Conversion Optimization $15.99 (Save 43%) Use code DDCVN</a> (O&#8217;Reilly Media)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RedmondPie/~3/JkaxyUjarKg/">Kinect Has Now Been Hacked To Run On Mac OS X ! UPDATE: Kinect Can Do Multitouch Too [VIDEO]</a> (Uzair Ghani)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=2cec3824f51120c54e65d9b87417dd1f">Firefox 4.0 beta 7 brings faster JavaScript, WebGL, is now feature-complete</a> (Lee Mathews)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=0828fe27-cb85-4aa5-8856-942a6da7389e">Interesting Finds: November 11, 2010</a> (Jason Haley)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/silverlightshow/~3/HTpqs_6DRbM/Daily-News-Digest-11-12-2010.aspx">Daily News Digest 11/12/2010</a> (Silverlight Show)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onsaas/~3/OlwpOcTqLyU/">Daily Cloud Feed &#8211; Nov 11, 2010</a> (Jian Zhen)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/CNci1Spmh8E/">The Morning Brew #728</a> (Chris Alcock)</li>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/07/01/walkthrough-extending-vs-2010-to-support-additional-programming-languages.aspx">Walkthrough: Extending VS 2010 to Support Additional Programming Languages</a> (Weston Hutchins)</li>
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<h3><a name="dotnet"></a>.NET / Visual Studio</h3>
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<li><a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/MarkPearl/archive/2010/07/01/f-int-gt-bigint.aspx">F# int |&gt; bigint</a> (Mark Pearl)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/T48SI5MEghI/intellitrace-%E2%80%93-what-and-how">IntelliTrace – what and how?</a> (Dennis Delimarsky)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zainnab/~3/fE6V1_EGL-I/customize-the-output-window-vstiptool0044.aspx">Customize the Output Window</a> (Zain Naboulsi)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.smarx.com/posts/deleting-windows-azure-queue-messages-handling-exceptions">Deleting Windows Azure Queue Messages: Handling Exceptions</a> (Steve Marx)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jsmag/~3/rlY9RqCSjD4/">News Roundup: Boomerang, IE9, Bespin Updates</a> (Michael Kimsal)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lozanotek/~3/r6cbkc38X_U/mvc_turbine_resources.aspx">MVC Turbine Resources</a> (Javier G. Lozano)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeteLePage/~3/WJLQqPRAM5k/">Internet Explorer Develop Tools: CSS</a> (Pete LePage)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reybango/zSyW/~3/wRnLwMR5opQ/">Canvas Baby Steps: An Introduction to the HTML 5 Canvas Element</a> (Rey Bango)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/asp.net/mapping-your-data-with-bing-maps-and-sql-server-2008/">Mapping Your Data with Bing Maps and SQL Server 2008</a> (Jonas Stawski)</li>
<li><a href="http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2010/06/28/actionfilter-overkill.aspx">ActionFilter Overkill</a> (K. Scott Allen)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/07/01/ie9-includes-hardware-accelerated-canvas.aspx">IE9 Includes Hardware Accelerated Canvas</a> (Paul Cutsinger &amp; Jatinder Mann)</li>
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<h3><a name="design"></a>Design / Methodology / Testing</h3>
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<li><a href="http://jamesshore.com/Blog/Agile-Friday-The-Planning-Game-Now-Online.html">Agile Friday: &quot;The Planning Game&quot; Now Online</a> (James Shore)</li>
<li><a href="http://elegantcode.com/2010/07/01/software-craftsmanship-and-giving-back/">Software Craftsmanship and Giving Back</a> (Andrew)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sqlandy/~3/kbRwgoNcb20/">Delegating</a> (Andy Warren)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/guia.aspx">Automated UI Testing with Guia</a> (Guia Project)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jmeier/~3/DhE5TNi5iQs/azure-canonical-application-architecture.aspx">Azure Canonical Application Architecture</a> (J.D. Meier)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/marcelolr/archive/2010/07/01/abstraction-levels-and-dependencies.aspx">Abstraction levels and dependencies</a> (Marcelo Lopez Ruiz)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Typemock/~3/RVHp2IC5vaU/test-driven-development-with-sharepoint.html">Test-Driven-Development with SharePoint 2010 By Andreas Rudolf Aschauer, BSc</a> (Tal Druyan)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/aTgSryo3ltE/ci-testing-build-management">CI, Testing, and Build Management in the Cloud</a> (Mitch Pronschinske)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nikolait/archive/2010/07/01/share-more-puzzles-on-www-pexforfun-com.aspx">Share more puzzles on www.pexforfun.com</a> (Nikolai Tillman)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.nikhilk.net/Entry.aspx?id=264">Config-free IHttpModule Registration</a> (Nikhil Kothari)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/silverlightshow/~3/w10tJgrtWPQ/Uploading-multiple-files-with-Silverlight-4.0.aspx">Uploading multiple files with Silverlight 4.0</a> (Andrea Boschin)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CSharperImage/~3/PB-B7I7l9Fo/customer-iapplicationservice-for.html">Customer IApplicationService for Silverlight Applications</a> (Jeremy Likness)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Synergist/~3/Gdh7vAf7VNs/word-to-xaml-converter-updated.aspx">Word to XAML Converter Updated</a> (Michael S. Scherotter)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.lhotka.net/weblog/LazyLoadingChildrenInCSLA4AndSilverlight.aspx">Lazy loading children in CSLA 4 and Silverlight</a> (Rockford Lhotka)</li>
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<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/dpeeast/Connected-Show-Podcast-CoApp-Do-EPIC-Schtuff/">Connected Show Podcast: CoApp: Do EPIC Schtuff!</a> (Brian Johnson)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Algorithms-with-Yuri-Gurevich-Introduction-and-Some-History/">C9 Lectures: Yuri Gurevich &#8211; Introduction to Algorithms and Computational Complexity, 1 of n</a> (Charles Torre)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/BRBFSNnMlv0/video-unique-development">Video: The Unique Development Processes of Relevance</a> (Eric Hagan)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/laurhar/Using-Relative-URLs-with-the-ServerInfo-Class-in-InfoPath-2010/">Using Relative URLs with the ServerInfo Class in InfoPath 2010</a> (Laura Harrington)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/silverlightshow/~3/b6SgXpTE0Mo/Interview-with-Victor-Gaudioso.aspx">Interview with Victor Gaudioso on Silverlight</a> (Silverlight Show)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/SilverlightTV/Advanced-Silverlight-Printing-Strategies-Silverlight-TV-35/">Advanced Silverlight Printing Strategies (Silverlight TV #35)</a> (John Papa)</li>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2010/07/02/listen-to-mvp-joe-shurman-on-kprc-radio-this-saturday-morning.aspx">Listen to MVP Joe Shurman on KPRC Radio this Saturday Morning</a> (Joseph Mirabella)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeadingAgile/~3/5sTnMAEd1xI/agile-atlanta-in-july-dennis-stevens.html">Agile Atlanta in July&#8230; Dennis Stevens and Kanban!</a> (Mike Cottmeyer)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.timheuer.com/~r/timheuer/~3/zoKH1BJ3_8k/sivlerlight-mvp-awards-july-2010.aspx">July 2010 Silverlight MVP Awards</a> (Tim Heuer)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/dknight/archive/2010/07/01/ssas-cache-warming-with-an-ssis-package.aspx">SSAS Cache Warming with an SSIS package</a> (Devin Knight)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/07/02/sql-server-parallelism-row-per-processor-row-per-thread/">SQL SERVER – Parallelism – Row per Processor – Row per Thread</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSqlServerStuff/~3/UGgdH2rip_0/mythbusting-how-many-instances-can-you-install-on-your-server.aspx">Mythbusting &#8211; How many instances can you install on your server?</a> (Simon Sabin)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LosTechies/~3/QxekZGIQRu0/mysql-5-performance-tuning-toolkit.aspx">MySQL 5 Performance Tuning Toolkit</a> (Ryan Svihla)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2010/07/01/my-performance-tuning-methodology.aspx">My Performance Tuning Methodology</a> (Buck Woody)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/sql_coach/archive/2010/07/01/indexes-are-best-utilized-in-where-not-join.aspx">Indexes are best utilized in WHERE, not JOIN</a> (Ben Vegiard)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExploringBeyondRelational/~3/H7DyKH3m-jU/xquery-lab-62-revisiting-simple-tsql-select-operations-using-xquery.aspx">XQuery Lab 62 – Revisiting simple TSQL SELECT operations using XQuery</a> (Jacob Sebastian)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/facility9/~3/br-srIrRUcI/using-indexed-views-to-replace-triggers">Using Indexed Views to Replace Triggers</a> (Jeremiah Peschka)</li>
