Microsoft today released the first community technology preview (CTP) of Robotics Developer Studio 2008 at the RoboBusiness conference in Pittsburgh.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/09/2008
Mainsoft, known for its development-related interop software, on Tuesday released a new 2.2 version of Mainsoft for Java EE that offers "full support" for ASP.NET 2.0 components for AJAX-type Web applications.
Microsoft rolled out five "critical" and three "important" patches for Windows Server 2008, Vista, Office, IE and other software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/08/2008
If the traditional notion of infrastructure-based perimeter security is not yet dead, it's not for lack of effort by keynote speakers at this week's RSA Security conference.
- By William Jackson
- 04/08/2008
Microsoft today released information on protocols used in some of its software products.
Microsoft reported today that it has fixed a problem that caused some users upgrading to Vista Service Pack 1 to enter "an endless reboot cycle."
Yahoo's board of directors got a letter from Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer over the weekend about Yahoo's slow response to Microsoft's proposed takeover bid.
This week, Microsoft offered its first public glimpse of the next release of Visual Studio Team System (VSTS), Redmond's next-generation integrated application lifecycle management suite, though the company is still not committing to any deliverables.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/04/2008
Nearly a year and a half after striking their improbable alliance to provide better interoperability between open source and Windows-based platforms, Microsoft and Novell told developers this week that the pact has yielded technical benefits but there's still work to be completed, particularly on the interoperability between the two companies' enterprise directory platforms.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/04/2008
Microsoft yesterday provided new details about the life of its popular Windows XP operating system.
Redmond is poised to release eight security bulletins for its April patch release, with five designated as "critical" and three deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/03/2008
When it comes to infrastructure and operations, research firm Gartner says that virtualization will be the most significant trend through the next four years.
Microsoft's Office Open XML document format was accepted as an international standard, according to an announcement issued today by the International Organization for Standardization.
OOXML software development kits expected in April and July, with
key LINQ-to-XML support anticipated in the later release.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/01/2008
As planned, Redmond is ending Visual Basic 6.0 support this month, prompting enterprises to migrate to .NET.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/01/2008
Microsoft faces challenges as it looks to advance CardSpace for cross-platform identity management.
- By Richard Adhikari
- 04/01/2008
Adobe and Microsoft strike a deal allowing Flash and PDF software
to run on smartphones with Windows Mobile OSes.
The Eclipse Project and Microsoft partner up for interoperability, adding
to Redmond’s growing number of open source collaborators.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/01/2008
Apparently, it's not a joke on this April Fools day that Microsoft's Office Open XML document format was approved as an international standard.
The Kerberos Consortium on Monday added Microsoft to the ranks of its industry supporters.