Read in this issue:

• [Patterns and Practices] Parallel Programming with MS Visual C++ (online guidance)
• [CodeProject] 3-D Software Rendering Engine – Part I
• [Viva64] Lessons on Development of 64-bit Applications
• [Vlad Lazarenko] C++ Exception Handling and Performance
• [Channel 9] Kate Gregory on Being a Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
• [Intel] Free Speedup with Compiler Switches for Fast Math and Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 
• [Visual C++ team] Proposed Workaround for Assembly Signing Issue with VS2010 SP1
• [Nishant  Sivakumar] C++/CLI equivalent for C#’s default(T)
• [C++ and Beyond] Registration for C&B 2011 is now open