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Customize MSDN Flash | Unsubscribe Volume 14, Number 25 | December 6, 2010     Top Stories     Model-View-ViewModel Training in the Box In the Box is a high quality, multi-media training that is consumed within Visual Studio 2010. Twenty Interesting WPF Projects on CodePlex (Plus Some for Silverlight) A selection of interesting and recently maintained WPF projects found on CodePlex. Silverlight 5 to Boost Media, App Development The Silverlight Firestarter 2010 live webcast is now over, but you can watch the entire day's recording on demand. Jump ahead to individual sessions by using the markers in the timeline. Your Featured Content Save US$300 on Tech•Ed North America 2011 May 16 - 19, Atlanta, GA Join us for over 915 learning opportunities covering topics including mobile development, .NET development, and Windows 7. We've also brought back TechNet Subscriptions and hot breakfast. Visit our website for details. Coded UI Testing for Silverlight 4 Now Available In the release of Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2, one interesting feature is the introduction of support for the coded UI test framework and Silverlight 4 applications. Prism 4.0 for Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0, WPF, and Silverlight 4 Prism provides guidance designed to help you more easily design and build rich, flexible, and easy-to-maintain Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) desktop applications, Silverlight rich internet applications (RIAs), and Windows Phone 7 applications. Rubik's Cube for Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 Using Balder This article explains how to create an interactive Rubik's Cube game that runs in Silverlight and on the Windows Phone 7. Beginners Guide to Visual Studio LightSwitch Visual Studio LightSwitch automatically generates the user interface for a DataSource without writing any code.   The Guilt and Paranoia of the Remote Worker Remote workers are often paranoid about being perceived as not doing enough work, and they overcompensate by working extra hard - or at least by working extra-long hours. Is Microsoft Letting C++ Fall Apart? One thing people frequently asked us is what is Microsoft's commitment to native C++ developers? So we made a short interview with Ale Contenti, Principal Development Manager on the C++ Team. Modern Programming with C++0x in Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 C++0x, the next C++ standard, is almost upon us. It contains the most important updates to the language since the mid-90s. MSI Explorer - a Quick and Simple Means to Spelunk MSIs Most of us are quite familiar with creating MSI or Setup files for our applications, but there are no built-in tools in Visual Studio to look into the MSI contents. 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