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Microsoft Recruits for .Net Framework Compatibility Testing

Microsoft Corp. is looking for a few good men … and women, and, ultimately, applications that can help the company check for compatibility between...

IBM Research Is Software Groups Secret Weapon

LAS VEGAS—IBM Research is IBMs secret weapon, and nowhere is this more evident than in software, said the chief scientist of IBMs Rational business...

AMD Bares Chip-Based Pacifica to Attract Developers

AMD has published the details behind Pacifica, its hardware-based virtualization technology for PCs and servers. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker on Wednesday said it posted...

Tool Gives Visual Studio Developers Jump on Writing Linux Apps

Mainsoft Corp. Tuesday announced a program and a new tool for Visual Studio .Net developers to use their familiar tool set to write applications...

IBM Releases New Tech to Merge Biz, IT and Development

LAS VEGAS—IBM Monday delivered on its strategy of business-driven development by releasing a slew of new technology and services to help business, development and...

When Designing IT Systems, Get Beyond What You Know

Science fiction sometimes offers oddly flawed images of the future. Robert Heinleins 1953 novel "Starman Jones," for example, depicted faster-than-light starship travel—with flight deck...

Gates Announces Office 12 Timetable

Microsoft Corp. last week officially confirmed that Office 12, the next version of its desktop productivity suite, will go into beta testing this fall...

Microsoft, IBM Woo Developers

Microsoft Corp. and IBM are taking decidedly different paths toward developer outreach. While Microsofts MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network), the companys main vehicle for pushing its...

Rivals Play Nice

Longtime rivals and mutual antagonists Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are making progress on their year-old cooperation, having moved from the courtroom to...

IBM Looks to Get to Developers in College

LAS VEGAS—IBM is taking its strategy to woo developers to the IBM way into the classroom. At its IBM Rational Software Developer Conference here Monday,...