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  • Windows 7 gets mixed reviews

    As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday in the US, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update.

  • Microsoft fixes DNS flaw but warns of Word attacks

    Microsoft is warning that a Word flaw is being used for targeted attacks, and has also issued four 'important' patches, including one for a potentially serious DNS flaw in the latest Patch Tuesday bulletin.

  • Adobe to launch AIR 1.0

    Adobe Systems on Monday is set to finally release Adobe Integrated Environment software, which is on the leading edge of a movement to make Web applications act more like traditional desktop applications.

  • Microsoft reaches out beyond .Net

    The software giant has announced the .Net Framework Developer Center portal to help educate non-.Net developers in its technologies

  • MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle

    In an illustration of just how rapidly change is sweeping the database market, MySQL chief executive Martin Mickos named Oracle as a partner of the year just minutes after effectively calling one of its products "crippleware."

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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.

  • Fancy a freebie?

    Oracle has finally jumped on the "free" database bandwagon, joining the likes of IBM, Microsoft and Sybase. Will users bite?

Reviews (3)

  • Citrix XenServer 5

    Early releases of the Xen hypervisor showed promise but had lots of rough edges. Citrix's XenServer 5, however, is very much a production-class virtualisation solution with features that match, and in some cases exceed, what's available on rival platforms.

  • 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.

  • Duelling databases: Four apps tested

    Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.

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