http://visualstudiomagazine.com/rss-feeds/news.aspx Oracle today said it has agreed to acquire AmberPoint, a supplier of software for managing service-oriented architectures, for an undisclosed sum. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/08/oracle-beefs-up-soa-with-amberpoint-deal.aspx Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:23:05 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/08/oracle-beefs-up-soa-with-amberpoint-deal.aspx Microsoft plans to eventually discontinue offering its standalone versions of FAST enterprise search products for Linux and Unix. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/05/fast-search-will-be-a-windows-only-product.aspx Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:39:24 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/05/fast-search-will-be-a-windows-only-product.aspx Academic researchers can now apply for free access to Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud services. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/05/microsoft-and-nsf-open-azure-to-researchers.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:35:49 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/05/microsoft-and-nsf-open-azure-to-researchers.aspx Apple's new tablet PC was announced amid a roar of pre-release hype. What does it mean for .NET developers? http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/04/ipad-impacts-net-developers.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:37:06 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/04/ipad-impacts-net-developers.aspx Microsoft Office 2010 reached the release candidate milestone this week, bringing the development process one step closer to the product's planned June release. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/04/office-2010-hits-rc-stage.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:10:37 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/04/office-2010-hits-rc-stage.aspx Microsoft's Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud services are now generally available, ending the free test period. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/01/azure-cloud-service-now-available.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:12:54 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/01/azure-cloud-service-now-available.aspx It remains to be seen whether the slate-based iPad will help or hurt the prospects of PC-based alternatives with a similar form factor. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/01/pc-makers-to-challenge-ipad.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:28:22 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/01/pc-makers-to-challenge-ipad.aspx Will the Dev10 improvements be worth it if the result is slower performance? http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/01/vs2010-release-candidate-expected-this-month.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/01/vs2010-release-candidate-expected-this-month.aspx Public safety managers must begin moving into the cloud, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday at the company's annual Public Safety Symposium. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/28/ballmer-pushes-cloud-for-public-safety-agencies.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:04:33 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/28/ballmer-pushes-cloud-for-public-safety-agencies.aspx Oracle Cloud Office is the next generation of Sun's OpenOffice, company officials revealed. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/28/oracle-to-take-on-microsoft-office.aspx Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:11:22 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/28/oracle-to-take-on-microsoft-office.aspx A former Microsoft employee apparently disclosed RTM dates for future Microsoft products, including "Office 2012," "Windows Server 2012" and "Windows 8." http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/27/windows-8-release-date-possibly-leaked.aspx Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:30:54 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/27/windows-8-release-date-possibly-leaked.aspx Oracle plans to invest heavily in developing and selling hardware bundled with applications and database software. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/27/oracle-to-announce-sun-road-map.aspx Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:10:57 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/27/oracle-to-announce-sun-road-map.aspx Microsoft's court loss to i4i LP has spawned a make-shift tool to check for patent-infringing technology in Word files. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/22/tool-checks-for-custom-xml-in-word-files.aspx Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:47:50 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/22/tool-checks-for-custom-xml-in-word-files.aspx Microsoft is aligning with former rival Intuit to help bring Intuit's large contingent of QuickBooks users into the cloud. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/microsoft-intuit-strike-cloud-pact.aspx Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:38:05 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/microsoft-intuit-strike-cloud-pact.aspx A Microsoft official said this week the government must revise out-of-date statutes and lay new legislative groundwork to keep pace with technology. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/microsoft-to-congress-time-to-seed-cloud.aspx Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:59:18 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/microsoft-to-congress-time-to-seed-cloud.aspx The company updates its Quince community-based patterns portal with a professional service for collaboration and storage. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/infragistics-expands-ux-patterns-explorer.aspx Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:54:02 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/infragistics-expands-ux-patterns-explorer.aspx The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/oracle-sun-deal-gets-green-light.aspx Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/21/oracle-sun-deal-gets-green-light.aspx Microsoft has tacitly acknowledged that it will have something to say after all about its next-generation mobile platform, including a possible Windows Phone in March. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/20/microsoft-puts-windows-phone-on-mix-agenda.aspx Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/20/microsoft-puts-windows-phone-on-mix-agenda.aspx The organization that oversees global allocation of IP addresses announced that less than 10 percent of the available IPv4 address space remains unallocated. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/20/internet-addresses-running-out.aspx Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/20/internet-addresses-running-out.aspx Microsoft on Tuesday said SQL Server 2008 R2, the next version of its database, will be generally available in May. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/19/sql-server-2008-r2-ship-may.aspx Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:56:51 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/19/sql-server-2008-r2-ship-may.aspx At the inaugural meeting of the New York Technology Council, representatives from Google and Microsoft debated their views on how data will be stored and shared in the future. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/15/microsoft-google-debate-cloud-future.aspx Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:16:29 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/15/microsoft-google-debate-cloud-future.aspx The next versions of Visual Studio and .NET Framework will be delayed by only three weeks, according to a brief announcement by Microsoft http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/15/vs2010-set-for-april-launch.aspx Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:48:29 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/15/vs2010-set-for-april-launch.aspx Microsoft on Tuesday released a free search engine optimization tool for Web sites. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/13/microsoft-offers-free-web-search-tool.aspx Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:48:14 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/13/microsoft-offers-free-web-search-tool.aspx Microsoft and HP disclosed a $250 million, three-year partnership to develop and market next-generation datacenter technology and application infrastructure. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/13/microsoft-hp-ink-cloud-virtualization-pact.aspx Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:24:01 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/13/microsoft-hp-ink-cloud-virtualization-pact.aspx All eyes tend to focus on Microsoft's monthly patch cycle, but don't forget Adobe. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/13/adobe-eclipsing-microsoft-as-patch-concern.aspx Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:31:26 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/13/adobe-eclipsing-microsoft-as-patch-concern.aspx Microsoft plans to release its January security patch today, which is expected to include just one fix for Windows systems. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/12/january-patch-critical-for-windows-2000.aspx Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:31:51 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/12/january-patch-critical-for-windows-2000.aspx A free toolkit helps database users migrate from MySQL to Microsoft's SQL Server database on-premise or in the cloud. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/12/ms-woos-mysql-users-with-migration-tool.aspx Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:52:33 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/12/ms-woos-mysql-users-with-migration-tool.aspx Ballmer's talk at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show consisted primarily of incremental announcements and positioning statements, but there were no major surprises. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/07/ballmer-highlights-two-screens-at-ces.aspx Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:57:31 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/07/ballmer-highlights-two-screens-at-ces.aspx The company announced on Monday that users can now upgrade their Windows Azure preview accounts to commercial subscriptions, or register for new services. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/microsoft-rings-in-year-with-commercial-cloud-services.aspx Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:32:19 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/microsoft-rings-in-year-with-commercial-cloud-services.aspx Microsoft is joining the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Scalable Vector Graphics Working Group. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/microsoft-w3c-scalable-vector-graphics.aspx Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:02:28 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/microsoft-w3c-scalable-vector-graphics.aspx Google on Tuesday launched the Nexus One, a touch-based smartphone that boasts many of the features of Apple's iPhone as well as some new features. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/google-nexus-one-smartphone-market.aspx Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:23:21 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/google-nexus-one-smartphone-market.aspx After a year of dramatic growth, Google's Chrome has become the third most popular browser behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/chrome-up-ie-down.aspx Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:12:04 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/06/chrome-up-ie-down.aspx Gartner on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Burton Group, a smaller but well-regarded IT research and advisory services firm, for $56 million. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/04/gartner-acquire-burton-group.aspx Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/04/gartner-acquire-burton-group.aspx Windows 7 has the potential to become a security target in 2010, according to researchers, although it's held up so far. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/04/windows-7-may-face-attacks-in-2010.aspx Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:54:22 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/04/windows-7-may-face-attacks-in-2010.aspx From Windows Azure to Silverlight, the 2009 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference provided plenty of concrete guidance for .NET developers looking ahead to 2010 and beyond. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/01/parsing-pdc.aspx Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/01/01/parsing-pdc.aspx Microsoft has been ordered to stop selling its Microsoft Word software starting Jan. 11. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/22/court-bans-word-sales_0.aspx Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:33:16 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/22/court-bans-word-sales_0.aspx Microsoft provided more details about its settlement with the EC, particularly with regard to interoperability agreements http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/18/microsoft-beefs-up-interoperability-agreements.aspx Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:39:37 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/18/microsoft-beefs-up-interoperability-agreements.aspx Microsoft says it needs more time to address concerns with virtual memory usage in its next-generation integrated development environment. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/18/visual-studio-2010-and-.net-launch-delayed.aspx Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:19:36 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/18/visual-studio-2010-and-.net-launch-delayed.aspx HP for the first time is enabling infrastructure and application provisioning services to third-party cloud providers, initially Amazon's EC2. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/17/hp-extends-public-private-cloud-portfolio.aspx Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:24:15 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/17/hp-extends-public-private-cloud-portfolio.aspx The European Commission on Wednesday ended its antitrust suit against Microsoft, accepting Redmond's agreement to allow users the choice of making any browser their default Web interface. