The Daily Grind 1034 by Mike Gunderloy Wednesday, December 13, 2006

I'm about ready for the solstice and the return of some sunlight.

• OpenOffice.org 2.1 Is Here - Microsoft is not the only one to have released a new office suite recently.
• MyGeneration 1.2 - This free .NET code generator has been upgraded with a batch of new features.
• RikReader 1.2 - This free WPF-based RSS reader has added searching now.
• Microsoft Robotics Studio - Now officially released.
• Test Manager Add-In for Microsoft� Visual Studio� 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers - If you're a developer (as opposed to a tester), this will give you a more flexible and organized view of tests. Free trial is here, license is $90. (via Buck Hodges).

• Vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925674) - If you skip reading Microsoft security bulletins just 'cause you're a developer instead of a sysadmin, you probably want to take a look at this one.

• The WorkHappy One Month Challenge - MSN is giving away some reasonably substantial adCenter impressions, and WorkHappy wants you to do something with them.

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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET newspaper of record.