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A utility using the "XML Diff and Patch" tool from Microsoft to do XML diff (on OpenXML "parts").

dbscript is a web development framework, it helps php programmers take advantage of efficient design patterns and idioms from other dynamic languages and frameworks. for example, the Mapper and Route classes work together to map actions and records to distinct urls. among the many advantages of routes are the automatic named routes: url_for( resource ). restful urls, http-style controllers, atompub/html introspection documents and content-negotiation are among the sophisticated features of this programmer-centric development tool. the framework is a database abstraction layer, with built-in adapters for PostgreSQL and MySQL.

Crack.NET is a runtime debugging and scripting tool I made that gives you access to the internals of any .NET desktop application running on your computer.

The WMI Code Creator tool allows you to generate VBScript, C#, and VB .NET code that uses WMI to complete a management task such as querying for management data, executing a method from a WMI class, or receiving event notifications using WMI.

FileHampster is a free tool (writen in .Net) which monitors files you specify and backs them up every time they are changed.  Possibly the easiest free backup tool out there.

DevAdvantage is a sort-of code reviewing tool.  DevMetrics a metrics reporting tool.

The XML IDE ... modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML-related technologies, including an awesome graphical schema designer, code generation tools, file converters, debuggers, profilers, database integration, and explicit support for XSLT, XPath, XQuery, WSDL, SOAP, and Office Open XML (OOXML) documents. It even included Visual Studio and Eclipse plug-ins...

The kit includes drag 'n drop Controls and Components, SmartTags, VB.Net and C# source code for all tools and samples as well as complete QuickStarts, APIs, and documentation.

Expect is an extension to the Tcl scripting language to create an automation and testing tool for CLI applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, ssh, et., and because it wraps the standard command-line interface, it can be used to automate any arbitrary applications that are accessed over a terminal.

A great article on LifeHacker with links to tools and and toys for dual monitor users.

An open source (Apache 2.0 License) project to provide open source tools and utilities for working with XRI (see http://www.inames.net and http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=xri)

The Microsoft Web Development Tools blog

Pex is actually a unit test generation tool. It takes a parametrized unit test and generates parameter sets to get full code coverage and exercise all of the code. It actually analyzes the code to find appropriate values, and then generates normal (unparametrized) tests.

"one DVD or USB drive with the best security tools available" (and it's "by" my brother ;) )

This is really sort-of a must-have tool for anyone who's using Visual Studio... especially if you don't have R# or anything...

A Snippet editor integrated into Visual Studio, plus the ability to create snippets from text selection.

NDepend is a tool that simplifies managing a complex .NET code base. Architects and developers can analyze code structure, specify design rules, plan massive refactoring, do effective code reviews and master evolution by comparing different versions of the code.