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• Microsoft Ends Java Virtual Machine Support

  Microsoft gave notice on Thursday that it removed 10 security patch downloads, all associated with Microsoft Java Virtual Machine technology 07/03/2009

• Forrester: Worst May Be Over for IT Market

  IT purchasing has been so bad recently that things have got to be looking up. 07/02/2009

• Microsoft's 'Gazelle' Browser Concept Going on Tour

  Why can't a Web browser be more like an operating system? That's a question being investigated with "Gazelle," an ongoing project at Microsoft Research. 07/02/2009

• Survey Finds BPM Projects Lack Architecture

  Organizations embarking on business process management need to bring in IT architects earlier in the process, report concludes. 07/02/2009

• Integrating Master Pages and Content Pages

  Not content with providing a solution for displaying information from the Content page on its MasterPage, Peter returns to the topic to solve the problem from another direction. 07/01/2009

• Oracle Releases Fusion Middleware 11g and JDeveloper Update

  In what could be one of its most significant releases this year, Oracle released its new Oracle Fusion Middleware suite and JDeveloper update. 07/01/2009

• Early Feedback on Visual Studio 2010 Beta

  So far, the reviews of VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4 are encouraging. 07/01/2009

• The Cost of Static

  Offshore application development has its merits, but sometimes, as one dev team found, it's just not worth it. 07/01/2009

• Looking to .NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010

  Readers sound off on the next generation of these key development technologies. 07/01/2009

• 5 Tips for Developing with 64-Bit Windows

  64-bit-capable machines are everywhere. It's time you start thinking about 64-bit support as you develop your Visual Basic applications. 07/01/2009

• Test-Driving MonoDevelop 2.0

  Is the open source IDE for cross-platform .NET development a viable alternative to Visual Studio 2008? 07/01/2009

• Integration, Not Capitulation

  Microsoft isn't exiting the business intelligence market; it's redefining it. 07/01/2009

• Time for XAML?

  The language behind WPF is starting to gain momentum, thanks in large part to Silverlight. 07/01/2009

• Targeting Azure Storage

  Learn how to store and retrieve binary large objects in the cloud with Azure's RESTful Storage API. 07/01/2009

• Fine-Tune Unit Testing in Visual Studio

  With a few tweaks, you can turn Visual Studio's basic unit-testing capabilities into a powerful and extensible tool for improving code quality. 07/01/2009