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Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools Released
Microsoft has released the March 2008 version of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools.
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SpringSource Announces Acquisition by Microsoft
In a surprise announcement, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson announced that SpringSource has agreed to be acquired by Microsoft. InfoQ interviewed Johnson to learn more about this acquisition and what it will mean for the future of both Spring and the .Net Framework.
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Windows Server 2008 Available for Evaluation
The long awaited Windows Server 2008 is finally here. Was it worth waiting for?
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Adobe AIR 1.0 - Native OS Integration Problem
A frequent criticism of the Adobe AIR platform is that it lacks support for native OS integration, which is typically essential when building desktop applications. With the AIR 1.0 release coming soon, Mike Chambers of Adobe published a proof of concept last week that demonstrates how developers can work around this problem.
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MinWin Core: 25MB on Disk and 100 Files
The Microsoft MinWin core is 25MB in size on disk and contains 100 files total. This appears to be a major overhaul of Windows when contrasted with a minimal install of Windows Vista at 4GB on disk and 5000 files in size.
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XNA Game Studio Express Releases
XNA Game Studio Express was released early this morning. Now developers can create games for the Xbox 360 and play them in the same day on their own console.
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RubySSPI is Big News for Ruby Developers on Windows
Are you behind an ISA proxy that authenticates all traffic? This library enables your ruby scripts to authenticate with the proxy as the current user seamlessly. After a few simple steps, you should be able to successfully install things like Ruby on Rails by simply typying gem install rails, exactly how non-Windows users get to do.
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SOA Programming Models Article Posted
Author Boris Lublinski provides an overview of WCF (Indigo), JBA and SCA. These programming models attempt to go beyond just service invocations by seamlessly incorporating service orchestration support and many of the patterns required for successful SOA implementation. They also serve as a foundation for implementation of the Enterprise Service Bus.
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Java Ready and Waiting for Windows Vista
Last week Microsoft Watch ran a story entitled Windows Vista: Aero Glass and Java Don't Mix. Chet Haase, Java Client Group Architect at Sun, sets the record straight in a subsequent blog post affirming that Java in fact runs just fine on Vista. Sun has been working with Microsoft on Vista compatibility during the entire Java 6 Mustang development cycle.
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XPe SP2 Feature Pack Whitepaper
Lynda Allen outlines the components of XPe SP2 Feature Pack. This is the first in a series of whitepapers leading up to the Nov. 1 launch of the Feature Pack.
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Windows PowerShell RC 2 Available
Windows PowerShell RC 2 is now available for Windows XP SP 2 and Windows 2003 Server SP 1. Release Candidate 2 adds direct support for ADSI and improves support for WMI.
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RubyForIIS Makes Ruby Easier on Microsoft's IIS
RubyForIIS is a new, beta package designed to make installing Ruby and Rails for use with IIS easier.