Company releases testing and quality assurance tools for development teams.
Other rumors include a joint bid for Yahoo by Microsoft and News Corp.
Vectors include Web 2.0 apps and client-side browser attacks.
Microsoft Wednesday released the first community technology preview (CTP) of Robotics Developer Studio 2008.
Announcement of a trial with Google generates blunt response from Redmond.
Microsoft's integrated security solution, code-named "Stirling," is currently available as a public beta release.
Fixes are for client-side vulnerabilities.
Mainsoft has released a new 2.2 version of Mainsoft for Java EE.
The company plans to release final protocol documentation and patent information by the end of June for Office, SharePoint and Exchange.
Ballmer threatens to replace Yahoo's board members in three weeks' time.
A VSLive! talk on Redmond's application lifecycle management system described some of its upcoming features.
Novell and Microsoft use virtualization technology to demonstrate running Novell's Linux on Windows server, and vice versa.
Microsoft added another two years of life to its popular operating system, but only for OEMs building devices with limited hardware capabilities.
Patches address remote code execution attacks and other potential problems.
Controversy may continue over Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, which underwent fast-track approval by ISO/IEC.
Microsoft's Office Open XML document format was accepted as an international standard, according to an announcement issued today by the International Organization for Standardization.
Microsoft itself is pointing to publicly disclosed information.
Redmond gets behind open source network authentication protocol, which is already used in its operating systems.
Vote count is close on ratifying Microsoft's Office Open XML document format as an international standard.
The trial version can improve desktop search performance, company reps say.