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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://msmvps.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'app:weblogs' matching tags 'Social Networking', 'General Software Development', and 'Web Services'</title><link>http://msmvps.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=app:weblogs&amp;tag=Social+Networking,General+Software+Development,Web+Services&amp;orTags=0&amp;o=DateDescending</link><description>Search results for 'app:weblogs' matching tags 'Social Networking', 'General Software Development', and 'Web Services'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Technology Related Links for May 13th</title><link>http://msmvps.com/blogs/jgaylord/archive/2009/05/13/technology-related-links-for-may-13th.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1692372</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;div style="border-bottom:#666666 1px solid;text-align:center;border-left:#666666 1px solid;padding-bottom:3px;background-color:#dcdcdc;padding-left:3px;padding-right:3px;border-top:#666666 1px solid;border-right:#666666 1px solid;padding-top:3px;"&gt;If you are looking to follow this series, be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed at &lt;a href="http://feeds.jasongaylord.com/JasonNGaylord"&gt;http://feeds.jasongaylord.com/JasonNGaylord&lt;/a&gt; or my &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jgaylord"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; account at &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jgaylord"&gt;http://twitter.com/jgaylord&lt;/a&gt;. This series can be followed by using the &lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgaylord/archive/tags/Hot+Links/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Hot Links&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;h6&gt;&lt;em&gt;Series Post #12&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aspnetpro.com/articles/2009/05/asp200905rca_f/asp200905rca_f.asp" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;asp.netPRO 2009 Readers&amp;#39; Choice Award Winners haveen been announced.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daily Quote&lt;/strong&gt; - &amp;quot;$(document).ready() is the new Page_Load&amp;quot; (Posted by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/lazycoder" target="_blank"&gt;Scott Koon&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/archive/2009/05/12/arcast-tv-kevin-hazzard-on-dynamic-languages.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;ARCast.TV - Kevin Hazzard on Dynamic Languages&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/devhammer" target="_blank"&gt;G. Andrew Duthie&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2009/05/11/sneak-preview-persistence-ignorance-and-poco-in-entity-framework-4-0.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Sneak Preview: Persistence Ignorance and POCO in Entity Framework 4.0&lt;/a&gt; - ADO.NET Team&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/endpoint/archive/2009/05/07/the-road-to-4-wcf-changes-between-beta-1-and-ctp.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;The Road to 4 – WCF Changes between Beta 1 and CTP&lt;/a&gt; - Cliff Simpkins (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/kevindente" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Dente&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/05/kniberg-kanban-v-scrum" target="_blank"&gt;Comparing Kanban To Scrum&lt;/a&gt; - Mike Bria (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/keyvan"&gt;Keyvan Nayyeri&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2009/05/12/debug-diag-script-for-troubleshooting-net-2-0-memory-leaks.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Debug Diag script for troubleshooting .NET 2.0 Memory leaks&lt;/a&gt; - Tess Ferrandez&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/guybarrette/archive/2009/05/12/managed-services-engine-have-you-used-it.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Managed Services Engine – Have you used it?&lt;/a&gt; – Guy Barrette&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jroller.com/Solomon/entry/my_upcoming_internal_rest_presentation" target="_blank"&gt;My Upcoming Internal REST Presentation&lt;/a&gt; - Solomon Duskis (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2009/05/12/the-dzone-interviews-hamilton-verissimo-on-mef.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;The DZone interviews Hamilton Verissimo on MEF&lt;/a&gt; – Brad Abrams&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/OpenClosedPrinciple.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;The Open Closed Principle&lt;/a&gt; - Zakir Hoosen (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sogeti-phoenix.com/Blogs/post/2009/05/Different-Action-Results-with-ASPNET-MVC-and-jQuery.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Different Action Results with ASP.NET MVC and jQuery&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://haacked.com/archive/2009/05/12/donut-hole-caching.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Donut Hole Caching in ASP.NET MVC&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/haacked" target="_blank"&gt;Phil Haack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/webforms/Hover_Delay.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Implementing Hover Delay on the GridView Rows&lt;/a&gt; - Samir Nigam&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/joseguay/archive/2009/05/12/the-asp-net-capsule-5-adding-captcha-to-your-web-forms.