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Jack Greenfield recently published an article on using software factories in supply chains for Methods and Tools. 
Also, many people have asked about the article he wrote about factories vs. MDA for the Perspectives of the IASA.

Ford and Fiat now propose options allowing you to connect Bluetooth devices to their cars. Driver can give phone calls, consult his contacts list, or listen to MP3 content of the device, using voice command or car integrated commands. The underlying system is Windows Automotive, based on Windows CE. let"s bet Windows CE will be more and more present in the car industry in the future. You can view videos on the Windows Automotive Web site.

(from Olivier"s Embedded Blog)

The UK Further Education Blog has this entry on When data goes bad...a student study.

It discusses and motivates about this world of web-enabled everything.
That"s where SkyDrive comes in as a part of the Windows Live @ Edu mail service.

If you chuckle at this comic strip, congratulations!  You are a security geek.  If you don"t chuckle, it is never too late to become one.  Read my blog more, and you will become one.

Thanks TechJunkie for forwarding.

Don Syme"s WebLog on F# and Other Research Projects has the announcement of F# 1.9.2.9 including a pre-release of new F# functionality called asynchronous workflows.

Also on his blog:

New Codeplex Project: F# Programming Samples
Jason Hogg implements the SecPAL for simplified English grammar in F#
F#/OCaml Job at Microsoft: Static Driver Verifier and PreFast for Drivers
F# Job at MSR Cambridge: Software Engineer in Data Mining and Machine Learning

Eugene Siu"s blog mentions:

I have just published a Technet article.  This is geared for administrators and developers as an introduction to web service security.  It contains lots of references that allow you to deepend your knowledge of web service security.

In this paper on http://windowsclient.net, David Chappell discusses WPFs unified presentation platform and how it helps designers and developers collaborate more closely to create rich, immersive Windows user interfaces. Discover how the common programming model for standalone and browser user interface applications works in tandem with Windows Forms, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX as well Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend, Web, Design, and Media.

O Microsoft Expression Blend é uma ferramenta de design profissional que permite criar aplicações de última geração, misturando o poder do desktop e da Web. Crie com o Blend interfaces inovadoras e colabore com programadores para transformar os conceitos mais radicais em realidade. Crie designs inovadores misturando vídeo, vectores, textos, animações, bitmaps, e objectos 3D. Proporcione mais performance, usabilidade e experiências igualmente ricas, aos seus usuários. Agora o seu design já pode sair dos limites do browser para tirar proveito do desktop.

Faça já o download da trial e experimente!

Saiba mais sobre este produto na Expression European Designer Tour que passará por Portugal no dia 24 de Outubro de 2007. Faça já o seu registo para participar nesta conferência gratuita.  

Since you asked for it: some Channel 9  posted videos on XNA:

• XNA Development Part 1: Getting Started with the XNA Framework
• XNA Development Part 2: Differences Between Windows and XBOX Game Development
• XNA Development Part 3: The Five Essential Gaming Methods
• XNA Development Part 4: Facing (or Aiming at) Your Opponent
• Looking at XNA - Part One
• Looking at XNA - Part Two
• Jeff Henshaw and David Alles - Xbox 360 and Media Center: Living room of the future
• Michael Tipping - Machine learning research for use on Xbox