Microsoft late Tuesday began a public beta test of its new Microsoft Update, a substitute for Windows Update that will keep users current with security patches and other updates for not only the OS, but also Office and other products from the Redmond, Wash.-based developer.
"Microsoft said new versions of its Visual Studio development tools and SQL Server database, expected this summer, have been delayed until later this year."
"Collaboration" is Microsoft's latest watchword, but its products don't do enough to let global businesses stretch across networks and companies. Can Groove bridge the gap?
Directives define the environment in which an ASP.NET page will run. Here's a look at a couple of directives: the @Implements directive, which lets you specify interfaces; and @Reference, which lets you dynamically link the current page and the specified page or user control
Partners won't face as many headaches deploying Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 as they encountered with Windows XP SP2. But there's no guarantee yet that they won't face problems in the field.
Facing tougher competition from rivals Oracle and IBM, as well as from open-source databases, Microsoft fought back last week by expanding its aging SQL Server 2000 line with a new workgroup database and disclosing feature and pricing details of its long-awaited SQL Server 2005 release, code-named Yukon.
