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There is a lot of news buzzing around about the latest ArcGIS release. Here is some of it :

• ESRI Podcast Series: ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 - ESRI gives a summary of what users can expect in the upcoming ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 release
• ArcGIS 9.3 Developer Help Improvements, Tips And Tricks - Video discussing some of the new improvements, enhancements and offers some tips and tricks around the developer help for .NET
• ArcGIS 9.3 Tutorials Library Now Available - ESRI has now updated the ESRI Support Centre with ArcGIS 9.3 tutorials
• Installing ArcGIS Server 9.3 On Vista - ArcGIS 9.3 is fully supported on Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• ArcGIS 9.3 Map Export Patch To Support Adobe Acrobat 9 - ESRI announced last month that ArcGIS 9.3 will support Adobe Acrobat 9
• ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 6 Announcement - ESRI has announced that ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 6 will be available for download later this month. There are a number of fixes for ArcGIS Desktop and ArcSDE with a few others for ArcGIS Server mainly around the TOC.

From the mandown blog : "The new ArcGIS 9.3 JavaScript API and SDK is now available. This goes with the ArcGIS 9.3 Resource Centres that was made available earlier today.

The online SDK which includes help and samples for the API is hosted within the ArcGIS Server Resource Centre. The ArcGIS Server Development Blog has a great write up on the release with answers to some questions you might have.

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The Virtual Earth blog brings us news about another big update (14.3 TB). Rather than duplicate the post here, head on over there fro the full listing of updated areas.

Microsoft just released Virtual Earth 6.2 and Virtual Earth Web Services 1.0. The quantity of new features is huge and are worth taking a look at, here's the highlights but follow the link for the details: " # Maps for Mobile Devices. # Bird’s Eye Views and Bird’s Eye Hybrid. # Aerial Imagery. # 3D Imagery. # Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding. # International Geocoding. # Localized Directions. # Localized Maps. # Extended International Parsing Capabilities. # Expanded Number of Rooftop Views. # Near-Matching Capabilities. # Imagery Metadata. # New Virtual Earth Web Services. # One-Click Directions. # Shapes and Shape Layers. # Pushpin Clustering. # Landmark-Based Routing. # Driving Directions with Traffic-Based Routing. # Walking Directions. # Multipoint Routing. # Traffic Reports. # GeoRSS Feeds. " I expect geoblog reactions in the coming days and will share them with our users. See also related stories below, Microsoft has been very busy lately with their geoservices.