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    Microsoft is set to release an embedded database for small devices, taking its first step in a plan to bring updates to its flagship SQL Server database every two to three years.

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    SAP and Microsoft on Tuesday announced "Duet" as the name for a joint project to bring their respective flagship products closer.

  • Microsoft pitches Web tools to hosting companies

    As part of the launch of its flagship database and development tool, Microsoft on Monday in the United States was expected to unveil a program to entice Web hosting companies to use its server software, an important avenue to reach consumers and small businesses.

  • More security hiccups for IE

    Microsoft's Internet Explorer has become a turkey shoot for flaw finders.

  • Visual Studio and SQL Server delayed again

    Microsoft said new versions of its Visual Studio development tools and SQL Server database, expected this summer, have been delayed until later this year.

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  • Ballmer says Microsoft is different

    Beyond the usual hard sell for Microsoft, Steve Ballmer had another message for the 3,000 developers who showed up in San Francisco on Monday for the unveiling of updates to the company's flagship database programs and developer tools.

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    help/how to Three new vulnerabilities in Microsoft's version of the open source Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol is particularly serious because it exploits a flaw behind the Blaster worm.

  • The world beyond Windows

    It's time for Microsoft to see the world beyond Windows and supply products that interoperate in what will always be a world of multiple, evolving non-proprietary standards.

  • Microsoft Web services plan targets Java

    The company aims to turn up the heat on Java rivals with plans for software that could simplify the creation of heavy-duty Web services applications.

  • Office 2010 Technical Preview: A first look

    As Microsoft unveils the next version of its flagship Office suite, we ask: is it revolution or evolution?

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  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 uncovered

    SQL Server 2005 has finally hit the market and brought with it significant new features and changes from previous versions. We'll explain the various editions of SQL Server 2005 take a look at the new management console.

  • First Take: Office 2003 Beta 2

    Microsoft's flagship office suite is undergoing a revamp. Check out our special report to get an overview of Beta 2, more detail on the new OneNote application and an IT strategy perspective on the forthcoming suite.

  • Microsoft Encarta 2004

    The software giant's latest version of its flagship encyclopaedia seamlessly combines a wealth of knowledge with impressive multimedia, including Discovery Channel documentaries.

  • Opera cries foul against MSN--again

    The Norwegian company says that rendering glitches with Microsoft's MSN site show that the software giant is undermining its browser--just a year after locking it out altogether.

  • New Office beta all set to launch

    Microsoft plans to officially launch Office 2003 Beta 2 on Monday, a release that will include a public preview available to several hundred thousand beta testers and businesses, said sources.

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