Yesterday, Microsoft posted the final version of the .NET Framework 3.5 to its download site, as well as several updates to other .NET Framework versions.
A rumor is spreading across the Web that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) may be scheduled to arrive on Feb. 15.
Microsoft in January released the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack, which extends the VC++ 2008 Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) libraries that shipped with the Visual Studio 2008 IDE.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/21/2008
Following reports that Microsoft released "Milestone 1" for Windows 7 to several partners, TG Daily reports that software will get released in late 2009.
Dan shows you the code you need to embed XAML code directly into a page, plus the problems this might cause with Firefox and how to work around it.
Microsoft this week took steps to assure Office developers that it has no plans to kill off Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Last month, Redmond released an early build of "Volta," a set of tools for building Web apps that run across multiple tiers.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/18/2008
Microsoft today followed up on its earlier promise to start releasing the .NET framework library source code for .NET 3.5.
Microsoft Corp. said hackers have found a way to use some older versions of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people's computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/16/2008
Oracle Corp. and BEA Systems announced today that they have completed a deal whereby Oracle will acquire BEA for $7.2 billion, or $19.375 per share.
Visual Studio 2008's arrival shakes up the scene for component makers.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/15/2008
Sentillion’s vThere provides a promising remote-user solution.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/15/2008
Google and Microsoft face off with Volta and the Google Web Toolkit, two tools that take aim at JavaScript.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/15/2008
Dan walks you through working with the XAML RadialGradientBrush element in Silverlight.
IBM's new Rational Team Concert Express aims to make it easier for dispersed development teams to work together writing software and better track changes and contributions more efficiently
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/14/2008
A flock of new-age tech powers -- Amazon.com, Google, eBay, Facebook -- want your developers to target their pieces of "the Cloud."
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/10/2008
TopQuadrant has added to its open Eclipse-based suite of solutions that enable semantic Web application development for the enterprise.
The software tools war is getting more interesting as Microsoft-Google square off with Volta vs. GWT and Adobe seeks to preserve its dominance in dynamic app development technology.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/03/2008
Entity Framework beta 3 offers new features, bug fixes and major performance enhancements, but no Oracle support.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 01/01/2008
Making your Web apps more interactive is easier than you think.
- By Peter Varhol
- 01/01/2008