[TechRepublic] .NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 11 Beta: What you need to know

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.NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 11 Beta: What you need to know After wading through release notes and developer blogs, Justin James distills what he learned about what .NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 11 Beta have to offer. Read more Resource of the day Rethink Your Storage With IBM Data storage is an interesting thing. While it's easy to add more storage with band-aid solutions, before long, you'll need to seriously rethink how you store. For some advice, turn to this white paper. Developer news: Rails updates, SQL Server 12, more Azure pricing cuts Read about PHP 5.4.0, IronPython 2.7.2.1, Bing Maps for Metro style apps, NetBeans IDE 7.1.1, why Visual Basic is better than C#, and more. Read more Software development madness at codepaLOUsa Tony Patton shares his thoughts about the recent codepaLOUsa software development conference and explains why he recommends the event to .NET developers. Read more Poll: Are you learning HTML5? Developers, take this poll to let us know whether you started your HTML5 learning plan. Read more Develop PowerShell code within Visual Studio Former PowerShell skeptic Tony Patton describes how the PowerGUI Visual Studio Extension brings PowerShell development into Visual Studio. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Windows 8 dev camps go nationwide A series of Metro developer camps, hosted by Microsoft, are coming to a capital city near you. Read more Mobile developer news: Android Design V2, BlackBerry 10 Jam Justin James highlights four mobile development stories, which includes news about Syncfusion's free Metro icons. Read more The five best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes of all time Jay Garmon ranks the top five episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. See if your favorite TNG episode is on his list. Read more Featured multimedia   Web design inspiration: 10 Health and wellness websites Ryan Boudreaux picked this gallery of ten websites highlighting some examples of companies and organizations that deliver excellent experiences for those seeking advice, information, and interactive tools on health and wellness. View on site 10 years of SpaceX milestones Over the last decade, Elon Musk's company has made it possible for NASA to rely on private industry to deliver crucial cargo to the International Space Station. View on site Are aliens on our sun? (gallery) Take some NASA videos, keen eyes, and Internet input - plus Photoshop and YouTube - and you've got a raging conspiracy theory. View on site Today's recommended downloads Download the IDC Ten Best Practices Report: Cloud Service Selection and Management (CSC) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Rethink Your Storage With IBM (IBM) Live Webcast: Businesses Using Microsoft Office 365 Experience Amazing ROI (Microsoft) Video: Panasonic Chooses Collaboration (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic Welcome to the Asian Technology blog The Asian Technology blog will keep you up to date on new innovations and tech news originating from Asia. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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