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/16/microsoft-settles-with-ec-agrees-to-offer-choice-of-browsers.aspx Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:02:43 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/16/microsoft-settles-with-ec-agrees-to-offer-choice-of-browsers.aspx Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that one of its software vendors copied code from a microblogging application called Plurk. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/15/microsoft-admits-to-purloined-plurk-code.aspx Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:42:40 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/15/microsoft-admits-to-purloined-plurk-code.aspx Microsoft formed a new organization within its Server and Tools Business last week called the Server and Cloud Division (SCD). http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/14/microsoft-creates-server-and-cloud-division.aspx Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:27:41 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/14/microsoft-creates-server-and-cloud-division.aspx Google is reportedly considering offering its own mobile phone based on the Android operating system as early as next year. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/14/google-to-offer-own-phone.aspx Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/14/google-to-offer-own-phone.aspx Amazon has launched the beta for Spot Instances, which lets developers and customers bid for unused capacity on Amazon's EC2 service. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/14/amazon-auctions-off-cloud-capacity.aspx Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/14/amazon-auctions-off-cloud-capacity.aspx Hosting provider provides free server space and access to test ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/11/maximumasp-developer-playground.aspx Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/11/maximumasp-developer-playground.aspx The telecom industry has joined the effort to forge interoperability among cloud providers by forming a consortium backed by some key cloud providers, including Microsoft and IBM. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/10/it-heavyweights-back-telcom-cloud-forum.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:18:32 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/10/it-heavyweights-back-telcom-cloud-forum.aspx As expected, the last Windows Security Update of 2009 will include six security bulletins -- three dubbed "critical" and three labeled "important." http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/08/december-patch-contains-critical-ie-fix.aspx Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/08/december-patch-contains-critical-ie-fix.aspx If recent market research is any indication, computing in the clouds could achieve a breakthrough of sorts in 2010. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/08/cloud-computing-2010.aspx Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/08/cloud-computing-2010.aspx Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized the legal details of their proposed search-advertising deal. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/04/microsoft-and-yahoo-finalize-search-contract.aspx Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:28:18 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/04/microsoft-and-yahoo-finalize-search-contract.aspx Intel pushed the outer limits of computing by unveiling a new experimental processor it described as a "single-chip cloud computer." http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/04/intel-unveils-48-core-cloud-computer-chip.aspx Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/04/intel-unveils-48-core-cloud-computer-chip.aspx Should you be paying more attention to application maintenance and less to application development? http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/04/app-maintenance-is-neglected.aspx Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/04/app-maintenance-is-neglected.aspx Microsoft is planning to rev up the mobility market under its "Windows phone" brand. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/windows-phones-to-arrive-in-coming-months.aspx Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:35:59 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/windows-phones-to-arrive-in-coming-months.aspx The winner of Microsoft’s recent Code 7 contest heard about the competition just three weeks before the deadline. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/code-contest-winner.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:40:37 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/code-contest-winner.aspx IBM on Monday said it has acquired Guardium, a leading supplier of real-time database application monitoring software. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/ibm-acquires-guardium.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:09:59 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/ibm-acquires-guardium.aspx The Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 held in Las Vegas in October marked an important milestone for Redmond's popular SharePoint collaboration and publishing platform. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/sharepoint-2010-emerges-as-a-developer-platform.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/sharepoint-2010-emerges-as-a-developer-platform.aspx In November, Microsoft released the feature-complete preview of SQL Server 2008 R2, the first major upgrade of its flagship database platform in nearly two years. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/microsoft-readies-sql-server-2008-r2-feature-complete-preview.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/12/01/microsoft-readies-sql-server-2008-r2-feature-complete-preview.aspx Microsoft announced last week that Chris Liddell is stepping down as Microsoft's chief financial officer. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/30/liddell-quitting-microsoft-cfo-position.aspx Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:52:03 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/30/liddell-quitting-microsoft-cfo-position.aspx A new zero-day Internet Explorer bug awaits IT pros returning from the holiday break. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/30/microsoft-warns-of-ie-6-and-ie-7-bug.aspx Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/30/microsoft-warns-of-ie-6-and-ie-7-bug.aspx More than 99 percent of Microsoft voting shareholders have approved the company's executive compensation practices in its first "say-on-pay" vote. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/30/ms-shareholders-approve-exec-compensation.aspx Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/30/ms-shareholders-approve-exec-compensation.aspx Google has fixed bugs in Google Chrome Frame, including one that Microsoft called out as a security problem. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/20/google-fixes-bug-in-chrome-frame-affecting-ie-8.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:50 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/20/google-fixes-bug-in-chrome-frame-affecting-ie-8.aspx