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Microsoft Delivers Next Vista Ultimate 'Extra'

Microsoft has released a key "extra" that had been promised for months.

Office 2008 for Mac Coming in January

Office 2008 for Mac will be available in the U.S. beginning next Jan. 15.

First Update for Windows Home Server Released

Windows Home Server (WHS), Microsoft's first-ever server for home use, gets its first update today.

Major Day of Windows Releases From Microsoft

Microsoft released several major updates for its Windows lineup today, including the first release candidate (RC) for Windows Server 2008 and the initial public beta for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.

DMTF Hammers Out SMASH 2.0

The Distributed Management Task Force, an industry organization advocating the development of interoperable server management, has released Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware 2.0.

SQL Server 2008 CTP Slips, But Key Features Promised

Although Microsoft had hoped to release a CTP of its newest database server every 60 days, the latest test release will slip, company officials acknowledged this week.

New WPF Reference App Displays 'Juicy' Capabilities

Component vendor Infragistics has released a reference application and guidance for Windows Presentation Foundation, the UI development subsystem in .NET Framework 3.0.

IBM Goes After Office With Free Desktop Suite

The no-cost alternatives for Microsoft Office just keep growing: IBM announced yesterday that it is now offering Lotus Symphony, a free suite of "enterprise-grade" software featuring word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications for Windows and Linux.

CodeGear Touches 3rdRail With New IDE

CodeGear announced yesterday the general availability of its first development tool for Ruby-on-Rails (RoR). The company's new 3rdRail integrated development environment (IDE) comes with several features specifically designed to make it easier and faster for both new and experienced Rails developers to build database-driven Web applications.

Microsoft Taps Zander To Head Visual Studio Group

Microsoft has re-organized its developer division, tapping .NET Framework head Jason Zander to oversee the team that puts together Visual Studio, the company's flagship development environment.

Microsoft Buying Chat Provider

Parlano brings group chat platform to Redmond's UC stack.

C++ Update in the Works

Major refresh coming for C++ programming language.

PPS 2007 Could Make BI(g) Impact

PerformancePoint Server launch to bolster Redmond’s BI push.

Redmond Issues Live ID SDKs

Microsoft unveils pair of Live ID SDKs.

Infragistics Pushes Functional Testing for GUI Components

Infragistics releases TestAdvantage 2007 Volume 2.

IDC Study Finds Strong XML Uptake in Europe

IDC study finds practical concerns driving XML-based doc formats.

Google Apps Gets Slapped

Analyst cautions enterprise architects against Google Apps.

New Research Rates Dynamic Languages

Research firm eyeballs what’s hot in dynamic languages.

New BlackBerry Plug-In for Visual Studio

BlackBerry plug-in can leverage Visual Studio.

Redmond Releases ADO.NET Beta 2

Anticipated second beta of ADO.NET Entity Framework released.

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