Here. "[I]n VS.NET 2003, the latest version that supports the .NET Framework 1.1 and available in beta version to MSDN subscribers, C# projects allow you to add your shell commands to the pre-build and post-build events during the project build." A cool VS.NET trick from my VS.NET Info Center Q&A Forum.

Here. "Not so many years ago, serious image processing meant using highly specialized hardware when same-day service was required. However, microprocessor manufacturers have consistently delivered exponential performance improvements for so long that even relatively modest client systems can now perform non-trivial image manipulation very quickly. These client capabilities were especially aided by the introduction of Streaming SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) Extensions to Intel® processors a few years ago, along with Intel's highly-optimized libraries for exploiting the technology. This article shows how to take advantage of these libraries in .NET client applications."

Here. From Ryan Dawson: I had talked earlier in the week to Chris about an application I was developing, and I said I would post it as a news item when it was finsihed (I should say just started, I am not close to being finished). If you are interested in advancing this program, please contact me -rd933@msn.com.

Here. From Spencer Harbar: The .NET Passport Manager Source Licensing Program enables developers and other interested individuals to access and use Passport Manager Source code for both commercial and noncommercial purposes, including the creation and distribution of derivatives of the licensed source code for non-Windows applications. Licensees are free to use the source code also to develop, debug, and support their own commercial software for integration with .NET Passport. Passport Manager Source code is available for installation with any version of .NET Passport.

Here. From Jesse Ezell: Ximian released mono 0.17 today: "Many new features as well as plenty of bug fixes. Many new System.Data providers and a more mature System.Web (ASP.NET) which can now be hosted in any web server. A simple test web server to host asp.net has been released as well."

Here. From John Bristowe: "Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET is the released and supported version of the Web Services Development Kit Technology Preview (WSDK)."

Here. "Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET (WSE) provides advanced Web services functionality for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Microsoft .NET Framework developers to support the latest Web services capabilities. Enterprise ready applications can be developed quickly with the support of security features such as digital signature and encryption, message routing capabilities, and the ability to include message attachments that are not serialized into XML. Functionality is based on the WS-Security, WS-Routing, WS-Attachments and DIME specifications." In their own wonderful way, Microsoft has changed the name yet again to the set of classes that they've put together to do heavy-duty web services stuff. It was GXA, then WSDK and now it is, finally and officially, the Web Services Enhancements (WSE). If you liked it with the old names, you'll love it with the new name. : )

Here. "When I started looking at the source code for rotor, I couldn’t believe how invaluable it was. I also wanted to have an easy way of viewing classes in the files. So I wrote this little utility to help me out, to find common namespaces, classes, delegates, enums, etc in the source files." This is an online browsable resource for digging into the source for a lot of the CLR base class library. Fabulous! [JasonW or SamG -- it's hard to know]