Web Development


Microsoft's Open Course

Redmond is making bold promises about interoperability and standards, but is the company serious about changing the way it does business?

Finding the Right ID

Microsoft faces challenges as it looks to advance CardSpace for cross-platform identity management.

Is VB the Least Among Equals?

VB.NET gets left behind (again), this time by the Windows Live team.

Are Your Incentives Working?

Make sure developers don't sacrifice quality for the sake of finishing.

Microsoft Adds More Flash to Windows Mobile

Adobe and Microsoft strike a deal allowing Flash and PDF software to run on smartphones with Windows Mobile OSes.

VB6 Support About To Disappear

On April 8, Microsoft will cease its support of the VB6 IDE.

Yahoo Backs OpenSocial; New Foundation Formed

Yahoo announced Tuesday that it's joined forces with Google and MySpace to back OpenSocial, a group that aims to define a common API to allow social applications across multiple sites.

Introducing Silverlight 2.0

Dan gives a rundown of the newest features and controls.

Sybase: Encrypting Windows Mobile Data

Sybase releases new version of Afaria, an encryption component for Windows Mobile devices.

Adobe Releases AIR Runtime

Adobe releases first version of the Adobe Integrated Runtime, and open sources the complementary Flex framework.

Key Rivals Sign in to OpenID

OpenID gets big-name support from Microsoft, Google, IBM and others.

A Face in the Cloud

First Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 2.0 betas are released at MIX08.

Microsoft Changes the Game for Developers

Microsoft opens APIs, protocol documentation in an effort to reach out to the developer community.

Microsoft and Google Square Off in Hosted Apps

Online application space heats up as Microsoft, Google release new components of their cloud-based productivity suites .

Microsoft's Office Transformation

Developers explore opportunities on Redmond's new platform.

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