Tag: Microsoft

  • Adobe, Microsoft Score High on Scripting Security

    Adobe, Microsoft Score High on Scripting Security

    Darryl K. Taft

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    Adobe Systems and Microsoft scored high marks for security among scripting language environment providers, according to a recent survey by Evans Data. According to Evans Data, Adobe Flex and Microsoft ASP.Net AJAX, previously known by the code name “Atlas,” took top honors for security among popular scripting language offerings. In the study, titled the “2007… Read more

  • Getting People to Say Nice Things About Microsoft

    Getting People to Say Nice Things About Microsoft

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    How dumb is Microsoft? No, really: a few weeks ago, they decided to “give” bloggers a free—as in beer—$2,300 Acer Ferrari laptop. When some people—like me—suggested that this sounded like a bribe, Microsoft immediately back-peddled. They then told the bloggers that they had to “either give the PC away or send it back when you… Read more

  • Microsoft to Release Three Office SDKs

    Microsoft to Release Three Office SDKs

    Peter Galli

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    Microsoft is releasing software development kits for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and the Microsoft Office Project 2007 platform on Jan. 23. The kits, which provide a complete platform API reference, also give technical guidance and sample code to help developers create Office business applications, a Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK. These… Read more

  • Microsoft Releases AJAX Tool to the Web

    Microsoft Releases AJAX Tool to the Web

    Darryl K. Taft

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    Microsoft has released its Asynchronous JavaScript and XML tool, ASP.NET AJAX 1.0, to the Web. ASP.NET AJAX, formerly known by the code name “Atlas,” is Microsoft’s offering for developers to build next-generation, AJAX-style web applications through integration with the .Net Framework and the Microsoft platform. ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 includes enhanced training capabilities made available by:… Read more

  • Monthly Microsoft Patch Hides Tricky IE 7 Download

    Monthly Microsoft Patch Hides Tricky IE 7 Download

    John Pallatto

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    For some people who ran Microsoft’s January 2007 security and products updates, including me, clicking on the familiar gold shield icon was not much different from getting suckered into opening an e-mail message infected with a virus or a worm Trojan. That’s because unless you checked before you clicked, you were unwittingly giving permission for… Read more

  • Microsoft Crashes IBM Lotus Party with Migration Tools

    Microsoft Crashes IBM Lotus Party with Migration Tools

    Darryl K. Taft

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    Knocking on the door of its competition at the opening of their annual user event, Microsoft announced new tools to help IBM Lotus Notes/Domino users migrate to the Microsoft fold. At the kickoff of IBM’s annual Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft announced a series of tools to help Lotus Notes/Domino customers take advantage of… Read more