Cross-platform developers can now download the source code for Moonlight, the open source project chartered with building a Silverlight runtime for Linux.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/19/2008
Microsoft warned developers on Thursday that if they're getting an error when installing the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta released Monday, they need to uninstall the hotfix KB944899 that came with the earlier version of the release.
Why has Microsoft clammed up about dev projects in the Windows and Windows Live groups, and what does it mean for developers?
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 05/15/2008
Evans Data research indicates only eight percent of developers in North America are writing applications for Vista, even though the OS has been live for 15 months.
SQL injection attacks stir up concerns over weaknesses in databases and
coding practices.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/15/2008
Developers critique Microsoft's Software plus Services release.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/15/2008
Will industrializing your component development create better apps?
- By Michael Morris
- 05/15/2008
BMC Software plans to release its Application Problem Resolution System 7.0 for monitoring application code.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/15/2008
Codemesh bridges the Java-to-.NET gap at Deutsche Post.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/15/2008
Fortify Software’s new software suite brings information security into the development process.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/15/2008
Telerik launches updated version of RadControls, which supports Office SharePoint Server and DotNetNuke, among other platforms.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/15/2008
In theory, PreviousPage lets you access data on the page the user just requested. In practice it doesn't work if you're also using Master Pages unless you understand ASP.NET naming containers.
On Tuesday, Redmond rolled out four patches for the month of May as expected, with three deemed "Critical" and one "Moderate."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/13/2008
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.
On Monday Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 beta bits for public download.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/12/2008
Three patches will target critical remote code execution exploits in Microsoft Office, Publisher and the Jet Database Engine.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/08/2008
Redmond hopes to challenge SAS Institute and SPSS for data mining and predictive analytic bragging rights.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/07/2008
Borland Software Corp. today said it has agreed to sell its CodeGear unit for $23 million to Embarcadero Technologies.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/07/2008
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.
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.