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Gates stepping down from full-time Microsoft role

Bill Gates is transitioning out of his full-time role at Microsoft, the software giant that's been under pressure due to a sagging stock price, competition from Google and nagging delays in the Vista operating system. Read more »

Microsoft rallies developers behind Vista

As it readies Vista for launch, Microsoft is looking to build momentum behind new applications - and trying to avoid the pitfalls of incompatibilities. Read more »

Visual Studio 2010 can replay bugs

Microsoft has revealed plans for the next version of its development suite, Visual Studio 2010, to be able to record testing sessions so that developers can reproduce and closely examine software bugs. Read more »

Second Silverlight 2.0 beta to take up Flash fight

Microsoft is launching a revamped test version of its Silverlight software that is designed to broaden the appeal of the company's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash. Read more »

Tangled in .Net

Although Microsoft .Net plans were "hard to understand," CEO Steve Ballmer is working to untangle the mess. Read more »

Microsoft to offer peek at new tools

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will offer a glimpse this week of future versions of the company's Visual Studio.Net development tools bundle. Read more »

Microsoft prepares for Yukon, Longhorn

The software company readies new development tools before planned releases of revamped database and Windows operating system software. Read more »

Interview with Bill Gates

This week Microsoft have released a host of announcements revolved around Longhorn, Whidbey and the future of Web services. Bill Gates sheds some light on the future of their platforms in this interview. Read more »

Gates woos developers for wireless

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday unveiled plans to help developers more easily create applications for mobile devices that use its operating system software. Read more »

Gates trots out Longhorn

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates tried to win over developers in Los Angeles Monday in the U.S. as he offered the first look at Longhorn, the next version of Windows. Read more »

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Features (16)

Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates

The world's richest man on web apps, ultramobile PCs, dirt cheap PCs and the 'G' word. Read more »

What is '.NET' anyway?

Are you little confused about what .NET really is? You're not the only one. This article from Builder.com sheds some light on what .NET is and isn't. Read more »

Selling developers on .Net

He's hardly as well-known as Bill Gates but Eric Rudder will have more influence over the future of Microsoft's bet-the-company .Net software strategy than his more famous boss. Read more »

The evolution of .NET

Microsoft is touting the new .NET platform, but is it really new? This article explores the maturation of the basic technologies that are the foundation of .NET. Read more »

The Visual Studio vision

Some parts of Microsoft's .Net initiative may be floundering, but the heart of .Net--that is, the development environment--keeps beating strongly despite its many struggles. Read more »

Who says the browser war is over?

Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner can claim an achievement held by few of his fellow tech entrepreneurs: He's competed head-on against Microsoft and lived to tell the tale. Read more »

Driving towards in-car software

Developing applications to run inside cars is a fascinating and potentially lucrative market for developers. But what systems are actually running under the hood, and what hurdles do you have to overcome to build for them? Read more »

Microsoft targets user/password morass

Microsoft is developing new security software it hopes will make Web services and its entire product lineup more appealing to big companies. Read more »

Tim Huckaby on TechEd 2003

Tim Huckaby, CEO of InterKnowlogy, MSDN regional director of the year and guest speaker at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Brisbane talks to Builder AU on this years event and life as a CEO on the road. Read more »

A simpler Java?

With C# and .NET from Microsoft breathing down its neck, Java is facing more heat than it has before. Java creator James Gosling explains Sun's gameplan: A simpler Java that can be deployed faster. Read more »

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Blog (2)

Microsoft says "open sesame"

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- While you may have been out last night watching the latest Rambo adventure with Sly Stallone making war for war's sake, Microsoft was busy declaring a truce with the open source community. Read more »

Mixed Emotions

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Betamax showed that technical superiority can be beaten with a good dose of distribution -- does the same fate await Silverlight? Read more »

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