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Microsoft Gets More Royalties from Android IP

Companies appear to be estimating that paying royalties is cheaper than going to court.

Windows 8 Coming in October

The new operating system will release to manufacturing (RTM) in August.

Microsoft Makes Social Networking Play With Yammer Buy

The sale is for $1.2 billion in cash.

New .NET Framework Repair Tool Released

At present, the tool only repairs issues with .NET Framework 4.0.

Microsoft Announces Shift to Windows 8 for Windows Phone

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.

Telerik Ships Q2 2012 Dev Tools, Previews Metro Toolkit

The beta of the Metro tooling, which supports Windows 8 development for the desktop and tablets, is expected sometime this summer.

Microsoft Upgrades App Hub, Windows Marketplace

Core changes address issues with lag time between app certification and Marketplace publication.

Microsoft Releases Windows Azure SQL Reporting

The service is free until Aug. 1.

Microsoft: Windows 8 Better than Windows 7

Microsoft also touted the backwards compatibility of Windows 8, saying Windows 7 programs will work with it.

Microsoft Announces New Capabilities for TFS, LightSwitch

Other upgrades include cloud services, Windows Server and System Center.

.NET Vendor ComponentOne Acquired by GrapeCity

New combined company will have more than 850 employees.

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop

The company is bringing back free tooling for Windows desktop apps after developers expressed frustration over the Visual Studio 2012 Express lineup.

Windows Azure Release Includes New SDKs

By adding IaaS to its Platform as a Service (PaaS) portfolio, Microsoft is also mounting its most formidable challenge yet to Amazon Web Services.

Analyst: Windows Phone to Overtake iPhone by 2016

IDC predicts that Windows Phone will surpass iPhone sales in four years; Android still out front.

Microsoft "Roslyn" CTP Refresh Targets Visual Studio 2012 RC

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.

Report: Quest Software is Targeted by Dell

Proposed deal comes amid discouraging financial news for Dell.

Microsoft Releases Another Preview of Entity Framework 5

The Release Candidate of Microsoft's object-relational mapping framework for .NET is available via NuGet.

Visual Studio Live! Keynote: Developers Must be Artists

Businesses are under pressure to respond much faster to customer requirements and competitive threats.

Exec: Microsoft Plans to 'Cloud Optimize Every Business'

In Microsoft's last fiscal third quarter, Server and Tools delivered $4.57 billion in revenue to the company, up 14 percent. The division is large, growing and increasingly profitable

Windows 8 'Pre-Release' Version Coming in June

The "release candidate" of Windows Server 2012 is expected at about the same time.

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