the .Net desktops contest is now closed for new submissions (you can add your desktop to the gallery once the contest is finished if you like).

You can all go there now and vote for the best three desktops. The contest will go on for about 2 weeks(I think that will suffice) and after that time we'll declare the 3 winners. When browsing the desktops remember that there are actually two pages in the gallery, so don't overlook the second page!

The following prizes are available for the first places:

• 30$ coupon at the microsoft store (which goes a longer way than you think), courtesy of Robert Scoble
• The book: MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-310): Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework ,courtesy of Mike Gundelroy
• The book: Applied XML Programming for Microsoft .NET courtesy of Patrick Steele