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;The ASP.NET Capsule #5: Adding Captcha to your web forms&lt;/a&gt; - Jose R. Guay Paz (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/joseguay/archive/2009/05/12/the-asp-net-capsule-6-free-products-from-telerik.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;The ASP.NET Capsule #6: Free Products from Telerik&lt;/a&gt; - Jose R. Guay Paz (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://encosia.com/2009/05/13/what-aspnet-developers-should-know-about-jquery/" target="_blank"&gt;What ASP.NET developers should know about jQuery&lt;/a&gt; - (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Books&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2009/05/11/ProASPNETMVCFrameworkBookReview.aspx"&gt;Book Review: Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework&lt;/a&gt; – David Hayden (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pragprog.com/titles/cerailn/rails-for-net-developers" target="_blank"&gt;Rails for .NET Developers&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2009/05/11/rtm-d-today-windows-internals-fifth-edition.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Windows Internals, Fifth Edition&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2009/05/13/rtm-d-today-windows-server-2008-hyper-v-resource-kit.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Cloud Computing&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://bstineman.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!61AEA8168D26EA6B!291.entry" target="_blank"&gt;Azure Configuration Options&lt;/a&gt; - Brent Stineman (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foundrygroup.com/blog/archives/2009/05/pogoplug-make-your-hard-drive.php" target="_blank"&gt;Pogoplug: Make your hard drive a cloud drive&lt;/a&gt; - Foundry Group (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/cloudmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Cloudmeme&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/13/the-obama-teams-cloudy-ambitions/" target="_blank"&gt;The Obama Team’s Cloudy Ambitions&lt;/a&gt; - Rich Miller (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tunis" target="_blank"&gt;Kevin Tunis&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.themeforest.net/general/using-aws-s3-to-power-your-digital-world/" target="_blank"&gt;Using AWS S3 to Power Your Digital World&lt;/a&gt; - Jarel Remick (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/nettuts" target="_blank"&gt;Nettuts&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/windows-azure-and-cloud-computing-posts_12.html" target="_blank"&gt;Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 5/11/2009+&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Desktop and Server Technology&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/apple-os-x-10-5-7-released-updating-to-ensue/" target="_blank"&gt;Apple OS X 10.5.7 released, updating to ensue&lt;/a&gt; - Joshua Topolsky (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/drubyt" target="_blank"&gt;Tom Druby&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/netmon/archive/2009/05/13/event-tracing-for-windows-and-network-monitor.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Event Tracing for Windows and Network Monitor&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346881,00.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Internet Explorer 8: Nine Things You Didn&amp;#39;t Know You Could Do&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/amalga/default.mspx" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Amalga&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jglozano" target="_blank"&gt;Javier Lozano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DBAdmin/MSSQLServerAdmin/read-data-on-mirror-to-prevent-productio" target="_blank"&gt;Read data on Mirror to prevent production database stress&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DenisGobo" target="_blank"&gt;Denis Gobo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/05/12/sqlauthority-news-release-of-sql-server-2008-r2-announced/" target="_blank"&gt;SQLAuthority News – Release of SQL Server 2008 R2 Announced&lt;/a&gt; – Pinal Dave&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/05/12/sql-server-how-to-drop-primary-key-contraint/" target="_blank"&gt;SQL SERVER – How to Drop Primary Key Contraint&lt;/a&gt; - Pinal Dave&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2009/05/13/teched-day-1-via-the-biztalk-blog.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;TechEd Day 1 via the BizTalk Blog&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/bsimser" target="_blank"&gt;Bil Simser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001265.html" target="_blank"&gt;The Web Browser Address Bar is the New Command Line&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/CodingHorror" target="_blank"&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2009/05/12/windows-7-removes-the-need-for-quicktime.