The Daily Grind 744

Two kids asleep with tummyaches last night - yes, we had a fine Halloween.

Software

• C-Sharpener For VB 2.0 - A fresh version of this VB to C# conversion tool is out.
• Windows SharePoint Services: IntelliSense XML File - Make writing code against SharePoint a bit more pleasant. (via TheServerSide.NET)
• .NET Compact Framework 2.0 End User Download - Another part of the .NET 2.0 release wave.
• Oracle Database 10g Express Edition - Looks like this is officially announced now, so you can get information as well as the raw download.

Information

• A few quick how-to documents - Robert Bogue offers some SharePoint and .NET fundamentals: strong-naming, copying Web Parts, creating CAB files.
• Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far - Well, this is classic. Play some music from a CD, get hidden files, registry keys, and device drivers crapped all over your system. Sysinternals does some sleuthing.

Community

• VMTN Blog - The VMware folks are doing a nice community blog, except - no RSS. Bad bloggers, no biscuit.
• I am not a spaghetti coder - Paschal Leloup proposes a logo for people who aren't too keen on the mixing on code and markup in ASP.NET 2.0.

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Mike Gunderloy is the lead developer for Larkware and author of numerous books and articles on programming topics.

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