Other

• NTFS: A File System with Integrity and Complexity, Andrew Hudson
• Window Clippings 3 is here!, Kenny Kerr
• The greatest computer books of all time., Harry McCracken
• Free eBook, “The Red Gate Guide to SQL Server Team based Development”, Greg Duncan
• TeamCompanion and TFS, Brian Harry
• Managing Projects Using Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 Webcast Dec 3rd 9AM PST, Charles Sterling
• MefContrib 1.0.0.0 sees the light of day!, Andreas Hakansson
• Systems Programmers Relax - Most Programming Advice Isn't For You, Manuel Simoni
• Command Changes in Prism 4, Brian Noyes

Web

• Finding physical locations from IP addresses, The Hacker Factor Blog
• Scatter - Ajax without coding, ideal for HTML prototyping, quplog
• How to Write Faster JavaScript Condition Expressions, Craig Buckler
• The trip down the writing of a IE managed extension path continues… Dealing with the potholes (i.e. Debugging), Greg Duncan
• Local port forwarding, Mark Needham
• Firebug 1.6.0 release, getfirebug.com

Silverlight

• Two FREE events: Silverlight FireStarter and using Bing with SQL Server 2008 December 2nd, Eric Nelson

Mobile

• Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tools – RTW, Microsoft Downloads
• Announcing: Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Support RTW, Jason Zander
• As Microsoft releases new tools for Windows Phone, developers ask: how is it selling?, Tim Anderson
• WP7 Developers Complain of Missing Payments, Broken Reporting Tools, Zach Epstein

Database

• Document-oriented DBMS without joins | DBMS2, dbms2.com

Cloud Computing

• What Does Your Crystal Ball Say About Cloud Computing in 2011?, GetApp.com
• Why Cloud Apps Must Co-Exist With On-Premise, philw
• EC2 Micro Instance as a Remote Bittorrent Client, mwmanning.com
• CloudBees Raises $4 Million From Matrix Partners For Java Cloud Computing Play, Robin Wauters
• 9 in 10 see cloud as opportunity, not threat, Phil Wainewright
• Windows Azure Tools and SDK 1.3, Microsoft Downloads
• New Whitepapers on Cloud Migration: Migrating Your Existing Applications to the AWS Cloud, AWS Blog
• Real World SQL Azure: Interview with Vittorio Polizzi, Chief Technology Officer at EdisonWeb, Steve Yi
• PaaS for startups: Read the fine print, labslice.com
• Wikileaks evades DDOS attack with shift to Amazon EC2, Charles Aurthur
• How to Choose a Cloud Computing Vendor and How to Choose a Data Center, Inc.com
• Public versus Private Cloud is a NOOP Cloud Conversation!, David L
• “Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2010)” (Think PDC 2010 version… With Azure VM[Beta], VPN, Remote Desktop and more), Greg Duncan

Career

• Insightful Leadership Books, JD
• Geekspeak: Ten Tips for Making an Effective Pitch, Jim Holmes
• List of social skills a solid career requires, Penelope Trunk
• Helping People Surpass You, Steve Pavlina
• Top Tips for Managing Stress, Scott Halford

Business

• Cost Burden of Regulation on Small Business "Staggering", Jeff Cornwall
• Businessmen: don't outsource your code., BenJammin
• Compilation of revenue figures for different kinds of startups, Paras Chopra
• Conflicting Advice from Entrepreneurs on Fundraising, Vision, Hiring, etc., Joe Heitzeberg
• Before you raise money, Nivi

Innovation

• Idea Management, Robert Brands
• The Three Threats to Creativity, Gabor George Burt

Community

• AzureFest: Saturday, December 11 in Mississauga, Joey deVilla

Other link blogs

• Technology Short Take #7, Scott Lowe
• The Morning Brew #740, Chris Alcock