The library add-on helps support Microsoft Office 2007-type projects.
Microsoft in January released the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack, which extends the VC++ 2008 Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) libraries that shipped with the Visual Studio 2008 IDE.
For the past 10 days, Sausalito, Calif.-based online document and storage hosting company Joyent struggled to get its online secure document collaboration service, Strongspace, back online.
Following reports that Microsoft released "Milestone 1" for Windows 7 to several partners, TG Daily reports that software will get released in late 2009.
Browser-based attacks, bot vector incursions, targeted phishing, mobile hacking and insider espionage rank as top five security menaces for 2008.
Green IT. Everyone wants it or is paying lip service about wanting it.
ChangeWave says Apple's Leopard operating system gets high marks from consumers, with Vista editions trailing the pack.
Last month, Redmond released an early build of "Volta," a set of tools for building Web apps that run across multiple tiers.
Microsoft this week took steps to assure Office developers that it has no plans to kill off Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Source code has been released under a read-only license agreement.
Scott will take charge of Redmond's global IT operation.
Redmond's MEDC will be rolled into ESC and Tech Ed 2008.
Acquisition will establish an open source database market foothold for Sun.
Deal signals consolidation in enterprise SOA market.
The latest Web Standards Project browser test will focus on the script-rendering capabilities of browsers, although it's not ready for prime time yet.
Microsoft Corp. said hackers have found a way to use some older versions of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people's computers.
Sun Microsystems today said it will acquire MySQL, the leading supplier of open source database software, for $1 billion.
Short's departure is the latest in a string of exiting executives.
Microsoft today followed up on its earlier promise to start releasing the .NET framework library source code for .NET 3.5.
Thinstall is the latest company gobbled up.