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<h3><a name="sp"></a>SharePoint</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndrewConnell/~3/bYdWXBGbXR8/renaming-web-parts-for-sharepoint-2010-with-visual-studio-2010.aspx">Renaming Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2010: Not a safe control?</a> (Andrew Connell)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.greggalipeau.com/2010/07/01/sharepoint-2010-powershell-commands-quick-reference/">SharePoint 2010 PowerShell Commands quick reference</a> (Greg Galipeau)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JoelsSharepointLand/~3/QyT82xc05uk/ViewPost.aspx">What’s Next in SharePoint Land</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JoelsSharepointLand/~3/m6C3An1U_y0/ViewPost.aspx">Project Server 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Coexistence</a> (Joel Oleson)</li>
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<li><a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Jul-10.html">TweetStation: Elevating the Discourse</a> (Miguel de Icaza)</li>
<li><a href="http://community.research.microsoft.com/blogs/kodu/archive/2010/07/01/pc-build-1-0-64-0-is-now-live.aspx">Kodu PC Build 1.0.64.0 is now live!</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://community.research.microsoft.com/blogs/kodu/archive/2010/07/01/tutorial-videos.aspx">Kodu Tutorial Videos</a> (Stephen Coy)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Webworkerdaily/~3/AAY93G2PLC4/">ClearContext Evolves, Adds Project Management Tools to Outlook</a> (Simon Mackie)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/07/01/rtm-d-today-microsoft-access-2010-step-by-step.aspx">RTM’d Today: Microsoft Access 2010 Step by Step</a> (Valerie Woolley)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=85d8b6e4-d7ad-455f-8ad7-4bfbbdc5dad2">Interesting Finds: July 2, 2010</a> (Jason Haley)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/vcoeJ5U4gxM/">The Morning Brew #634</a> (Chris Alcock)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onsaas/~3/Iu8zjk6q6Ng/">Daily Cloud Feed &#8211; Jul 1, 2010</a> (Jian Zhen)</li>
<li><a href="http://elijahmanor.com/webdevdotnet/post.aspx?id=cf7b31c9-1df8-4ac2-bcfa-97903fe472d8">Tech Tweets for 1-Jul-2010</a> (Elijah Manor)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xna/archive/2010/07/01/creators-club-communiqu-233-55.aspx">Creators Club Communiqué 55</a> (Kathleen Sanders)</li>
<li><a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/WynApseTechnicalMusings/archive/2010/07/01/140710.aspx">Silverlight Cream for July 01, 2010 &#8212; #894</a> (Dave Campbell)</li>
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<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/29/silverlight-pivotviewer-now-available.aspx">Silverlight PivotViewer Now Available</a> (Scott Guthrie)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/MVVM_ListView_Operations.aspx">Enhanced ListView Operations using MVVM</a> (Izhar Lotem)</li>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gduthie/archive/2010/06/29/events-this-week-june-29th-2010.aspx">Events This Week – June 29th, 2010</a> (G. Andrew Duthie)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.platinumbay.com/blogs/dotneticated/archive/2010/06/30/community-event-website-tips.aspx">Community Event Website Tips</a> (Steve Andrews)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RachelAppel/~3/GLSvkDkHSKI/">CodeStock Trip Report</a> (Rachel Appel<rachel  @RACHELAPPEL.COM>)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlservercurry/blog/~3/6c4NLaY4q10/sql-azure-troubleshoot-and-optimize.html">SQL Azure: Troubleshoot and Optimize Queries using DMV’s – Free Whitepaper</a> (Suprotim Agarwal)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MajorNelson/~3/jwuWzkWI38M/hulu-plus-coming-to-xbox-360.aspx">Hulu Plus coming to Xbox 360</a> (Larry Hyrb)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelperCode/~3/UF6LGVdYJUs/book-review-real-world-functional-programming.aspx">Book review: Real-World Functional Programming</a> (Dror Helper)</li>
<li><a href="http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/start-transcript-and-stop-transcript/">Start-Transcript and Stop-Transcript</a> (Dmitry Sotnikov)</li>
<li><a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2010/06/29/hardware-acceleration-and-ie9-dell-says-bring-it-on.aspx">Hardware Acceleration and IE9: Dell Says Bring it on!</a> (James Pratt)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RockPaperShotgun/~3/V5uby-kqm3k/">Diablo II Is Also Ten Years Old</a> (Jim Rossignol)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/aUAzAsHKDAc/">#Ebook Deal of the Day: Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual &#8211; Only $9.99 use code DDPCM</a> (O&#8217;Reilly Media)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeteBrown/~3/pD0-txjjJ28/announcing-the-redesigned-msdn-home-page-and-hub-pages">Announcing: The Redesigned MSDN Home Page and Hub Pages</a> (Pete Brown)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.windowsobserver.com/2010/06/29/gamestop-pulls-xbox-360-slim-trade-in-deal/">GameStop Pulls Xbox 360 Slim Trade In Deal</a> (Richard Hay)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stevecla01/archive/2010/06/29/microsoft-removing-your-3d-glasses.aspx">Microsoft removing your 3D glasses</a> (Steve Clayton)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=4baadef9-ce80-418e-9b50-7a1a765a07fd">Interesting Finds: June 30, 2010</a> (Jason Haley)</li>
<li><a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/WynApseTechnicalMusings/archive/2010/06/29/140686.aspx">Silverlight Cream for June 29, 2010 &#8212; #893</a> (Dave Campbell)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onsaas/~3/_VPUEFrcdt4/">Daily Cloud Feed &#8211; Jun 29, 2010</a> (Jian Zhen)</li>
<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/yuanjian/archive/2010/06/29/cheatsheet-2010-06-23-06-30.aspx">Cheatsheet: 2010 06.23 ~ 06.30</a> (yuanjian)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/IeWR9Qelf-o/">The Morning Brew #632</a> (Chris Alcock)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.jasonbock.net/JB/Default.aspx?blog=entry.2a824e182e544099a736ca23494bca3e">Flagged Links #76</a> (Jason Bock)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/06/30/sqlauthority-news-a-monthly-round-up-of-sqlauthority-blog-posts/">SQLAuthority News – A Monthly Round Up of SQLAuthority Blog Posts</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
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<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/28/introducing-iis-express.aspx">Introducing IIS Express</a> (Scott Guthrie)</li>
