A quiet day in the blogosphere.

• Mindreef SOAPscope Server 5.2 - Formerly Coral, this collaborative development environment for Web services now supports more operating systems, database backends, and browsers than before for even greater reach. Pricing from $3,995/5 users.
• X1 Enterprise Client - X1 has one of the better desktop search engines out there, and now their desktop version (renamed the "enterprise client" as they are also pushing into the server-side realm) is free. Download it here. (via Greg Duncan)

• Error Provider for Windows Presentation Foundation - Paul Stovell presents an approach to displaying errors in WPF applications.
• Getting Acquainted with the Microsoft Expression Family - A quick overview of Microsoft's three new design tools.

• Free Access to Safari Books Online - How to leverage free Sun Developer Network membership to get 30 days of free Safari.

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