interesting reading and activities this week - Out Of The Box - Site Home

Updates to Live Search and Live Maps
- Check out the maps
Updated Live Search for Mobile app
XBOX predicted to outsell the Wii. Thanks HALO3.
Video: Raikes, Gates Talk UC on CNN
For my MAC friends, potential Office 2008 features
More on Astoria.
- I like to show tables, then customers, then the famous ALFKI, then their orders, then order 10643, etc.
- Combined with a talk on LINQ.
Learned about Interactive Media Manager (IMM), one of our products that is built on Sharepoint and Silverlight.
Learned about IIS7 Media Pack. Throttling is cool!
PhizzPop is released. It's a designer site.
Dino gives the scoop on our SOA strategy to InfoQ. Also check out the link to the Microsoft study.
How about EV Certs on LiveID, as well as supporting CardSpace.
How about Silverlight on the Discovery Channel site. I love "Dirty Jobs" and Mythbusters.
How about the beta of the next Channel9 design, using Silverlight.
Recently released Expedia Fare Tracker Vista Sidebar Gadget. Cool.
Soapbox announces the future move to Silverlight (via Sean Alexander).
ESB Guidance site
Anybody going to Mobile Connections in early NOV?
In this paper, David Chappell discusses WPFs unified presentation platform...
PHP on Windows? Yep, if you need it.
Another Live Quick App, Adventure Works Resorts, added to the list
'unofficial' Silverlight Streaming gallery
I got a DevLink jersey! Pictures coming soon.