This Way-Cool 'Internet' Doohickey
It wasn't all that long ago that surfing meant grabbing a board and hanging 10.
Keith Ward

Fundamental Laws
Programmers will never develop great software until they learn that it’s not about themselves.
David Platt

Thinking Outside the Grid
In Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, using a Canvas or a single-cell Grid seems very similar. The difference is in how the container appears to the rest of the layout system. Canvas doesn’t participate in layout, so you can use it whenever you need to transcend layout.
Charles Petzold

Using the Dynamic Keyword in C# 4.0
C# 4 provide a new dynamic keyword that enables dynamic typing in what has traditionally been a strongly typed language. We explain how the dynamic keyword works and what it offers that casting, var, and System.Object can't match.
Dino Esposito

LINQ Projection Queries and Alternatives in WCF Services
LINQ's ability to project randomly shaped data into anonymous types can be a blessing and a source of frustration, says Julie Lerman. It’s great when you just need to grab a special view of your data, but it can be problematic in certain circumstances. She explains what the limitations are and how to get around them.
Julie Lerman

Regular Expression Denial of Service Attacks and Defenses
Microsoft security expert Bryan Sullivan believes denial-of-service blackmail attacks will become more common as privilege escalation attacks become more difficult to execute. He demonstrates how to protect your apps against regular expression DoS threats.
Bryan Sullivan

Going NoSQL with MongoDB
MongoDB is one of the principal tools of the NoSQL movement, which offers alternatives to the traditional relational database system. Learn its strengths and weaknesses as Ted Neward examines the document-based database in detail in the first of a series of columns.
Ted Neward