[TechRepublic] Visual Studio 11: A refined and disappointing experience

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Visual Studio 11: A refined and disappointing experience Justin James gives his initial impressions of the Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Beta, in which he highlights the benefits and drawbacks of the new products. Read more Resource of the day Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Leading experts from Gartner and Symantec break down the emerging information management challenges that organisations like yours face and, more importantly, offer solutions to address them. Watch this informative webcast now! Additional TechRepublic resources   W3C releases CSS 3 variables draft A specification for using variables in CSS has reached the first standardisation milestone. Read more jsFiddle: An online playground for your JavaScript, HTML, CSS jsFiddle lets developers play with the three core elements of Web development. Check out this powerful application for rapid prototyping and testing. Read more Poll: How much of your logic is in services? Let us know whether all, some, or none of your non-UI logic is in services by taking this developer poll. Read more Tutorial: jQuery Show, Hide, and Toggle functions Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates how to use the jQuery Hide, Show, and Toggle functions. Read more When can Android devs target ICS? Developers need to have a very good reason to solely target Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest and greatest version of Android. Read more 2012 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominees George R. R. Martin, Rachel Swirsky, and John Scalzi are among this year's Hugo nominees. Find out who else is nominated, as well as the finalists for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Read more Featured multimedia   Exhibit explores 'The Art of Video Games' (images) New exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates 40 years of gaming. View on site 50 sexy costumes from Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. Here are 50 of the sexiest costumes of ECCC 2012 that we collected from folks who uploaded their photos to Flickr. View on site Today's recommended downloads Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Does Your Cloud Storage Strategy Measure Up? (Oracle) The Right Way to Prove Identity & Establish Trust (Quest Software) Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution (Quest Software) Why The Change in Backup Licensing Models? (Quest Software) Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! 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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