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UPDATED: U.K. Education Group Escalates Microsoft Complaints

A consultancy to the U.K. government has forwarded complaints about Microsoft's licensing and interoperability practices to the European Commission (EC), according to an announcement issued by the Becta consulting group yesterday.

Data-Focused Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 SP1 Betas Released

On Monday Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 beta bits for public download.

Four Patches Coming in May

Three patches will target critical remote code execution exploits in Microsoft Office, Publisher and the Jet Database Engine.

Microsoft Sets Sights on Data Mining Dominance

Redmond hopes to challenge SAS Institute and SPSS for data mining and predictive analytic bragging rights.

Borland Finally Finds a Buyer for CodeGear

Borland Software Corp. today said it has agreed to sell its CodeGear unit for $23 million to Embarcadero Technologies.

Databind Page Properties into HTML Tags

Adding some bizarre punctuation marks to the tags in your ASPX file gives you an easy way to move data out of custom properties and into your page.

Microsoft Hiring Program Managers for SQL

Anyone interested in working for Microsoft on the next and future editions of SQL Server might want to check out this blog post from Lead Program Manager Debra Dove.

Reports: Microsoft and Yahoo Actively Negotiating Merger Deal

Shares of Microsoft closed just shy of 7 percent higher on Friday May 2 based on new speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo are now actively negotiating to seal a deal.

Borland Debuts Silk 2008 Test Suite

Borland Silk 2008 test suite boosts RIA testing and adds extensibility framework.

New MFC Library

Modernize the look of your native Windows apps.

Study: SaaS Most Important Enterprise Software Trend

According to a recent survey of 850 "enterprise software customers," Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) continues to be the most important enterprise software trend.

Broadening the Reach of SOA

Configuration Service 2.0 may offer a glimpse of what’s to come in Microsoft’s next-generation SOA platform.

IBM Mashup Tool Focused on Enterprise Content

IBM launches new mashup tools WebSphere sMash and Mashup Center.

Least Among Equals

Is VB treated poorly compared to C#? Readers weigh in.

Use Recursion to Clear out Textboxes

Clear out textboxes using recursion and LINQ; use VB literals to transform an XML document; and eliminate an annoying artifact of VB internals.

Microsoft Considers MSDN Revamp

Microsoft task force seeks to improve MSDN by soliciting developer feedback and boosting search features.

Silverlight 2.0 Beta Debuts

Silverlight 2.0 includes a subset of the .NET Framework, which enables you to write .NET managed code that runs in Silverlight.

Keeping Sane in Wake of Technology's Pace

Architecture can be key to staying one step ahead.

Vista Speech Macros Beta for Developers Released

Advanced developers who want to tell their computer what to do (literally), rather than punch keys or click on icon, may want to check out a "pre-beta" technical preview of Windows Speech Recognition Macros for Vista.

Web Developers Left Holding the Bag on SQL Injection Attacks

Microsoft is claiming that an injection attack vulnerability discovered late last week and made public this week related to the popular business database application SQL, is not the company's fault but may lie with lax Web developers.

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