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Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstream

Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstreamI don't know about you.......but Codeplex seems to have a long way to go to be as big or important as Sourceforge. 9,000 projects vs 230,000. I think I read that Google Code had around 50,000 a while back and they started off after...

Tags: Java development tools, Stillborn, Silverlight.net, CodePlex, Microsoft Corp., SourceForge, open source

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Busy week for Microsoft: Silverlight and jQuery

I'm traveling so I wasn't able to chime in on the availability of a Silverlight release candidate. One of the most important thing for developers is that it sounds like this will be the last round of API tweaks so there will be no more updating your applications. Silverlight.net has...

Tags: Developer, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight.net, Silverlight 2 RC, AJAX, Strategy, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Management, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-09-29

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Visifire 2.3.1 (Mac)

Visifire is a set of open source data visualization components - powered by Microsoft Silverlight. With Visifire you can create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent of the server side technology. It can be used with ASP, ASP.Net, PHP, JSP,...

Tags: Data Visualization, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Silverlight, Open Source, Webyog Softworks, Visifire, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Visifire 2.3.0 (Windows)

Visifire gives you a set of open source data visualization components that are powered by Microsoft Silverlight and WPF. With Visifire you can create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent of the server side technology. It can be used with...

Tags: Data Visualization, Microsoft Silverlight, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Webyog Softworks, Visifire 2.3.0, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-31

What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

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. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service

Microsoft is discontinuing its free Silverlight Streaming service and replacing it with a paid, Azure-hosted service by the end of calendar 2009. Microsoft is confirming the report I saw on LiveSide.Net from October 18. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on

RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...

Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Linux Distro, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., MS .NET Firefox add-on, MS .NET, vunerability, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Mono-mania: It's risky business

M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...

Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Control System Works 1.0.356 (Windows)

Control System Works is a web-based framework for building HMI/SCADA/EMI/process control solutions using Micrsoft .NET and Microsoft Silverlight. Control System Works offers: open system with unlimited customization capabilities; powerful contemporary graphics; works across network boundaries and firewalls; zero administration client; rich and transparent configuration capabilities; high-availability. CS Works consists of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Framework, Control System Works, CS Works, Firewalls, Servers, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-14

When will Microsoft's Live Mesh matter?

I consider live Mesh to be one of the killer apps...... on my Windows Mobile phone. That explains a lot there. If Microsoft can't get Windows Mobile straight, what hope is there for ancillary services?it is oddIt's bizarre that they haven't used it in other ways. I love it...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Mesh matter, Microsoft Live Mesh

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loom

Flash 9 is already availableThe web browser is called SkyFire and Flash on it works very nicely.RE: Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loomI'll try not to do my banking on my cell phone.Problem solved!RE: Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loomWhat...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Flash 9, Apple iPhone, Flash Lite, smart phone, security headach, monoculture, Adobe Systems Inc., security

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Vista/IE market share slide, Win 7/Firefox/Chrome surge

IE "Hit"I never understood this...."Internet Explorer?s market share also took a battering, dropping by a massive 1.26%, taking its market share to a new low of 65.7%. This is a huge hit for Microsoft."What kind of hit? IE could go away and MS wouldn't lose a dime because it seems...

Tags: Web browsers, MarketShare, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Chrome, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage

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. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Microsoft makes Web development tools available for free

right...'free tools' that cost you arm and leg when you realized you just missed a small component not included in the 'stack'...kind of like getting a free car with no wheels.RE: Microsoft makes Web development tools available for freeFor example? What would one of those components be?Give an ExampleWhat...

Tags: Channel management, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Visual Studio, Web development, Web Development Tools, Microsoft Corp., Web, proc, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff

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. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

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. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Zoho's Next Big Thing

Moving the Point of AssemblyKudos to Zoho. Their efforts remind me of the early days of the Microsoft Productivity Environment where core MSOffice editors expanded their reach through DDE, OLE, rich copy/paste, data binding, merged content and data, VBA scripting and the infamous recorder, and a developer API that...

Tags: Channel management, Collaboration, Groupware, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., productivity environment

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Silverlight Gantt Control 1.0 (Windows)

The GanttControl fully exercises the power of the Silverlight platform and extends you very rich and customizable visualization and interactive capabilities with great graphics and animation. Written natively for Silverlight, the control is light weight and high performing. Unlike ASP.NET and other web based solutions, it's very rich! But, it...

Tags: Data Source, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, XML File, RadiantQ, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-21

DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal

DOJ?Why does DOJ put its nose everywhere. this deal will create a company that will have half the market share as its competitor, let the market and shareholders take the decision.becuase.....why should one company which has 90% of the desk market have the same control over the Internet?It is good...

Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo Search, Exchange 14, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2009-09-11