The folks in Microsoft's Developer Division probably didn't mind the damp and drizzle of summer in Seattle as much this year, as they worked feverishly to polish the next iteration of the mothership. So far, it looks like the long hours paid off. Beta 2 of Microsoft's Visual Studio (VS) 2008 IDE and .NET 3.5 landed, fully loaded, the last week in July.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/08/2007
Publish a PL/SQL procedure in Oracle as a Web service and consume it from a Web service client in WCF.
- By John Charles Olamendy Turruellas
- 08/01/2007
In just a couple of weeks, developers will be able to get their hands on the release candidate of Silverlight 1.0, Microsoft's new cross-platform browser media plug-in.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/16/2007
Tools vendor Infragistics today released NetAdvantage for .NET 2007 Volume 2, its latest set of presentation components for Windows Forms and ASP.NET.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/16/2007
JetBrains’ ReSharper 3.0 provides improved language support and
code-analysis capabilities.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/15/2007
Next-gen version of PowerBuilder adds more .NET functionality.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/15/2007
The next version of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft's home and small-business security product, has been released for a live public beta.
Oracle on Wednesday took the wraps off the long-anticipated new version of its flagship database, a release that provides a substantial increase in performance, storage management and availability, according to the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/11/2007
Meeting past promises, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will ship in September.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/11/2007
Learn to set up and change durations in a supply-chain application that's both metadata- and template-driven.
- By Joel Champagne
- 07/01/2007
Microsoft issues technology preview of SQL Server 2008, a release set
to have significant implications for developers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/01/2007
A hacker managed a rare feat Wednesday, successfully attacking a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain and replacing the page with several graphics related to Saudi Arabia.
Microsoft has done an about-face on virtualization licensing for Windows Vista and decided to maintain the status quo.
Microsoft Corp. has partnered with Israel-based GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd. to bundle the vendor's extreme transaction processing middleware with a Microsoft front-end and enterprise grid. The agreement is on the heels of GigaSpaces' announcement of version 6.0 of its flagship data grid and caching platform, expected in September.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/19/2007
Continuing its support of Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server 2005, Quest Software recently unveiled its latest offering, Change Director for SQL Server, as well as upgrades to its Performance Analysis for SQL Server 6.0 and Toad SQL Server 3.0.
Katmai could improve Microsoft's standing in the database space.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 06/01/2007
Get the latest downloads for Orcas Beta 1, Entity Framework designer, and the SilverLight framework.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 06/01/2007
Integrating data queries into VB and C#
The Microsoft Synchronization Services 1.0 API for SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition and the new Sync Designer in the Orcas March 2007 CTP team up to generate a local data cache that synchronizes incrementally and bidirectionally with SQL Server Express.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2007
SapphireSteel Software, Microsoft among others, show growing interest in Ruby's relationship to Visual Studio, .NET
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/01/2007