News


Project Tango

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is set to change the way .NET developers create and manage connected systems.

Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 Fixes Bugs, Adds Features

Microsoft plans to ship service pack 2 (SP2) of its SQL Server 2005 database this quarter.

Sharp Words with Microsoft's Erik Meijer

The architect for the Microsoft SQL Server Group is interviewed about the various research Sharp languages and their impact on future software development and programming.

Outlook's HTML Switcheroo

Outlook 2007 will now call the HTML rendering engine used by Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Readying Live Development Platform

Microsoft has said that getting third-party developers to build their own applications on top of its Web services will help push Redmond's Windows Live initiative over the top.

Microsoft Readies Visual Studio Process Editor

Power Tools for Visual Studio Team System will include a graphical process editor for Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) templates.

Look Sharp

How C#, F# and other experimental programming languages are driving next-generation development.

MSDN Subscribers Won't Get Expression Web

Expression Web wouldn't be available to subscribers of the Microsoft Development Network (MSDN) and instead must be purchased separately.

CodeGear Enters Crowded Waters

Borland's CodeGear hopes to thrive as a new dev tools company.

New ACT for Vista

Final release of a toolkit for assuring applications will run correctly under the new Vista operating system.

CardSpace Gaining Favor

New reference application designed to enable multi-platform, multi-protocol open source identity services announced.

Enterprise Library 3.0 January CTP

.NET Framework 2.0 community technology preview released.

Live Search Service and SDK Bow

Microsoft has released version 1 of the Live Search Web service and the Live Search Software Developers Kit.

Microsoft Fluent UI Licensed

Resources for developing applications based on the Office 2007 lineup now available royalty-free.

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Now in Beta 3

Several new tweaks added to the toolbar's user interface.

Redmond Gets Wiki With It

Published information about Microsoft's SDKs includes links to MSDN-hosted wikis-online sites where visitors can add and edit content.

Lattix LDM Tracks Your Architecture

Lattix LDM 3.0 solution goes beyond Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagramming.

SOA Testing: Reaching the Entire Enterprise

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) presents both promise and peril for corporate developers tasked with developing a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Developers Struggle to Keep Abreast of the 'Orcas' Wave

Developers struggle to form a sharp picture of what to expect from Orcas.

webMethods Debuts BPM and Governance Tools in Fabric 7.0

Business Process Management (BPM) and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) are integrated into a single platform.

Subscribe on YouTube