.NET Framework


Microsoft Officials Detail Visual Studio 2008 Rollout Plan

In announcing today that it will release to manufacturing Visual Studio 2008 this month, Microsoft is meeting the most optimistic forecasts for when the long anticipated upgrade to its flagship IDE would ship.

ODF Split Shakes Up Document Battle

The ongoing file format battle between proponents of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) took a surprising turn lthis week, when a key ODF proponent announced that it intended to abandon the ISO-approved specification.

Microsoft Separates Sharepoint Services from Windows Server; Developers Shrug

Developers shrugged off Microsoft's decision this week to revert to a separate download deliverable of Windows Sharepoint Services.

Simplify Application Instancing

Take advantage of the new PipeStream classes and XML features in .NET 3.5 and VB9 to resolve the age-old problem of creating a single-instance application.

Developers Respond to .NET Source Release

Developers sound off on the release of .NET Framework source code

Desaware: Secure Your Intellectual Property

Versitile, .NET-based licensing-management software.

Koders Goes 'Pro'

Updated source code search engine from Koders serves midmarket.

Banish UAC Issues

User Account Control (UAC) issues usually result from improperly allowing administrator-level access in your applications. Learn how UAC works and make such problems a thing of the past.

Protect and Authenticate Your Apps

Get the Code Protector SDK, plus new VS 2005 SDK v4 samples, Microsoft Windows Search 3.x SDK and more.

C++ Driver Joins CodeGear

CodeGear brings on C++ expert Alisdair Meredith.

Fortify SCA 5.0 Extends App Protection

Fortify Software updates app-dev security and management suite.

C#'s Exploding Mindshare

Why is C# taking the lead over VB.NET?

Gates Showcases Universal Communications

OCS 2007 will allow developers to embed telephony into apps.

Design Apps for Future Flexibility

You can't predict change, but you can prepare for it. Learn how to avoid cases where you need to remove work and rework too much of what you've already done.

.NET Toolbox Picks: Part II

Seven alternative tools and widgets for .NET programmers.

First Look: The Curl Development Environment

Going into this review, I was not at all sure what to expect. I had no prior knowledge of Curl, although some preliminary research revealed it to be an object-oriented hybrid markup language with similarities to HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Microsoft and Facebook: A Coup for Developers?

Microsoft yesterday announced that it will take a $240 million equity stake in social networking service Facebook, giving Redmond a key conduit to grow its online advertising efforts. The deal also gives tacit credence to Facebook as a platform for .NET developers.

Latest Microsoft Patent Protection Deal: Turbolinux

Microsoft has signed its first patent protection deal with a Linux vendor based in Asia.

Microsoft Working Toward Less Complexity With New Kernel

Redmond reveals that it's working on a stripped-down version of the Windows kernel that would dramatically reduce its footprint.

Testing AJAX Applications with VSTS 2008

Jeff walks you through the new method of validating AJAX code in Visual Studio Team System 2008 (no Fiddler required!).

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