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Yes, finally we’ll have an RTM product to build with.  I cannot wait to finally have a stable API and something we can push to customers. More info at the press release with news that the RTM will be available to download on the 14th.  No news on developer tools and Expression Blend also being released at the same time?

I’ve been busy with a Silverlight project where our models are all implementing INotifyPropertyChanged.  I’m not a big fan of INotifyPropertyChanged because of the need to raise the event with the property name as a string.  This can lead to numerous spelling mistakes and broken code. So the easiest solution to this is to unit ...

Karen Corby has an awesome set of 4 blog posts on Visual State Manager.  She discusses what it does, shows us how to use states, parts and transitions and is a very informative set of posts. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

From Tim Leung: "We’re holding our VBUG annual conference at Thames Valley Park on the 4th/5th November. It’s £399 for non VBUG members and our international speakers include Ken Getz and Roy Osherove. The topics covered will include: • Data-Driven ASP.NET AJAX • Silverlight for mobile • Create managed ...

Silverlight 2 Release candidate 0 is now available for download http://silverlight.net  

What's New in Silverlight 2 Beta 2 By Ray Booysen View in HD  Download 720p HD Version  Visit Ray Booysen's ExposureRoom Videos Page

Vista Squad ''First Blood Part II'' Wednesday 17th September Hey Everyone! The next Vista Squad meeting has been booked! 17th of September at the London Victoria offices of Microsoft with two great talks lined up. Topics this month: WPF/Silverlight Application Deep Dive(Richard Godfrey, iPrinciples) TBC(James Senior, Microsoft) Directions to ...

Vista Squad "Citizens on Patrol" Wednesday 20th August Hey Everyone! The next Vista Squad meeting has been booked! 20th of August at the London Victoria offices of Microsoft with two great talks lined up. Another Microsoft double header: What's new in Silverlight Beta 2 (Mike Ormond, Microsoft) Intro to Live Mesh (Paolo ...

Its GONE! Seems like the Watermark will be an option in the next versions of Silverlight so its been dropped for the time being until, hopefully, the next beta.  Luckily you can still download the source code for the watermarked textbox, with Kathy Kam filling us with all the details Source Code Download Kathy Kam Post