CollabNet made a self-described "aggressive move" into cloud-based developer services recently by announcing it is acquiring Codesion, which hosts software version control services such as Subversion.
WebMatrix Beta 2 is integrated with NuPack, a new open-source package manager Microsoft announced today. The company also released the ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta, which supports the Razor view-engine.
Microsoft has sued Motorola over its use of the Android mobile operating system in smartphones, alleging that patents held by Microsoft were violated.
Application lifecycle management (ALM) provider Collabnet rolled out a new version of its flagship TeamForge ALM platform this week, as well as a general-availability release of its free Subversion Edge product.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/11/2010
Microsoft used the occasion of an open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
Google yesterday pulled the plug on Wave, the company's effort to provide a shared online communications hub.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/05/2010
Visual Studio add-in extends support to Mac OS X and features improved debugging and deployment.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/29/2010
Microsoft touted its operating system interoperability partnership with Novell on Monday.
DotNetNuke got 5.4 out a week after ASP.NET 4 was released to the Web, but some developers ran into significant issues when they tested the technology.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/06/2010
Microsoft voiced support for the H.264 video codec in future versions of Internet Explorer, while affirming Adobe Flash.
Microsoft and HTC signed a patent deal involving HTC's mobile smartphones running the open source Android operating system.
Evans Data conducted a global survey of 425 developers earlier this month to find out their overall satisfaction with software frameworks and Web platforms.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/27/2010
Within the last two months, Microsoft has announced a command-line tool for PHP to deploy applications on Windows Azure, OData interoperability with PHP and guidance for using PHP with the Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse plug-in.
I've always been a data guy. I think data maintenance, sharing and analysis is the inspiration for almost all line-of-business software, and technology that makes any or all of it easier is key to platform success.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 04/01/2010
Novell's board turns down $2 billion bid calling it ‘inadequate.’
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/22/2010