The Windows 8 Developer Preview is now live.
At its Build development conference in Anaheim, Calif., this week, Microsoft has pulled back the curtain on its new operating system, code-named "Windows 8."
Microsoft has cleared perhaps the last hurdle in its race to release "Mango", the first major update for Windows Phone 7, by announcing it is now accepting app submissions.
The makeup of teams working on Windows 8 provides some clues to the OS's functions.
Developers increasingly prefer cloud-based development tooling.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/17/2011
Agile management tools are maturing as the market defines its needs.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/17/2011
The July release of Windows Phone 7 'Mango' enables device makers to start testing and working with the new operating system. Current smartphone customers can expect Mango updates to be made available in the fall.
Microsoft today announced the release of Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011, a self-service development tool for power users and developers that enables data-driven .NET applications that can be deployed to the desktop, Web or Azure cloud.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 07/26/2011
Microsoft this week released updates for both the current and upcoming versions of SQL Server.
HTML5-based version of Microsoft's free cloud storage service boasts new features and a more Windows-like interface.
Redmond's $8.5 billion deal gains quick approval by the FTC, but obstacles remain.
Pre-release development kit for building gesture-based C#, VB and C++ applications available for download today.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/16/2011
Microsoft extends developer guidance and API mapping tools to Android and iOS developers.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/09/2011
NetAdvantage Ultimate 2011 Volume 1 includes a jQuery control toolset, new theme support, extended support for ASP.NET and WinForms, and enhanced Microsoft Word interoperability.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/06/2011
Microsoft on Wednesday revealed details about the new Windows 8 operating system, including its Windows Phone-like UI.
HTML 5 enters bug reporting phase, though final endorsement of the specification remains more than two years away.
Microsoft today at a launch event in New York City released development tools for Windows Phone "Mango," the code-name for the major Windows Phone 7 upgrade due this fall.
- By Scott Bekker, Michael Desmond
- 05/24/2011
As Microsoft at Tech-Ed details ALM features of Visual Studio vNext, information about the core IDE remains hard to come by.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/19/2011
Previews of new Windows Phone, jQuery and reporting components and tools released at Tech-Ed Conference.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/18/2011
New version of PreEmptive Solution's application analytics service adds privacy, security, scale and governance features to appeal to demanding customers.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/17/2011