Getting T Uchy an In-Depth Review of What’S New with Windows 8, As Well As Major Upgrades to Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework
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VisualStudioMagazine.com Getting T uchy An in-depth review of what’s new with Windows 8, as well as major upgrades to Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework. PLUS Updating Browsers for HTML5 10 Reasons to Upgrade to the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 High-Performance ASP.NET Caching DECEMBER 2011 Volume 21, No. 12 Volume Write Once, Experience Many check out infragistics.com/jquery NetAdvantage® for jQuery TREE Simplify the look of hierarchical data, while offering the BUSINESS CHARTING experience, design Combine interactive and functionality Outlook style grids with your users will love! rich business charting to deliver a complete portable solution. Infragistics Sales 800 231 8588 • Infragistics Europe Sales +44 (0) 800 298 9055 • Infragistics India +91 80 4151 8042 • @infragistics Copyright 1996-2011 Infragistics, Inc. All rights reserved. Infragistics and NetAdvantage are registered trademarks of Infragistics, Inc. The Infragistics logo is a trademark of Infragistics, Inc. 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