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Friday Links #71

Programming Computers

Learning resources for C# 4.0 and .NET 4.0 new features « Bogdan Brinzarea’s blog
Free AJAX and Silverlight Testing Tool | WebAii Testing Framework
implifying the Process of Calling a WCF Service from Silverlight (or any .NET Application) - Dan Wahlin’s WebLog
Perl 5.11.0 now available - nntp.perl.org
40+ Essential Front End Web Developer Cheat Sheets | tripwire magazine
Lazy Load Plugin for jQuery
Fun with Func Delegates, Events and Async Operations - Rick Strahl’s Web Log
.NET Image Tools – Home
Bazaar announcement
SU - iPhone-like password fields using jQuery
What Does Protected Internal Mean?
Live Smooth Streaming Now Released - IIS Media Services 3.0
InfoQ: IronRuby Update

Using your Personal Computer

A Free Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Visio
punypng - PNG Compression and Image Optimization - Gracepoint After Five
Free VMWare Player 3 can now create virtual machines
Sysinternals Disk2vhd helps migrate physical desktops to virtual machines

Science and the Environment

BBC NEWS | Europe | Scientist reproduces Turin shroud
Google Working on “Smart Charging” Software for Electric Cars | Popular Science
World’s First All-Electric Locomotive Has Over 1,000 Batteries, Runs 24 Hours On a Single Charge | Popular Science
Universe To End Sooner Than Previously Thought | Popular Science
Nissan’s Lean, Green ‘Land Glider’ Banks Like a Motorcycle, Feels Like A Plane | Popular Science
Fly the Road

On the Web

.NET Rocks! - Michelle Leroux Bustamante on Web Security
DotNet Developers Search
Do you sign the default contract?
Silverlight-powered HealthVault portal launched on MSN
SU - Google Similar Images
Google: Computer memory flakier than expected | Deep Tech - CNET News

Stuff I just Dig

Conference At Ithaca College Will Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of ‘The Twilight Zone’
20 Things You Didn’t Know About… Time | Curious? Read
11 Vintage Ads That Would Never Fly Today [Pics] | Curious? Read
Relive 10 Forgotten Cartoon Heroes Of The ’60s - Cartoon heroes – io9
Gone In a Flash: Burning Diamonds With a Torch and Liquid Oxygen | Popular Science
Do Fewer Calories Help You Live Longer? | Curious? Read