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PDC: First Look at Live Mesh and Live Framework

Microsoft announced the new Live Framework during a Tuesday keynote that addressed Windows 7 and other tools and technologies that will comprise the front-end infrastructure of the company's unfolding Software plus Services strategy.

Security Concerns May Slow Cloud Computing Adoption

Microsoft may have reaffirmed its commitment to cloud computing with the launch of its Windows Azure operating system, but overall business adoption of the cloud concept may be stymied, in part, by security issues.

PDC: Microsoft Outlines Windows 7, Slew of New Dev Technologies

Microsoft today articulated how it will bridge PCs and mobile devices with an extraordinary blitz of announcements that included the first demonstration of Windows 7, its Live Framework, a bevy of new offerings for developers including WPF support for Visual Studio, and the first preview of Office 14.

Yahoo Rewires with Developers in Mind

Rewiring Yahoo plan establishes a "front door" for developers into its evolving Open Stack of platform services.

PDC: Microsoft Releases Geneva Beta

Microsoft today released the first beta of its federated identity services framework aimed at simplifying the way enterprises deploy authentication services.

New Specs On Tap For Ajax Development

A consortium of vendors focused on AJAX interoperability last week unveiled two key standards initiatives: a new metadata specification and a new version of its mashup runtime.

PDC: Microsoft Calls New Cloud Computing OS a 'Turning Point' for Company

At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week, Microsoft is unveiling the end-to-end vision for its Software plus Services platform.

Skytap To Demo Cloud Lab at Microsoft's PDC Event

A new cloud-based lab service for developers will be demonstrated by Seattle-based Skytap Inc. at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles next week.

Off-Cycle Microsoft Patch Targets Worm-Like Windows Bug

Redmond on Thursday released a critical out-of-cycle security patch affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems.

Sync Framework: It's Still at Version 1.0

Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that it did not release the next version of its Sync Framework on Oct. 13, as reported by some news outlets last week.

Ballmer Drops Hints About Windows 7, Cloud Computing

Microsoft's CEO talked about Windows 7 and the company's vision for syncing up applications in the Internet cloud at a Gartner-sponsored event on Thursday.

Fake Microsoft Security Update Makes Rounds

Sophos quickly warns of fake Trojan-laden e-mail disguised as Microsoft Security Bulletin update hitting inboxes.

Microsoft Posts Touchless SDK on Codeplex

A software project by a Columbia University computer science student to eliminate the need for multiple hardware-based touch interfaces is now on Microsoft's Codeplex site.

Microsoft Unleashes Tool For Web Developers

Web App Installer centralized management of ASP.NET and PHP-based open source Web apps.

Visual Studio to Include jQuery Library

Microsoft to integrate jQuery library into Visual Studio and ASP.NET.

Elementool Bug Tracking 6.0

Elementool is now shipping Bug Tracking 6.0, a Web-based software dev management suite that detects, tracks and resolves software bugs.

Oracle Takes Another Stab at Collaboration

Oracle offers up 'Beehive,' its own enterprise-collaboration platform.

Amazon EC2 Opening to Windows Developers

Amazon.com will allow developers to run Microsoft's Windows Server and SQL Server databases on its Elastic Compute Cloud service.

Microsoft Partners on ECM Spec

Microsoft, IBM and EMC band together to form the Content Management Interoperability Services specification.

Adobe Courts Designers and Developers

Creative Suite version 4 ties together design and development features for print, Web, mobile, interactive, film and video production.

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