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<h3><a name="dotnet"></a>.NET / Visual Studio</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/gVgUZDQPdIM/understanding-c-using-backgrou.html">Understanding C#: Using BackgroundWorker to make your UI responsive</a> (Andrew Stellman)</li>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bclteam/archive/2010/06/28/working-with-zip-files-in-net.aspx">Working with Zip Files in .NET</a> (Richard Lee)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/N_nPFxKJkNA/generating-md5-and-sha1">Generating MD5 and SHA1 checksums for a file</a> (Dennis Delimarsky)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/wcfbyexample_introduction.aspx">WCF by Example &#8211; Introduction</a> (Enrique Albert)</li>
<li><a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/merrickchaffer/archive/2010/06/28/how-to-host-wcf-services-in-iis-on-windows-7.aspx">How to host WCF services in IIS 7.5 on Windows 7</a> (Merrick Chaffer)</li>
<li><a href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/patricksmacchia/archive/2010/06/28/elegant-infoof-operators-in-c-read-info-of.aspx">Elegant infoof operators in C# (read Info Of)</a> (Patrick Smacchia)</li>
<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2010/06/29/how-i-understood-monads-part-2-2-have-we-met-before.aspx">How I understood monads, part 2/2: have we met before?</a> (Bertrand Le Roy)</li>
<li><a href="http://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2010/06/28/com-apartments/">COM Apartments</a> (Marius Bancila)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/owkUO9tckmw/ghost-team-foundation-build">Ghost team foundation build controllers</a> (Martin Hinshelwood)</li>
<li><a href="http://rhizohm.net/irhetoric/post/2010/06/28/The-Archivist-Is-Live!.aspx">The Archivist Is Live!</a> (Karsten Januszewski)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MarkNeedham/~3/VovyQ9PUmZ4/">NHibernate 2nd level cache: Doing it wrong?</a> (Mark Needham)</li>
<li><a href="http://simpleprogrammer.com/2010/06/28/do-we-need-if-blocks/">Do We Need If Blocks?</a> (John Sonmez)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/marcelolr/archive/2010/06/28/odata-and-workflow-foundation.aspx">OData and Workflow Foundation</a> (Marcelo Lopez Ruiz)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/johnguin/archive/2010/06/28/one-of-the-reasons-the-section-color-addin-was-easy-to-write.aspx">One of the reasons the section color addin was easy to write</a> (John Guin)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2010/06/28/performance-impact-of-server-side-generated-guids-in-ef.aspx">Performance Impact of Server-side Generated GUIDs in EF</a> (Lei Li)</li>
<li><a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/developer/archive/2010/06/28/developing-with-messenger-connect.aspx">Developing with Messenger Connect: Recognizable &amp; intuitive</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/developer/archive/2010/06/28/social-distribution.aspx">Social Distribution</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/developer/archive/2010/06/28/realtime-shared-experiences.aspx">Realtime Shared Experiences with Messenger Connect</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/developer/archive/2010/06/28/identity.aspx">Identity (authentication, profile &amp; relationships)</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/06/28/messenger-connect-is-now-available.aspx">Windows Live Messenger Connect is now available</a> (Angus Logan)</li>
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<h3><a name="web"></a>Web Development</h3>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/06/28/javascript-tests-now-available-on-the-ie-testing-center.aspx">JavaScript tests now available on the IE Testing Center</a> (Alex Chi)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/XCidlhJ3Q_I/html5rockscom.html">HTML5Rocks.com</a> (RJ Owen)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverTheCode/~3/sPqn-b-t6HQ/mobile-web-toolkits">Mobile Web Toolkits</a> (Brendan Kowitz)</li>
<li><a href="http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2010/06/28/action-filter-versus-controller-base-class.aspx">Action Filter versus Controller Base Class</a> (K. Scott Allen)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/OverviewOData.aspx">An overview of Open Data Protocol (OData)</a> (Vincent-Philippe Lauzon)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/28/50-powerful-time-savers-for-web-designers/">50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers</a> (Vitaly Friedman)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/06/28/measuring-web-page-performance.aspx">Measuring Web Page Performance</a> (Anderson Quach)</li>
<li><a href="http://elijahmanor.com/webdevdotnet/post.aspx?id=29caa87d-ee7e-4b84-b87c-5bfbb9c2e7b4">Filling Address Fields using HTML5 Geolocation and jQuery</a> (Elijah Manor)</li>
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<li><a href="http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/06/which-tfs2010-agile-project-template.html">Which TFS2010 “Agile” Project Template one is right for you? One side-by-side of MS Agile v5, MS Scrum v1[Beta] and Scrum For TFS(SfTS) v3</a> (Greg Duncan)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCover/~3/b_rFqo5X5rs/ncover-3410:-ncover-explorer-fixes">NCover 3.4.10: NCover Explorer Fixes</a> (Alan Johnson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/clemensreijnen/qzrF/~3/PgAkOGmTtV0/post.aspx">Business Driven Test Management with Microsoft Test Manager</a> (Clemens Reijnen)</li>
<li><a href="http://boagworld.com/business-strategy/alone">Don’t do it alone</a> (Paul Boag)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2010/06/29/principles-of-programming-architecture/">Principles of Programming Architecture</a> (Dave M. Bush)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MarkNeedham/~3/9yPiXdWzcbQ/">Intuition and &#8216;quit thinking and look&#8217;</a> (Mark Needham)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/06/visualize-requirements">Visualize First. Build Later.</a> (Dave West)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Typemock/~3/LyYYXFmEmGU/isolator-604-is-out.html">Isolator 6.0.4 is out!</a> (Doron Peretz)</li>
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<h3><a name="silverlight"></a>Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/MVVM_ListView_Operations.aspx">Enhanced ListView Operations using MVVM</a> (Izhar Lotem)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.designersilverlight.com/2010/06/28/using-wrappanel-and-dockpanel-in-windows-phone-7-with-blend/">Using WrapPanel and DockPanel in Windows Phone 7 With Blend</a> (Matthias Shapiro)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/amazedsaint/articles/~3/21A9bzfOrBg/convention-based-approach-for-wiring.html">A Convention based Approach for wiring your Views to ViewModels in MVVM &#8211; AutoViewModelLocator</a> (Anoop Madhusudanan)</li>
<li><a href="http://pietschsoft.com/post.aspx?id=f1194fa7-c70b-4f63-aa03-62fec6ec6581">Silverlight Bing Maps: Draw Circle Around a Latitude/Longitude Location</a> (Chris Pietschmann)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShaiRaiten/~3/jlgbGBpwjpo/visual-studio-2010-2008-and-microsoft-test-manager-screen-casts-he.aspx">Visual Studio 2010/2008 and Microsoft Test Manager Screen Casts &#8211; [HE]</a> (Shai Raiten)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/d4dotnet/~3/yqP2GFQFxZw/post.aspx">Roger Peter’s great video on using the Facebook Developer Toolkit with Windows Phone 7</a> (Don Burnett)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/podcast#162">Windows Weekly 162: Geeks Who Love Too Much</a> (Paul Thurrott)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LarryLarsen/Windows-Live-Messenger-Connect-SDK/">Windows Live Messenger Connect SDK</a> (Larry Larsen)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/PingShow/Ping-63-Sweet-deal-from-MS-Burger-King--Xbox-IE-9-and-Zune/">Ping 63: Sweet deal from MS, Burger King &amp; Xbox, IE 9 and Zune</a> (Laura Foy)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/jbienz/Consistent-UX-Windows-7-Jack-Henry/">Consistent UX, Composite Apps and Windows 7 with Jack Henry</a> (Jared Bienz)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechnologyAndFriends/~3/h-JA8W8RoKQ/tf097.aspx">Technology &amp; Friends Episode 97: Brian Jackett on Powershell</a> (David Giard)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/geekSpeak/geekSpeak-Recording-Web-Application-Testing-with-Jeff-McWherter/">geekSpeak Recording &#8211; Web Application Testing with Jeff McWherter</a> (Emily Gibson)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/The-Archivist-Your-friendly-neighborhood-tweet-archiver/">The Archivist: Your friendly neighborhood tweet archiver</a> (Charles Torre)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.odata.org/blog/2010/6/28/join-the-odata-mailing-list">Join the OData Mailing List</a> (Mike Flasko)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2010/what-i-learned-at-foo-camp-10/">What I learned at FOO Camp ‘10</a> (Scott Berkun)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/facility9/~3/dl0Mr6Slfx0/sql-saturday-42-musings">SQL Saturday 42 Musings</a> (Jeremiah Peschka)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/06/28/One_2D00_of_2D00_the_2D00_great_2D00_things_2D00_about_2D00_TechEd_2D00_e280a6.aspx">One of the great things about TechEd …</a> (Ed Wilson)</li>
