Rumors that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will appear this month continue to flourish.
Company hopes to expand embedded development efforts on the .NET Framework.
Office-like suite combines multiple programs into one.
Integrated solution suggests potential threat to Microsoft's hosted CRM offering.
sQL Server 2008 offers new support for spatial data types that some analysts say should deliver a real boost to geospatial applications and data sharing.
The next version of Windows may address some of the limitations seen in Vista.
Company releases testing and quality assurance tools for development teams.
Other rumors include a joint bid for Yahoo by Microsoft and News Corp.
Vectors include Web 2.0 apps and client-side browser attacks.
Microsoft Wednesday released the first community technology preview (CTP) of Robotics Developer Studio 2008.
Announcement of a trial with Google generates blunt response from Redmond.
Microsoft's integrated security solution, code-named "Stirling," is currently available as a public beta release.
Fixes are for client-side vulnerabilities.
Mainsoft has released a new 2.2 version of Mainsoft for Java EE.
The company plans to release final protocol documentation and patent information by the end of June for Office, SharePoint and Exchange.
Ballmer threatens to replace Yahoo's board members in three weeks' time.
A VSLive! talk on Redmond's application lifecycle management system described some of its upcoming features.
Novell and Microsoft use virtualization technology to demonstrate running Novell's Linux on Windows server, and vice versa.
Microsoft added another two years of life to its popular operating system, but only for OEMs building devices with limited hardware capabilities.
Patches address remote code execution attacks and other potential problems.