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Microsoft Denies Yahoo Version of Failed Talks

Microsoft on Monday described its own version of events concerning Friday's failed talks with Yahoo's management.

Microsoft Says SQL Server 2008 To Ship This Quarter

Redmond divulges tidbits of SQL Server 2008 release information at this week's Worldwide Partner Conference.

ISO/IEC Officials Allegedly Advise Rejecting OOXML Appeals

A leaked document may indicate the views of standards officials who say challenges to ISO/IEC 29500 should be dropped.

Microsoft Says SQL Server 2008 To Ship This Quarter

Redmond divulges tidbits of SQL Server 2008 release information at this week's Worldwide Partner Conference.

.NET Developers Gain Velocity

One of the big surprises at Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America 2008 Developers conference in Orlando, Fla., last month was the launch of Project "Velocity," the code name for a distributed, in-memory data-caching platform that was quietly under development in Redmond.

Microsoft Talks Up SDL

Redmond’s Secure Development Lifecycle requirements aim to counter security defects in the face of recent SQL attacks.

Microsoft Mends Breach in Open Source Sandcastle

The source code is now available after Microsoft initially removed the project for not following OSI rules.

Microsoft Issues Version 1.0 Protocol Documentation

The new documentation describes technologies that can be used by developers to interoperate with Microsoft's solutions.

Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Antivirus Glitch

The hotfix addresses a registry corruption problem that was associated with PCs using Symantec's Norton Antivirus software.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta Testers Stage No Confidence Vote

Hundreds of dissatisfied testers of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework V1 are expressing what they call a "vote of no confidence" in the technology.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta Testers Stage No-Confidence Vote

Hundreds of dissatisfied testers of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework V1, which is still in beta, are staging a protest against the software giant by expressing what they call a "vote of no confidence" in the technology.

Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac

Users of earlier Microsoft Office suites on Mac computers can now convert the current Open XML document formats.

Microsoft Advisory Targets SQL Injection Attacks

Company issues three tools to help Web developers with security.

Open Source SOA Software Shares Microsoft Stage

WSO2, recently featured in Microsoft's Tech-Ed IT keynote, also launches new version of ESB product.

Jazz Gets Visual Studio Support

IBM Corp.'s Rational Software unit is set to release version 1.0 of Team Concert, the commercial client to the company's Jazz collaborative software development environment.

.NET and Java Grow Organically

Mixed .NET and Java application deployment platforms promote new interoperability initiatives.

First Look: UNA Collaborative Edition 1.0

New Eclipse-like developer product can be used to support team collaboration.

Microsoft Joins Open Source Census Group

Group tracks the use of open source software at the enterprise level.

Architects Craft Their Future

International Association for Software Architects aims to establish a support network for architects nationwide.

Yahoo: Microsoft Talks Done, No Deal Coming

Acquisition and deal talks have ended, according to Yahoo.