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<h3><a name="db"></a>Database</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/aloha_dba/archive/2010/06/29/sql-server-instance-checklist.aspx">SQL Server Instance Checklist</a> (Brad M. McGehee)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/06/29/sqlauthority-news-exam-70-433-mcts-microsoft-sql-server-2008-database-development/">SQLAuthority News – Exam 70-433 – MCTS – Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/06/29/sql-server-outer-join-not-allowed-in-indexed-views/">SQL SERVER – Outer Join Not Allowed in Indexed Views</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
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<h3><a name="sp"></a>SharePoint</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Meetdux/~3/Anq9wUBemgM/3-ways-to-accelerate-your-sharepoint-career.aspx">3 Ways to Accelerate Your SharePoint Career</a> (Dux Raymond Sy)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JoelsSharepointLand/~3/qQYrMMuRt2Q/ViewPost.aspx">Get FULL Access to SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Book Online</a> (Joel Oleson)</li>
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<h3><a name="misc"></a>Miscellaneous</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Devlicious/~3/CMmSk7-Hpug/chrome-extension-development.aspx">Chrome Extension Development</a> (Sergio Pereira)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/bruceky/TechSmith-Lights-Up-Windows-7/">TechSmith Lights Up Windows 7</a> (Bruce Kyle)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=0a17d99ed9d41e30d724472f6e2ace98">Microsoft leaks plans for a Windows 8 app store</a> (Jay Hathaway)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/johnguin/archive/2010/06/28/the-onenote-test-team-is-hiring.aspx">The OneNote Test Team is Hiring!</a> (John Guin)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/06/28/microsoft-s-support-sets-us-apart.aspx">Microsoft’s Support Sets Us Apart</a> (Barbara Gordon)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/06/28/cloud-computing-in-healthcare-private-public-or-somewhere-in-between.aspx">Cloud computing in healthcare – private, public, or somewhere in between</a> (Steve Aylward)</li>
<li><a href="http://microsoftjobsblog.com/blog/kinect-is-hiring/">Xbox 360 is hiring for Kinect</a> (Jason Pankow)</li>
<li><a href="http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Jun-28.html">What I would do if I was in charge of Windows 8</a> (Miguel de Icaza)</li>
<li><a href="http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Co-Authoring-Using-Office-2010/">Co-Authoring Using Office 2010</a> (Sarah Perez)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScottHanselman/~3/qSBxwO6lZ1M/CKilledMyGrandpappyIsCHardAndWhereAreTheCCodersHiding.aspx">C++ killed my grandpappy &#8211; Is C++ hard and where are the C++ coders hiding?</a> (Scott Hanselman)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stevecla01/archive/2010/06/29/microsoft-removing-your-3d-glasses.aspx">Microsoft removing your 3D glasses</a> (Steve Clayton)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-details-early-windows-8-improvements-to-oems">Microsoft details early Windows 8 improvements to OEMs</a> (Tom Warren)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/jhQ6zGietv0/">The Morning Brew #631</a> (Chris Alcock)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onsaas/~3/ZvXxILSaHp0/">Daily Cloud Feed &#8211; Jun 28, 2010</a> (Jian Zhen)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeteBrown/~3/KnXCXLQ8XtY/announcing-silverlight-reporting-on-codeplex">Announcing: Silverlight Reporting on CodePlex</a> (Pete Brown)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/HkcjDrqSWlQ/creating-windows-services-c">Creating Windows Services in C#</a> (Dennis Delimarsky)</li>
<li><a href="http://weblogs.thinktecture.com/ingo/2010/06/fixing-ria-servicess-an-entitykey-value-cannot-be-null-with-a-codeprocessor.html">Fixing RIA Services’s “An EntityKey value cannot be null” with a CodeProcessor</a> (Ingo Rammer)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/sasha/archive/2010/06/11/mda-callback-on-garbage-collected-delegate.aspx">MDA: Callback On Garbage Collected Delegate</a> (Sasha Goldshtein)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zainnab/~3/MfN1xNkn7ng/show-the-full-file-path-in-the-task-list-vstiptool0033.aspx">Show the Full File Path in the Task List</a> (Zain Naboulsi)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dasblonde/~3/Xbvk0WRnLNs/TechEdNewOrleansndashTheGoods.aspx">Tech Ed New Orleans– The Goods</a> (Michele Leroux Bustamante)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/wriju/Model-First-in-ADONET-Entity-Framework-4/">Model First in ADO.NET Entity Framework 4</a> (Wriju Ghosh)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codinginstinct.com/2010/06/nhprofiler-integration.html">NHProfiler Integration</a> (Torkel Ödegaard)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GilFinkBlog/~3/GcUuobxD-yo/cache-layer.aspx">Cache Layer</a> (Gil Fink)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kwolk/archive/2010/06/10/net-framework-reference-enhancements-preview.aspx">.NET Framework Reference Enhancements Preview</a> (Kimberly Wolk)</li>
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<h3><a name="web"></a>Web Development</h3>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/06/10/new-book-programming-microsoft-asp-net-mvc.aspx">New book: Programming Microsoft ASP.NET MVC</a> (Devon Musgrave)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/06/10/same-markup-explaining-quot-jscript-version-quot-and-styling-new-html5-elements.aspx">Same Markup: Explaining &quot;@_jscript_version&quot; and Styling New HTML5 Elements</a> (Tony Ross)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/amazedsaint/articles/~3/6Yis_vSdO7o/creating-custom-view-engine-for-aspnet.html">Creating a custom View Engine for ASP.NET MVC leveraging Text Template (T4) engine for rendering the view</a> (Anoop Madhusudanan)</li>
<li><a href="http://petelepage.com/blog/2010/06/browser-speed-its-not-all-about-javascript/">Browser Speed: It’s Not All About JavaScript</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://petelepage.com/blog/2010/06/20-tips-and-tricks-for-writing-fast-web-applications/">20 Tips and Tricks For Writing Fast Web Applications</a> (Pete LePage)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdevtools/archive/2010/06/10/web-custom-control-behavior-and-authoring.aspx">Web Custom Control Behavior and Authoring</a> (John Dundon)</li>
