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A Meeting Place for Average Joe Testers

Tester Center Web site provides community for QA pros.

NetIQ Adds 'Run Book Automation' Suite

NetIQ launches 'Run book automation' platform.

SharePoint Services Goes It Alone

Windows SharePoint Services decoupled from Windows Server.

Infragistics Updates Controls

Infragistics releases new tools for WPF, ASP.NET and Silverlight.

Microsoft Takes On the Robots

Microsoft’s Robotics Studio group seeks to simplify robotic apps.

ODF Split Shakes Up Document Battle

OpenDocument Foundation withdraws support for OpenDocument Format.

VS 2008 Ready this Month

Microsoft set to unveil Visual Studio 2008, .NET 3.5.

Microsoft's 'Oslo': A Piece of a Big Picture

Microsoft’s ‘Oslo’ initiative advances Software+Services campaign.

Borland Simplifies Modeling in Open ALM App

Borland Together 2007 makes modeling easier with DSLs.

Microsoft Updates Windows Embedded CE

Microsoft today launched an updated version of its Windows Embedded CE platform with a release that will let developers build new devices that take advantage of some of the APIs and Web services interfaces available on Windows Vista and the company’s forthcoming Windows Server 2008.

Vista Still Getting Mixed Reviews

Windows Vista is now on the migration map for most enterprise customers, at least according to one researcher. But it's still getting hammered in the media.

Security Experts Alarmed By Exposed Database Servers

Responding to a soon-to-be released study revealing that as many as a half a million database servers aren't protected by firewalls, security experts contend the findings constitute a call to action for security pros and database administrators everywhere.

Microsoft Releases Beta of High-Performance Computing Server

Microsoft took the next step into the arena of high-performance computing (HPC) today when it announced the release of the first beta of Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Compute Cluster Server 2003.

Red Hat and Sun Ink Open Source Java Deal

Open source solution vendor Red Hat is collaborating with Sun Microsystems with the aim of creating a "fully compatible, open source Java Development Kit (JDK) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux," according to an announcement issued by Red Hat.

Two Hotfixes for Patch Tuesday

In one of the least stress-inducing Patch Tuesdays in memory, Microsoft released just two security bulletins today, one "Critical" and one "Important."

Natural Language Gets AJAX Support

Software AG recently unveiled Natural for AJAX, a variant of Software AG's Natural 2006 programming language. Natural 2006 is typically used at the enterprise level for transactional systems running on mainframes.

Non-Security Vista Updates Released

Microsoft announced that it plans to release today three non-security updates to Windows Vista, which will coincide with Patch Tuesday.

Next SQL Server CTP Coming Soon

The next preview of SQL Server 2008 supports spatial data types and a new Resource Governor feature is slated to hit in a week or two.

Microsoft Details Windows Server 2008 Versions, Pricing

New server OS from Microsoft will come in eight different versions, including Web-specific server and server virtualization product.

U.S. Government Joins Microsoft Against States

The 2002 consent decree that partially governs Microsoft's actions about its monopolistic business practices was originally supposed to expire today. But Redmond is currently locked in a battle with a coalition of states that want to see federal oversight extended for another half-decade.

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