Microsoft announced that it plans to release today three non-security updates to Windows Vista, which will coincide with Patch Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/13/2007
The next preview of SQL Server 2008 supports spatial data types and a new Resource Governor feature is slated to hit in a week or two.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/12/2007
New server OS from Microsoft will come in eight different versions, including Web-specific server and server virtualization product.
The 2002 consent decree that partially governs Microsoft's actions about its monopolistic business practices was originally supposed to expire today. But Redmond is currently locked in a battle with a coalition of states that want to see federal oversight extended for another half-decade.
Microsoft has unveiled the official name of the server virtualization technology that will be included with Windows Server 2008 early next year: Hyper-V.
November looks to be one of the thinnest patches releases of 2007 as Microsoft said it plans to release just two security bulletins.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/08/2007
Electric Cloud's automated software development process offering will now integrate with VMWare's Lab Manager, the company said Wednesday.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/07/2007
XAware Inc. has released its latest data integration software under an open source GPLv2 license and also achieved Gold Partner status in the MySQL Enterprise Connection Alliance program.
Microsoft has unveiled a multi-year, multi-product initiative, code-named "Oslo," that reflects a number of its recent enterprise solution strategies.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/06/2007
Google's attempt to take a leading role in social networking has some pundits saying yet another Google vs. Microsoft battle scenario is playing out.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/06/2007
Microsoft said that it's giving away Search Server 2008 Express in release candidate form to anyone who wants it, just by downloading it directly from Microsoft's Web site.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/06/2007
The next version of Microsoft's development flagship product will include the latest version of the .NET Framework, iteration 3.5.
In announcing today that it will release to manufacturing Visual Studio 2008 this month, Microsoft is meeting the most optimistic forecasts for when the long anticipated upgrade to its flagship IDE would ship.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/05/2007
The ongoing file format battle between proponents of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) took a surprising turn lthis week, when a key ODF proponent announced that it intended to abandon the ISO-approved specification.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/02/2007
Google's attempt to grab moral high ground in the social networking development is a step in the right direction, according to industry analysts.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/02/2007
Developers shrugged off Microsoft's decision this week to revert to a separate download deliverable of Windows Sharepoint Services.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/02/2007
Developers sound off on the release of .NET Framework source code
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/01/2007
Zend and Microsoft team up to improve PHP/Windows interoperability.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/01/2007
ComponentOne’s ‘Sapphire’ toolset provides controls for Silverlight 1.1.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 11/01/2007
Adobe AIR takes off, touts list of big-name enterprise customers.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/01/2007