<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/10/jquery-globalization-plugin-from-microsoft.aspx">jQuery Globalization Plugin from Microsoft</a> (Scott Guthrie)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.codeville.net/~r/SteveCodeville/~3/-jVRCAmMXxs/">Pro ASP.NET MVC 2 Framework</a> (Steve Sanderson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Encosia/~3/vQoxmC6lOYk/">Using an iPhone with the Visual Studio development server</a> (Dave Ward)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/dBvYLFO2erw/">Bing Health Map Shows Promise of Open Government Data</a> (Adam DuVander)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=c2988450e817aa3adac97c16ea1488c6">When can I use &#8230; is a great resource for browser compatibility advice</a> (Erez Zukerman)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jamesshore.com/Blog/Agile-Friday-Energized-Work-Now-Online.html">Agile Friday: &quot;Energized Work&quot; Now Online</a> (James Shore)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCover/~3/tCbPCXQPesg/ncover-348:-nunit-and-iis-improvements">NCover 3.4.8: NUnit and IIS Improvements</a> (Alan Johnson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IAmNotMyself/~3/0VJl_jOLCDI/BeyondUnitTestingSpecificationOfIntent.aspx">Beyond Unit Testing =&gt; Specification of Intent</a> (Bobby Johnson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeadingAgile/~3/ehgZoaAp_CQ/you-need-static-organizational-model.html">You Need a Static Organizational Model</a> (Mike Cottmeyer)</li>
<li><a href="http://gojko.net/2010/06/11/eric-evans-domain-driven-design-redefined/">Eric Evans: Domain driven design redefined</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://gojko.net/2010/06/11/udi-dahan-the-biggest-mistakes-teams-make-when-applying-ddd/">Udi Dahan: the biggest mistakes teams make when applying DDD</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://gojko.net/2010/06/11/evolution-of-ddd-cqrs-and-event-sourcing/">Evolution of DDD: CQRS and Event Sourcing</a> (Gojko Adzic)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/balsamiq/~3/plJ_fbTb-tA/">Mockups 1.8: Editable Groups and much more</a> (Peldi Guilizzoni)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.abdullin.com/~r/RinatAbdullin/~3/SlA-g6o62N4/lokadcqrs-getting-started.html">Lokad.CQRS &#8211; Getting Started</a> (Rinat Abdullin)</li>
<li><a href="http://domaindrivendesign.org/node/198">Eric Evans: Folding Design into an Agile Process</a> (Vladimir Gitlevich)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pieterdebruin.net/2010/06/11/PerformanceAndSecurity.aspx">Performance and Security</a> (Pieter de Bruin)</li>
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<li><a href="http://firstfloorsoftware.com/blog/silverlight-spy-3-0-0-12/">Silverlight Spy 3.0.0.12</a> (Koen Zwikstra)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelsnow.com/2010/06/10/silverlight-tip-of-the-day-30-sending-email-from-silverlight/">Silverlight Tip of the Day #30 – Sending Email from Silverlight</a> (Mike Snow)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.bink.nu/~r/binkdotnu/~3/qgm8qMYEHUM/microsoft-releases-alpha-version-of-iis-streaming-for-silverlight-and-apple-devices.aspx">Microsoft releases Alpha version of IIS streaming for Silverlight and Apple devices</a> (Steven Bink)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.timheuer.com/~r/timheuer/~3/XDptmC_UAlw/troubleshooting-debugging-silverlight-cross-domain-xap-hosting.aspx">Hosting cross-domain Silverlight applications (XAP)</a> (Tim Heuer)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MicrosoftDownloadCenter/~3/6i4TFm4gg3I/details.aspx">IIS Media Services 4.0 &#8211; 32-bit</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MicrosoftDownloadCenter/~3/GuFzQTy8JtM/details.aspx">IIS Media Services 4.0 &#8211; 64-bit</a> (MS Downloads)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CSharperImage/~3/Lg-scCpkE5E/tips-and-tricks-for-inotifypropertychan.html">Tips and Tricks for INotifyPropertyChanged</a> (Jeremy Likness)</li>
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<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/laurhar/Programming-with-InfoPath-2010-Source-Control/">Using TFS for Source Control with InfoPath 2010</a> (Laura Har)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/SilverlightTV/Creating-Rich-Interactions-Using-Blend-4-Transition-Effects-Fluid-Layout-and-Layout-States-Silverlig/">Creating Rich Interactions Using Blend 4: Transition Effects, Fluid Layout, and Layout States (Silverlight TV #32)</a> (John Papa)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebdevradioPodcastHome/~3/mH9zntuMKHo/index.php">WebDev Radio Episode 78: Bob Silverberg on ColdFusion, ORM, testing and more</a> (Michael Kimsal)</li>
<li><a href="http://boagworld.com/podcast/214">Boagworld 214. When to hire a web designer</a> (Paul Boag)</li>
<li><a href="http://misfitgeek.com/blog/aspnet/new-videos-in-the-tailspin-spyworks-series-live/">New Videos in the Tailspin Spyworks series live.</a> (Joe Stagner)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StephenFortesBlog/~3/T5Qu6S09MCA/PermaLink,guid,99ed1317-b05c-4b3a-881b-a0d8948d1a1c.aspx">Telerik Wins Best of TechEd!</a> (Stephen Forte)</li>
<li><a href="http://utwatercooler.blogspot.com/2010/06/employee-of-yeartypemock.html">Employee of the year…#Typemock</a> (Tal Druyan)</li>
<li><a href="http://p2p.wrox.com/content/blogs/jminatel/wrox-wins-2010-code-project-members-choice-award">Wrox Wins 2010 Code Project Members Choice Award</a> (Jim Minatel)</li>
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<h3><a name="db"></a>Database</h3>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DBAdmin/log-ship-to-dr-sqlu">Log Shipping for cheap DR</a> (Ted Krueger)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/06/11/sql-server-difference-between-datetime-and-datetime2/">SQL SERVER – Difference Between DATETIME and DATETIME2</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonsSqlServerStuff/~3/c2ZcIXF05zQ/what-are-events-sql-profiler-eventclass-numbers-65527-65528-65533-65534.aspx">What are events SQL profiler eventclass numbers 65527,65528,65533,65534</a> (Simon Sabin)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.developingfor.net/as400/stored-procedure-vs-parameterized-query.html">Stored Procedure vs Parameterized Query</a> (Joel Cochran)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlservercurry/blog/~3/8DH2KohR45c/determine-permission-for-all-users-at.html">Determine Permission for all Users at Object Level</a> (Suprotim Agarwal)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sqlchicken/~3/JNxHv6TxDNo/">PowerShell I Heart You</a> (Jorge Segarra)</li>
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<h3><a name="misc"></a>Miscellaneous</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!8844.entry">Microsoft Releases Three Free Outlook 2010 PST File Management Tools</a> (Blake Handler)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/ONrk1458E4o/">Aviary Launches Online Music Creation Tool</a> (Barb Dybwad)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/_VgSKryGHSE/seeing-microsoft-big-picture">Seeing Microsoft in the big picture</a> (Cal Evans)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/smallbasic/archive/2010/06/11/small-basic-v0-9-is-here.aspx">Small Basic V0.9 is here!</a> (Vijaye Raji)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChrisKoenig/~3/Y5PmhbnUICg/">Multiple Default Printers in Windows 7</a> (Chris Koenig)</li>
<li><a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/06/10/coming-soon-windows-live-sync-beta.aspx">Windows Live Sync beta blends the best of Sync and Mesh</a> (David Treadwell)</li>
<li><a href="http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/powergui-2-1-is-available/">PowerGUI 2.1 is available</a> (Dmitry Sotnikov)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=126e6410928a5759a416d6f2a6fe22a1">Adobe releases AIR 2, standalone SDK download coming soon</a> (Jay Hathaway)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/BI2VCCHc3m0/1276205222">Apple and Microsoft will face off for June 24 retail showdown</a> (Joe Wilcox)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=f9a03f3828b95dbeb63d959b42741294">Box.net finally gets a desktop sync client</a> (Lee Mathews)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/KV0LwZKzugU/dzone-daily-dose-611">Daily Dose &#8211; iPad Owners Exposed to Spam and Hacks</a> (Mitch Pronschinske)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/AA7FtBXE9DA/">#Ebook Deal of the Day: Hackers: 25th Anniversary Ed. Only $9.99 Use code DDHAC</a> (O&#8217;Reilly Media)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3fdd008b256e5337137f3ace793e0545">Microsoft Small Basic is an ideal programming language and environment for small people and beginners</a> (Sebastian Anthony)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=d7f5597d-0676-4570-916d-c8a7588667fc">Interesting Finds: June 11, 2010</a> (Jason Haley)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onsaas/~3/ImYkRSsAAjA/">Daily Cloud Feed &#8211; Jun 10, 2010</a> (Jian Zhen)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/lY4vKvo2aLg/">The Morning Brew #619</a> (Chris Alcock)</li>
