Subscribers to Microsoft's TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network services can now get their hands on the first community technology preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 10, 2009
In a move that promises to strengthen its influence over how video is developed and disseminated online, Google last week said it has agreed to acquire On2 Technologies.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 10, 2009
Expect nine patches in Microsoft's August security update, five "critical" and four "important," according to an advanced notification from Redmond.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- August 07, 2009
System administrators might be more pleased than dismayed when a social networking site such as Twitter locks out millions of users.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- August 07, 2009
Subscribers to Microsoft's professional services -- TechNet and the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) -- can begin downloading Windows 7 RTM editions starting today.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 06, 2009
Engineers at Sun Microsystems rolled out a new user interface prototype for OpenOffice.org that looks like the "ribbon" UI found in Microsoft Office 2007.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 05, 2009
The move to the Internet cloud will pick up steam in the next year for developers, according to a new survey from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Evans Data Corp.
- By Herb Torrens
- August 05, 2009
Microsoft plans to hire at least 400 Yahoo employees as part of its search-advertising deal with Yahoo, which was announced last week
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 05, 2009
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have simultaneously booted 1 million Linux kernels, all of which ran as virtual machines on the labs' Thunderbird supercomputer.
- By Joab Jackson
- August 05, 2009
Organizations using the BIND 9 DNS server are being urged to update and patch their servers to correct a zero-day vulnerability that can allow denial-of-service attacks.
- By William Jackson
- August 05, 2009
The release candidate (RC) version of Windows XP Mode is now available, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 04, 2009
Microsoft has released a beta version of its App-V 4.6 application virtualization technology.
- By John K. Waters
- August 04, 2009
IDC report says expenditures by enterprises on open source software jumped 34 percent last year and spending in 2009 is on pace to increase at least another 24 percent.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 04, 2009
Microsoft last week disclosed consumer pricing for Windows 7 upgrades, unveiling the Family Pack and Windows Anytime Upgrade options.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 03, 2009
Microsoft unveiled a point-of-sales solution for midmarket retailers on Monday as part of its Dynamics product line.
- By Herb Torrens
- August 03, 2009
Microsoft last week showed its appreciation to beta testers of Windows 7 by extending free copies to them -- well, not all of them.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 03, 2009
Cloud computing promises cost savings, increased flexibility and improved remote access to resources, but these advantages come at a cost.
- By William Jackson
- August 03, 2009
Microsoft changed its plans about issuing a special European version of Windows 7 that would lack Internet Explorer, according to a company announcement.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 03, 2009
Analysts forecast $18.52 in ecosystem revenues for every $1 to Microsoft for the OS.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 01, 2009
The fourth quarter of 2008 and the first half of 2009 may have set the bar so low that the only way out is up.
- By Herb Torrens
- August 01, 2009