News and Announcements for 2007
(BetaNews) - After canceling the 2007 Professional Developer's Conference scheduled for October, Microsoft is bringing back PDC for 2008, with the event scheduled to take place October 27 to 30 in Los Angeles.

Traditionally, PDC is held every 2 years to preview major Microsoft platform advances. PDC 03 highlighted Windows Vista ... [read more]


On December 15, 2007, Verizon will be eliminating several Internet dial-up numbers (including the Verizon "500" numbers) in the following states: CT, DC, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, and WV. You may be currently using an Internet dial-up number for your home or business which ... [read more]


In mid-November, Visual Studio 2008 was released to manufacturing and became available on MSDN. The boxed copies will not be available until the end of February. But, why wait? Come to our December 18th event and if you're one of the first 35 registered attendees to walk through the door, ... [read more]


An Information Services Company seeks a Senior Level ASP.net Architect/Developer with strong SQL skill set. Applicants must beexperienced and knowledgeable in ASP.net, C#, Layered Design, Design Patterns, and Database Design. Applicants must also have a strong background in Object Oriented development methodologies and the ability to apply these skills to ... [read more]


Visual Web Developer 2008 is now available for download on the Microsoft MSDN website. This is the final RTM build of VWD 2008. In addition, Visual Studio 2008 is available to MSDN subscribers. The boxed, retail products will not be available until February.... [read more]


One of .NET Valley's very own has joined the ranks of the ASPInsiders. Rachel Appel was voted into the organization in early November. Please join us in congratulating Rachel for being recognized as one of the elite ASP.NET developers. Rachel joins Jason Gaylord, .NET Valley President, as members of the group. To find ... [read more]


The IIS team is happy to announce that the RTM version of the FastCGI for IIS is now available for download at http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1521. FastCGI support on IIS6, which is a free download, opens up the Windows Server 2003 platform for hosting PHP and other FastCGI-compliant application frameworks with ... [read more]