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.Net gets close to fruition
News After some initial hiccups, Microsoft has delivered stable beta versions of its basic .Net development tools.
Neverfail offers BlackBerry backup
News Company is providing so-called resilency for RIM in an attempt to win business from smaller companies.
Tags: Wireless e-mail devices, Mobile/Wireless, E-mail clients, BlackBerry
Bad apps crash Windows: Microsoft
News Microsoft has laid the blame for half of all Windows crashes on third-party code.
How will you use Google Wave?
News Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., SAP AG, TechEd, software, Web 2.0, Vienna, IM, decision-making, collaboration
Microsoft releases Exchange 2010, acquires Teamprise
News At TechEd Europe, Redmond offers the latest on its e-mail and calendar server. Meanwhile, it also scoops up a developer tool for creating code in multiple OSes.
Tags: Business applications, Webcast, TechEd, Teamprise, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Berlin, collaboration tool, Microsoft Windows, senior vice president
SAP: Days of the database are numbered
News Demand for cloud computing and faster access to data will lead to a future where companies don't need a database, says top SAP executive.
Tags: Databases, Cloud computing, Data Management, Database, SAP AG, Berlin, Vienna, Cloud computing, data management, top executive
Microsoft finalizes Exchange 2010
News The e-mail and communications server becomes the first of the 2010 wave of Office products to hit that milestone.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office, communications server, leadership team, Microsoft Corp., Berlin, Server, Microsoft PowerPoint, e-mail, leadership
Microsoft chops price of its hosted software
News Redmond says it's cutting by a third the monthly subscription fee for those using a hosted version of Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Communications Server.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Autodesk Inc., Aon Corp., Chile, Microsoft Corp., software, Blockbuster Inc.
Microsoft looks to scale 'Kilimanjaro'
News The next version of SQL Server, like the next version of Windows, will support 256 processors. Microsoft is also adding some features to Windows Server 2008 R2, which is due out alongside Windows 7.
Tags: Server platforms, Databases, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Chip, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, processor
Gartner: Skip Vista and wait for Windows 7
News The analyst house has advised businesses to go straight from Windows XP to Windows 7, unless their Vista deployment plans are already significantly underway.
Tags: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., release candidate, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, analyst
XP owners shunning security update
News Only one in three people using Windows XP in the United States has downloaded Service Pack 2.
Tags: Security, Windows XP
Last week in Microsoft news
News Steve Ballmer wants technology managers to know that Microsoft feels their pain.
Tags: Windows XP, Growth strategies and tools
Microsoft kicks off Asia .Net drive
News Microsoft aims to sign up 100,000 developers, or about 10 percent of the total in Asia-Pacific in a new region-wide campaign to boost membership in its .Net developer community.
Microsoft debuts Silverlight update
News Bill Gates uses the company's TechEd conference to show off updates to its Flash competitor, as well as other tools.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Multimedia, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Database, software, Microsoft .NET, programming model, Adobe Systems Inc.
Microsoft's Whistler now Windows.Net Server
News The company solidifies its software-as-a-service strategy, officially naming a forthcoming high-end version of Windows and releasing new tools for software developers.
