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ASP.NET and Silverlight Conference with Scott Guthrie and Visual Studio 2010 Launch! - Saturday, February 27, 2010
Hear Scott Guthrie and key speakers talk about Silverlight 4, ASP.NET 4.0, MVC, AJAX etc - and see how it’s all supported in Visual Studio 2010! We'll even throw in the global Launch of Visual Studio 2010! Early bird ends March 8!

Enhance Your Web Application with Components from the ASP.NET Control Gallery - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Add social bookmarking, time and weather, file and folder browsing, and more to your web applications with the newest components in the ASP.NET Control Gallery!

New Articles and Updates to the ASP.NET Wiki - Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Expand and share your knowledge about Provider Factory, Xml Serializer, ASP.NET Chart, and more in the ASP.NET Wiki. Earn Community Recognition points by contributing!

Listen to Four New Podcasts - Monday, February 22, 2010
Don't miss The Misfit Geek's chat with Silverlight Geek Jesse Liberty, plus new podcasts from Hanselminutes, .NET Rocks!, and Coding QA.

Get Popular Web Applications with the Windows Web App Gallery - Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Windows Web App Gallery provides instant access to the most popular FREE web applications available today. With just a few clicks you can install any of the over 20 popular web applications such as CMS, blogs, wikis, e-commerce and more. Be up and running in just minutes. For more information or to browse the Application Gallery, please visit the Web Application Gallery page.

Microsoft ASP.NET: Create Dynamic Web Applications - Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Attend an upcoming live webcast or download the on-demand sessions and learn about the improvements in Microsoft ASP.NET 4. Hear about new controls and templating capabilities that enable rich Web development for applications using a variety of server-side technologies, new features of ASP.NET AJAX 4, and enhancements being made to server controls. Dive in and explore this content today.

New Additions to the ASP.NET Control Gallery! - Friday, February 12, 2010
Add GIS, multiple file uploading, image resizing, and additional capabilities to your web applications with the newest additions to the ASP.NET Control Gallery.

ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidates Now Available! - Thursday, February 11, 2010
Download ASP.NET 4 RC and Visual Studio 2010 RC which are now available with "go-live" licenses that allow you to use them on production machines. To learn more about this release, read Scott Guthrie’s blog post.

Download ASP.NET MVC 2 Release Candidate 2 - Friday, February 05, 2010
ASP.NET MVC is a free, fully supported framework that enables developers to quickly build standards-based, SEO-friendly Web sites by offering complete control over the HTML and URLs. Learn more about this release, and provide feedback to the team.

New Articles and Updates to the ASP.NET Wiki - Thursday, February 04, 2010
Expand and share your knowledge about the AJAX Control Toolkit, ASP.NET Open Source Projects, Web Services, and more in the ASP.NET Wiki. Earn Community Recognition points by contributing!

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Just Got Easy - Monday, February 01, 2010
Start with the free download, review your website, and make changes fast. The SEO Toolkit with its detailed analysis and search engine friendly suggestions helps improve the relevance of your website in search results right away. The SEO Toolkit will help you increase website traffic and revenue, influence and update search engines, and improve customer experience. For more information or to download, please visit the Free SEO Toolkit page.

Six New Upcoming Webcasts! - Friday, January 29, 2010
Don't miss upcoming webcasts on ASP.NET Web Forms and AJAX 4! Register for an upcoming webcast to hear directly from the product team and industry experts on current and upcoming technologies, or watch the archived webcasts.

Listen to New Podcasts - Wednesday, January 27, 2010
We’ve added more shows to the Podcasts page. Listen to hours of podcasts on issues of interest to all ASP.NET developers from .NET Rocks!, Hanselminutes, the Misfit Geek, and more.

Learn about ASP.NET MVC 2 with Scott Guthrie's New Blog Series - Friday, January 22, 2010
Scott Guthrie kicks off a new multi-part ASP.NET MVC 2 blog series and dives into new strongly types HTML helpers and enhanced model validation across both server and client.

New Articles and Updates to the ASP.NET Wiki - Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Wiki continues to grow with new and updated Wiki Articles on creating menus with Javacript, LINQ, and SqlDataAdapter, ASP.NET MVC best practices, improving performance, and more. Share your knowledge and earn Community Recognition points by contributing to the ASP.NET Wiki.

Trademark issues could derail new gTLDs at ICANN meeting - Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Trademark protection, costs and cybersecurity threats are some of the issues likely to derail the introduction of new Internet generic top-level domains, being discussed at a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Board this week in Nairobi.

Officials cloud status of Google-China talks - Monday, March 08, 2010
China's IT ministry has not formally talked to Google about its row with the Chinese government, an official said, leaving unclear the status of negotiations after the ministry's head said Google was holding talks with the Chinese government.

Microsoft to pull plug on business server package - Friday, March 05, 2010
Microsoft will discontinue development of Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) as of June 30, the company announced via a blog.

Narus develops a scary sleuth for social media - Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Narus is developing a new technology that sleuths through billions of pieces of data on social networks and Internet services and connects the dots.

Durbin to introduce Internet human rights bill - Tuesday, March 02, 2010
A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that would impose criminal or civil penalties on U.S. Internet companies that bow to pressure from foreign governments and violate human rights.

ICANN head visiting China after 'dot-China' request - Monday, March 01, 2010
The head of the global Internet addressing authority will visit China this week, according to people briefed on the matter, highlighting questions about China's Web censorship after it applied to offer domain names that end with Chinese characters.

How To Get the Most Out of a Webmaster - Monday, February 06, 2006
You have decided to put up a new website. Congratulations! Now the work begins. Within this article, are some items you will want to consider as your website comes to life.

How To Build Yourself a Successful Website - Monday, February 06, 2006
Are you getting ready to start a new web project? Or are you planning to create new pages for your current website? If so this article is for you. Here are seven quick steps to help you get started on the right foot.

How to Design Your Website - Monday, February 06, 2006
Why do some websites sell better than others? Do you need a marketing degree to create a website? Does design have much impact on sales?

How To Make Your Website Accessible - Monday, February 06, 2006
Here is a checklist you can use, to determine if your Website is as accessible as it could be.

How To Use Flash in Web Design - Monday, February 06, 2006
One of the most useful programs that Macromedia offers is Flash. Some people use it to create highly professional animations and some use it for web design. In the area of web design, it is already taking the place of Javascript. While web designers were creating cool drop-down menus with lines and lines of Javascript some years ago, now it is as easy as a click in Flash.