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Take a look at a couple of the language enhancements in C# 3 (VS2008) that can speed up your development and make your code cleaner: automatic properties and initializers.
Programming with Lambda Expressions in VB9
Lambda Expressions provide a powerful and concise method of writing in-line code within Visual Basic, especially useful when working with LINQ queries. Learn how to implement Lambda in Orcas (VB9) before the next beta.
Introduction to LINQ, Part 3: LINQ to SQL
Learn about the basic mechanism of querying and submitting changes to relational data stores.
Introduction to LINQ, Part 2: LINQ to XML
Learn about the System.Xml.Linq namespace and how to construct and query XML data with LINQ.
Introduction to LINQ, Part 1: LINQ to Objects
Learn about language-integrated queries with C# and read an overview on the LINQ to objects API.
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Learn how to obtain an outside application's window handle, in order to manipulate that window from inside your program, using either VB.NET or C#.

SOLID Principles in C# - An Overview
SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.
