Microsoft have released the first official beta of their MVC framework for ASP.NET 3.5 runtime. The framework has already been through several preview releases from the ASP.NET team, gathering feedback from the developer community, but this is the first time it will go out to a broader user base for testing.

The MVC pattern is particularly popular amongst developers following a test driven development methodology, as it encourages good seperation of concerns, and makes it much easier to test applications. Ruby on Rails has been largely responsible for the resurgance of interest in this pattern, combined with its rapid prototyping capacibilities.
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According to a survey by HR consultancy major Hewitt Associates, IT sector would see the lowest pay hike of 11.3% in India next year, down from 12.5% in 2008

According to another poll on salary hikes you got in this year’s appraisal. Here is a snapshot of the results:

45 per cent got a hike of less than 10 per cent
33 per cent got a hike between 10 to 20 per cent
22 per cent got a hike over 20 per cent
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The international atom smasher experimental facility near Geneva in Switzerland begins operation today. India has made a major scientific contribution to this new atom smasher also called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

The LHC is expected to answer several facts of a fundamental nature regarding the universe.
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