ON THINGS MICROSOFT Vote for the next Azure features - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazure/thread/74167e4c-448b-4647-87c1-96b2fd3481fd Powershell extensions for SQL from Chad Miller in Tampa - http://sqlpsx.codeplex.com/team/view Windows Server 2008 R2 Features Poster - http://blogs.technet.com/mkleef/archive/2009/12/03/windows-server-2008-r2-feature-components-poster.aspx Silverlight Multitouch enabled commercial website - http://www.silverpac.com/multitouch/newpage.html Printing in SL4 (MSDN Docs) - : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee671023(VS.96).aspx Printing in SL3 via 3rd party provider - http://www.smartwebcontrols.com/SmartPrintDetails.aspx CSharp job in Tampa - http://webconnect.sendouts.com/cn_frame.aspx?key=cn&id=Ferreri&startpage=2&catid=4 tiobe programming language survey - http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html biff's PDC newsletter - http://www.biffspdcnewsletter.com windows phone marketplace for wimo 6.0 and 6.1 - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/get-marketplace.mspx silverlight based piracy visualization - http://vfdemo.idvsolutions.com/Piracy/ zune hd games in 3d - lots of new games - http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/ bing maps silverlight control - http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/maps/archive/2009/11/09/bing-maps-silverlight-control-1-0-released.aspx WiMo 6.5 upgrade for AT&T Samsung Jack - www.samsung.com/us/i637/windowsmobileupgrade6_5 m.bing.com is now touchfriendly - http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10387666-248.html?tag=nl.e703 animated particle flow in silverlight - http://nokola.com - plus tutorial - http://nokola.com/blog/post/2009/11/01/Large-Scale-Special-Effects-in-Silverlight-Living-Noise.aspx d&d on surface - http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/29/dd-on-multi-touch-ta.html tmobile getting HTD HD2 (leo) in early november in euro, q1 2010 in USA maybe - http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/htc-hd2-product-launch-on-november-4 , http://www.slashgear.com/htc-hd2-gets-official-hands-on-video-0659275 MISCELLANEOUS iphone v droid - http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/verizon-takes-another-swing-at-atandt-puts-iphone-on-the-island-o/ 10 things abou the iphone - http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/IT-Management/10-Things-to-Hate-About-the-iPhone-572072/?kc=CIOMINUTE11062009CIO1 ZDNet gift guide - http://news.zdnet.com/2463-9595_22-250223.html