The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 bits became available to MSDN subscribers Monday. A public beta is scheduled for release on Wednesday.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/18/2009
The Microsoft Learning group introduced its first virtual lab-based MCP exam this week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/14/2009
Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things.
Adobe and Apple rolled out security updates on Tuesday on top of Microsoft's lone patch for PowerPoint.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/14/2009
The Microsoft Learning group introduced its first virtual lab-based MCP exam this week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/14/2009
Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things.
SAP AG, the latest major software vendor looking to bring business intelligence (BI) to the masses, is launching a Web-based search interface that lets individuals query information from large data warehouses and ultimately other enterprise resources.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/13/2009
The European Union has slapped Intel with a 1.06 billion euro ($1.45 billion) fine for anti-competitive behavior in the x86-based microprocessor market.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/13/2009
As expected, Microsoft rolled out only one patch for this month's Patch Tuesday, a critical bulletin for PowerPoint.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/12/2009
Microsoft has set up a repository in which government agencies may upload and store their public-facing datasets so that they can be reused by other parties.
- By Joab Jackson
- 05/12/2009
The opening keynote address at Tech-Ed on Monday featured Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Windows business, who described a number of upcoming milestones for Microsoft's new products.
Outsourcing activity is increasing, experts say, even as the scope and nature of that activity changes.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/12/2009
The next release of Microsoft's SQL Server database, code-named "Kilimanjaro," will offer master data management (MDM) and support real-time data feeds for business intelligence (BI), reporting and analytics, the company revealed today.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/11/2009
Microsoft on Monday launched the second beta of its claims-based identity management server platform, code-named "Geneva."
The second community technology preview of Microsoft's System Center Service Manager is now available for a virtual test drive, according to a Microsoft announcement last week.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/11/2009
Looking to give its Surface table top device more functionality, Microsoft today released its first service pack with a new SDK that the company says will give developers more flexibility in adding more features.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/11/2009
Microsoft has restructured its .NET Micro Framework (MF) team and plans to eventually open up the .NET MF source code for community development.
Chip maker AMD announced some strategic moves this week regarding the race for dominance in the graphics-plus-microprocessor space.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/08/2009
The middleware software market has entered the slow lane in 2009, according to a Gartner report announced on Wednesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/07/2009
Microsoft plans to roll out only one "critical" patch on Tuesday, affecting PowerPoint, for its May security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/07/2009