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.
At present, the tool only repairs issues with .NET Framework 4.0.
Windows Phone 8, expected later this year, will introduce a development model based on C++/C and DirectX to facilitate code sharing with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/20/2012
The beta of the Metro tooling, which supports Windows 8 development for the desktop and tablets, is expected sometime this summer.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/15/2012
Core changes address issues with lag time between app certification and Marketplace publication.
The service is free until Aug. 1.
Microsoft also touted the backwards compatibility of Windows 8, saying Windows 7 programs will work with it.
Other upgrades include cloud services, Windows Server and System Center.
New combined company will have more than 850 employees.
The company is bringing back free tooling for Windows desktop apps after developers expressed frustration over the Visual Studio 2012 Express lineup.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/08/2012
By adding IaaS to its Platform as a Service (PaaS) portfolio, Microsoft is also mounting its most formidable challenge yet to Amazon Web Services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/07/2012
IDC predicts that Windows Phone will surpass iPhone sales in four years; Android still out front.
The second hands-on look at Microsoft's upcoming compilers-as-a-service technology is now available to developers in a June 2012 Community Technology Preview.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/05/2012