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Microsoft offers ten reasons to shun Google

Microsoft has launched an attack on Google in which it seeks to dissuade businesses from downloading Google Apps. Read more »

Microsoft makes consumers suffer: EU court

A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe on Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company. Read more »

Schmidt: Enterprise shouldn't fear Google cloud

Google CEO Eric Schmidt reckons the company's cloud computing model is mature and secure enough for the enterprise -- but without support staff, analysts say business users won't touch Google. Read more »

Enterprise Library updated to .NET Framework 2.0

Microsoft focuses on caching and security with the release of the Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0. Read more »

Ballmer: High-end Windows, Office coming

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts on Thursday that Microsoft is planning new, higher-priced versions of both Windows and Office in the coming years as part of its effort to grow sales. Read more »

Sandals and ponytail set cramp Linux

The lax dress code of the open-source community is one of the reasons behind the software's slow uptake in commercial environments, says former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn. Read more »

Redmond wants you to get the message

For Microsoft right now, the business of workplace communications looks a lot like the server business of the early 1990s. Read more »

Google Apps attack: FUD and loathing in Redmond?

Software-as-a-service pundits and analysts have hit back hard at Microsoft's criticisms of Google Apps Premier Edition as backwards looking and fear mongering. Read more »

Microsoft throws US$50m at enterprise security product

Last week, Microsoft said it would invest US$50 million into improving Forefront, which is a security product aimed at large companies. Redmond also said it would soon be improving its OneCare desktop security product. 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 »

Features (13)

Is Redmond losing touch with its developers?

Could recent decisions by Microsoft mark the beginning of a mass defection by developers worldwide? Read more »

Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?

The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer. But can they play nicely together? Read more »

Open source's integration problem

Sometimes it takes Microsoft to notify the open source community that for all the great things we've done, we sometimes fall short. One area that open source had traditionally failed in was in stitching together an end-to-end solution... Read more »

Model-Driven Development today

Model Driven Design promises to cut development time, reduce bugs, and increase maintainability. Pipe dreams? Maybe not according to Matthew Overington. Read more »

Open source, shared source or secret sauce?

When Microsoft shared its code, only a few people wanted to look. Were the open-source people wrong all along? Read more »

Take advantage of Microsoft's Application Blocks for .NET

Application Blocks for .NET include source code and sample applications. Take advantage of these tools and get a head start on your next project. Read more »

Beware of the zealot

Being a Microsoft or Java fanatic may be admirable in some IT roles. IT development management isn't one of them. Read more »

The beginning of the end of Java as we know it?

Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated. Read more »

Is Red Hat going to be the next Microsoft?

How could a little company that provides Linux open source software hope to topple Microsoft? Could Red Hat become the next dominant (not necessarily domineering) operating systems provider? Read more »

Will MS Longhorn outflank Java rivals?

The debut of a new Windows operating system won't necessarily determine the outcome of the jockeying between Microsoft, IBM, Sun and BEA. Read more »

Blog (2)

Keeping up with the Joneses

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Microsoft has opened up its Virtual Server 2005 R2 software to run Linux. But why? Read more »

Vista a step closer

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Last week, Microsoft released its Windows Vista February 2006 community technology preview (CTP) on MSDN for beta testers, partners and developers. Read more »

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  • Staff Microsoft prescribes more REST

    Details have begun to emerge about the next versions of Visual Studio and Windows Server this week -- and the message from Redmond is to REST up Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Chris Duckett .NET looks to REST

    With news that REST will play a big part in the next version of the .NET Framework, it is timely to take a look at ADO.NET. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Renai LeMay Spellr.us needs a new dictionary

    One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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