It's official, TFS has RTM'd.  Jeff gives more detail about it.

Congratulations to everyone on the TFS team for a job well done!  Many congratulations and thanks to all of our partners and customers who have helped make this a success.

Warning, Baby SPAM!

Last night we introduced a new potential Microsoft interview candidate :)

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  <Name>Ethan Clark Sell</Name>

  <Date>March 9th 2006</Date>

  <TimeOfDelivery>9.35 PM</TimeOfDelivery>

  <Sex>Male</Sex>

  <Weight>6 LB 8 OZ</Weight>

  <Length>17.5"</Length>

  <DeliveryOffset>17 days early</DeliveryOffset>

  <APGAR Score="9.5" />

  <VisualStudioSettings Preference="Visual C# Development Settings" />

  <InputDevice>

    <Keyboard>Split</Keyboard>

    <Mouse>Notebook Laser</Mouse>

  </InputDevice>

</ECS>

You may have heard some buzz around something called Origami which is a new PC form factor.  You can find out the official details here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/mar06/03-09Mobile.mspx

Funny part, I have just enough room in my backpack for yet another device.

Yesterday I received my copy of: Web Service Security Scenarios, Patters, and implementation guidance for Web Service Enhancements (WSE) 3.0. 0-7356-2314-7

So far it looks like a great read.  It's one of the first I have seen that addresses patters and practices in the web service security space.

Serious?  I can't joke at a time like this. Click here, then click on valuable information. I don't think it gets any easier than that.

Thanks to Blake Handler for the awesome find.

Want a better looking desktop theme?  Microsoft a while back released a theme called Energy Blue or Royal.  I was first introduced to it via the Experience Pack for Tablet PC.  Well it turns out that theme doesn't just work on a tablet pc but XP as well, here's how:

1. Download : http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/9/5295FA0C-575A-4EE6-B186-0A8CF7DDFDE6/WindowsXP-TabletPC-EnergyBlueTheme-x86-ENU.exe
2. Do not run the exe as it will fail but rather unzip it
3. Copy the content to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes
4. Select the Energy Blue theme from the theme drop down @ "Right Click on Desktop / Select Properties / Themes Tab"

Enjoy!