Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Released Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:50:00 Z

Download try version from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/lightswitch/try

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System Requirements for Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows® 7; Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2
x64 editions; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2;
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2; Windows VistaTM Service Pack 2;
Windows XP Service Pack 3
+ Windows XP (x86) with Service Pack 3 – all editions except Starter Edition
+ Windows Vista (x86 & x64) with Service Pack 2 – all editions except Starter Edition
+ Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
+ Windows Server 2003 (x86 & x64) with Service Pack 2 – all editions
• Users will need to install MSXML6 if not already present
+ Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86 and x64) – all editions
+ Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 2 – all editions
+ Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) – all editions
Supported Architectures:
+ 32-Bit (x86)
+ 64-Bit (x64) (WOW)
Hardware Requirements:
+ Computer with a 1.6GHz or faster processor
+ 1024 MB RAM (1.5 GB if running in a virtual machine)
+ 3 GB of available hard-disk space
+ 5400 RPM hard drive
+ DirectX 9 capable video card running at 1024 x 768 (or higher) resolution display

New Silverlight 5 Beta Released

http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight-5-beta/

Oracle going to support Entity Framework

ODP.NET Beta with Entity Framework Around the end of 2010
ODP.NET Production with Entity Framework in 2011

Link for detail about Oracle and .NET Framwork 4, Entity Freamework 4

Visual Studio 2010 Released 12-APR-2010

You can download trial from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/download

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate

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	MSDN Subscribers: Download the Release Candidate The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate (RC) is available to MSDN subscribers on Monday, February 8th, with general availability on February 10th.

CodeCamp 2010 (Developer Conference)

February 27th & 28th | Cairo,Egypt
The German University in Cairo
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What’s New in the BCL in .NET 4 Beta 2

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 are now available to download. .NET 4 Beta 2 contains several new BCL features and enhancements in addition to what was included in .NET 4 Beta 1. Many of these improvements were added in large part due to specific feedback and suggestions reported by customers through Microsoft Connect.

•Complex Number
•Location
•IObservable
•Stream.CopyTo
•Guid.TryParse, Version.TryParse, and Enum.TryParse
•Enum.HasFlag
•String.Concat and String.Join overloads that take IEnumerable
•String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace
•Environment.SpecialFolder additions
•Environment.Is64BitProcess and Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem
•Path.Combine params support
•TimeSpan Globalized Formatting and Parsing
•Stopwatch.Restart
•StringBuilder.Clear
•IntPtr and UIntPtr Addition and Subtraction operators
•ServiceProcessInstaller.DelayedAutoStart
•ObservableCollection moved to System.dll