Google Chrome withstands security testing

From Ars Technica:

A recent contest at CanSecWest, an event that brings together some of the most skilled experts in the security community, has demonstrated that the three most popular browser are susceptible to security bugs despite the vigilance and engineering prowess of their creators. Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer were all exploited during the Pwn2Own competition that took place at the conference. Google's Chrome browser, however, was the only one left standing—a victory that security researchers attribute to its innovative sandbox feature.

MIX09 Sessions

Microsoft's MIX conference took place last week in Las Vegas, NV. It's a gathering of designers and developers who are focused on using Microsoft's latest and greatest tools to build web sites.

Silverlight and WPF are increasingly being seen as relevant tools for building line-of-business applications. Here are some of the talks that speak to Professional LOB app developers.

Web Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio: Now and in the Future

What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 4

What's New for Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Developers in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Automated User Interface (UI) Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010

Microsoft Silverlight Is Ready for Business

User Experience Design Patterns for Business Applications with Microsoft Silverlight 3

Building Amazing Business Centric Applications with Microsoft Silverlight 3

Building Out of Browser Experiences with Microsoft Silverlight 3

Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF): Sharing Skills and Code

.NET RIA Services - Building Data-Driven Applications with Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft ASP.NET [Added]

Dependency Injection, is it for you?

People have been trying to convince you how great Dependency Injection is. Maybe they're calling it Inversion of Control. Either way, you're not buying it.

If you haven't been able to see the benefit, try reading Justin's blog post: To Inject or Not To Inject (warning: it is long, but worth it).

Justin focuses on complex configuration scenarios, but I like to recommend DI for its reusability. Self-configuring and "service locator" configuring tends to constrain you to using a particular type of configuration infrastructure, making it difficult to reuse your components, not to mention unit testing.

Roundup - .NET Application Development Platforms

I've put together a collection of links from around the web on tools and technologies for developing .NET Line-of-business applications.

Silverlight 3 (beta) - Microsoft

Silverlight Labs - Microsoft

Silverlight Toolkit - CodePlex

WPF Hands-on lab (Southridge) - Microsoft Redmond

WPF Hands-on lab (Order Manager) - Microsoft Switzerland

WPF - CodePlex

Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight (Prism) - Microsoft P&P

Building a Framework for Silverlight - SilverlightShow

Caliburn - Rob Eisenberg

CSLA.NET (WPF and Silverlight) - Rocky Lhotka

DevForce WinClient - IdeaBlade

DevForce Silverlight - IdeaBlade

Nintex Workflow - Nintex

UPDATE: I added RIA services after listening to Brad Abram's talk on .NET Rocks. It was announced at MIX09.

RIA Services - Microsoft

RIA Services on SliverlightShow.