The release of the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack extends the standard VC++ Libraries shipped with Visual Studio 2008.

Perforce has released a new version of its cross-platform graphical interface, the Perforce Visual Client, for its FAST Software Configuration Management (SCM) system.

ComponentOne has released IntelliSpell, a spell-checker application for Visual Studio 2008 and 2005.

A new toolkit that will help developers create applications with Adobe Flex 3, Flash Player and Adobe AIR is available on Force.com.

Component Source has announced the winners of its 2007 awards for best selling products and publishers.

Microsoft released betas of Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2.0 and Expression Studio 2 at the MIX designer and developer conference in Las Vegas at the beginning of March.

Keeping up to speed with the changes on platforms like Windows Vista and Mac OS X can be difficult. With the Qt application development framework, adapting to platform changes becomes simple. Discover Qt, and enter a draw to win a Sony mylo.

Implementing a game using Silverlight is a good way to learn its more advanced aspects. Dave Wheeler shows us how, and has some fun on the way.

Threading is a big and important topic. Mike James explains how the many forms of Invoke make it easier.

Ben Hall introduces a new way to query your data using the .NET platform.

Do we really need another approach to properties? Dave Wheeler thinks we do, and argues that WPF’s new dependency properties are a really good idea.

Redirection may be a magician’s main trick, but Ian Stevenson explains that it’s also useful when building a web site.

The role of custom attributes in C# can be confusing. Mike James gets to grips with them and provides some examples.