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Microsoft To Buy Parlano

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it intends to buy Parlano, a Chicago-based company it has already worked closely with on enterprise communications software.

Windows XP SP3 Coming Next Year

Expect fixes, but no new features, when a new service pack is released next year for Windows XP.

Windows Server 2008 Pushed Back -- Again

RTM delayed until next year.

Windows Vista SP1 Due in Early 2008

New service pack to include multiple fixes, new features.

Microsoft and Open Source: Friends or Foes?

Both views have their advocates.

WSO2 Web Services Dev Tools Announced

The company's open source solutions help developers generate applications for Web services, based on C or PHP code.

Microsoft To Launch Communications Tools in October

Gates, Raikes oversee the launch three new products.

Microsoft On Skype Outage: Don't Blame Us

"Patch Tuesday" releases not at fault for service failure, Redmond says.

Judge's Ruling Signals 'Game Over' for SCO

Linux Foundation exec discusses ruling against SCO on UNIX copyrights.

Federation and Management Spec Unveiled

Group releases CMDBf draft with the aim of helping enterprises better manage IT information across platforms.

AMD Spec for Easier Multithread Development

Chipmaker publishes a proposed spec, aiming to help developers boost application performance in computers with multiple cores.

Microsoft: Windows XP Product Keys Running Out

New keys to be in system builders' hands by September.

Exchange Beta Released

Service Pack 1 expected to be publicly shipping late this year.

Oracle 11g Ships, But New Features Cost Extra

Database server gets new features and pricing options.

Microsoft Releases Nine Patches

Six of the patches fix "Critical" vulnerabilities.

Virtualization Rules the Day at LinuxWorld

Show's speakers give thumbs up to virtualization-Linux combination.

Microsoft To Release Six 'Critical' Patches Tuesday

Three "Important" updates also coming on that day.

Java and .NET Camps Split Over SOA

But use of .NET shows decrease in survey results.

VS Beta 2: Bug Fixes, Final Features, Polish and Shine

Features of Visual Studio 2008, code-named "Orcas," get near finalization with the release of Beta 2.

Microsoft Releases Vista Updates To Public

Fixes expected to be part of SP1.