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Patch Tuesday Looks Light

Microsoft's patch rollout looks to be on the light side in September, with just five patches -- one of which is labeled "Critical" and four rated "Important" -- as part of its upcoming Patch Tuesday release.

CodeGear Unveils IDE for Rapid Web Development

CodeGear is releasing a rapid application development (RAD) environment for database-driven Web-based applications that supports multiple versions of Microsoft Windows as well as the .NET Framework. The company's new RAD Studio 2007integrated development environment (IDE) supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista operating systems.

Microsoft Releases Silverlight

Microsoft has turned on the Silverlight.

W3C Publishes Web Services Policy 1.5

Group devises a more flexible method of handling policy changes for Web services and service-oriented architectures.

'Windows Live' Gets a Step Closer to Live

The next beta versions of the products that make up the Windows Live suite were made available today.

Microsoft Document Format Voted Down

Microsoft's first attempt to gain acceptance for its Open XML (OOXML) document format from a critical standards body has failed.

Microsoft Shows Commitment to Commerce Server 2007

Microsoft renews public commitment to Commerce Server.

LightSpeed 1.0: Mastering Domains

New Zealand firm debuts object-relational mapping toolset.

'Rosario' Comes Out for a First Look

Developers say the first pieces of Microsoft’s next-generation ALM suite look promising.

BPM Software Market Taking Off

Survey shows rapid uptick in BPM market.

Respectful Competition

Microsoft, Linux camps continue wary dance.

i3 Upgrade for .NET Apps and SQL Server

Symantec Corp. boosts .NET features in Application Performance Management platform.

DevExpress Updates CodeRush Productivity Toolset

Developer Express Inc.’s CodeRush 2.5 comes bundled with refactoring toolset.

Microsoft Readies Windows Server Virtualization

Microsoft dishes on 'Viridian's' security features.

Social Networking Vendors Flooding Market

Enterprises can choose from a rapidly growing number of social-networking platforms.

11G Features Cost Extra

Oracle Corp.’s new database involves some a la carte pricing.

What's Behind the Windows Server 2008 Delay?

Microsoft published almost no details earlier this week with its announcement that Windows Server 2008's release to manufacturing date had slipped.

Site Quantifies Efforts of OSS Java Developers

The vast majority of Java developers who contribute their time and talent to open source software projects labor in obscurity, never getting any useful recognition for their efforts. Mark Kofman and Anton Litvinenko believe it's high time to give credit where credit is due.

Microsoft To Buy Parlano

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it intends to buy Parlano, a Chicago-based company it has already worked closely with on enterprise communications software.

Windows Vista SP1 Due in Early 2008

A public beta will be available in a few weeks

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