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Hyper-V Made Available

Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially and unexpectedly kicked off Thursday.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta Testers Stage No Confidence Vote

Hundreds of dissatisfied testers of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework V1 are expressing what they call a "vote of no confidence" in the technology.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta Testers Stage No-Confidence Vote

Hundreds of dissatisfied testers of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework V1, which is still in beta, are staging a protest against the software giant by expressing what they call a "vote of no confidence" in the technology.

Eclipse's Third 'Release Train' on Schedule

On Wednesday June 25 the Eclipse Foundation is sending Ganymede down the tracks.

Linux Developers Condemn Binary Drivers

Top contributors like David Woodhouse, Theodore Tso and Andrew Morton cite havoc binary-only Linux modules can wreak on Linux deployments.

Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac

Users of earlier Microsoft Office suites on Mac computers can now convert the current Open XML document formats.

Microsoft Advisory Targets SQL Injection Attacks

Company issues three tools to help Web developers with security.

UPDATE: Windows XP's Death Is for Real, Microsoft Official Explains

Microsoft is really serious about this Monday, June 30, being the end date for selling Windows XP licenses with new computers -- so serious that Senior Vice President Bill Veghte wrote a letter clarifying some the details.

Open Source SOA Software Shares Microsoft Stage

WSO2, recently featured in Microsoft's Tech-Ed IT keynote, also launches new version of ESB product.

Survey: Many Microsoft Patches Are Going Uninstalled

The results of an online test conducted by U.K. anti-virus firm Sophos found that more often than not, PC users don't install Microsoft's monthly patches.

New 11.0 openSuSE Linux OS Released

Users get a few desktop interface options in this latest release.

Tech Spending Hit by Subprime Mess

The subprime meltdown that has roiled the financial markets since last fall will negatively impact the amount large investment houses, banks and brokerages will spend on IT overall -- and on software development projects in particular -- in the coming years.

Bloomberg Launches Windows Mobile App

Customers of Bloomberg LP's real-time market data who have long been receiving feeds on their BlackBerrys can now receive them on their Windows Mobile-based devices, thanks to a recently completed development effort.

New Bluetooth Patch Fixes XP Security Hole

Microsoft reissues a "critical" patch relating to Bluetooth wireless technology that was released last week as part of its June update cycle.

Pentaho's BI Platform Released Under GPL

Company switches to Version 2 of the General Public License for its open business intelligence product.

Q&A: IASA's Paul Preiss

Paul Preiss champions the role of software architects.

Jazz Gets Visual Studio Support

IBM Corp.'s Rational Software unit is set to release version 1.0 of Team Concert, the commercial client to the company's Jazz collaborative software development environment.

.NET and Java Grow Organically

Mixed .NET and Java application deployment platforms promote new interoperability initiatives.

Mixed Reactions to IBM's Green Software Push

For over a year now, IBM Corp. has made "greening" a centerpiece of its marketing efforts, kicking off a $1 billion green IT investment last spring called "Project Big Green," touting mainframe-centric greening initiatives and, just recently, trumpeting a new "green" approach to software.

First Look: UNA Collaborative Edition 1.0

New Eclipse-like developer product can be used to support team collaboration.