Holidays are coming so you will have time to learn. If you are interested in Visual Studio 2008 you may find the following resources valuable:

Free e-learning:

  • Clinic 5230: Developing Enhanced Web Experiences with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX Extensions

Free e-books: http://csna01.libredigital.com/

  • Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo
    (ISBN: 9780735623910)
  • Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito
    (ISBN: 9780735624139)
  • Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 by Laurence Moroney
    (ISBN: 9780735625396)

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