Use PInvoke to take advantage of Windows APIs that aren't part of the .NET Framework.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 04/01/2008
On April 8, Microsoft will cease its support of the VB6 IDE.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/31/2008
The International Organization for Standardization plans to announce vote results on the decision to ratify or reject Microsoft's Office Open XML document format on Wednesday, April 2, 2008.
Microsoft confirmed "very limited, targeted" attacks on an open Word security flaw. The company is researching a patch.
Dan shows you how you can get more control over animations using keyframes in Silverlight apps.
This month, ComponentOne has updated two of its offerings to 2008 versions: Studio Enterprise 2008 and Doc-To-Help 2008.
Boston, Mass.-based Atalasoft announced recently that it has updated its .NET imaging toolkit for photos and documents, DotImage, to version 6.0.
Adobe releases first version of the Adobe Integrated Runtime, and open
sources the complementary Flex framework.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/15/2008
OpenID gets big-name support from Microsoft, Google, IBM and others.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/15/2008
First Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 2.0 betas are released at MIX08.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/15/2008
Microsoft opens APIs, protocol documentation in an effort to reach out
to the developer community.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/15/2008
Developers explore opportunities on Redmond's new platform.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/15/2008
Microsoft's 'Heroes Happen Here' launch events encourage IT pros to
test the company's new 2008 offerings.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/15/2008
IBM today described a new "secure mashup" technology for the enterprise that is designed to make it easier for nontechnical users to create Web applications from multiple sources.
The Software Freedom Law Center, which provides legal representation "to protect and advance free and open source software," has issued an analysis of Microsoft's "Open Specification Promise" and its compatibility with the GNU General Public License.
Microsoft this morning revealed to developers the expected next steps in the software development kit (SDK) for the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format specification.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/13/2008
Novell, a sponsor of the open source Mono project, issued an announcement today that a new development tool, called MonoDevelop 1.0, will be available for download at the end of this week.
We're going to be featuring free downloads of interest to .NET developers on a fairly regular basis; below is the first installment.
In a rare display of contrition, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday acknowledged frustration with the acceptance of Windows Vista and the company's failure to upgrade its Internet Explorer browser more routinely, as well the questionable decision to pursue separate development paths for Internet Explorer and the .NET Framework.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/07/2008
Perry shares his take on the best LINQ to SQL features, walks you through the biggest changes from ObjectSpaces and more.