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Developer Support Arrives, But Late

The belated support for Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista indicates that the coupling of Microsoft's developer tools and operating systems isn't as tight as it has been?or should be.

Does WPF Matter?

WPF is an interesting technology with a great deal of future potential, but you face some serious obstacles if you want to use it today.

Generics Baseball Sample Scores a Hit

Readers chime in on Dan Fergus' article on generics, including the whereabouts of a missing file.

Running on All Cores

The 1-2-3s of threading your apps for Windows.

More Hassle Than Help

A reader details the changes he would like to see in the magazine now that VSM is under new ownership.

Product Listings: Cizer.Net Reporting 4.0 Developer Edition, More

Learn about the latest and greatest products available from vendors that provide tools and services for Visual Studio .NET.

Add Custom Colors to Your Forms

Make your Windows Forms apps shine with custom color palettes; pros and cons for creating apps with an Office 2007 look-and-feel; and drill down on anonymous methods in C# and VB .NET.

Blazing the Open Source Trail

DotNetNuke's CEO Shaun Walker hooked up with VSM's editor in chief Patrick Meader to discuss the formation of DotNetNuke, the project's core features, and what's next for the open source ASP.NET-based Web application framework.

Are You a Visual Studio All Star?

VSM wants to find the rock star developers in our community and write about them. Do you have what it takes to be a Visual Studio All Star?

Get Yer Hot New Downloads

There's too much going on in the Visual Studio space for any one developer to keep track of it all?so we're going to do it for you. New downloads available include Visual Studio SP1 and the latest Orcas CTP.

Give Applications a Voice

Speech synthesis and recognition in .NET

Clean Up Your AJAX Security

How secure is your AJAX? This book can help you avoid the security pitfalls.

Chart FX Gauges, More

Learn about the latest and greatest products available from vendors that provide tools and services for Visual Studio .NET.

The Open Group and Enterprise Architecture

Steven Nunn from the Open Group, an enterprise architecture framework and certification body, weighs in on the theory and practice of enterprise architecture.

Letters

A reader learns about the sale of VSM and its parent company and seeks clarification of the magazine's future direction.

Delivering on Enterprise Mobility

Mobility is infiltrating the enterprise in a big way; if you aren't creating mobile-based applications today, you soon will be.

Integrate Modeling and Design Pattern

Learn how combining application modeling with patterns can help you automate your development process. Then delve into how aspect-oriented modeling can help you take full advantage of this approach

Build Geographic Mashups

Take advantage of Microsoft Virtual Earth to build a popular new Internet application type: the mashup.

Getting From Requirements to Code

IT faces challenges in solving complex business problems with technology. Find out how MDD offers a solution to improve communication, reduce technical complexity, and eliminate errors.

DeskSimplify Programmatic File Access

Access files in different locations using the same code, whether the files reside on a file server, a Web server, or an FTP server.

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