Microsoft issued a cumulative "out-of-band" security patch on Thursday for a bug in all versions of Internet Explorer.
The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
Microsoft on Tuesday said SQL Server 2008 R2, the next version of its database, will be generally available in May.
At the inaugural meeting of the New York Technology Council, representatives from Google and Microsoft debated their views on how data will be stored and shared in the future.
The next versions of Visual Studio and .NET Framework will be delayed by only three weeks, according to a brief announcement by Microsoft
A new version of the MyEclipse Java IDE aimed specifically at developers using the Spring Framework is being developed jointly by Genuitec and Skyway Software.
All eyes tend to focus on Microsoft's monthly patch cycle, but don't forget Adobe.
SpringSource wants the Eclipse community to take over ongoing development of its dm Server.
CA has acquired Oblicore, a closely held but established provider of software that measures the effect of system uptime on business performance.
A free toolkit helps database users migrate from MySQL to Microsoft's SQL Server database on-premise or in the cloud.
The latest version of MIT Kerberos, the free and open source implementation of the widely deployed network authentication protocol for client-server applications, goes alpha this week.
AT&T has joined the board of directors of Java Verified, an IT industry group that promotes testing standards for Java ME applications.
Ballmer's talk at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show consisted primarily of incremental announcements and positioning statements, but there were no major surprises.
The company announced on Monday that users can now upgrade their Windows Azure preview accounts to commercial subscriptions, or register for new services.
Google's OpenSocial is fueling "a major evolutionary shift" in the development space around Software as a Service (SaaS), claims Australian collaboration and development tool maker Atlassian.
Microsoft is joining the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Scalable Vector Graphics Working Group.
Google on Tuesday launched the Nexus One, a touch-based smartphone that boasts many of the features of Apple's iPhone as well as some new features.
After a year of dramatic growth, Google's Chrome has become the third most popular browser behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.
Gartner on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Burton Group, a smaller but well-regarded IT research and advisory services firm, for $56 million.
JetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 9.0, the latest version of the first Java IDE with integrated code refactoring.