Redmond claims AV-Test methodology is flawed.
Reducing application development costs, and moving applications to the cloud have become less of a priority for the coming year, according to the survey.
The service disruption happened on Dec. 28, 2012 and affected 1.8 percent of Microsoft's total Windows Azure Storage accounts.
The contest was based on the growth in the number of searches from the previous year.
Developers continue to show gains in salary and have better job security than most others, according to Visual Studio Magazine's second-annual salary survey.
These are the articles readers found most helpful in the past year.
The senior director of the Windows Commercial Business Group provides a checklist to help organizations choose the best Windows 8 machines and tablets.
The overall IT cost to support multiple browsers is 20 percent higher, according to the report.
C++Builder XE3 implements a new native compiler architecture that supports development on both Windows 8 and Mac OS X PCs.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/11/2012
A study found that 64 percent of enterprises were audited, or had a license review, over the past 18 months to 24 months.
Poor marketing, distribution partially blamed for slow uptake.
Eric Lippert was a key part of the Roslyn compiler-as-a-service project.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/04/2012
Also expected in the same timeframe is the first update for Windows Phone 8, codenamed "Apollo+".
Should you wait for Service Pack 1? The new Update model is replacing Service Packs, according to Microsoft.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/26/2012
NetAdvantage for Windows UI offers XAML and HTML/jQuery controls to Windows 8 developers.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/16/2012
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 has taken a great leap forward after many months in which the company reported little about its progress.
Microsoft's Windows Azure announcements this week are setting the stage for a Windows Azure Conference on Wednesday, Nov. 14, for app developers.
Microsoft announced the departure of Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live divisions, late on Monday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/13/2012
Upgrades include improved business intelligence capabilities, Reporting Services support for SharePoint.
The collaboration tool had been in preview mode for a year.