Windows 8 cracks the Top 10, thanks to its preview versions.
Initial hardware partners include Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM and NEC.
The Kansas City-based startup wants to make it easier for developers to examine the network stack and find problems in code.
It's not clear when the service will be rolled out as a final release.
Office 2013 will provide full support for both variants of Open XML.
Microsoft is making the Visual Studio 2012 tooling available to all developers on August 15. MSDN subscribers can also access Windows 8 for testing purposes, starting today.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/15/2012
In addition, kanban support has been added for workflow control.
Microsoft launched a developer contest on Wednesday with a top prize of $10,000 for the winning Office or SharePoint 2013 app.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/10/2012
MEC returns, and Build tickets go like hotcakes.
Many upgrades offered with new site, but the rollout's off to a buggy start.
The company has added an Azure Authentication Library for .NET to the Developer Preview of its cloud-based identity management service.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/06/2012
The official launch is coming Sept. 12
Possible copyright violations of the name are cited.
This year's developer conference is scheduled to take place at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Wash., just days after Windows 8 ships.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 07/25/2012
The operating system will release to manufacturing in August.
This preview release only supports the PowerShell-based IT administrator tool, but support for a GUI-based management module is coming.
If you haven't heard much about Silverlight lately, a few things have popped up in recent weeks that shed some light on Microsoft's vision for the technology and how to move forward.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 07/13/2012
Companies appear to be estimating that paying royalties is cheaper than going to court.
The new operating system will release to manufacturing (RTM) in August.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/09/2012
The sale is for $1.2 billion in cash.