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Yahoo, Google Strike Advertising Deal

Yahoo inked an online ad search deal with Google shortly after ending talks with search rival Microsoft.

EC Official Talks Open Standards, Raps Microsoft

European Commission official Neelie Kroes urged governments to use software incorporating open standards, to avoid vendor lock-in.

Microsoft Edges Further Into HPC

The company cites gains in the high-performance computing market, with nine universities adopting Microsoft's technology.

ISO Benches Microsoft OOXML

Four countries' appeals put previous approval on hold.

First Look: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Public Beta

Highlights of the latest open office productivity suite include Mac OS X support and converters for Office 2007 documents.

Microsoft Releases 7 Patches, 3 Critical

Critical patches focus on IE, DirectX and Bluetooth.

RC0 Version of SQL Server 2008 Available

MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers can now test a full-featured version of the relational database management system.

Microsoft Pulls 'Open Source' Release, Apologizes

The company's Sandcastle project omitted the source code, and thus failed to meet open source licensing requirements.

Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded Standard CTP

In a bid to modernize the embedded version of its Windows software, Microsoft this week has released the community technology preview (CTP) of a newly revamped version set to ship by year's end.

Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo

Bill Gates Tuesday kicked off the annual Tech-Ed Conference with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.

Microsoft To Add Architecture Explorer to Visual Studio

Visual modeling tools will first appear as Visual Studio add-ons.

Microsoft Starts Global Rollout of Retail Consumer Web Sites

Microsoft Corp. is now selling its wares directly to consumers.

Lawsuit Docs Reveal Details of Yahoo Fight; Icahn Calls for Yang's Ouster

Shareholders accuse Yahoo of "poison pills" in form of secret severance plan, Google deal.

Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo

Microsoft's founder and chairman kicked off Tech-Ed with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.

Threats to Office's Dominance Multiply with New Offerings from Adobe, IBM

Paying for word processing software may soon be a thing of past if Microsoft competitors Adobe, Google and IBM have any say.

MySQL Gives .NET High Five

There was a lot of head scratching at this year's MySQL Conference and Expo when Microsoft was singled out for its contributions to open source development.

New Wares Bridge Java and .NET

While last month's JavaOne conference focused on the next generation of the Java platform, there's a growing ecosystem of tools to connect existing Java-based apps to those based on Microsoft's .NET environment.

Codejock Adds XAML Support to Component Suite

Codejock Technologies LLC has upgraded its toolkits for those developing Visual C++ and ActiveX controls.

MySQL Gives .NET High Five

MySQL becoming a viable platform for .NET developers.

New Wares Bridge Java and .NET

JavaOne conference showcases growing number of tools connecting Java and .NET applications.