TWC9: Recap of VS 2010 SP1, IE9 RTW set for Mar 14, Hack your house & cockroaches

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This Week on Channel 9, Dan Fernandez is joined by Clint Rutkas to discuss the week's top developer news, including:

• [00:35] Somasegar: Recap of new Visual Studio 2010 downloads including VS 2010 Service Pack 1, TFS-Project Server Integration Feature Pack, Load Test Feature Pack, and LightSwitch Beta 2
• [01:01] Jason Zander - Visual Studio Service Pack 1 (download) and his SP1 Beta Post that recaps the new features
• [03:15] Jeff Braaten - Waklthrough of configuring the new local help viewer after installing VS 2010 SP1
• [04:37] Doug Turnure - VS SP1 has compatibility issues with: Visual Studio Async CTP, LightSwitch Beta 1, Windows SDK 7.1, Help Viewer Power Tool 
• [05:34] Brian Harry - Overview of installing all of the new tools and service packs
• TFS Project Server Integration Feature Pack (see overview) synchronizes project status and resource  
• Team Test - Lab Management Feature Pack is a licensing change that enables unlimited virtual users for load testingavailability with dev teams
• [07:14] Charles Torre - Interview with Dean Hachamovitch and Ryan Gavin on IE9 RTW on Monday March 14th
• [08:23] Windows Azure Blog - Updated SDK and Windows Azure Management portal now available
• [09:39] Scott Hanselman - NuGet Action Plan - Make sure to 1) Auto-check for extension updates, Upgrade to NuGet 1.1 (uninstall NuGet 1.0 is using SP1), and get the NuGet Package Explorer
• [11:20] Coding4Fun - Greg Duncan talks about two CodeProject articles that profile the performance of Windows Phone 7 applications

Picks of the week!

• [12:11] Clint's pick: Coding4Fun - Fabien Royer - Saving energy with the .NET Micro Framework
• [13:20] Dan's pick: Students at Grand Valley State University sent electrical pulses to a real cockroach's antennae to control its movement, via Geekologie