http://visualstudiomagazine.com/rss-feeds/news.aspx Microsoft gave notice on Thursday that it removed 10 security patch downloads, all associated with Microsoft Java Virtual Machine technology http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/03/Microsoft-Ends-Java-Virtual-Machine-Support.aspx Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:18 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/03/Microsoft-Ends-Java-Virtual-Machine-Support.aspx IT purchasing has been so bad recently that things have got to be looking up. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Worst-May-Be-Over-for-IT-Market.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:44:36 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Worst-May-Be-Over-for-IT-Market.aspx 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. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Microsoft-Gazelle-Browser-Going-on-Tour.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:44 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Microsoft-Gazelle-Browser-Going-on-Tour.aspx Organizations embarking on business process management need to bring in IT architects earlier in the process, report concludes. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Survey-Finds-BPM-Projects-Lack-Architecture.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Survey-Finds-BPM-Projects-Lack-Architecture.aspx In what could be one of its most significant releases this year, Oracle released its new Oracle Fusion Middleware suite and JDeveloper update. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Oracle-Unveils-Fusion-Middleware-11g.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:21:50 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Oracle-Unveils-Fusion-Middleware-11g.aspx So far, the reviews of VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4 are encouraging. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Early-Feedback-on-Visual-Studio-2010-Beta.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Early-Feedback-on-Visual-Studio-2010-Beta.aspx The general economic downturn is leaving its mark on IT salaries, according to an independent study released on Monday. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/29/IT-Salaries-Getting-Pinched-in-2009.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:07:41 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/29/IT-Salaries-Getting-Pinched-in-2009.aspx Oracle says questioning shouldn’t be a deal breaker. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/29/DOJ-Inquires-About-Java-Licensing.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/29/DOJ-Inquires-About-Java-Licensing.aspx Representing a key milestone for Eclipse, the release is the largest yet, comprising 33 projects and more than 24 million lines of code. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Eclipse-Galileo-Marks-Fourth-Release-Train.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Eclipse-Galileo-Marks-Fourth-Release-Train.aspx The downturn in the economy is affecting the role and spending strategies of IT organizations, according to a Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Microsoft. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Some-IT-Orgs-Spending-Strategically-in-Bad-Economy.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:35:22 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Some-IT-Orgs-Spending-Strategically-in-Bad-Economy.aspx Software developers still use software configuration management more than fully featured suites, according to a report published by Forrester. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/22/Survey-Shows-Developers-Lean-Toward-Lighter-SCM-Tools-Over-ALM.aspx Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/22/Survey-Shows-Developers-Lean-Toward-Lighter-SCM-Tools-Over-ALM.aspx Microsoft has clarified its downgrade rights policies for Windows 7 purchasers when that operating system becomes generally available. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/18/Microsoft-Unveils-Windows-7-Downgrade-Plan.aspx Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:01:15 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/18/Microsoft-Unveils-Windows-7-Downgrade-Plan.aspx Move lets JBoss SOA customers gain governance, policy management and business technology optimization. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/18/HP-and-Red-Hat-Integrate-SOA-Tools.aspx Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/18/HP-and-Red-Hat-Integrate-SOA-Tools.aspx In a significant move for those who develop .NET applications targeting Oracle databases, Microsoft is removing the Oracle data provider from its ADO.NET roadmap. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/16/Microsoft-Kills-Oracle-Data-Provider-for-ADONET.aspx Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:28:29 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/16/Microsoft-Kills-Oracle-Data-Provider-for-ADONET.aspx IBM today unveiled cloud-based services for enterprises that can be hosted or run on a customer's premises, or a hybrid of the two. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/16/IBM-Launches-Enterprise-Cloud-Services.aspx Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:45:23 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/16/IBM-Launches-Enterprise-Cloud-Services.aspx The Fedora Project, a community open source effort sponsored by Red Hat, released the its latest Linux distribution. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/16/Fedora-Project-Releases-Update-To-Linux-Distribution.aspx Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/16/Fedora-Project-Releases-Update-To-Linux-Distribution.aspx Microsoft is releasing new betas of Forefront enterprise security products, according to announcements issued this week. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Microsoft-Rolls-Out-New-Forefront-Betas.aspx Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:40:36 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Microsoft-Rolls-Out-New-Forefront-Betas.aspx Microsoft executive Bill Koefoed answered some questions about the software giant's business prospects on Wednesday at an investment firm-sponsored technology conference. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/10/Windows-7-Will-Face-Tough-Market.aspx Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:00:51 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/10/Windows-7-Will-Face-Tough-Market.aspx It only took six months for Microsoft to break its own record for addressing the most vulnerabilities in a single patch. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/09/Microsoft-Breaks-Record-With-Massive-June-Patch.aspx Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:23:33 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/09/Microsoft-Breaks-Record-With-Massive-June-Patch.aspx With Apple Inc. refreshing its iPhone line and Macintosh platform this week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, the company is continuing its incremental efforts to make its offerings appeal to enterprises. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/09/Despite-Hoopla-At-WWDC-Apple-Offers-Incremental-Extras-For-Enterprise-Developers.aspx Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/09/Despite-Hoopla-At-WWDC-Apple-Offers-Incremental-Extras-For-Enterprise-Developers.aspx Microsoft's Bill Veghte spoke at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference on Monday, providing a general overview of the Windows 7 business plan. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/08/Windows-7-Modest-Bump-in-PC-Sales-Veghte.aspx Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:59:28 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/08/Windows-7-Modest-Bump-in-PC-Sales-Veghte.aspx Microsoft on Wednesday announced a program for its U.S. partners working with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 called "Project for Workgroups." http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Microsoft-Unveils-Project-Management-Effort-for-Partners.aspx Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:36:19 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Microsoft-Unveils-Project-Management-Effort-for-Partners.aspx June may prove to be a busy month for IT pros, with Microsoft planning to release 10 fixes in its next security patch. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Heavy-Security-Patch-Coming-on-Tuesday.aspx Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:10:40 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Heavy-Security-Patch-Coming-on-Tuesday.aspx At the Computex event in Taiwan this week, Microsoft presented its vision of a mobile computing world that will include "consumer Internet devices" alongside netbooks. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Microsoft-Sets-Stage-for-Netbook-vs-Smartbook.aspx Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:43:20 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Microsoft-Sets-Stage-for-Netbook-vs-Smartbook.aspx While Palm is set to launch its widely publicized Pre, the developer camps that were scheduled to take place June 13 have been postponed for two months. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/04/preDevCamp-Postponed-Two-Months.aspx Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:53:13 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/04/preDevCamp-Postponed-Two-Months.aspx IBM's Rational division this week gave attendees at its annual user conference a peek at three new products focused on the notion of "software investment management." http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/03/IBM-Rational-Previews-Wares-for-Software-Investment-Management.aspx Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:39:03 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/03/IBM-Rational-Previews-Wares-for-Software-Investment-Management.aspx Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made a surprise appearance at the annual JavaOne conference in San Francisco this morning. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Oracle-Chief-Ellison-Next-Leader-of-Java-Community.aspx Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:24:19 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Oracle-Chief-Ellison-Next-Leader-of-Java-Community.aspx Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be generally available on Oct. 22, 2009. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Windows-7-To-Ship-Late-October.aspx Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:22:26 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Windows-7-To-Ship-Late-October.aspx A recent study from market watcher Gartner Inc. suggests that in some cases SOA adopters might be service-enabling chiefly for the sake of service-enabling. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Study-Highlights-SOA-Herd-Mentality.aspx Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:48:15 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Study-Highlights-SOA-Herd-Mentality.aspx On the eve of its annual JavaOne Conference, Sun Microsystems unveiled a new version of the OpenSolaris operating system. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Sun-Launches-Third--Release-of-OpenSolaris.aspx Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:34:03 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Sun-Launches-Third--Release-of-OpenSolaris.aspx Microsoft cancelled its standalone Office Developer Conference for this year and instead will fold the content into its SharePoint Conference 2009 event, which is scheduled for the fall. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Office-Developer-Conference-Cancelled.aspx Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:18:44 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Office-Developer-Conference-Cancelled.aspx This year's JavaOne represents a changing of the guard for Sun Microsystems, longtime conference sponsor and steward of the Java platform, which is set to be acquired by Oracle. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Clouds-Cast-Over-Sun-on-Eve-of-JavaOne.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:58:34 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Clouds-Cast-Over-Sun-on-Eve-of-JavaOne.aspx Adobe Systems today is providing developers with the first public look at its next-generation tooling for creating rich Internet applications (RIAs) with the release of two key betas and updates to its framework. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Adobe-Revamps-Flash-Platform.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:16:08 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Adobe-Revamps-Flash-Platform.aspx ALM supplier Borland last week launched a new requirements management package that promises to reduce the number of late and costly changes to software development projects. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Borland-Launches-Requirements-Management-Tool.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:15:01 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Borland-Launches-Requirements-Management-Tool.aspx Microsoft executive Tami Reller fielded questions about the company's Windows business segment on Thursday in New York City. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Reller-Assures-Financial-Crowd-on-Windows-7-Readiness.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 04:03:57 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Reller-Assures-Financial-Crowd-on-Windows-7-Readiness.aspx Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday describing a newly disclosed bug in Microsoft DirectShow that could enable remote code execution attacks. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/DirectShow-Subject-to-Attacks-Microsoft-Warns.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 02:49:22 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/DirectShow-Subject-to-Attacks-Microsoft-Warns.aspx Now that there's some movement toward a U.S. cybersecurity policy, it's time to roll up the sleeves and get to work, and that task won't be easy, software security experts suggested on Friday. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Cybersecurity-Policy-Will-Pose-Challenges-Security-Pros.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 00:58:56 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Cybersecurity-Policy-Will-Pose-Challenges-Security-Pros.aspx On Wednesday, Microsoft released the latest Visual Studio (VS) extension preview for building apps that run on its Windows Azure cloud computing operating system and services platform. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Microsoft-Extends-VS-2010-to-Azure-Cloud.aspx Fri, 29 May 2009 23:35:16 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Microsoft-Extends-VS-2010-to-Azure-Cloud.aspx Microsoft this week released a new community technology preview (CTP) of its modeling environment code-named "Oslo." http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Microsoft-Oslo-CTP-Includes-First-Look-at-Quadrant.aspx Fri, 29 May 2009 23:20:26 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Microsoft-Oslo-CTP-Includes-First-Look-at-Quadrant.aspx Google this week took developers off guard by revealing Google Wave, a real-time shared communications stream that can include text, photos, videos and maps to which all participants have access. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Google-Reveals-Wave--at-IO-Dev-Conference.aspx Fri, 29 May 2009 23:04:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Google-Reveals-Wave--at-IO-Dev-Conference.aspx Microsoft announced "Bing" on Thursday, the company's newest search engine technology and brand campaign. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/28/Microsofts-Bing-Search-Engine-Unveiled.aspx Thu, 28 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/28/Microsofts-Bing-Search-Engine-Unveiled.aspx Microsoft published Service Pack 2 (SP2) on Monday for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/27/SP2-Windows-Vista--and-Windows-Server-2008.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 23:50:56 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/27/SP2-Windows-Vista--and-Windows-Server-2008.aspx A private cloud could offer almost all the benefits of a public cloud, but without the attendant security and privacy headaches, said Jim Whitehurst, president and chief executive officer of enterprise open source software vendor Red Hat. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Private-Clouds-Better-for-Security.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 21:53:29 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Private-Clouds-Better-for-Security.aspx Attunity Ltd. today released software that allows developers to apply change data capture (CDC) between Microsoft's SQL Server and Oracle databases. