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| Week of 12 May 2008 |
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Microsoft update patches critical flaws affecting Word, Publisher
(SearchSecurity.com | 13 May 2008)
Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Jet Database Engine version 4.0 are being actively exploited in the wild.
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Microsoft delivers Office for Mac SP1 - will bring back VBA
(ZDNet | 14 May 2008)
Microsoft will release Service Pack 1 for Office for Mac. It plans to bring back Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) on that platform as well. According to Microsoft, the sales of...
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Gates to show TouchWall to CEOs
(PCWorld.com | 14 May 2008)
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to show off new technology on Wednesday that is designed for the board room and is a spin-off of Microsoft's Surface computer. Called 'Tou...
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Microsoft delivers upgrades in .Net 3.5 SP1 Beta
(eWeek | 14 May 2008)
Microsoft recently released Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 beta bits for public download. This release will include improvements to WPF, MFC, VSTS and .N...
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| Week of 05 May 2008 |
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A look at Team Foundation Server Event Service
(MSDN | 07 May 2008)
Brian Randell explores Team Foundation Server (TFS) Event Service – what is available, how to create your own Web services and how to manage subscriptions.
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Visual Studio bridging plug-in speeds Java development
At JavaOne, JNBridge announced middleware tools that let Eclipse developers create .NET apps and Visual Studio developers access Java. A user says 64-bit shared-memory support and ...
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Microsoft abandons $44.6B offer for Yahoo
(SearchWinDevelopment.com | 05 May 2008)
Microsoft has abandoned its effort to purchase Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Yahoo vigorously rebuffed the offer, first launched in February. In announcing the withdrawn offer, Microsof...
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| Week of 28 Apr 2008 |
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Windows Server 2008 has slim lead over Ubuntu in power test
(SearchEnterpriseLinux.com | 02 May 2008)
Windows Server 2008 has a slim lead over Ubuntu in one power consumption test, but differences among operating systems make true comparison difficult, vendors say.
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XP SP3 distribution held while Microsoft readies fix
(SearchWinIT.com | 29 Apr 2008)
The third service pack for Windows XP will be delayed briefly while Microsoft repairs an incompatibility with RMS.
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Microsoft stresses interoperability at Interop
(SearchITChannel.com | 30 Apr 2008)
Microsoft touts interoperability at Interop and unveils an upgraded Operations Manager 2007 with cross-platform support.
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Prism: Composite WPF Guidance
(.Net Ramblings | 30 Apr 2008)
IDesign's Brian Noyes discussed the ins and outs of Prism -- the codename for Composite WPF guidance package -- in his blog. According to Noyes, it will accelerate WPF developmen...
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Oslo SOA strategy fleshed out more at TechEd Developer
Oslo is Microsoft's emerging grand vision for modeling service-oriented applications. The emphasis to date has been on vision. But at the TechEd 2008 Developer conference June 3 to...
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| Week of 21 Apr 2008 |
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Microsoft Live Mesh turns the Web into your file sharing hub
(Wired Blog Network | 23 Apr 2008)
Microsoft has unveiled an invite-only test of its new Live Mesh service, a project that enables users to synchronize information across a 'mesh' of devices to allow access and the ...
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New hacking technique exploits common NULL programming error
(SearchSecurity.com | 23 Apr 2008)
Mark Dowd, a researcher on IBM ISS's X-Force team, has uncovered a flaw in common programming languages that may open a floodgate to security vulnerabilities. Dowd's discovery has ...
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Users petition to keep Windows XP
(CNN.com | 23 Apr 2008)
Passionate Windows XP users are scrambling to convince Microsoft that XP must stick around. One user who is so keen on running XP started a Save XP Web petition and has collected ...
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Microsoft links BizTalk to RFID to Windows Mobile apps
Microsoft made available a private beta for Microsoft BizTalk RFID Mobile, with general availability expected in late this year. It is said to simplify development of mobile applic...
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| Week of 14 Apr 2008 |
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Automated software builds save time, money for Portico
(SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 16 Apr 2008)
In hopes to improve its software development process with automation, Portico, the developer of a healthcare provider network management platform, turned to AnthillPro from Urbanco...
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Researchers warily watch for Microsoft GDI exploits
(SearchSecurity.com | 16 Apr 2008)
Security researchers are urging IT shops to install Microsoft's latest batch of patches as quickly as possible to head off attempted attacks against some flaws, most notably the GD...
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Channel implications of Microsoft's online services
(SearchSystemsChannel.techtarget.com | 16 Apr 2008)
Microsoft service providers may want to pay attention to changes in the online services marketplace. It seems Microsoft is interested in becoming a little closer to the customers b...
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Mainsoft introduces .NET-to-Java translation tool
Interop house Mainsoft announced Mainsoft for Java EE Version 2.2, an interoperability toolkit that translates .NET code into Java applications. It enables a development team to wr...
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