<li><a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/WynApseTechnicalMusings/archive/2010/06/10/140348.aspx">Silverlight Cream for June 10, 2010 &#8212; #879</a> (Dave Campbell)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RedmondPie/~3/epkizneHrYg/">Unlock Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator for Full Experience</a> (Taimur Asad)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/d4dotnet/~3/VFP5ksn6BRw/post.aspx">Preview of Charles Petzold’s Programming for Windows Phone Book Here for download..</a> (Don Burnett)</li>
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<h3><a name="dotnet"></a>.NET / Visual Studio</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlackwaspLatestAdditions/~3/_Eb4sQVvHvc/CSharpLambda.aspx">C# Lambda Expressions</a> (Richard Carr)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zainnab/~3/EDsLE8hVUwM/turn-off-or-on-outlining-vstipedit0033.aspx">Turn Off or On Outlining</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zainnab/~3/IajY9MpE7xU/turn-off-the-selection-margin-vstipedit0034.aspx">Turn Off the Selection Margin</a> (Zain Naboulsi)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/NsMDZKYBaQM/functional-c-continuation">Functional C#: Continuation Passing Style</a> (Mark Needham)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeterRitchiesMvpBlog/~3/WZMLcvu56Kk/the-add-reference-dialog-is-the-wrong-scenario.aspx">The Add Reference Dialog is the Wrong Scenario</a> (Peter Ritchie)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2010/03/19/entity-framework-and-linq-to-sql-additional-programming-patterns-in-ef4.aspx">Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL: Additional programming patterns in EF4</a> (EF Team)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JoshuaFlanagan/~3/wTn7xhV8pTg/teaching-automapper-about-our-conventions.aspx">Teaching AutoMapper about our conventions</a> (Joshua Flanagan)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/camerons/archive/2010/03/19/announcing-the-first-feature-pack-for-vs2010-visualization-and-modeling-tools.aspx">Sneak peek at the first “Feature Pack” for VS2010 Visualization and Modeling Tools</a> (Cameron Skinner)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LosTechies/~3/YmZxf7kMiyE/net-stack-traces-and-anonymous-methods.aspx">.NET Stack Traces And Anonymous Methods</a> (Derick Bailey)</li>
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<h3><a name="web"></a>Web Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikeormond/~3/KccpmKVBzes/make-ie8-the-best-dev-browser.aspx">Make IE8 the best dev browser</a> (Mike Ormond)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/netCurryRecentArticles/~3/b5hv5Oww6Hs/ShowArticle.aspx">Creating scrollable content area using CSS overflow property in Expression Web</a> (Minal Agarwal)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/19/the-internet-explorer-testcenter-welcome-page-clarification-corrections.aspx">The Internet Explorer Testcenter welcome page: Clarification &amp; Corrections</a> (Jason Upton)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/19/the-css-corner-about-css-corners.aspx">The CSS Corner: About CSS corners</a> (Sylvain Galineau)</li>
<li><a href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/karlseguin/archive/2010/03/19/asp-net-performance-framework.aspx">ASP.NET Performance Framework</a> (Karl Seguin)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/kirillosenkov/archive/2010/03/19/apos-is-in-xml-in-html-use-39.aspx">&amp;apos; is in XML, in HTML use &#8216;</a> (Kirill Osenkov)</li>
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<h3><a name="design"></a>Design / Methodology / Testing</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MarkNeedham/~3/KN-ApDgNhFc/">TDD: Expressive test names</a> (Mark Needham)</li>
<li><a href="http://elegantcode.com/2010/03/19/dont-give-up-on-the-state-pattern-just-yet/">Don’t Give Up on the State Pattern Just Yet</a> (Jan Van Ryswyck)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeadingAgile/~3/s4j6KNPrApo/getting-started-with-agile-two-of-who.html">Getting Started with Agile&#8230; Two of &#8216;Who Knows&#8217;</a> (Mike Cottmeyer)</li>
<li><a href="http://erikbase.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/results-based-testing/">Results-Based Testing</a> (Erik Peterson)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LosTechies/~3/-6Z9zJHkyeA/a-response-concerning-semantics-and-intention-revealing-code.aspx">A Response Concerning Semantics And Intention Revealing Code</a> (Derick Bailey)</li>
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<h3><a name="silverlight"></a>Silverlight / WPF</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://electricbeach.org/?p=573">Using SketchFlow to Prototype for Windows Phone</a> (Christian Schormann)</li>
<li><a href="http://adamkinney.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/install-checklist-for-silverlight-4-rc-blend-4-beta-and-windows-phone-developer-tools-from-mix10/">Install checklist for Silverlight 4 RC, Blend 4 Beta and Windows Phone Developer tools from MIX10</a> (Adam Kinney)</li>
<li><a href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/wardbell/archive/2010/03/19/mvvm-josh-smith-s-way.aspx">MVVM, Josh Smith’s Way</a> (Ward Bell)</li>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/nickkramer/archive/2010/03/19/updated-security-overview-for-silverlight-4-rc.aspx">Updated security overview for Silverlight 4 RC</a> (Nick Kramer)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/galasoft/~3/QY3PKp4b-PE/multithreading-in-windows-phone-7-emulator-a-bug.aspx">Multithreading in Windows Phone 7 emulator: A bug</a> (Laurent Bugnion)</li>
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<h3><a name="podcasts"></a>Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos</h3>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jQueryPodcast/~3/tUvEQbVMeOQ/jQueryPodcast-016-jQueryMeetups.mp3">jQuery Podcast 16 &#8211; jQuery Meetups</a> (Ralph Whitbeck &amp; Elijah Manor)</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Endpoint/endpointtv-WF4-in-the-Real-World-Microsoft-Dynamics-AX/">endpoint.tv &#8211; WF4 in the Real World &#8211; Microsoft Dynamics AX</a> (Ron Jacobs)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/deepfriedbytes/~3/jeKS1p-4AVE/">Deep Fried Bytes Episode 48: Web Development with ASP.NET MVC In Action Authors</a> (Keith Elder &amp; Chris Woodruff)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/OPy4yAn_FWA/week-testing-guys-girl-and">This Week in Testing &#8211; Guys, Girl and a Bunny</a> (TypeMock)</li>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<h3><a name="events"></a>Community / Events</h3>
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<li><a href="http://rhondatipton.net/2010/03/19/sxsw-2010-sessions-pt-1/">SxSW 2010 – Sessions (pt 1)</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://rhondatipton.net/2010/03/19/sxsw-2010-sessions-pt-2/">SxSW 2010 – Sessions (pt 2)</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://rhondatipton.net/2010/03/19/sxsw-2010-the-experience/">SxSW 2010 – The Experience</a> (Rhonda Tipton)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2010/03/19/mix10-wrap-up.aspx">MIX10 Wrap Up</a> (Mike Swanson)</li>
