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Microsoft Releases New Visual Studio 2012 CTP

Microsoft today announced the release of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2 of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2, with some major upgrades related to application lifecycle management (ALM).

Microsoft Pushes Out New Office 365 Versions

Non-small business editions are coming in about a month.

Skytap Automation Pack Brings Testing to the Cloud

The product combines on-premises TFS testing with the speed and agility of the hosted cloud.

Windows Helps Microsoft Beat Earnings Predictions in Q2

Windows retakes its place as the top revenue producer for the company. Business and Entertainment divisions see a dip in performance.

Microsoft Slams Failing Test Results for Security Essentials

Redmond claims AV-Test methodology is flawed.

Faster App Delivery Remains Top IT Need

Reducing application development costs, and moving applications to the cloud have become less of a priority for the coming year, according to the survey.

Microsoft Explains Lengthy Windows Azure Outage

The service disruption happened on Dec. 28, 2012 and affected 1.8 percent of Microsoft's total Windows Azure Storage accounts.

Microsoft's C# Programming Language Chosen Most Popular

The contest was based on the growth in the number of searches from the previous year.

.NET Developers Still Doing Well, Survey Says

Developers continue to show gains in salary and have better job security than most others, according to Visual Studio Magazine's second-annual salary survey.

Visual Studio Magazine's Top-10 How-To Stories for 2012

These are the articles readers found most helpful in the past year.

Microsoft Offers Windows 8 Device Guidelines

The senior director of the Windows Commercial Business Group provides a checklist to help organizations choose the best Windows 8 machines and tablets.

Study Shows High Cost of Developing for Multiple Browsers

The overall IT cost to support multiple browsers is 20 percent higher, according to the report.

Embarcadero Updates C++ Builder for Windows 8

C++Builder XE3 implements a new native compiler architecture that supports development on both Windows 8 and Mac OS X PCs.

Microsoft Performs the Most Licensing Audits

A study found that 64 percent of enterprises were audited, or had a license review, over the past 18 months to 24 months.

Windows Tablet Sales Expected to Lag iPad, Android

Poor marketing, distribution partially blamed for slow uptake.

Microsoft Loses Top C # Developer

Eric Lippert was a key part of the Roslyn compiler-as-a-service project.

Windows Phone 7 Update Coming Next Year

Also expected in the same timeframe is the first update for Windows Phone 8, codenamed "Apollo+".

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2012 Update 1

Should you wait for Service Pack 1? The new Update model is replacing Service Packs, according to Microsoft.

Infragistics' Windows 8 UI Tools Get a Running Start

NetAdvantage for Windows UI offers XAML and HTML/jQuery controls to Windows 8 developers.

IE 10 Preview for Windows 7 Released

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 has taken a great leap forward after many months in which the company reported little about its progress.

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