There is More Content than Just the Front Page on DotNetKicks

beckelman.net — Are you tired of going to DotNetKicks and finding the same stories on the front page for days in a row? Trust me, there is some great content out there that never makes the front page. You just have to look a little deeper. When you do, you can help put some of that great new content in front of the masses. Even if you don’t submit stories yourself, you can still help out by giving the initial votes that push a story to the front page. read more...

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Netflix to Lay Off 50. Blames Silverlight.

money.cnn.com — In a corporate blog post today, Netflix (NFLX) said 50 of its technical specialists in its customer service group will be let go at the start of next year. The reason? The company isn’t blaming the economy, it’s blaming Microsoft’s (MSFT) Silverlight read more...

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LINQ-to-Entities: The Blackberry Storm of ORMs?

hackification.com — Opinion article on how LINQ-to-Entities currently seems to compare unfavorably to LINQ-to-SQL. read more...

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Introducing Silverlight Contrib

submitted by pbrooks 4 months, 14 days ago

pagebrooks.com — I've just started a new project on CodePlex called Silverlight Contrib. The aim of this project is to offer the most comprehensive collection of free and open source Silverlight controls. The first drop is very small, but with support from the community, I hope to grow this collection into a full suite of controls that you can incorporate into your solutions. read more...

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Silverlight Particle Generator

published 4 months, 19 days ago, submitted by Jemm 4 months, 19 days ago

blog.nerdplusart.com — Cool particle effects live demo done with Silverlight. Sources are available, too! read more...

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Why I'm Unimpressed With Rawness Of Skillz

jondavis.net — Since forever, geeks who take themselves seriously have loved to brag such things as, "I use Notepad to edit web pages". Carrying this over to actual programming, "I never click into the designer when editing my ASPX", or "I never design a database using designer tools, I always design it all using raw T-SQL," or "I always update my SVN from the command line". (Someone in a local tech user group bears the post signature, "Real men use Notepad.") Puhleeze. I'm not impressed, and frankly I think anyone who brags like this should get a swift kick in the pants. read more...

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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

published 5 months, 2 days ago, submitted by wisemx 5 months, 2 days ago

microsoft.com — Customers and partners worldwide confirm mission-critical applications, enterprise-class data warehousing support. read more...

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ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview Available

weblogs.asp.net — From ScottGu's blog. Today we released an updated ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview. This new dynamic data preview now works with the standard built-in ASP.NET data controls (GridView, ListView, FormView, DetailsView, etc). The dynamic data support enables these controls to automatically handle foreign-key relationships. read more...

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