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Language Feature Highlight: Extension Methods
Discover what extension methods are, the syntax for using them, and why they are important.
Using Satellite Assemblies for Multi-Language Programming
With just a modest amount of work you can prepare your Visual Basic .NET applications for customers that speak other languages.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

Finger Printing is the New Tracking Cookie
Recently one way that developers have been looking to address the cookie abuse problem is via a method known as fingerprinting. Peter Shaw shows you how to generate a fingerprint in C# for use in your own projects.

Determining Graphic Object Collision with VB.NET
The very first thing you need to learn when creating a game is how to make objects move. Hannes du Preez shows you how to not only make objects move, but also how to determine when they collide.
How to Create MapReduce Jobs for Hadoop Using C#
This article introduces you to Big Data, Apache Hadoop and MapReduce jobs. We will also learn how to create MapReduce jobs using C#.