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Attunity-Adds-Change-Data-Capture-Links.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 21:38:40 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Attunity-Adds-Change-Data-Capture-Links.aspx Palm has said it will support a grassroots effort to assemble independent developers looking to build their own apps for the Pre, the device manufacturer's next-generation smartphone built on a new Web-based platform called webOS. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Following-Dispute-Palm-Will-Support-Dev-Camp.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 00:57:29 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Following-Dispute-Palm-Will-Support-Dev-Camp.aspx Microsoft recently received a U.S. patent on technology that can restrict software and hardware use on a computer http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Microsoft-Gets-Patent-on-OS-Disabling-Technology.aspx Tue, 26 May 2009 21:07:22 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Microsoft-Gets-Patent-on-OS-Disabling-Technology.aspx AirTight, a provider of Wi-Fi security services, recently scanned 3,632 access points (APs) and nearly 550 clients in seven different financial centers and found that half of these WAPs were either open (unprotected) or used WEP encryption. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/26/WiFi-a-Welcome-Mat-for-Attackers.aspx Tue, 26 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/26/WiFi-a-Welcome-Mat-for-Attackers.aspx Teams developing applications using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 (VSTS 2008) can now better implement Microsoft's security development lifecycle (SDL) process using a new template addition. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/23/Microsoft-Security-Tool-for-VSTS.aspx Sat, 23 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/23/Microsoft-Security-Tool-for-VSTS.aspx Microsoft on Friday announced that there's a problem for those who applied Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) -- namely, it's timed to expire in 180 days. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/22/Microsoft-Big-Problem-SharePoint-Service-Pack-2.aspx Fri, 22 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/22/Microsoft-Big-Problem-SharePoint-Service-Pack-2.aspx Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, fielded questions from financial analysts at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Ozzie-Microsoft-Vision-at-JP-Morgan-Event.aspx Fri, 22 May 2009 00:35:12 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Ozzie-Microsoft-Vision-at-JP-Morgan-Event.aspx Deal with Black Duck Software will feed .NET code into KnowledgeBase and Koders.com. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Microsoft-Links-CodePlex-to-Open-Source-Repositories.aspx Thu, 21 May 2009 22:40:12 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Microsoft-Links-CodePlex-to-Open-Source-Repositories.aspx Microsoft on Monday alerted users of its Exchange Server 2007 product that Service Pack 2 (SP2) will be coming sometime in the third quarter of this year. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Exchange-Server-2007-SP2-Arriving-This-Fall.aspx Thu, 21 May 2009 16:25:09 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Exchange-Server-2007-SP2-Arriving-This-Fall.aspx Responding to public reports of a wild bug, late Monday Microsoft issued a security advisory to address a potential vulnerability in its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/19/Microsoft-Issues-Security-Alert-on-IIS-Web-Server_0.aspx Tue, 19 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/19/Microsoft-Issues-Security-Alert-on-IIS-Web-Server_0.aspx Responding to public reports of a wild bug, late Monday Microsoft issued a security advisory to address a potential vulnerability in its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/19/Microsoft-Issues-Security-Alert-on-IIS-Web-Server.aspx Tue, 19 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/19/Microsoft-Issues-Security-Alert-on-IIS-Web-Server.aspx The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 bits are available to MSDN subscribers today. A public beta is scheduled for release on Wednesday. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/18/Visual-Studio-2010-and-NET-FX-4-Beta-Drops-Today.aspx Mon, 18 May 2009 23:44:28 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/18/Visual-Studio-2010-and-NET-FX-4-Beta-Drops-Today.aspx Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change.aspx Adobe and Apple rolled out security updates on Tuesday on top of Microsoft's lone patch for PowerPoint. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Adobe-and-Apple-Address-Security-Holes.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Adobe-and-Apple-Address-Security-Holes.aspx Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change_0.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change_0.aspx 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. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Federal-Agencies-Using-Azure.aspx Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Federal-Agencies-Using-Azure.aspx 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. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Windows-Timeline-Unveiled-at-Tech-Ed.aspx Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Windows-Timeline-Unveiled-at-Tech-Ed.aspx