<li><a href="http://neverindoubtnet.blogspot.com/2010/03/rob-es-mini-mvvm-framework-mix10.html">Rob E’s Mini-MVVM Framework @ MIX10</a> (Ward Bell)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/silverlightshow/~3/ARkmZVHUWRI/MIX10-Day-3-Mini-Notes.aspx">MIX10: Day#3 Mini-Notes</a> (Cigdem Patlak)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2010/03/19/call-for-book-proposals-on-topics-for-developers.aspx">Call for book proposals on topics for developers</a> (Kimberly Kim)</li>
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<h3><a name="db"></a>Database</h3>
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<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/20/sqlauthority-news-microsoft-sql-server-protocol-documentation-download/">SQLAuthority News – Microsoft SQL Server Protocol Documentation Download</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/codecapers/~3/3R-mnSfPxkM/post.aspx">How to Backup a SQL Express Database</a> (Mike Ceranski)</li>
<li><a href="http://webbtechsolutions.com/2010/03/19/licensing-sql-server-reporting-services/">Licensing SQL Server Reporting Services</a> (Joe Webb)</li>
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<h3><a name="misc"></a>Miscellaneous</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/OpenPowerShellCookbookBetaAvailableOnline.aspx">Open PowerShell Cookbook Beta Available Online</a> (Lee Holmes)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.thousandtyone.com/blog/TheMeaningAndSignificanceOfEleventhHourInYourWorkLifePart1.aspx">The Meaning And Significance Of Eleventh Hour In Your Work Life &#8211; Part 1.</a> (Rajiv Popat)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/-5KPZIVJ4mc/">#Ebook Deal of the Day: Living Green: The Missing Manual &#8212; Only $9.99! Use code DDLGM</a> (O&#8217;Reilly Media)</li>
<li><a href="http://nayyeri.net/getting-started-with-xcode-ide-for-iphone-development">Getting Started with Xcode IDE for iPhone Development</a> (Keyvan Nayyeri)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/liveside/~3/U-4fBQUKwh4/windows-live-wave-4-messenger-companion.aspx">Windows Live Wave 4: Messenger Companion</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/liveside/~3/_pUUg-vCUB4/windows-live-wave-4-photo-gallery-with-facial-recognition-and-photo-fuse.aspx">Windows Live Wave 4: Photo Gallery with Facial Recognition and Photo Fuse!</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/liveside/~3/5BIK1Rvu-ho/windows-live-wave-4-web-messenger.aspx">Windows Live Wave 4: Web Messenger</a> (damaster)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.skorks.com/2010/03/the-best-funny-and-educational-geek-songs/">The Best Funny And Educational Geek Songs</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://www.skorks.com/2010/03/faster-list-intersection-using-skip-pointers/">Faster List Intersection Using Skip Pointers</a> (Alan Skorkin)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=ecdd1c62-8fe5-4235-a72e-b3f3f295e62d">Interesting Finds: March 20, 2010</a> (Jason Haley)</li>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/hanuk/archive/2010/03/07/windows-azure-tools-from-3rd-parties.aspx">Windows Azure Tools from 3rd parties</a> (Hanu Kommalapati)</li>
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<li><a href="http://wildermuth.com/2010/03/07/My_What_s_New_in_Silvelright_3_Video_from_0reDev_Last_Fall">My &quot;What&#8217;s New in Silvelright 3&quot; Video from 0reDev Last Fall</a> (Shawn Wildermuth)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/03/mix10-cl59-intro/">Ready to test those Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Series apps?</a> (Jeff Wilcox)</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/2010/03/07/my-first-week-as-a-developer-evangelist.aspx">My First Week as a Developer Evangelist</a> (Sara Ford)</li>
<li><a href="http://girldeveloper.com/events/introducing-the-mvc-melee/">Introducing the MVC Melee!!!</a> (Sara J. Chipps)</li>
<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/03/07/a-few-announcements-for-those-in-the-uk.aspx">A few announcements for those in the UK</a> (Scott Guthrie)</li>
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<h3><a name="db"></a>Database</h3>
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<li><a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kalen_delaney/archive/2010/03/07/more-about-nonclustered-index-keys.aspx">Geek City: More About Nonclustered Index Keys</a> (Kalen Delaney)</li>
<li><a href="http://kevin_s_goff.typepad.com/kevin_s_goff_weblog/2010/03/03082010-setfocus-bisql-masters-program-tip-sending-an-email-inside-of-ssis-to-a-gmail-account.html">03-08-2010 &#8211; SetFocus BI/SQL Master&#8217;s Program Tip: Sending an email inside of SSIS to a Gmail account</a> (Kevin Goff)</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/08/sql-server-2008-r2-pricing/">SQLAuthority News – SQL SERVER 2008 R2 Pricing</a> (Pinal Dave)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3b8553e0689607f15b994cd407eb127a">Microsoft set to destroy Apple in every games market</a> (Sebastian Anthony)</li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/sgmL8VQ3yuQ/">The Morning Brew #554</a> (Chris Alcock)</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.vidmar.net/~r/BiteMyBytes/~3/9M_EoZJ18r0/links-of-the-week-110.aspx">Links of the week #110</a> (David Vidmar)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeteBrown/~3/qj4nfWuOAak/windows-client-developer-roundup-for-3-8-2010">Windows Client Developer Roundup for 3/8/2010</a> (Pete Brown)</li>
<li><a href="http://grantpalin.com/2010/03/07/weekly-links-95/">Weekly Links #95</a> (Grant Palin)</li>
<li><a href="http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/03/feed-you-should-read-25-msmvpscom.html">A Feed You Should Read #25 – MSMVPs.com</a> (Greg Duncan)</li>
<li><a href="http://rhondatipton.net/2010/03/07/weekly-link-post-135/">Weekly Link Post 135</a> (Rhonda Tipton)</li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SamGentile/~3/DUFkkJeh-1U/">New and Notable 406</a> (Sam Gentile)</li>
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<li><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/02/05/asp-net-mvc-2-release-candidate-2-now-available.aspx">ASP.NET MVC 2 (Release Candidate 2) Now Available</a> (Scott Guthrie) </li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LosTechies/~3/MU0U1k8f304/unit-testing-simple-asp-net-mvc-controllers.aspx">Unit Testing Simple ASP.NET MVC Controllers</a> (Chris Missal) </li>
<li><a href="http://martinfowler.com/bliki/ConversationalStories.html">Conversational Stories</a> (Martin Fowler) </li>
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<h3><a name="dotnet"></a>.NET / Visual Studio</h3>
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<li><a href="http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/02/using-wiimote-as-sensor-driver-on.html">Using a Wiimote as a Sensor Driver on Windows 7</a> (Greg Duncan) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PreemptiveSolutionsBlog/~3/sPWrobHPeO8/115">Dotfuscator 4.6.1200 Released</a> (Joe Kuemerle) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.codethinked.com/post.aspx?id=449ca989-4074-47b4-8a85-6fdf74a27201">.NET 4.0 and System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentQueue</a> (Justin Etheredge) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blankenthoughts/~3/7XRiDyMRnn0/5th-of-diduary-did-you-know-you-can.aspx">The 5th of Diduary: Did you know you can hide Intellisense without retyping?</a> (Jeff Blankenburg) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CodeRant/~3/dG9hJlsn0V8/10-advanced-windsor-tricks-9.html">10 Advanced Windsor Tricks – 9. Configuring fluently registered components with XML</a> (Mike Hadlow) </li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/g8HpjJQJhO4/race-condition-when-modifying">Race Condition When Modifying the HttpRequestMessageProperty in an Outgoing WCF Message</a> (Sasha Goldshtein) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScottHanselman/~3/w-pfx803DyM/BackToBasicsKeepItSimpleAndDevelopYourSenseOfSmellFromLinqToCSV.aspx">Back to Basics &#8211; Keep it Simple and Develop Your Sense of Smell &#8211; From Linq To CSV</a> (Scott Hanselman) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/billwagner/~3/k0Frp6obi1c/euler-problem-14-learn-to-memoize.aspx">Euler Problem 14: Learn to Memoize</a> (Bill Wagner) </li>
