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Silverlight 4 Beta Launched

Silverlight 4 debuts today, as Scott Guthrie shows the improved RIA platform's business savvy.

Dave Campbell Discusses Dallas

Microsoft Technical Fellow Dave Campbell details the Dallas data application. Could it emerge as the first killer app for the cloud?

Microsoft Releases Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 Betas

Microsoft on Monday released betas of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to its MSDN and TechNet subscribers.

Ray Ozzie and Bob Muglia Kick Off PDC 09

Microsoft's dev confab keynote spotlights Windows Azure and cloud development.

Adobe Releases Betas of Flash 10.1 and AIR 2

Adobe released the public betas of its namesake Flash Player 10.1 and its next-generation Adobe Integrated Runtime, dubbed AIR 2.

Android, BlackBerry and iPhone Take Share from Windows Mobile

Though smart phone sales grew by 12 percent over the past year, the share of new devices shipping with Windows Mobile have plunged, according to Gartner.

PDC09 Preview: Azure Launch Among Highlights at Microsoft's Developer Conference

Thousands of attendees are expected to gather in Los Angeles this week to learn more about Microsoft's developer platform strategy.

Windows SMB Subject to Denial-of-Service Attack

Microsoft is continuing to investigate holes in its Server Message Block file-sharing protocol used in Windows.

Windows 7 Download Utility Contains GPL Code

Microsoft confirmed on Friday that open source GNU code landed in its utility software used to install Windows 7.

Windows 7's UAC Slammed by Sophos

Microsoft and Sophos are at it again, this time arguing about Windows 7's user account control feature.

Opera Beats IE in Browser Web Security

Microsoft's efforts on combating server-side Web vulnerabilities, as well as patching its Internet Explorer client, may be paying off.

Q&A: Google's Enterprise Software Plans

Google described its efforts in the enterprise software space, including its e-mail contract win with the city of Los Angeles.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 R2 November Preview

The November CTP is "feature complete," but developers will still have to wait for the PowerPivot-enabled business intelligence with Excel and SharePoint.

Altova Updates MissionKit Suite

MissionKit 2010 promises productivity improvements across a suite of tools addressing XML, data, modeling and Web services.

Mono Tools Plug-in for Visual Studio

Visual Studio plug-in lets Windows developers create .NET-compatible Mono applications that run on Linux, Unix and Mac-based systems.

Hefty November Patch Adds to IT Woes

Microsoft rolled out six security fixes in its November patch on Tuesday.

E-Mail 'Biggest' Security Risk, Microsoft Says

An organization's security has a lot to do with its E-mail system, a top security official at Microsoft suggested.

Interop Vendor Adds Transaction Bridging

Java/.NET interoperability solutions provider JNBridge is adding features to the next release of its core interop tool that will integrate distributed transactions between enterprise Java and .NET platforms.

VS2010 ALM Acquires Teamprise Clients

Microsoft announced today in Berlin that it has acquired the Teamprise Client Suite, which supports Eclipse and other cross-platform environments for Team Foundation Server.

Exchange 2010 and Forefront Protection Released

Microsoft officials announced the public release of Exchange 2010 on Monday.

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