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Gates Details Industry Support for Home Server, Unveils System Builder Edition

Microsoft looks to system builders to create customized solutions for Windows Home Server.

CodeGear Readies C++ and Ruby on Rails IDEs

The Borland subsidiary, moving at a rapid clip, has announced new tools for rapid application development.

Microsoft Claims Open Source Patent Infringements

Execs allege 235 violations of Microsoft patents and finger Linux and OpenOffice as culprits.

Products and Partnerships Rolled Out at JavaOne '07

Announcements at show include a development platform for large-scale Java deployments and a new edition of Nokia's platform for mobile device app development.

Microsoft Hits 'Delete' Key on Virtualization Features

Redmond makes move to meet its 'Viridian' beta release date.

Microsoft Web Site Calls Longhorn 'Windows Server 2008'

Post may have disclosed official name of Redmond's upcoming server OS.

Poll: 40 Percent of Companies Plan To Be on Vista Within a Year

Poll of 753 IT decision-makers tracks deployment plans and concerns about Microsoft's new OS.

Next Version of SQL Server Slated for 2008

New database platform, code-named "Katmai," was announced at Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference.

VMware Launches Workstation 6, Includes Dev Features

Virtualization solution provider adds support for Vista OS in latest release, plus tools for developers.

Microsoft Patches a Septet of Critical Flaws

Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products get patched today.

Sun Unveils JavaFX Code at JavaOne '07

New product line includes a scripting language and solutions for the device application development market.

Legacy Microsoft Products Get Security Support

A free solution from Shavlik provides security diagnostics for small-to-medium enterprise networks that can't use Microsoft's latest patch technology or MBSA 2.0.1 tool.

Dell Joins Microsoft-Novell Alliance

Computer vendor to offer SuSE Linux Enterprise solution, along with Ubuntu Linux version.

Open Source Goals Outlined in Report

A hybrid approach to software development, combining the best of open-source and proprietary methods, may be emerging, according to members of the Open Source Think Tank.

Managed Control Adds Capabilities to Windows Forms Development

Gobicode Ltd. HTMLLabel 1.0 aims to extend Windows Forms development (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).

Next Version of VB Dubbed 'VBx'

New version will allow Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia browser plug-in to compile VB source code on the fly, blogger says.

Open-System Portal Solution Avoids Recoding

Mainsoft's solution compiled .NET code into Java for an IBM WebSphere Portal migration.

VMware Workstation 6.0 to Include Vista Support, New Dev Tools

Programmers can clean up code within a virtual machine (VM) directly from Visual Studio using latest VMware release (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).

Putting Coders' Security Chops to the Test

The SANS Institute is set to launch new assessment and certification exams for .NET this summer (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).

ADO.NET Entity Framework

How 'Orcas' new object/relational mapping technology works (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).