Software News http://softwareneww.wordpress.com Software / Technology News, Info and Tips Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/c805dc2ec314c87cc541cb8885458e04?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Software News http://softwareneww.wordpress.com Windows 7 RC Nears, and There Will Be Pain http://softwareneww.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/windows-7-rc-nears-and-there-will-be-pain/ http://softwareneww.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/windows-7-rc-nears-and-there-will-be-pain/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:38:00 +0000 toosleepy http://softwareneww.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/windows-7-rc-nears-and-there-will-be-pain/ ]]>

Windows 7 beta testers will experience some pain when moving to the release candidate version of the operating system when it comes out, Microsoft officials explained on Tuesday.

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Microsoft will permit Windows 7 Professional edition downgrades to Windows XP Professional, according a report by veteran Microsoft watcher Mary-Jo Foley published on Monday.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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Microsoft is drawing mixed reactions to the release last week of the source code for its ASP.NET Model View Controller.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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Zend Technologies will release its commercial-grade server for PHP applications on Tuesday.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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VMware believes it can save you at least half on your server hardware
through virtualization. It’s so confident of the savings that the
company is announcing that it will work for you for free if it can’t
meet that goal.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the proposed $7 billion dollar deal for IBM Corp. to acquire Sun Microsystems virtually collapsed this weekend.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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A new zero-day remote code execution vulnerability has come to Redmond’s attention, this time affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its SharePoint Web portal design tool is now available as a free download.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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Microsoft on Monday announced a new services capability that’s part of its Windows Embedded Server product line.

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]]> http://softwareneww.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/microsoft-rolls-out-windows-embedded-services/feed/ 0 toosleepy No Serious Threat from Conficker on April 1 http://softwareneww.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/no-serious-threat-from-conficker-on-april-1/ http://softwareneww.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/no-serious-threat-from-conficker-on-april-1/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:43:00 +0000 toosleepy http://softwareneww.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/no-serious-threat-from-conficker-on-april-1/ ]]>

The most recent variant of the Conficker worm is scheduled to update itself April 1. But analysts who have examined the code say it appears to be an upgrade of its defenses rather than an attack by a widespread botnet compromised by the worm.

Source: Redmond Developer News | News

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