Combined technologies will support server consolidation and build testing for developers.
Microsoft recently unveiled a new site for developers to download and share Microsoft-related code samples.
The 2Q report indicated record revenues of $16.4 billion.
Timeline will slip to third quarter, according to blogger.
Vista SP1 may arrive next month, plus additional news from Redmond.
A rumor is spreading across the Web that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) may be scheduled to arrive on Feb. 15.
Yesterday, Microsoft posted the final version of the .NET Framework 3.5 to its download site, as well as several updates to other .NET Framework versions.
System builders can now get a piece of the $10 million program.
Redmond is also buying a desktop virtualization vendor.
Vista's successor may become available sooner than anticipated.
Efforts meant to help compete against VMware.
The library add-on helps support Microsoft Office 2007-type projects.
Consumer survey gives high marks to Apple's new OS.
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.
Following reports that Microsoft released "Milestone 1" for Windows 7 to several partners, TG Daily reports that software will get released in late 2009.
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.