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.toolbox is a free online training program where designers and developers can learn to create Silverlight applications using Expression Studio and to apply basic UX concepts to their solutions.

Check out the original post by Adam Kinney and the main site.

Happy Silverlighting!

Expression Studio 3 is now available free for Students on DreamSpark!! Go download! http://dreamspark.com (thanks to Paolo Barone for the link).

I have already blogged about this new computational knowledge engine by Wolfram Research, as promised it’s now on-line at this address http://www.wolframalpha.com

Enjoy! 

Read this great article by Robert Raguet-Schofield.

This is really an incredible news.

Stephen Wolfram has announced today a new computational knowledge engine, named ”Wolfram Alpha“, that will be available on May 2009:

Using this system, we’ll be able to insert a generic question, formulated in natural language, and then obtain the answer retrieved by mixing information available on the Internet, in general trillions of pieces of curated data combined by millions of lines of algorithms.

Wow!

This ambitious project combines the power of Mathematica, A New kind of Science and a lot of human experts in order to obtain a new paradigm for using computers and the web.

Click here to read the original post.

Wolfram Research has announced a new release of Mathematica “to play or to pursue serious research outside of their commercial or academic jobs“.

The interesting news is that Mathematica Home Edition contains the full functionality of the recently released Mathematica 7.

Useful links:

• Press release
• Mathematica Home Edition: Discover, Create, and Explore

Enjoy!

Click here to read the interview by James Maguire.

WOW! This new release contains tons of new features such as:

• industrial-strength image processing;
• new automatic parallel computing technology to take advantage of the latest multicore processors;
• new graphics primitives, automated charting graphics, vector & fields visualization, spline support;
• great mathematics and algorithms improvements;
• integrated computable for Genomic & Protein, Astronomical, Weather, Chemical, Geodesy & GIS data;
• enhanced data manipulation for Statistical model analysis, Automatic Histogram generation;
• integrated programmatic e-mail & secure Website & Network connectivity;
• enhanced interface & User Experience including speech output.

Read these and more details on the Wolfram Research site.

Ken Watts has posted an implementation of the Koch curve on his blog.

Click here to try and download the code.

The training kit, updated for .NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1, is available for download here.

This is the overview:

“The .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, demos, and event materials. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the .NET 3.5 Enhancement features including: ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX History, ASP.NET Routing, ADO.NET Data Services, ADO.NET Entity Framework, WCF 3.5 SP1, and the .NET Framework Client Profile.”