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Windows 7 Removes the Need for QuickTime&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/keithelder" target="_blank"&gt;Keith Elder&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.andreas-kraus.net/blog/windows-server-2008-ftp-service/" target="_blank"&gt;Windows Server 2008 FTP Service&lt;/a&gt; - Andreas Kraus&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Web Design and Layout&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2009/05/12/cookies-and-security/" target="_blank"&gt;Cookies and security&lt;/a&gt; - Nicholas C. Zakas (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/05/12/Microdata" target="_blank"&gt;Microdata&lt;/a&gt; – Sam Ruby (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/05/using-verbs-as-nouns-in-user-interfaces-ux-roles-in-organizations.php" target="_blank"&gt;Using Verbs As Nouns in User Interfaces | UX Roles in Organizations&lt;/a&gt; - Janet Six (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/brian_henderson" target="_blank"&gt;Brian Henderson&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jenitennison.com/blog/node/103" target="_blank"&gt;What You Can&amp;#39;t Do with HTML5 Microdata&lt;/a&gt; – Jeni Tennison (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mamund" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Amundsen&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bitrepository.com/fancy-faq.html" target="_blank"&gt;Create a Fancy F.A.Q. Page with JQuery&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webdesignbeach.com/beachbar/ajax-fancy-captcha-jquery-plugin" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery Plugin: Ajax Fancy Captcha&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.exploremyblog.com/blog_contents.php?blogid=277" target="_blank"&gt;JQuery 10 Quick Win Plugins&lt;/a&gt; – The Bee Space (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gilbertpellegrom.co.uk/jquery-dropdown-search-panel/" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery Dropdown Search Panel&lt;/a&gt; - Gilbert Pellegrom (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wiki.jqueryui.com/Essential-Controls-List" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery: Essential Controls List&lt;/a&gt; - (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://west-wind.com/Weblog/posts/762598.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;jQuery Sortable Plug-in and unwanted Clicks&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/rickstrahl" target="_blank"&gt;Rick Strahl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2009/05/12/why-these-jquery-worst-practices-arent/" target="_blank"&gt;Why these jQuery worst practices aren’t.&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/lazycoder" target="_blank"&gt;Scott Koon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Podcasts and Videos&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/aspnet/archive/2009/05/11/video-hanselman-discusses-coderush.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Hanselman Discusses CodeRush&lt;/a&gt; - Mehul Harry&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Luca-Bolognese-C-and-VBNET-Co-Evolution-The-Twain-Shall-Meet/" target="_blank"&gt;Luca Bolognese: C# and VB.NET Co-Evolution - The Twain Shall Meet&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ch9" target="_blank"&gt;Channel 9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2009/05/13/Mocking-VISUG-session-(screencast).aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Mocking - VISUG session (screencast)&lt;/a&gt; - (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/aspnet/archive/2009/05/12/announcing-professional-asp-net-devexpress-controls.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Professional ASP.NET DevExpress Controls&lt;/a&gt; - Mehul Harry&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Silverlight, WPF, and RIA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.junnark.com/Articles/Build-a-Silverlight-Web-Chatroom-with-Multiple-Rooms-and-Private-Chat-Part-2.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Build a Silverlight Web Chatroom with Multiple Rooms and Private Chat - Part 2&lt;/a&gt; - Junnark Vicencio&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/09/flash-vs-silverlight-what-suits-your-needs-best/" target="_blank"&gt;Flash vs. Silverlight: What Suits Your Needs Best?&lt;/a&gt; - Muhammad Usama Alam &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shinedraw.com/3d-illusion/flash-vs-silverlight-image-slide-show-using-perspective-3d/" target="_blank"&gt;Flash vs Silverlight: Image Slide Show using Perspective 3D&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/SilverlightNews" target="_blank"&gt;Silverlight News&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.davidpoll.com/?p=42" target="_blank"&gt;Logging Navigation in the Silverlight 3 Beta&lt;/a&gt; – David Poll (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/SilverlightNews" target="_blank"&gt;Silverlight News&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2009/05/11/net-ria-services-may-2009-preview.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;.NET RIA Services May 2009 Preview&lt;/a&gt; – Brad Abrams&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://silverlight.net/forums/t/95364.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;.NET RIA Services May 2009 Preview is Live!&lt;/a&gt; - Mohnani Deepesh (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/timheuer" target="_blank"&gt;Tim Heuer&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/05/Times-AIR-Reader" target="_blank"&gt;New York Times Dropping WPF/Silverlight for Adobe AIR&lt;/a&gt; - Jonathan Allen&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Social Networking&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketingvox.com/ccos-move-up-in-world-peg-social-media-their-top-09-ally-044054/?utm_campaign=rssfeed&amp;amp;utm_source=mv&amp;amp;utm_medium=textlink" target="_blank"&gt;CCOs Move Up in World, Peg Social Media Their Top &amp;#39;09 Ally&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/GeorgeDearing" target="_blank"&gt;George Dearing&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/guybarrette/archive/2009/05/12/your-facebook-fix-on-windows-mobile.