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App Virtualization Pays Off for Developers

What started as a quick fix for incompatibility issues has become a viable alternative app-deployment model.

.NET Tool Enables Bi-Directional Network Apps

New toolset enables bi-directional network applications

Oracle's 11g Database to Feature Major .NET Hooks

Long-awaited next version of Oracle Corp.’s database will feature significant .NET-related improvements.

Formulating Software Contract Standards

The American Law Institute is working to establish unifying standards for software contract law.

Microsoft Confirms Windows XP SP3

An e-mail scant of details from a Microsoft spokesperson reveals that Windows XP SP3 will see release in the first half of 2008.

Infragistics Updates WinForms/ASP.NET Components

Tools vendor Infragistics today released NetAdvantage for .NET 2007 Volume 2, its latest set of presentation components for Windows Forms and ASP.NET.

Report: Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate Imminent

In just a couple of weeks, developers will be able to get their hands on the release candidate of Silverlight 1.0, Microsoft's new cross-platform browser media plug-in.

Moonlight in Paris

Silverlight-on-Linux effort could have major cross-platform implications.

VMware to Enable Visual Studio Development on Macs

VMware Inc.’s product makes it possible to use Visual Studio on Macs.

Third-Party Perils

Analyst, firms warn that outsourcing development poses risk to intellectual property.

Microsoft's Agile Dogfood Is Out

Microsoft releases internal Scrum tools to bring Agile development to the masses.

JetBrains Unveils ReSharper 3.0

JetBrains’ ReSharper 3.0 provides improved language support and code-analysis capabilities.

Another Windows Server 2008 CTP Ships

New CTP of Windows Server 2008 includes Web server "core" role.

Microsoft's BizTalk Services: ESB in the Cloud

Microsoft cooks up an online enterprise service bus with BizTalk Services.

Microsoft Intensifies OBA Push

Redmond launches new effort to encourage development atop Office.

Sybase Releases PowerBuilder 11 for .NET

Next-gen version of PowerBuilder adds more .NET functionality.

Fuzz Testing Coming to Corporate Dev Shops?

Fuzz testing could be coming to an enterprise near you.

Mainsoft Overhauls .NET-to-Java Porting Tool

Mainsoft Corp.'s tool for porting .NET Web apps to Java gets major new upgrade.

'Astoria' CTP Gains Silverlight Compatibility

Microsoft on Thursday released an add-on to the previously released CTP of Astoria, a nascent project based around the way data is consumed and exposed on the Web.

Next Version of Live OneCare in Beta Testing

The next version of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft's home and small-business security product, has been released for a live public beta.

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