A while back I took it upon myself to learn C# and also to update my understanding of the best way to do UI programming with Windows. In the process of my research I found several books that I found very helpful. The books listed below cover a range of topics that helped me get closer to my goals. None of these are to be considered beginner books, however an experienced C++ programmer might find themselves breezing through an occasional chapter due to the similarity that some of the concepts have to C++. This was bound to happen given that C# draws so much from C++.
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I recently upgraded my main PC to Vista Ultimate and decided to take advantage of the family upgrade special, where you can buy two Vista Home Premium licenses for other PCs in the house. One of them is my laptop, a Toshiba Tecra M4. I have enjoyed Vista enough on my desktop that I thought it would be worth updating the laptop for the $50 it costs as part of the family upgrade special. The file sync features alone made it worth considering for me, but there are a lot of neat things about Vista that I was looking forward to also.
CNET has an interesting article that touches apon new legal issues surrounding avatars and who is in control of them.