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Microsoft Will Release Vista SP1 Early to 'Technical Customers'

IT pros voice complaints, and Redmond reschedules release date.

GlobalLogic Expands, Offers R&D Dev Support

Outsourcing firm initiates new service to support startups and others needing software engineering expertise.

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.

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.

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.

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."

Microsoft Makes Case for Blockbuster Yahoo Deal

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

Connect Apps with WCF

Learn when and how to utilize Windows Communication Foundation to develop and maintain your communications layer when creating a loosely coupled, scalable, interoperable services-oriented application.

Free Tool Strips Vista to Bare Bones

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

Microsoft Launches New 'Code Gallery' for Developers

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

Microsoft Partners Can Start Selling Visual Studio 2008

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

Microsoft Aims To Boost Security With New APIs for Developers

Developers coding to Redmond's OSes should use DEP security process, blogger says.

Sybase Has 'Record' Year

DBMS company gets revenue boost, but still owns just a small percentage of the market.

Excel Flaw Highlights Need for Better App Security

Experts believe the rising number of exploits targeting Excel gives hackers incentives to continually exploit applications -- rather than operating systems -- for flaws.

Office 2003 SP3 To Be Pushed Out in Feb.

Microsoft Update will automatically change settings next month for Office 2003.

Microsoft Releases VS 2008 Web Deployment Projects RTW

The Visual Studio 2008 add-on has new features for creating IIS applications.

Microsoft Aims To Boost Security With New APIs for Developers

In a blog post today, Microsoft announced new APIs that will make security settings easier for developers, particularly for those writing solutions that will run on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3.