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Microsoft's Raikes To Retire

Jeff Raikes will leave Microsoft next September after 28 years with the company.

TopQuadrant Releases Semantic Web Dev Tools

TopQuadrant has added to its open Eclipse-based suite of solutions that enable semantic Web application development for the enterprise.

Microsoft, Fast Combo To Yield Better Search Dev Tools

Microsoft, which has said for months that it fields the best enterprise search, is spending another billion to bolster that claim.

Microsoft Releases Two Patches

Microsoft kicked off 2008 with two patches -- one "Critical," one "Important."

Gates on Vista: 100 Million Served

Sales of the Vista operating system have hit the 100 million-mark, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Sunday night at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in what is expected to be his last keynote address.

Tech Giants Woo Developers Seeking JavaScript Turf

The software tools war is getting more interesting as Microsoft-Google square off with Volta vs. GWT and Adobe seeks to preserve its dominance in dynamic app development technology.

Redmond Makes Progress on Entity Framework

Entity Framework beta 3 offers new features, bug fixes and major performance enhancements, but no Oracle support.

First Look: Popfly

Popfly for Silverlight: a beta glimpse.

Compuware Revs Business Requirements Tool

Compuware upgrades OptimalTrace 5.0 for BRM.

MS Research Spinoff Pegs Mobile Software Tool

MS Research spin-off Zumobi unleashes first beta of mobile software.

IBM and Mainsoft Ink Deal to Integrate .NET Apps

IBMWebSphere Portal to be sold with Mainsoft's .NET-Java interoperability solution.

Developers Weigh in on PDC Delay

Microsoft PDC is back on the schedule.

Blend SP1 Fails to Launch

Blend SP1 runs into some rough patches.

Software Giants Differ on VM Support

Microsoft and others embrace virtualization, but support varies.

Extending.NET to Multi-Tier Apps

Early build of 'Volta' toolset expected to ease multi-tier app development.

PowerBuilder Revved with .NET Hooks

Sybase PowerBuilder 11.1 adds .NET enhancements.

Windows Home Server Causing File Corruption

Microsoft is facing its first crisis with Windows Home Server, which is causing file corruption when used with certain programs -- most of them from Microsoft itself.

Microsoft Launches New Security Blog

Patch Tuesday releases promise be a lot more interesting in 2008.

Browser Wars Resume as Microsoft, Firefox Prep Updates

Firefox 3 Beta 2 hits in time for the holidays; Microsoft queues up IE 8 beta for first half '08.

Szulik Relinquishes Red Hat CEO Slot

Matthew Szulik stunned analysts by announcing that he's stepping back from Red Hat CEO slot. Jim Whitehurst will step in as president and CEO while Szulik will remain chairman.

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