A newer and richer version of Snippet Designer is released - all new Snippet Designer 1.3. This is a plug-in which will enhance the VS IDE to allow proceduce code snippet.

Refer the link here for complete understanding of features and to download http://snippetdesigner.codeplex.com/

In this quarter Microsoft Press has gift a free eBook on "Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2", a book written by Microsoft SQL Server MVP Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner.

This book has 10 Chapters and 216 pages which covers

• Enhancements in SQL Server 2008 R2
• Multi Server Administration
• Data Tier Application
• HA and Virtualization Enhancements
• Server Consolidation and Monitoring 
• Data Warehousing
• Master Data Services
• Event Processing with StreamInsigh
• SSRS Enhancements
• Self-Service Analysis using PowerPivot

Isn't this list looking great? I just have downloaded this book in PDF format, alternatively you can download this book in XPS format as well.