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UPDATE: Gates and Ballmer To Demo Windows 7

Microsoft's newest operating system, scheduled to appear sometime in 2010, will get an early preview at the All Things Digital event.

Yahoo Buying Time, Board May Be Looking to Deal

Yahoo pushes back board meeting; rumors swirl that full acquisition may be back on.

Building Bridges: Deutsche Post AG's Move to SOA

Codemesh bridges the Java-to-.NET gap at Deutsche Post.

SOA: It's the People, Process and Orientation

Disputes between rival IT factions can stop an SOA project dead in its tracks.

Office Live Workspace Beta Released Internationally

Microsoft released an international beta of its Office Live Workspace (OLW) suite of productivity tools. The company also quietly launched an Office Live Update last week.

Building Bridges: Deutsche Post AG's Move to SOA

Codemesh bridges the Java-to-.NET gap at Deutsche Post.

Will SQL Server 2008 Slip Again?

Microsoft's announcement that it will release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) this summer raises the question: What's the status of SQL Server 2008?

Microsoft To Adopt ODF, Support Other Document Formats

Microsoft Wednesday posted plans for expanding file format support in the next major revision of Office 2007.

Microsoft's High Performance Computing Server 2008 Beta 2 Debuts

Microsoft has released its second beta for testers after fixing some bugs.

Backbase's RIA Dev Tool Gets Java Support

Product lets developers create dynamic Web applications using familiar Java code.

Novell Releases Silverlight for Linux Source Code

Cross-platform developers can now download the source code for Moonlight

Microsoft Renews Talks With Yahoo

Talks between Microsoft and Yahoo are back on the table again, but maybe not about the acquisition bid.

Alliance Weighs In on Microsoft Interoperability

As reported last week, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), a group that advises the British government on education technology issues, referred a complaint to the European Commission about the impact of Microsoft's interoperability issues in education.

Orphaned Accounts Are a Growing Security Concern, Study Says

IT auditors examine accounts just like their financial auditing counterparts. Instead of trial balances, they look at system user accounts to determine who signed on when and who did what. But what about who's logging into what account and when? More important, do these people even work here anymore?

Error Installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta? Then Uninstall KB944899

Microsoft warned developers on Thursday that if they're getting an error when installing the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta released this week, they need to uninstall hotfix KB944899.

Yahoo's Monkey Goes Live

SearchMonkey, a new online development platform and toolset from Yahoo, officially launched Thursday.

Scripting Gurus Debate Dynamic Languages

Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML and Sun Microsystems' director of Web technologies, hosted a lively post-Script Bowl panel discussion

One Laptop Per Child Will Sport XP

Microsoft and One Laptop per Child announced an agreement Thursday to put Windows XP Professional on OLPC XO laptops in emerging markets along with Linux.

Vista Security Debate Continues with Follow-Up Study

Security software vendor PC Tools on Friday fired the latest salvo in the argument over whether Windows Vista is as secure as Microsoft says it is.

Survey: Developers Not Jumping on Vista Bandwagon

Most say they are working on Windows XP development at present, but Vista development efforts may triple next year.