Most desktop computers today, when not in use, power down their hard drives to save energy. While this may be very green, it also incurs minor, though sometimes frustrating, delays.
- By Joab Jackson
- 07/09/2008
Microsoft has released all of the source code used in its Sandcastle project, which is now published at the CodePlex open source developer's Web site, according to a blog.
Redmond joins the Open Source Census in a bid to better understand and track open source deployment.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/01/2008
When was the last time you saw a fully open-source vendor sharing the conference keynote stage with Microsoft? If you were at Microsoft's recent Tech-Ed show in Orlando, you could say, well, then.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/23/2008
A group of developers has signed a statement condemning binary-only Linux modules, which it argues can wreak havoc on Linux deployments, particularly because without the source code available, their negative influence can be hard to trace.
- By Joab Jackson
- 06/23/2008
Microsoft has joined the Open Source Census as a sponsor, according to an announcement issued by OpenLogic, which founded the group.
Next Office 2007 Service Pack will include native read/write support for XML-based OpenDocument Format files.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/15/2008
A speech given yesterday by Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for competition, skewered Microsoft without mentioning the company by name.
Due to objections from four countries, the International Organization for Standardization has temporarily put a hold on publishing Microsoft Office Open XML as an ISO standard.
- By Joab Jackson
- 06/10/2008
The director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab Sam Ramji posted an apology on Friday for not releasing the source code for one of its open source projects.
Microsoft's founder and chairman kicked off Tech-Ed with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/03/2008
There was a lot of head scratching at this year's MySQL Conference and Expo when Microsoft was singled out for its contributions to open source development.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/02/2008
MySQL gives Microsoft a nod from the open source community at the MySQL Conference and Expo.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/01/2008
New Service Packs for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 bring data-access technology to .NET Framework.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/01/2008
Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/29/2008