7 links from the past 14 days

Sun, September 9, 2007, 04:06 PM under Links
If you've been living under a rock (or on a remote disconnected beach) for the past 2 weeks, then below is what you have missed.
And if you have been online for the past 14 days, then you get a yellow card for every link you are not aware off (2 yellows make a red and you are sent off ;)

1. Silverlight v1.0 was released for Windows and Mac OS X, Linux to follow. TBH, I was expecting the release date to coincide with Mix:UK as I may have hinted, but clearly I was wrong. Read more here.

2. Plans for Windows Vista SP1 are made public. Read more here.

3. Release date period for Windows Server 2008 refined. Read more here.

4. ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 2 released. Read more here.

5. OpenNETCF launch public community site for mobile and embedded developers. Read more here.

6. The first UK SQL Server community conference has opened registration. Read more here.

7. Now THAT'S innovation! I've always explained how touch screens suffer from the obvious problem of the stylus/finger/hand obscuring the line of sight and hence the touch precision. How about a double sided touch screen with a few additional twists? I very strongly encourage you to watch the entire 3 minute video. Read/watch more here.