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Cray Unveils CX1 Supercomputer for Office Use

Cray Inc., in conjunction with Intel and Microsoft, on Tuesday unveiled a relatively low-cost supercomputer that works in office environments.

Ranorex Studio Automates Testing Tasks

Austria-based testing-tools vendor Ranorex GmbH has released an automated application-testing solution targeting Windows, .NET and Web development.

Timesheet Tracker Targets VS.NET

TeamExpand releases commercial version of TX Chrono, its Web-based timesheet-tracking application for Visual Studio.

Google Chrome Shakes Browser Market

Google announces Chrome, a Web browser that will challenge Internet Explorer, Firefox and other market leaders.

Components Vendor Puts Icons on the Menu

Infragistics unveils new icon packs to improve application navigation and enhance Web sites.

VMworld Preview: VMware's Vision of Virtualization as the OS

The annual VMworld user conference gets underway today in Las Vegas, with the event's host betting big on a new strategy that redefines its market-leading virtualization management products.

Outsourcing Team Foundation Server

Phase 2 International offers hosted SaaS solution for Microsoft's Team Foundation Server.

Ranorex Studio Automates Testing Tasks

Testing tools vendor Ranorex releases automated application-testing solution for Windows, .NET and Web development.

New Exploits at Black Hat

Black Hat Technical Information Security Conference highlights JavaScript-based Web applications’ vulnerability to malware.

Embarcadero Unveils First Update of CodeGear Tools

Embarcadero Technologies releases Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009, updated versions of dev tools acquired in its purchase of CodeGear.

IIS Tool Filters SQL-Injection Attacks

Microsoft’s UrlScan 3.0 is an improved security filter for Internet Information Services Web server designed to prevent SQL-injection attacks.

Google's Chrome Browser Contains Microsoft Code

The newly released Google Chrome Web browser beta is a completely open source solution and a potential challenger to Microsoft's proprietary-code Internet Explorer browser, but Microsoft's Senior Program Manager Scott Hanselman found a little bit of irony in Google's browser as well.

Lumbering Global Economy Affects IT Industry

The sluggish global economy has migrated to the IT industry, according to a survey released this week by Forrester Research.

First Look: IE8 Beta 2 -- Catching Up With Firefox

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 was released late last month, so I gave it a test run.

Sun Expands Virtualization Portfolio, Partners with Microsoft

Sun Microsystems today launched the latest salvo in the virtualization wars with the release of new and upgraded tools and services around its xVM technology.

VSLive! NY: A Glimpse of .NET Framework in the Cloud

Developers got an indication of Microsoft's unfolding cloud platform strategy at this week's VSLive! conference in New York. Several conference sessions outlined the company's plans for Software plus Services and platforms-as-a-service, which offer hosted development and runtimes.

Microsoft Boosts Modeling Strategy and Rejoins OMG

Microsoft, as part of its overall initiative to support modeling capabilities, especially in its .NET Framework, today joined the Object Management Group (OMG), a nonprofit organization that fosters integration standards for the enterprise.

September Patch To Fix Windows GDI Exploit and More

Redmond on Tuesday rolled out four critical fixes, as expected, for as many as eight remote code execution exploits for various Windows applications.

Buyer Beware with Virtualization Technology

As hackers continue to focus their attention on virtualized environments, those looking to adopt virtualization technologies should proceed with caution, according to report from InfoWorld.

Microsoft Starts Windows Ad Campaign, With Nod to Shareholders

Microsoft launched the first TV commercial in its new $300 million ad campaign that's designed to spur consumer interest in Microsoft operating system products.

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