The MVC framework is fully extensible at all points, allowing developers to create sophisticated structures that meet their needs, including for example Dependency Injection (DI) techniques, new view rendering engines or specialized controllers.

As the ASP.NET MVC framework is built on ASP.NET 3.5, developers can take advantage of many existing ASP.NET 3.5 features, such as localization, authorization, Profile etc.

The Final Release of the ASP.NET MVC has been released. View this post for more information.

The MVC framework is fully extensible at all points, allowing developers to create sophisticated structures that meet their needs, including for example Dependency Injection (DI) techniques, new view rendering engines or specialized controllers.

As the ASP.NET MVC framework is built on ASP.NET 3.5, developers can take advantage of many existing ASP.NET 3.5 features, such as localization, authorization, Profile etc.

A couple of issues have been reported with the RC. This is the refreshed version (01/30/2009).

The Release Candidate 2 of the ASP.NET MVC has been released. View this post for more information.

Microsoft released the official Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate two days ago.

Internet Explorer 8 is the latest version of the familiar web browser you are most comfortable using, helping you get everything you want from the web faster, easier, more privately and securely than ever before.

• Faster Internet Explorer 8 is more responsive with new pages and tabs, opening up fast and reliably. You can now get to the information you care about most, in fewer steps; one click access to your webmail, favorite news sites or other online services.
• Easier Reduce the steps to accomplish many common tasks, and automate your access to real time information updates. You can keep track of your favorite sports team, news, weather with a single click.
• More Private Helps protect your privacy and confidential information where ever you go on the web.
• More Secure Helps protect and stop malicious software from reaching your PC, and makes it easier to detect when a website is an imposter.

The final version of the Internet Explorer 8 has been released on the 19th March 2009. Please read this post for more information and download links.

Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 – Release Candidate, formerly known as Commerce Server 2007 code name “Mojave”, is the final pre-release of the next version of Commerce Server.

Commerce Server 2009 delivers the ability to increase your business reach by making it possible to sell via multiple channels using an out-of-the-box shopping site, SharePoint Commerce Services, and the Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation. The new out-of-the-box shopping site leverages SharePoint Commerce Services, which provides a gallery of ASP.NET 3.5 Web Parts, a comprehensive e-commerce shopping feature-set, and technology integration between Commerce Server and SharePoint technologies. The Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation provides a new unified, extensible run-time programming model for Commerce Server, including new run-time e-commerce capabilities.

This Release Candidate is the last pre-release before final release of the product. While this version contains a limited “use in production” license, it is a time-bombed release and you will need to acquire the product through your Volume Licensing, MSDN or ISV channels in the near future. This pre-release requires an installed version of Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Enterprise or Standard Edition. This release is not compatible with Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition.

You must uninstall all previous Commerce Server CTP versions. Leveraging a clean system that has never had a previous version of a Commerce Server CTP installed upon it is strongly recommended.

The Commerce Server 2009 product documentation will automatically be installed as part of setup and will replace the existing Commerce Server 2007 documentation set. Once installed, you can review the documentation by going to Start> All Programs> Microsoft Commerce Server 2009> Documentation> Commerce Server Documentation.

Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 on Connect

Microsoft updated the December Partner Build (RC1) of the Internet Explorer 8. This build contains the fix to MSRC MS08-078. Please read the IEBlog for more information. All Internet Explorer users should read the article above to ensure that they are safe.

Just as with the IE8 December Partner Build, this build represents a preview of Microsofts progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While the IE Team believes it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone build, so it is not meant for the general public but only for testing purposes.

The buildtag of this version is 8.00.6001.18344 (longhorn_ie8_rc1(wmbla).081211-1138).

The Official Release Candidate 1 of the Internet Explorer 8 has been released on the 26th January 2009. Please read this post for more information and download links.

The next milestone of the Internet Explorer 8 (RC1, “December Partner Build”) has been released to the Technical beta testers. This build represents a preview of Microsofts progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While Microsoft believes it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone build, so it is not meant for the general public but only for testing purposes.

The Release Candidate 1 of the Internet Explorer 8 has been updated on the 17th December. Please read this post for more information and download links.

• Support for Visual Studio 2008 SP1
• Support for Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
• File system (including emulator support)
• Significant DPWS improvements
• WiFi support (pending hardware availability)
• Performance optimizations
• New sample code and improved documentation
• Lots of Bugfixes

The .NET Micro Framework is a .NET platform for extremely resource-constrained devices. It includes a small version of the .NET CLR and supports development in C# and debugging (in an emulator or on hardware), both using Microsoft Visual Studio. It also features a subset of the .NET base class libraries (about 70 classes with about 420 methods), a GUI framework loosely based on Windows Presentation Foundation, and additional libraries specific to embedded applications.

The .NET Micro Framework aims to make embedded development easier, faster, and less expensive by giving embedded developers access to the modern technologies and tools used by desktop application developers. Additionally, it allows desktop .NET developers to use their skills in the embedded world, enlarging the pool of qualified embedded developers.

Changes in version 3.0:

• Visual Studio 2008 now supported: .NET Micro Framework V3.0 now runs under Visual Studio 2008. Additionally, .NET Micro Framework V2.5 projects can also be built using VS 2008 and the .NET Micro Framework V3.0.
• DPWS CodeGen tools: The .NET Micro Framework v3.0 now includes a tool, MFSvcUtil.Exe that can be used to generate .NET Micro Framework DPWS client proxies and DPWS Service stubs from WSDL files.
• USB Device support: In addition to allowing debugging over USB, hardware running the .NET Micro Framework 3.0 can now act as USB devices using the Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.UsbClient namespace.
• Stylus/Touch Panel support: Using touchscreen-enabled hardware, or the new touchscreen emulator, you can create code that reacts when UI elements are pressed, captures “ink” for signatures or jotted notes, or handles gestures for UI navigation. You can access this functionality through Microsoft.SPOT.Touch, Microsoft.SPOT.Ink, and new extensions to the Microsoft.SPOT.Presentation namespaces.
• Secure Sockets support: The .NET Micro Framework v3.0 now supports Secure Sockets Layer (*SSL) networking for secure communications.

A newer version of the .NET Micro Framework SDK has been released. Read this post for more information and download links.

If you are a participant of the Beta Program on Microsoft Connect you can download them there. Microsoft will ship the media only to those who ask them within the next two weeks.

Additional, Microsoft released a new version of the EBS Preparation and Planning Wizards which can be downloaded here.

RC1 Loc Participation Survey: http://connect.microsoft.com/centro/Survey/Survey.aspx?SurveyID=6941