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Despite Hoopla At WWDC, Apple Offers Incremental Extras For Enterprise Developers

With Apple Inc. refreshing its iPhone line and Macintosh platform this week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, the company is continuing its incremental efforts to make its offerings appeal to enterprises.

Windows 7: Expect 'Modest' Bump in PC Sales, Veghte Says

Microsoft's Bill Veghte spoke at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference on Monday, providing a general overview of the Windows 7 business plan.

Microsoft Unveils Project Management Effort for Partners

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a program for its U.S. partners working with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 called "Project for Workgroups."

Heavy Security Patch Coming on Tuesday

June may prove to be a busy month for IT pros, with Microsoft planning to release 10 fixes in its next security patch.

Microsoft Sets Stage for Netbook vs. Smartbook World

At the Computex event in Taiwan this week, Microsoft presented its vision of a mobile computing world that will include "consumer Internet devices" alongside netbooks.

Palm preDevCamp Postponed for Two Months

While Palm is set to launch its widely publicized Pre, the developer camps that were scheduled to take place June 13 have been postponed for two months.

IBM Rational Previews Wares for Software Investment Management

IBM's Rational division this week gave attendees at its annual user conference a peek at three new products focused on the notion of "software investment management."

Oracle Chief Ellison Anointed 'Next Leader of Java Community'

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made a surprise appearance at the annual JavaOne conference in San Francisco this morning.

Windows 7 To Ship in Late October

Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be generally available on Oct. 22, 2009.

Study Highlights SOA Herd Mentality

A recent study from Gartner Inc. suggests that in some cases SOA adopters might be service-enabling chiefly for the sake of service-enabling.

Sun Launches Third Release of OpenSolaris

On the eve of its annual JavaOne Conference, Sun Microsystems unveiled a new version of the OpenSolaris operating system.

Office Developer Conference Cancelled

Microsoft cancelled its standalone Office Developer Conference for this year and instead will fold the content into its SharePoint Conference 2009 event, which is scheduled for the fall.

Clouds Cast Over Sun on Eve of JavaOne

This year's JavaOne represents a changing of the guard for Sun Microsystems, longtime conference sponsor and steward of the Java platform, which is set to be acquired by Oracle.

Adobe Revamps Flash Platform

Adobe Systems today is providing developers with the first public look at its next-generation tooling for creating rich Internet applications (RIAs) with the release of two key betas and updates to its framework.

Borland Launches Requirements Management Tool

ALM supplier Borland last week launched a new requirements management package that promises to reduce the number of late and costly changes to software development projects.

Reller Assures Financial Crowd on Windows 7 Readiness

Microsoft executive Tami Reller fielded questions about the company's Windows business segment on Thursday in New York City.

DirectShow Subject to Attacks, Microsoft Warns

Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday describing a newly disclosed bug in Microsoft DirectShow that could enable remote code execution attacks.

Cybersecurity Policy Will Pose Challenges, Security Pros Say

Now that there's some movement toward a U.S. cybersecurity policy, it's time to roll up the sleeves and get to work, and that task won't be easy, software security experts suggested on Friday.

Microsoft Extends VS 2010 to Azure Cloud

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the latest Visual Studio (VS) extension preview for building apps that run on its Windows Azure cloud computing operating system and services platform.

Microsoft's Oslo CTP Includes First Look at Quadrant

Microsoft this week released a new community technology preview (CTP) of its modeling environment code-named "Oslo."

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