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Microsoft Reveals Visual Studio 11 Product Lineup, Adds Windows Phone

Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Phone is slated for release with the next version of Windows Phone, the company announced on Friday.

GitHub Releases App for Windows Developers

Windows developers can host code and collaborate with colleagues through brand-new application.

Microsoft Releases Another Preview of Entity Framework 5

The Release Candidate of Microsoft's object-relational mapping framework for .NET is available via NuGet.

Visual Studio Live! Keynote: Developers Must be Artists

Businesses are under pressure to respond much faster to customer requirements and competitive threats.

Minor Update of Silverlight 5 Issued in Tuesday Patch

This latest build is the first update since Silverlight 5 was released in December 2011.

No Java Required: Write Android Apps in C#

XobotOS is a Xamarin-developed project that translated millions of lines of Java to C#.

.NET Architect Brian Noyes on Benefits of XAML, WPF

F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot turned .NET architect Brian Noyes talks with John Waters about XAML, WPF and more.

Exec: Microsoft Plans to 'Cloud Optimize Every Business'

In Microsoft's last fiscal third quarter, Server and Tools delivered $4.57 billion in revenue to the company, up 14 percent. The division is large, growing and increasingly profitable

Amazon Opens Cloud to SQL, ASP.NET Devs

The cloud wars heat up as Amazon promises easier deployment and scalability for database and application developers.

Color Returns to Visual Studio 11 User Interface

Microsoft hears its developers, and colorizes the monochrome look of Visual Studio 11 beta.

Rockford Lhotka on the Open Source CSLA .NET Framework

Today CSLA is one of the most widely used open source software development frameworks for .NET. We talk to its creator about how it came about and its many uses.

Infragistics Delivers NetAdvantage Ultimate 2012, Adds Design Toolsets

The company's latest product suite offers powerful data components, mobile UX and metro-themed controls across multiple platforms.

Windows Azure Adding Voice, SMS Capabilities

Twilio's APIs let developers build the ability to initiate and receive phone calls from mobile and Web apps.

Windows 8 'Pre-Release' Version Coming in June

The "release candidate" of Windows Server 2012 is expected at about the same time.

Spotlight: Vishwas Lele on Getting Started with Azure Development

Lele shares his take on Azure development and how other .NET devs might want to get started.

Microsoft Has a Good Q3

Four of five groups show a profit, with the Entertainment and Devices Division the lone money-loser.

Report: Microsoft to Release New Versions of Office, SharePoint in 2013

The products are part of a raft of new releases that also include Exchange, Project and Visio.

It's Official: 'Windows 8' is Windows 8

Only three editions for Windows 8 on traditional devices.

Visual Studio 11 Is Microsoft's ALM Brand

When Microsoft talks about application lifecycle management (ALM), it's always in the context of its Visual Studio IDE, especially with Visual Studio 11.

The Evolving Definition of 'Big Data'

While there's lots of talk about big data these days (a lot of talk), there currently is no good, authoritative definition of big data, according to Microsoft Regional Director Andrew Brust.