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook: Your Facebook fix on Windows Mobile&lt;/a&gt; – Guy Barrette&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/linkedin-superguidetutorials-tips-and-tool/" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn: LinkedIn SuperGuide -Tutorials, Tips and Tools&lt;/a&gt; - Robin Broitman (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/guykawasaki" target="_blank"&gt;Guy Kawasaki&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;amp;taxonomyName=&amp;amp;articleId=9132843&amp;amp;taxonomyId=&amp;amp;intsrc=kc_feat" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter: Twitter Bible: All You Need To Know About Twitter&lt;/a&gt; - C.G. Lynch (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/guykawasaki" target="_blank"&gt;Guy Kawasaki&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Technology Announcements and News&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Development/ReleaseManagement/BetaTestingProgram/tabid/1123/Default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;DotNetNuke Beta Testing Program - CE 5.1.0&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/CalebJenkins" target="_blank"&gt;Caleb Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/05/google-calendar-adds-tasks.html" target="_blank"&gt;Google Calendar Adds Tasks&lt;/a&gt; – Google (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Visual Studio and Other IDEs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2769" target="_blank"&gt;Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 expected as soon as next week&lt;/a&gt; – Mary Jo Foley&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.lavablast.com/post/2009/05/YUI-Compressor-for-Visual-Studio.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;YUI Compressor for Visual Studio&lt;/a&gt; – EtienneT (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/elijahmanor" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Manor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Miscellaneous&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.amd.com/nigeldessau/2009/05/13/power-to-the-people-or-it%e2%80%99s-about-the-consumer-stupid/" target="_blank"&gt;Power to the People (or, it’s About the Consumer, Stupid)&lt;/a&gt; (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/moon" target="_blank"&gt;Paul Mooney&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/second-light-explained-ms-surface-on-steroids-598017?src=rss&amp;amp;attr=all" target="_blank"&gt;Second Light explained: MS Surface on steroids&lt;/a&gt; – Computing News (Suggested by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/brian_henderson" target="_blank"&gt;Brian Henderson&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffreypalermo.com/blog/surviving-the-downturn-panel-discussion-now-online-from-tech-ed-09/" target="_blank"&gt;Surviving the Downturn: Panel discussion now online from Tech Ed 09&lt;/a&gt; – Jeffrey Palermo&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Other Resources&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alvinashcraft.com/2009/05/13/dew-drop-may-13-2009/" target="_blank"&gt;Dew Drop - May 13, 2009&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/alvinashcraft" target="_blank"&gt;Alvin Ashcraft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://urlagg.com/" target="_blank"&gt;URLAgg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upcoming Technology Events&lt;/strong&gt; (Sorted by State)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;---&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau/archive/2009/05/05/may-2009-area-user-group-meetings.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;May 2009 NY/NJ/CT/PA Area Microsoft User Group Meetings&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jrzyshr" target="_blank"&gt;Peter Laudati&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/05/12/best-of-mix-phoenix-silverlight.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Phoenix, AZ – Best of MIX&lt;/a&gt; – May 18th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampPhoenix" target="_blank"&gt;Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix&lt;/a&gt; – August 29th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ctdotnet.org/codecamp2.aspx"&gt;Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET)&lt;/a&gt; – June 13th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://iowacodecamp.com/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Des Moines, IA – Iowa Code Camp&lt;/a&gt; – November 7th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicagocodecamp-blogs.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Chicago, IL – Chicago Code Camp&lt;/a&gt; – May 30th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sptechcon.com" target="_blank"&gt;Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference&lt;/a&gt; – June 22nd-24th, 2009 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.developerfusion.com/event/12569/open-source-bridge/" target="_blank"&gt;Portland, OR – Open Source Bridge&lt;/a&gt; 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