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<li><a href="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/zones/dotnet/~3/uL9Qkr4X8Hg/do-not-publish-yet-art-unit">The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove</a> (Me) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AyendeRahien/~3/xbv6oGDapFA/if-you-are-way-off-in-the-deep-end-there.aspx">If you are way off in the deep end, there is only so much that tooling can do for you</a> (Oren Eini) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCover/~3/m6AUAVvO6TQ/update-from-ncover-central-command-(or-someplace-close)">Update From NCover Central Command (or someplace close)</a> (Daniel Waldschmidt) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LosTechies/~3/qhh2gujEG1I/pair-programming-with-screen.aspx">Pair Programming with Screen</a> (Jason Meridth) </li>
<li><a href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeremy.miller/archive/2010/02/04/structuremap-2-6-and-2-5-4-is-released.aspx">StructureMap 2.6 (and 2.5.4) is Released!</a> (Jeremy D. Miller) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.thycotic.com/the-benefits-of-pair-programming">The Benefits of Pair Programming</a> (Katie McCroskey) </li>
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<li><a href="http://jmorrill.hjtcentral.com/Home/tabid/428/EntryId/442/Default.aspx">Silverlight 4 Hack: Use Native/Desktop CLR Without COM Registration</a> (Jeremiah Morrill) </li>
<li><a href="http://firstfloorsoftware.com/blog/silverlight-spy-3-0-0-9/">Silverlight Spy 3.0.0.9</a> (Koen Zwikstra) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeteBrown/~3/PteW1vG8RyY/Getting-Started-with-WPF-4_3A00_-Button-Controls-Part-1-_1320_-The-Button-is-a-Content-Control.aspx">Getting Started with WPF 4: Button Controls Part 1 – The Button is a Content Control</a> <em>and</em>&#160;<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PeteBrown/~3/6_dM8swpYvs/Upcoming-Deal-on-my-Silverlight-4-Book-for-Blog-Subscribers.aspx">Upcoming Deal on my Silverlight 4 Book for Blog Subscribers</a> (Pete Brown) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScottHanselman/~3/IJem2e5oKL8/InstallingAndSettingUpAndEncodingForIIS7SmoothStreamingAndSilverlight.aspx">Installing and Setting Up and Encoding for IIS 7 Smooth Streaming and Silverlight</a> (Scott Hanselman) </li>
<li><a href="http://team.silverlight.net/case-study/developing-the-world-rsquo-s-first-interactive-silverlight-banner-metia-rsquo-s-perspective/">Developing the world’s first interactive Silverlight banner: Metia’s perspective</a> (Silverlight Team) </li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.timheuer.com/~r/timheuer/~3/cow6UH5KIV8/changing-datagrid-selected-row-state.aspx">Silverlight DataGrid quick styling tip: keep selected row focus state</a> (Tim Heuer) </li>
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<h3><a name="podcasts"></a>Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?ShowID=217">Hanselminutes &#8211; How Craigslist Works &#8211; with Jeremy Zawodny</a> (Scott Hanselman) </li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/C9-Lectures-Dr-Don-Syme-Introduction-to-F-1-of-3/">C9 Lectures: Dr. Don Syme &#8211; Introduction to F#, 1 of 3</a> (Charles Torre) </li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/SilverlightTV/Silverlight-TV-Episode-6-Creating-Custom-Pre-Loaders/">Silverlight TV Episode 6: Creating Custom Pre-Loaders</a> (John Papa) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StephenFortesBlog/~3/is-Vi1xkgC8/PermaLink,guid,0acb051e-2028-4972-bd49-88672a5fd4e7.aspx">How to video: Using Telerik Data Services Wizard Beta1 to build a WCF REST Collection Endpoint</a> (Stephen Forte) </li>
<li><a href="http://site.typemock.com/this-week-in-test/2010/2/5/episode-12-3-guys-a-girl-and-a-bunny-part-1.html">This Week in Testing Episode 12 &#8211; 3 Guys, a Girl and a Bunny (Part 1)</a> (Dror Helper) </li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RdaArchitectureEvangelistTeamBlog/~3/uO88y-bJWCo/feb-10-silverlight-4-talk-rockville-md.html">Feb 10 &#8211; Silverlight 4 talk, Rockville, MD</a> (David Makogon) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/meagon/archive/2010/02/04/pluralsight-amp-devweek-march-15-19-london.aspx">pluralsight &amp; devweek march 15-19 london</a> (Meagon Marshall) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeadingAgile/~3/B64ztmNwlcA/agilepalooza-atlanta.html">Agilepalooza Atlanta!</a> (Mike Cottmeyer) </li>
<li><a href="http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2010/02/corporate-retreat-round-up.html">Corporate Retreat Round-up</a> (Corey Haines) </li>
<li><a href="http://wildermuth.com/2010/02/04/Upcoming_Appearances">Upcoming Appearances</a> (Shawn Wildermuth) </li>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wekeroad/EeKc/~3/bCGSA94xIhw/reporting-in-nosql">Reporting In NoSQL</a> (Rob Conery) </li>
<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=74657b81-0f61-4245-b0f9-e07c492c19c1">Introducing: Azure Table Query Project</a> (Jason Haley) </li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/buckwoody/archive/2010/02/04/multi-monitor-support-in-sql-server-management-studio-2008.aspx">Multi-Monitor Support in SQl Server Management Studio 2008</a> (Buck Woody) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/glennberry/archive/2010/02/04/detecting-and-troubleshooting-non_2D00_yielding-worker-threads-in-sql-server-2005_2F00_2008.aspx">Detecting and Troubleshooting Non-Yielding Worker Threads in SQL Server 2005/2008</a> (Glenn Berry) </li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/02/05/sql-server-stream-aggregate-showplan-operator-reason-of-compute-scalar-before-stream-aggregate/">SQL SERVER – Stream Aggregate Showplan Operator – Reason of Compute Scalar before Stream Aggregate</a> (Pinal Dave) </li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenniferMarsman/~3/RdLKjR2YrLI/free-microsoft-software-for-students-startups-and-small-hosting-businesses.aspx">Free Microsoft Software for Students, Startups, and Small Hosting Businesses</a> (Jennifer Marsman) </li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2010/02/04/how-many-passes.aspx">How Many Passes?</a> (Eric Lippert) </li>
<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MajorNelson/~3/p8OGPsOizWU/xbox-live-being-discontinued-for-original-xbox-consoles-and-games.aspx">Xbox LIVE being discontinued for Original Xbox consoles and games</a> (Larry Hyrb) </li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/news/~3/Y1yaDRaFV9c/">#Ebook Deal of the Day: Making Things Talk &#8211; Only $9.99! Use code DDMTT</a> (O&#8217;Reilly Media) </li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.bink.nu/~r/binkdotnu/~3/_0jzCf4Hndk/microsoft-small-basic-0-8.aspx">Microsoft Small Basic 0.8</a> (Steven Bink) </li>
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<li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/FO8ZZvyEcyI/">The Morning Brew #533</a> (Chris Alcock) </li>
<li><a href="http://jasonhaley.com/blog/post.aspx?id=05c4d1ce-fca3-4d07-b7e4-6bb7477b311a">Interesting Finds: February 5, 2010</a> (Jason Haley) </li>
<li><a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/WynApseTechnicalMusings/archive/2010/02/04/137798.aspx">Silverlight Cream for February 04, 2010 &#8212; #792</a> (Dave Campbell) </li>
<li><a href="http://elijahmanor.com/webdevdotnet/post.aspx?id=f0172ef7-8dd2-4130-93b9-ad094870f793">Tech Tweets for 4-Feb-2010</a> (Elijah Manor) </li>
<li><a href="http://spietrek.blogspot.com/2010/02/links-242010.html">Links (2/4/2010)</a> (Steve Pietrek) </li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2010/02/04/creators-club-communiqu-40.aspx">Creators Club Communiqué 40</a> (Kathleen Sanders) </li>
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