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Microsoft widens its Live Mesh web
News The change was noted by Microsoft in its Live Mesh forums and spotted by Windows Live enthusiast site Liveside.Net. Microsoft has opened up its Live Mesh service to anyone who has (or signs up for) a Windows Live ID. [18 Jul 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News As well as being able to demonstrate broad experience of IT solution design, candidates must have more in depth experience in at least two of the following areas: data centres; servers and storage; messaging; telephony; application design using... [23 Jun 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News They'll start with a version of .Net architecture or some other platform and then work over to the operating system .so by the time you get to Vista things can be two or three steps removed from the developer's initial layout. [19 May 2008]
Microsoft strikes back at open source critics
News Microsoft said, however, its new interoperability principles operate across its high-volume products: Windows Vista (including the .Net Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint... [18 Mar 2008]
Microsoft unveils web tool betas
News Newly enhanced with a software development kit for in-stream advertising, Microsoft's Silverlight 2 programming model is designed for developing and distributing rich internet applications that use graphics, animations or video within the .Net... [09 Mar 2008]
Steve Jobs slams Flash - opens door to Silverlight?
News At the Mix '08 show in Las Vegas, Microsoft corporate VP .NET developer platform, Scott Guthrie, alluded to support for Apple's iPhone, saying Microsoft wants Silverlight running on "anything that has an SDK [software development kit]". [06 Mar 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight makes pact with Nokia
News The strategy, which Microsoft detailed at last year's Mix conference, hinges on creating tools that let traditional Microsoft developers write Silverlight web applications with familiar products like Visual Studio and ASP.Net. [04 Mar 2008]
Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue
News Microsoft said the pledge will ultimately extend to Windows Vista, the .NET Framework, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. Microsoft has announced changes in its business... [22 Feb 2008]
IT skills shortage hits 10-year high
News It predicts that those workers with business analysis, network support, .NET Oracle, SAP, VMware, web development and project management skills will be in high demand over the next two years. The IT sector is suffering its worst shortage of skills... [11 Feb 2008]
2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?
News Tech workers with SAP and .NET knowledge were also in demand, he said. While demand for tech workers to fill vacancies is still strong, one sector where there has been some softening is banking, according to recruitment consultancy and outsourcing... [10 Jan 2008]
Microsoft blogger spills beans on search tweaks
News Microsoft has since taken down the blog but Liveside.net managed to capture the images and details Hussein provided. A Microsoft employee has posted details about planned changes to Microsoft's Live Search, ahead of an event where the company was... [24 Sep 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Staffing crisis deepens
News For the fifth year running, programming languages such as Java, C variants, HTML and XML are in shortest supply in the workplace, followed by web services, SOA skills such as J2EE and .NET, and then IT management skills (around systems, storage... [07 Aug 2007]
Ballmer drops services hints
News Later this year Microsoft will deliver the first version of a set of developer tools to build on top of Microsoft's Windows Live effort, Ballmer said, and noted that the tools will be based on .NET. Microsoft has its head in the internet cloud. [11 Jul 2007]
Microsoft to patch critical trio
News The critical holes, all of which could allow a hacker to execute code remotely on a target system, affect Window 2000 SP4, Excel 2000, and the .NET Framework, which most Windows users will have installed, according to a Microsoft security bulletin. [09 Jul 2007]
Betfair taps Romania for offshore software skills
News Some of the skills Betfair is tapping into in Romania include Microsoft .Net and SQL, Java and specialist areas such as mobile driver development. Online betting and gaming company Betfair has set up an offshore software development centre in... [28 Jun 2007]
