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Broader Microsoft Office 2010 test program to kick off in July

Office 2010 will begin rolling out to a wider cross-section of testers starting this July, according to Microsoft officials. Company execs are telling attendees of this week's Microsoft TechEd 2009 conference to expect the first Community Technology Preview CTP test build of Office 2010 in July, as...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, RTM, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Gates to look back, ahead on tools in his last Microsoft keynote

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will continue his long goodbye on June 3 with his last public tradeshow keynote at the company's TechEd Developers Conference in Orlando. (Gates will no longer be engaged in day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft as of July 1, so that he can work more...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, TechEd, Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Tool, Modeling, Parallel Extensions, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Microsoft Codename Astoria - May 2007 Community Technology Preview add on July (Windows)

The first CTP of Microsoft Codename Astoria shipped in May of 2007 and included a client library to facilitate access to Astoria services from applications built using the .NET Framework. This add-on extends the CTP by introducing a version of the client library that can run inside the Microsoft Silverlight...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-09-07

Microsoft Codename Astoria - May 2007 Community Technology Preview 1 (Windows)

The Microsoft Codename Astoria project is an incubation effort at Microsoft focused on exploring how various emerging World-Wide-Web technologies and concepts can be combined with the Microsoft Data Platform to provide a first-class infrastructure for building the next wave of Internet applications. The goal of Microsoft Codename Astoria is to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Internet

Software downloads 2007-09-04

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name Orcas SDK - June 2007 Community Technology Preview 1 (Windows)

The Visual Studio Code Name Orcas SDK June 2007 CTP targets Visual Studio Code Name Orcas. The Visual Studio Code Name Orcas SDK June 2007 CTP is intended to let customers work with Orcas extensibility features. This CTP adds and updates the following features: Run As Normal User RANU -...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, SDK, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Microsoft Development Tools, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2007-08-30

Sandcastle - June 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2.2.64000.04 (Windows)

"Documentation compilers for managed class libraries. Enabling managed class library developers throughout the world to easily create accurate, informative documentation with a common look and feel." This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-08-28

ASP.NET Atlas June 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2.0.50727 (Windows)

ASP.NET codename "Atlas" is a set of technologies to add Ajax Asynchronous JavaScript And XML support to ASP.NET. It consists of a client-side script framework, and server controls. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Windows, Atlas, Community Technology Preview, .Net, Middleware, AJAX, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Web Development, Web 2.0

Software downloads 2007-08-28

Microsoft Secure Content Downloader July 2007 Community Technology Preview 1 (Windows)

The Microsoft Secure Content Downloader MSCD is a peer-assisted download manager capable of securely downloading specific files. MSCD is intended for consumers who are downloading from a home PC, or business users whose computers are not behind a corporate firewall. If you use MSCD from behind a corporate firewall, you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Microsoft Secure Content Downloader, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking

Software downloads 2007-08-25

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name Orcas Language-Integrated Query, May 2006 Community Technology Preview 38838 (Windows)

LINQ is a codename for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated data query, set, and transform operations. It includes extensions to the C# and Visual Basic languages with native language syntax for queries and provides class libraries to take advantage of these capabilities. This...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, LINQ, C#, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-08-25

Microsoft XNA Build March 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 1 (Windows)

Microsoft XNA Build is a tool which will help game studios manage the growing complexities of their game content builds. We invite you to install this pre-release into a non-production environment to learn more about how XNA Build will reduce development complexities. We have also re-released Microsoft MechCommander 2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Microsoft XNA Build, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-08-25

ASP.NET Atlas July 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2.0.50727 (Windows)

This new Web development technology from Microsoft integrates client script libraries with the ASP.NET 2.0 server-based development framework. In addition, "Atlas" offers you the same type of development platform for client-based Web pages that ASP.NET offers for server-based pages. And because "Atlas" is an extension of ASP.NET, it is fully...

Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Server, Microsoft Windows, Atlas, Community Technology Preview, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2007-08-23

Microsoft starts rolling out several tool test releases

Microsoft tool testers will have lots of new builds to play with this week.Microsoft is expecting to deliver a public Visual Studio 2008 ("Orcas") Beta 2 for download on Friday, July 27, company officials said. It will roll out simultaneously Beta 2 of the .Net Framework 3.5. Microsoft is expecting...

Tags: Silverlight (wpf/e), Expression Studio, .Net Framework, Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), Development tools

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Unexpected Longhorn Server test build ready for download

Last I heard, Microsofts next expected release of Longhorn Server was supposed to be Beta 3, expected by testers some time in April. On April 4, Microsoft did deliver a new Longhorn Server release to testers. But it was yet another Community Technology Preview CTP interim test build, not...

Tags: Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Full-text of Microsoft's Sept CTP (PDC Build 5219) Fact Sheet

I asked Microsoft if I could republish the fact sheet that it provided in conjunction with the Community Technology Preview release (Vista build 5219) that was handed out at the Professional Developers Conference PDC in LA. They agreed. The Word-compatible DOC file can be downloaded from Microsoft's...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2005-09-15

Additional Resources

Jive & Telligent Get More Analytical

Jive, creator of 'Social Business Software 3.0', are announcing today an OEM agreement with business intelligence vendor SAP AG, through which it will deliver community analytics that combine the best in Social Business Software together with SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI OnDemand offerings. This partnership makes available complete cloud-based analytics...

Tags: Analytics, Social Computing, SAP AG, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Financial Planning, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Finance, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Microsoft's 'Madison' data-warehouse-appliance testing set for July

When Microsoft first disclosed its plans for "Kilimanjaro" (SQL Server 2008 R2), officials also made mention of a related project, codenamed "Madison." On May 11, Microsoft announced a first Community Technology Preview CTP for Madison is now slated for July. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Momentum Webcast: Learn About the Latest Innovations in Virtual Earth (Level 100)

The attendee of this webcast will learn about the new Virtual Earth platform capabilities, new imagery capabilities, and the Microsoft Silverlight Control Community Technology Preview CTP, which enables easy deployment of rich, immersive user experiences. Virtual Earth helps to deliver rich user experiences - on desktop, mobile, or Surface computing...

Tags: Innovation, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., MSN Virtual Earth

Webcasts 2009-04-23

News to know: Sun-IBM; Cloudforce; Windows 7 downgrade; AP's crackdown

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en route The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Associated Press, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Smart Phones, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Torrent Monster 1.3 (Windows)

Torrent Monster has easily entered the top of the most stylish, solid and least cluttered p2p clients around. Torrent Monster is a reliable file sharing app that allows you to download any digital file such as images, music, movies, applications, documents, etc. fast and accurate. Running on the largest decentralized...

Tags: Monster, Network, P2P, Microsoft Windows, File-sharing, Goforsharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

Software downloads 2009-03-30

New Live Framework tookit adds Win 7, IE 8 support

Microsoft is starting to turn the crank for the set of developer-focused announcements it is planning to make at next week's Mix '09 show. On March 12, Microsoft made available for download the April Community Technology Preview CTP release of its Live Framework software development kit SDK and Live Framework...

Tags: Developer, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., April Community Technology Preview, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-03-12