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Microsoft To Release Critical Patches for Vista, XP, Office, IE, Visual Basic

A grab bag of 12 security fixes will be expected on Patch Tuesday.

SugarCRM Solaris Installer To Come

Solution will facilitate deployments on Sun's OSes.

IBM Brings Cognos Into the Fold

Big Blue lays out a strategy for integrating its $5 billion BI acquisition.

Windows Kernel Flaw -- Critical But Not, Says Redmond

Security firm provides video of a proof-of-concept flaw in Microsoft's IGMP networking protocol. But Microsoft says conditions for exploitation -- as well as a fix -- keep it from doing damage in the wild.

StreamBase Updates Market Data Dev Tool

Solution is designed to help developers write programs more quickly and tap into the Reuters Market Data System.

New Microsoft Programming Language: 'D'?

Unnamed sources suggest the new language will be associated with Microsoft's Oslo project.

Q&A: Spring.NET Founder Mark Pollack

The latest version of Spring.NET, made generally available in December, is a major upgrade to the original port of the popular Spring Framework, a layered Java/J2EE application-programming model.

Apache Synapse Bumped to Top Project Status

A new version of the enterprise service bus was released.

New Microsoft Programming Language: 'D'?

All About Microsoft's Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Redmond is working on a new declarative programming language, currently named "D."

SpringSource Acquires Covalent Technologies

Companies combine forces to deliver one-stop open source enterprise solutions, combining Java-based middleware and Apache server solutions.

Microsoft Makes Case for Blockbuster Yahoo Deal

Execs describe benefits, including bolstering Windows Live and Microsoft's social networking efforts.

Use of Live Customer Data in Application Testing Still Widespread

Survey shows security is an afterthought when live data is used in business application testing.

VMware Updates Desktop Manager, Integrates With VDI

Enhanced desktop broker tool lets IT pros manage thousands of virtual desktops at a time.

Free Tool Strips Vista to Bare Bones

Tool lets you take as much of the "feature bloat" as you want out of Windows Vista.

Lessons From a Yahoo Scrum Rollout

Yahoo's top coach in Agile practices describes the process, and how it speeds up Web application delivery.

IBM Goes After SMB Virtualization With PowerVM Express

Technologies will bring new efficiencies to virtualization for small- and medium-size businesses, according to the company.

Microsoft Launches New 'Code Gallery' for Developers

Resources at the community site include code snippets and sample applications.

Hyperic Enhances Its Web App Diagnostic Tool

The company's latest reporting solution helps enterprises monitor large Web applications that need to scale.

Microsoft Partners Can Start Selling Visual Studio 2008

Sales are possible now, although the official launch of developer tool is expected late next month.