While last month's JavaOne conference focused on the next generation of the Java platform, there's a growing ecosystem of tools to connect existing Java-based apps to those based on Microsoft's .NET environment.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/02/2008
Microsoft continued to investigate what it called public reports of a remote code execution threat for XP and Vista when Apple's Safari Web browser is installed.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/02/2008
Microsoft refreshes its Expression Studio Suite with upgrades to all five Expression tools.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/01/2008
JavaOne conference showcases growing number of tools connecting Java and .NET applications.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/01/2008
MySQL gives Microsoft a nod from the open source community at the MySQL Conference and Expo.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/01/2008
Codejock Technologies offers improved toolkits to Visual C++ and ActiveX developers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/01/2008
Oracle completes BEA Systems acquisition, putting pressure on Microsoft’s .NET middleware and SOA strategies.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 06/01/2008
Embarcadero Technologies will purchase CodeGear from Borland, and plans to continue support for CodeGear products.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/01/2008
New Service Packs for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 bring data-access technology to .NET Framework.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/01/2008
Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/29/2008
Symantec officials described a workaround to a problem that has affected some users upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 3 who also use Symantec's security solutions.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/29/2008
This week Microsoft released the latest preview version of its model view controller (MVC) architecture for Web application frameworks.
Google's long-percolating application development environment, the Google App Engine, is now generally available to the public at large, the company said today.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/28/2008
A touch user interface turned out to be the big surprise in Windows 7, the latest operating system being developed by Microsoft.
Google is set to unveil the latest version of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) at the company's first big developer conference, Google I/O, scheduled to run this week (May 28 and 29) in San Francisco.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/27/2008
Senior Technical Account Manager at Microsoft New Zealand Nick MacKechnie posted on his MSDN blog that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is coming in the "third quarter" of this year.
Windows 7, the code-name for Microsoft's upcoming operating system, will be demonstrated at "D6: All Things Digital," according to a blog note for the sold-out event.
Microsoft released an international beta of its Office Live Workspace (OLW) suite of productivity tools. The company also quietly launched an Office Live Update last week.
With billionaire investor Carl Icahn's consortium of investors looking to take over Yahoo's board at its upcoming shareholder meeting, Yahoo has bought itself more time by pushing back the meeting from July 3 to "around the end of July."
Microsoft's announcement that it will release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) this summer raises the question: What's the status of SQL Server 2008?
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/22/2008