Microsoft’s Patterns &Practices group released the latest update which is basically the finalversion of the current iteration. There’s a ton of content there on helpingpeople create LOB applications in and on SharePoint such as code samples,documentation and videos.

Check it out!: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx

Most of people wants to know differences between WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. You can find the comparison sheet via this link. 

The Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest.

You can read Vision/Scope documentation or download the latest release

The new material is designed to help .NET Developers to learn the top ten artifacts in SharePoint that are interesting to them. We’ve created a variety of materials with different learning styles to make getting started with these artifacts easy and it’s all based on the Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint – planned to release v1.2 for Visual Studio 2008 this week also (watch for their announce).

The Top Ten SharePoint Artifacts of interest to .NET Developers being promoted
· Web Parts
· Data Lists
· Event Handlers
· Workflows
· Silverlight Web Parts
· Page Navigation
· Page Branding
· Web Services
· Content Types
· User Management

At the site (which is hosted on microsoft.com) we have:
· An Introductory Whitepaper
· Benefits of SharePoint for Developers
· A Small Public VPC
· Hosted MSDN Virtual Labs in C# and VB.NET
· Video Interview with SharePoint MVPs
· Screencasts
· Web Casts with SharePoint MVPs (incredible 1705 live attendees in just the first four WebCasts)
· Quickstarts
· Labcasts
· Presentation Download
· Hands on Labs Download
· Additional Resource Links

The site encourages developers who use the content to also take a next step and go on Instructor Led Training, Get Certified, and Download an evaluation copy of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

http://MSSharePointDeveloper.com

Steve Peschka, SharePoint Ranger and notable guest blogger here who has posted several widely read and referenced entries about authentication, is the primary author of 3 just published authoritative technical articles on forms based authentication in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0:

Forms Authentication in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 (Part 1 of 3): Introduction
Forms Authentication in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 (Part 2 of 3): Forms Authentication Samples
Forms Authentication in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 (Part 3 of 3): Differences Between Forms Authentication and Windows Authentication

For more info on authentication in SharePoint, take a look at the authentication oriented blog entries here and the relevant content recommendations on SharePointPedia.

We have launched Turkey's first Sharepoint user group named Sharepoint Turkiye throught ISPA.

Me and Oktay Sert create a public Sharepoint User Group site named "Sharepoint Turkiye".

We plan that, SharepointTurkiye.Org is a local user group covers alla Sharepoint developers, administrators and information workers on local side on Turkey.

SharepointTurkiye.Org is a local adoption of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The Association provides support and guidance to the community by establishing connections between SharePoint professionals, resources, education and information.

Site is now under construction, please wait for launch...

Windows SharePoint Services is a versatile technology included in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that enables organizations and businesses of all sizes to increase the efficiency of their processes and improve team productivity.

With tools for collaboration that help people stay connected across organizational and geographic boundaries, Windows SharePoint Services gives people access to the documents and information they need.This quick reference guide provides helpful tips and tricks for using Windows SharePoint Services while highlighting new features in Version 3.0.

You can download this document via this link : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=80FD0D64-4BD0-476B-BFD9-39DA34C22EFB&displaylang=en