JavaFX is a scripting language that provides built-in properties for manipulating objects within a 2D coordinate system. Read this introduction to learn how to build apps that tap the full potential of JavaFX.

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Leverage these new features in C# 4.0 to interoperate with new dynamic .NET languages, and simplify your code.

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With the Microsoft WinSock Control and a few coding tricks, you can use Access as a high-performance syslog sender, receiver, and logger.

AMD CodeAnalyst helps developers find and fix performance issues by showing where an application is spending most of its processing time.

Check out how Microsoft's strategic application of people, processes, technologies, and experience with consumer and enterprise security has resulted in continuous improvements to the security practices and policies of the Microsoft cloud infrastructure and our online services.

Get an early look into the Azure Services Platform in this whitepaper by David Chappell. Learn why using computers in the cloud can make lots of sense for your organization. Rather than buying and maintaining your own machines, why not exploit the acres of Internet-accessible servers available today?

This overview paper introduces Microsoft® .NET Services, each of its building block services, and how they fit together.