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This release is the biggest for .NET developers who want to create Silverlight apps. Since the release of Silverlight 3 in July last year, Microsoft has been pushing the platform not just as a video player, but as an application runtime. In fact, Microsoft is making Silverlight a main platform for Windows Phone 7 Series […]

Micro Focus provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. Micro Focus has more than 30 years of expertise and […]

What Microsoft has shown of its new mobile operating system, for Windows Phone 7 Series looks nothing like the tired Windows interface of old; instead it looks like the much more enjoyable Zune HD. The idea of putting people and photos in one place where one can do multiple things is a good one. The […]

Microsoft had originally planned to release Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 on March 22, but delayed the launch by a few weeks to resolve some performance issues. In a blog posting, late last year, developer division head S. Somasegar said the company needs more time as it continues to work on some performance issues. On the […]

Microsoft News Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 today. Microsoft also announced that Silverlight 4 will release to the Web (RTW) later in the week. Together, these technologies simplify the entire development process, enabling .NET developers to target new platforms and build high-quality applications. .NET developers […]

Introduction Windows 7 Jump Lists are one of the most noticeable and useful features of the new operating system. After a few weeks of using Windows 7, Jump Lists quickly become an integral part of day-to-day application launch and usage, and the Start Menu and common file dialogs are rarely needed for commonly used files […]

Microsoft’s long-time practice of testing products in development internally, before they are finalized and released to market, was critical to building the company’s next-generation development platform and tools. Both Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 were dogfooded extensively by the software giant at various development milestones throughout the product cycle, according to S. […]

Software giant Microsoft will is unveiling a new mobile phone product line that is specially geared toward social networking users today. Coming on the heels of its much acclaimed Windows Phone 7 Series initiative, these phones are being marketed to younger people as part of an initiative with Verizon Wireless The new phones – codenamed […]

Microsoft is working not only on the imminent release of .NET Framework 4, but also on expanding support beyond the now-traditional Windows client and server operating system. In this regard, the Redmond giant is hard at work delivering .NET 4 support for its Cloud platform. The promise from the software giant is that customers leveraging […]

Introduction One of the most commonplace dilemmas developers encounter when working with new technology is figuring out how to gain hands-on experience. It’s a classic case of the chicken and egg paradox; without a sound understanding of the technology, how can one be expected to build a substantive project using it? On the other hand, […]

MapXtreme allows .NET developers to create custom mapping applications that require both high-quality digital maps, and controls and instructions to manipulate those maps. It enables .NET developers to incorporate and display many types of data onto maps, and to easily add a variety of controls, themes, graphs and other features that enable users to more […]

With its release of Office 2010 on May 12, Microsoft will complete an effort to move its extensive portfolio of applications to the Microsoft Azure cloud, offering its business and government customers a new way to deliver services to users. But while Microsoft has a vast installed base of customers who use its Office suite […]