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Telerik Updates TeamPulse and Test Studio Products

Telerik this week updated a pair of products: The Telerik Test Studio automated test suite and Telerik TeamPulse team project management package.

Scott Guthrie to Lead Azure Application Platform Team

Microsoft confirms that .NET Platform head Scott Guthrie is leaving to lead a new Azure group as part of a May reorg.

MIX11: Windows Phone "Mango" Tools Update, Kinect Windows SDK, Silverlight 5 Beta

Microsoft at MIX11 announced the forthcoming "Mango" platform for Windows Phone 7, which will provide new APIs and features, bolster support for native HTML5, and introduce multitasking to Microsoft's mobile platform. Also released was the first beta of Silverlight 5.

IE 10 Platform Preview Released

First pre-release version of IE 10 released at MIX11 event appears just four weeks after the production version of IE 9 shipped.

MIX11: Microsoft Releases IE10 Platform Preview, Entity Framework and MVC 3 Updates

Dean Hachamovitch and Scott Guthrie headline Microsoft's 11th Web dev conference, emphasizing HTML5 interoperability and strong ties to open source solutions.

Mono for Android 1.0 Released

Novell releases production version of MonoDroid tooling and plug-in for developing Android apps in Visual Studio.

Microsoft Releases Windows Phone 7 Update

March update boasts copy and paste, performance improvements and other hardware and software tweaks.

Iron Speed Designer 8.0 Released

Latest version adds improved charting and report and dashboard creation features.

Microsoft Launches Internet Explorer 9

Microsoft's HTML5-savvy Web browser features performance improvements, refined interface and new developer hooks.

Developers React to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (Updated)

Developers discuss installation and compatibility workarounds with VS2010 SP1. New LightSwitch Beta 2 resolves one compatibility issue.

Microsoft Releases LightSwitch Beta 2

The second pre-release version of Microsoft's wizard-based, rapid business application development tool adds cloud and extensibility features.

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2010 SP1

Awaited Visual Studio service pack release is joined by two new VS Feature Packs and a soon-to-ship fresh beta of LightSwitch.

My Biggest Mistake Series

Read these first-person tales of development gone wrong, from the authors of the On VB, C# Corner and Practical ASP.NET columns at Visual Studio Magazine.

Embarcadero Delphi and C++Builder Starter Editions

Low-cost Starter Editions of Embarcadero's rapid application development environments target aspiring developers, non-profits and fledgling companies.

Resco Updates its MobileForms Toolkit

Resco MobileForms 2011 Volume 2 adds new controls for Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7, iOS and Android Editions.

Survey: Devs Adopting Open Source, But Management Lacking

A survey of 1600 software development professionals shows widespread uptake of open source solutions marred by lack of effective policies and integration.

Microsoft Planning Windows Phone Updates

Microsoft today announced forthcoming updates to Windows phones at the Mobile World Congress event.

Microsoft and Nokia Ink Strategic Windows Phone Alliance

Microsoft and Nokia today announced a global strategic alliance on mobile smartphone technologies, centered on Windows phone.

SP1 Hits RTM Status for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Wednesday released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to its equipment manufacturing partners.

IE 9 Release Candidate Now Available

Microsoft today issued the release candidate (RC) version of its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser.

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