The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) unveiled a limited community technology preview (CTP) of "Kilimanjaro," which is expected to begin in January.
The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) on Monday unveiled a limited private community technology preview (CTP) of "SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management [tools], as part of the SQL Server codename 'Kilimanjaro,'" according to a PASS spokesperson.
Microsoft Live Labs announced on Saturday that its Seadragon Mobile graphical user interface (GUI) is now available for the Apple iPhone as a technical preview release, but Windows Mobile users will have to wait to get it.
A zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer 7 reported last week has sparked increased hacker activity, and now the attacks involve most versions of Microsoft's Internet browser.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/15/2008
DataDirect Technologies this week upgraded its ADO.NET database drivers, which provide connectivity between .NET-based applications and DBMSes from Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and Sybase.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/12/2008
Digital identity pioneer and open source entrepreneur Dick Hardt will join Microsoft as partner architect, according to his "Identity 2.0" blog on Tuesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/11/2008
Web developers have traditionally kept multiple browsers on their computers to facilitate testing, but a fairly new Japanese-made experimental browser called Lunascape rolls the three most important engines into one.
Internet Explorer 8 -- Microsoft's latest release, currently at the Beta 2 stage -- was declared to be the safest but the least popular browser, according to a browser security survey.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/11/2008
Google is exploring a way to run code fast and natively in a Web browser without worrying about security issues.
- By Jim Barthold
- 12/11/2008
VMware will expand its strategic relationship with Hewlett-Packard to include the joint development of software that manages datacenter resources.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 12/11/2008
Microsoft server and tools exec Bob Kelly told an investment banker audience how Microsoft plans to take advantage of opportunities in the enterprise IT market.
Recently, I read about NexentaCore, a new experimental operating system that seeks to merge the functionality of a Linux user environment with the OpenSolaris OS kernel, supporting the ZFS file system.
Microsoft once again has to contend with "Exploit Wednesday." This time, the problem is a zero-day IE 7 flaw discovered soon after the Patch Tuesday release.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/10/2008
The United States has the dubious distinction of hosting the most infected sites and having the most compromised computers relaying spam.
- By William Jackson
- 12/10/2008
December's Patch Tuesday will be a historic security update release. But it won't be because of the size and scope of the eight patches.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/09/2008
According to a new survey from business intelligence (BI) specialist Actuate Corp., open source software (OSS) doesn't simply have a token presence in the enterprise; it has truly arrived.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 12/09/2008
Enterprise architecture must be a key part of the strategy used to protect computers and networks from cyberattacks, said Ron Ross, a National Institute of Standards and Technology senior computer scientist.
The silicon industry's plans to use multiple processor cores on the same chip to improve computer processing performance may have hit a bump on supercomputing highway.
- By Jim Barthold
- 12/09/2008
Microsoft released the public beta of BizTalk Server 2009 along with modules aimed at simplifying RFID deployments.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/08/2008
As IT managers develop strategies and deploy technologies to reduce power consumption in their facilities, they recognize virtualization does not only reduce server sprawl, it can also save energy.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 12/08/2008