Numerous software suppliers last week took the wraps off new Eclipse-based tools, and a few were brought to cloud-based services.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/30/2009
Microsoft has devised a Windows Touch Logo Program for its hardware and software partners that are integrating products with Windows 7.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/27/2009
Microsoft's attempts to plug in to cross-platform got more convincing last week when development on the Macintosh became a reality with Silverlight 3.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/27/2009
Microsoft may be trying to send a message that the next release of Windows 7 will happen in May of this year.
Looking to give a boost to applications that rely on Microsoft's ODBC standard, DataDirect Technologies this week released version 6.0 of its DataDirect Connect for OBDC.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/26/2009
Microsoft's Windows Home Server got a boost with the release of Power Pack 2 (PP2), which became available to Microsoft Developer Network subscribers.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/26/2009
Microsoft has tinkered with IE 8 and is now claiming a resolution to vulnerabilities amid a firestorm of chatter surrounding the browser's release last week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/26/2009
A Microsoft official took umbrage on Thursday to an "open standards" initiative proposed by a coalition of cloud computing technology providers.
Since Microsoft's acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer last year, users have been keen to find out precisely what Microsoft plans to do with the company's search know-how.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/25/2009
A Microsoft-sponsored report found that SMBs could represent an opportunity for future sales of IT software and services, despite the current economic downturn.
Forrester Research found that enterprises predominantly use Windows and Internet Explorer, but they're currently sticking with the older Microsoft technologies.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/24/2009
IT departments should depart from the usual SP1 milestone when deciding when to deploy Windows 7, according to a Gartner analysis.
Red Hat Software has released the first major update to its Eclipse-based developer toolset.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/23/2009
Sopera, creators of the Swordfish SOA runtime framework, this week plans to announce that Swordfish has officially become part of the Eclipse platform
- By John K. Waters
- 03/23/2009
The future of the Eclipse platform will take center stage this week as open source and Java developers gather for the sixth annual EclipseCon 2009 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. where organizers will reveal the progress of Eclipse 4.0 and the Jetty Project.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/23/2009
Microsoft continues to squash bugs in its new Internet Explorer 8 Web browser, which was released last week for Windows-based PCs.
Developing and managing Web sites may have gotten a little easier with new tools announced by Microsoft this week as part of its MIX09 Web developer conference.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/20/2009
To help developers identify mechanisms that lead to system crashes or have other security implications, Microsoft will unveil its !exploitable (pronounced "bang exploitable") Crash Analyzer on Friday at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/20/2009
Microsoft described three Windows Azure improvements designed to assist developers using its cloud-based operating system.
In his keynote at MIX09, Microsoft's Scott Guthrie pointed to many new features for data-oriented applications in Silverlight 3.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/19/2009