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Google Calls for Boost in Work Visas

American technology companies will lose highly skilled foreign workers to Indian and Chinese rivals if the country's work-visa program is not fixed, a Google executive warned Congress on Wednesday.

Microsoft Plans Visual Studio Shell

Microsoft is readying a beta of a new SKU of its next generation of Visual Studio, intended for those who want to embed it into their own tools.

IBM Settles SEC Probe of Options Report

An investigation of IBM Corp. by the Securities and Exchange Commission ended Tuesday without penalty, although the government found that the technology company misled analysts about employee stock-option expenses in 2005.

Ask.com Brings New Dimension to Web Search

Internet search engine Ask.com has been chasing market leader Google Inc. for years without making much headway, but that hasn't deterred its engineers from trying to set the pace for innovation.

Microsoft Releases Open XML SDK

Microsoft this week released a preview of a new software development kit for use with the Open XML standards native to Office 2007.

Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 Not Delayed

Speculation has been growing in the media that Windows Server 2008, could be delayed past its RTM and slip into 2008. Microsoft says "it just ain't so."

Cisco Confirms OS Security Holes

Just when you thought it was safe to start planning your summer vacation, Cisco Systems Inc. recently alerted customers to a spate of new vulnerabilities in its Internetwork Operating System (IOS).

Repairing Outlook 2007 Data File Errors

Here's how to clean up Outlook 2007 data file errors.

Live Meeting 2007 Release To Come This Fall

Microsoft said it expects to have Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, its virtual collaboration and conferencing software, released to manufacturing later next month, with availability some time this fall. The company made the announcement at the Tech Ed Conference taking place this week in Orlando, Florida.

Visual Studio 'Orcas' Gets a Name

In a surprise to absolutely no one, the official name of the next edition of Microsoft's flagship integrated development environment (IDE) will be Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft announced this week at its Tech Ed 2007 show in Orlando, Fla.

Salesforce.com Creates Google Ad Channel

Online software pioneer Salesforce.com Inc. will help Internet search leader Google Inc. sell ads as part of a partnership that falls short of Wall Street's anticipation since word of the alliance leaked last month.

Crash Help Now Available for Microsoft Desktop Add-On

Microsoft's subscription-based desktop management program is adding another branch to its tree, in the form of error monitoring to help with crashes.

SQL Server 2008 CTP Released

Microsoft announced release of the first community technology preview of SQL Server 2008 at the Microsoft TechEd Conference in Orlando.

A 'Stirling' Release for Microsoft

Microsoft has done its part to contribute to security sprawl by releasing 10 new security and access products, under the umbrella designation of "Stirling."

Who Moved Shutdown?

Some of us get teary-eyed for the good old days of XP and its Power button.

Oracle Upgrades, Expands .NET Offerings

Oracle is giving its .NET tools an upgrade and adding a new one to the portfolio.

Microsoft Makes Another Linux IP Protection Deal

Microsoft continues to collect Linux development and distribution companies under its promise not to sue them for patent infringement. Following on the controversial recent deal with Novell, the company announced Monday at its TechEd conference in Orlando that it has reached a similar agreement with Xandros Inc.

Gartner Blows Virtual Gasket

Plus: RBO flaw in Groupwise; bad Google links; more.

Infragistics Working on Silverlight, ASP.NET 3.5 controls

Presentation component vendor Infragistics on Monday announced it is developing tools for Microsoft's Silverlight cross-platform browser plug-in, as well as a new set of server controls that will work on both ASP.NET 2.0 and the upcoming ASP.NET 3.5.

IIS7 Added to Server Core

Microsoft has added another "core" product, one that will make Web hosting companies and Web farm administrators happy: Internet Information Services 7.0 is now available as a server core installation on Windows Server 2008.

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