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Microsoft Shareholders Approve Executive Compensation

More than 99 percent of Microsoft voting shareholders have approved the company's executive compensation practices in its first "say-on-pay" vote.

Google Fixes Bugs in Chrome Frame Affecting IE 8

Google has fixed bugs in Google Chrome Frame, including one that Microsoft called out as a security problem.

Surface Workstation SDK Made Broadly Available at PDC09

The free SDK enables developers to use a PC, multiple mice, and PC-based simulator tools to build and test apps for Microsoft Surface.

Interop New York: Customers Press Vendors for Private Clouds

Google, Microsoft and Amazon pitched their respective cloud offerings during the keynote panel session at Interop New York Thursday.

Google Chrome OS Released as Open Source Code

Google's previously under-wraps operating system is now available to developers as open source code, the company announced on Thursday.

New DBA Tool Helps Companies Move to Azure Cloud

In conjunction with Microsoft’s launch announcement of Windows Azure at this week’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Embarcadero Technologies released an Azure-related database administration tool.

Pluralsight Launches New .NET Training Content and Subscriptions

New training content is available on iPhone ASP.NET development, SharePoint services, Silverlight 3, BizTalk 2009 and Managed Services Engine.

Microsoft's New AppFabric Serves Up Composite Apps

Burley Kawasaki, the director of Microsoft's Connected System Division, explains why AppFabric is the next logical step in .NET abstraction.

Preview of Reactive Extensions for .NET Available

Rx is a .NET Framework extension library that developers can use to build applications that can react to changes to the collections in their environment.

Early Enterprise Cloud Deployments Likely To Be Hybrid

Enterprise customers that start to use cloud services will also host applications and/or data on premises.

Ozzie Quizzed on Cloud Strategy at PDC

Microsoft officials briefed financial analysts on the company's cloud computing strategy at its Professional Developers Conference on Wednesday.

Beta Wave Hits Office and SharePoint Developers at PDC09

Microsoft releases the 2010 set of betas of its Office productivity software -- Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010 and Office Mobile.

Silverlight 4 Beta Launched

Silverlight 4 debuts today, as Scott Guthrie shows the improved RIA platform's business savvy.

Dave Campbell Discusses Dallas

Microsoft Technical Fellow Dave Campbell details the Dallas data application. Could it emerge as the first killer app for the cloud?

Microsoft Releases Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 Betas

Microsoft on Monday released betas of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to its MSDN and TechNet subscribers.

Ray Ozzie and Bob Muglia Kick Off PDC 09

Microsoft's dev confab keynote spotlights Windows Azure and cloud development.

Adobe Releases Betas of Flash 10.1 and AIR 2

Adobe released the public betas of its namesake Flash Player 10.1 and its next-generation Adobe Integrated Runtime, dubbed AIR 2.

Android, BlackBerry and iPhone Take Share from Windows Mobile

Though smart phone sales grew by 12 percent over the past year, the share of new devices shipping with Windows Mobile have plunged, according to Gartner.

PDC09 Preview: Azure Launch Among Highlights at Microsoft's Developer Conference

Thousands of attendees are expected to gather in Los Angeles this week to learn more about Microsoft's developer platform strategy.

Windows SMB Subject to Denial-of-Service Attack

Microsoft is continuing to investigate holes in its Server Message Block file-sharing protocol used in Windows.

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