Here's an article from the latest MSDN magazine - I've been waiting for the web publication. The article is titled “Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now” by James Avery. He lists a nice range of tools and it's worth reading.
Here's a nice article by Roman Rehak in Visual Studio magazine listing 10 things to consider when writing SQL Server applications. He lists some good common sense considerations and approaches here.
SDTimes has an article asking “Is Sun Toast?”
I think it's interesting for the press to finally be seeing Sun as out-of-sync with their chosen markets. Or as the management-speak in the article states - “they have deep structural conflicts in all their markets.” I'd like to hear that pre-edited thought!
More interesting is the turning on McNealy. I wonder if this perception is growing within the print media? Every reporter used to go to McNealy looking for quotable material. Now they seem to be quoting Sun's COO more than the CEO. That by itself speaks volumes about their direction.