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Article of the Day
Getting started with 3D XNA Friday 30 Jul | David Conrad
XNA Game Studio is not the easiest starting point for 3D graphics but we show you how to get started with a simple 3D project and explain the how and why..
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Programming News and Views
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MonoDroid - .NET for Android 30 Jul | Harry Fairhead
 MonoDroid will allow .NET programmers to create apps for the Android platform. Sign up for the beta test now.
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Perl 6 preview release 30 Jul | Harry Fairhead
 Perl 6 is now available in a preview release, Rakudo Star. Why has it taken ten years to get there and is Perl 6 even relevant any more?
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Kindle goes WiFi - lower price 29 Jul | Mike James
 Amazon has announced two new Kindle models and it's WiFi that is the big new feature. WiFi connectivity makes Kindle content delivery cheaper and more open.
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ASP .NET MVC 3 Preview 28 Jul | Ian Elliot
 A preview of version 3 of the ASP .NET MVC framework is available before programmers have had time to settle in with version 2. Microsoft seems to be serious about making MVC the way to do ASP.
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OpenGL 4.1 27 Jul | David Conrad
 OpenGL 4.1 takes on DirectX. As Microsoft struggles to find a coherent way of bringing 3D to the web, OpenGL just gets on with the job.
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Parallel Nsight - another shot in the GPU war 26 Jul | Harry Fairhead
 NVIDA has released CUDA 3.1 and Parallel Nsight - a Visual Studio addon aimed at making general purpose GPU (GPGPU) programming more mainstream. But what is really needed is a hardware-agnostic approach to the problem.
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Joomla! the future 23 Jul | Ian Elliot
 Joomla! is perhaps the most popular PHP based CMS on the web. An interview with its co-founder and core developer, Andrew Eddie, about the open source project that is Joomla is well worth reading.
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Kindle outsells hardbacks 23 Jul | Mike James
 The Kindle is holding its ground against the iPad according to recent sales figures that reveal that Kindle books outsell hardbacks. But is it really this simple?
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Less than a year of IP addresses left 22 Jul | Harry Fairhead
 Is it another Y2K? We have less than a year before we run out of allocatable Internet addresses. Does this matter? What can be done?
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Part Two of the Kar-Rek Saga 21 Jul | Alex Armstrong
 How far would you go to get to Java One. Kar-Rek for one would vaporise his boss to get there.
Part II of the saga of Java, aliens and cringe.
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Web developers get certified 21 Jul | Sue Gee
 In today's competitive job market having credentials to prove your skills can be a real advantage. More and more vendors are introducing certification schemes and the latest is for ASP.NET web developers.
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Updated tools for Visual Studio 2010 20 Jul | Ian Elliot
 Some new Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2010 are just waiting for you to download. But even free software isn't worth the effort unless it does something better. How much power does a Power Tool have?
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Zip for the Genome - G-SQueeZ 19 Jul | Mike James
 The G-SQueeZ algorithm is a new way of compressing genome data that could save a lot of money - but does it deserve to be patented?
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Java helps aliens 18 Jul | Alex Armstrong
 Go to Java One and be among friends and like-minded delegates from the planet Lu-Zor.
So just like last year then.
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Book Review of the Day
Pro Android 2 Friday 30 Jul
Author: Sayed Hashimi, Satya Komatineni & Dave MacLean Publisher: Apress Pages: 736 ISBN: 978-1430226598 Aimed at: Programmers with Java experience. Rating: 4.5 Pros: Very informative and comprehensive Cons: A bit dense and dry Reviewed by: Harry Fairhead
Although this book starts from the beginning and goes through the entire process of creating an Android application, it isn't a beginner's book and it certanly doesn't spoon feed the reader.
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Book Watch
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Sharepoint 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Microsoft Press) 30 Jul
Pocket-sized guide delivers ready answers. Topics include deployment, site configuration, enterprise content management, search and indexing, workflows, shared service providers, information management policies, scalability, availability, security, logging and processing analysis, and backup and recovery. <ASIN:0735627223>
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CUDA by Example (Addison Wesley) 29 Jul
CUDA is a computing architecture designed to facilitate the development of parallel programs. This book shows programmers how to employ this new technology to draw on the immense power of graphics processing units (GPUs) when building high-performance applications. <ASIN: 0131387685>
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Beginning SharePoint 2010 Development (Wrox) 28 Jul
Takes you from the basics of SharePoint 2010, to installing and configuring a development environment, and on into how you can develop for SharePoint. The book is heavy on coding exercises, but tries to stick to a common set of .NET patterns to ensure you walk away with understanding the different ways in which you can code for SharePoint.
<ASIN:0470584637>
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Advanced Qt Programming (Prentice Hall) 27 Jul
Qt is a powerful solution for cross-platform desktop, Web, and mobile development. Subtitled "Creating Great Software with C++ and Qt 4" this book focuses on model/view and graphics/view programming, hybrid desktop/Web applications, threading, and applications incorporating media and rich text.
<ASIN:0321635906>
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Office 2010: The Missing Manual (Pogue Press) 26 Jul
Whether you're new to Microsoft Office or have used it for years, this clear and friendly primer in the Missing Manual series helps you be productive with Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and the other Office apps from day one. Learn what's new and get a complete, step-by-step guide to each of its main programs, along with details on Publisher, OneNote, and Office Web Apps.
<ASIN:1449382401>
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Using Google AdWords and AdSense (Que) 23 Jul
Designed to help new users master Google AdWords and AdSense quickly, it starts with a concise, friendly, straight-to-the-point guide. The book is fully integrated with a collection of online learning resources: online video, screencasts, podcasts, and additional web content, all designed to reinforce key concepts and help you achieve real mastery.
<ASIN:0789743957>
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The D Programming Language (Addison-Wesley) 22 Jul
An authoritative and comprehensive introduction to D covering all aspects of the language such as expressions, statements, types, functions, contracts, and modules. Written for the working programmer it introduces the D language and presents good practices and idioms to help your coding with D and in general.
<ASIN:0321635361>
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The Essential Guide to Flash Games (Friends of Ed) 21 Jul
This book dives straight into building games using ActionScript 3, covering everything from old classics such as a Missile Command-style game, to new genres such as retro evolved. The chapters build in complexity through the book, and new tools are introduced along the way that can be reused for other games.
<ASIN:1430226145>
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