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Microsoft To Face China Antitrust Woes?

Just as Microsoft seems to be patching up antitrust relations with the U.S. government, a Chinese newspaper suggested today that the company could be subject to antitrust legal actions in China.

Firefox 3 Browser Released

The volunteer-led Mozilla project has released version 3 of the Firefox browser.

Jazz Gets Visual Studio Support

IBM Corp.'s Rational Software unit is set to release version 1.0 of Team Concert, the commercial client to the company's Jazz collaborative software development environment.

Survey: Few Have Plans To Migrate to Vista in 2008

Computer Economics released a new report characterizing the adoption rate of Windows Vista by businesses as "slow."

Microsoft Readies for Prime Time With IPTV Solutions

Microsoft yesterday kicked off the NXTcomm08 event by showcasing its IPTV telco and service provider offerings.

.NET and Java Grow Organically

Mixed .NET and Java application deployment platforms promote new interoperability initiatives.

Microsoft Joins Open Source Census Group

Microsoft has joined the Open Source Census as a sponsor, according to an announcement issued by OpenLogic, which founded the group.

Microsoft Patches Blocked for Some Admins

Microsoft works to correct issue that kept some administrators using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from downloading the latest security updates.

Architects Craft Their Future

International Association for Software Architects aims to establish a support network for architects nationwide.

.NET and Java Grow Organically

Mixed .NET and Java application deployment platforms promote new interoperability initiatives.

Microsoft To Add ODF to Office 2007 SP2

Next Office 2007 Service Pack will include native read/write support for XML-based OpenDocument Format files.

Microsoft Revamps MSDN and TechNet

Microsoft’s SQL Server 2008 and Hyper-V are the foundations for the newly revamped MSDN.

Jazz Gets Visual Studio Support

IBM’s Rational Software unit set to release Team Concert version

Gates Bids Developers Farewell

Redmond's chairman uses Tech-Ed keynote to talk up 'Oslo,' 'Velocity,' Silverlight and other dev tools.

Tool Optimizes New Windows Mobile

Microsoft releases Mobile Device Manager 2008 with improved support for Windows Mobile devices and third-party tools.

Google Tightens Its Gears

Google's first major developer conference focuses on improvements to 'Gears,' its cloud-based browser extension.

Xenocode Virtualizes Apps

Xenocode releases Virtual Application Studio tool suite.

Majority of Data Breaches Go Unnoticed, Study Finds

Verizon Business reports that more than half of the data breaches on enterprise systems go undetected and are caused by general negligence and lax security.

Yahoo: Microsoft Talks Done, No Deal Coming

Yahoo today said its talks with Microsoft focusing on acquiring all or part of the company are officially over -- a position that Microsoft appears to be at least partially disputing.

EC Official Talks Open Standards, Raps Microsoft

A speech given yesterday by Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for competition, skewered Microsoft without mentioning the company by name.

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