A New Product That Reduces the Size of Microsoft Silverlight Applications Up to 70%

September 21st, 2009 BOSTON - - Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 helps OEMs of consumer and enterprise devices redefine the user experience and deliver connectivity to Windows 7-based PCs, servers and online services. Today during an industry address at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston, Microsoft Corp.

September 7th, 2009 CHESTERFIELD, Montana - - ArtinSoft and Gizmox have joined forces to provide a comprehensive solution to migrate legacy Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 applications to a Web-based DHTML or Microsoft Silverlight ArtinSoft, leading provider of automated software transformation technology, and Gizmox, developer of the Visual WebGui rich Internet, Cloud & SaaS application development platform, today announced the formation of a new strategic alliance between the companies to provide migration services for upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 applications to DHTML, Silverlight 3, and the Windows Azure platform. This alliance introduces a new alternative for enterprises looking for a way out of legacy VB 6.0 applications, providing both long-term savings by moving to a rapid application development framework provided by Visual WebGui, and a quick upgrade path by performing the migration with ArtinSoft's migration tools and services.

July 20th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - - Components for all layers of application development inside ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2009 v2 Today, ComponentOne released ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2009 v2. Studio Enterprise provides a complete suite of custom controls for Windows, Web, and Mobile application development.

July 7th, 2009 CHICAGO - Modularis, Inc. today introduced its Accelerator 2009 R2 Business Application Platform.

May 27th, 2009 PARIS and LES ULIS, France - The French International tennis tournament, held at Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June 2009, will be the scene of the first ever application of Microsoft's IIS7 Live Smooth Streaming technology (beta version), encoded on Inlet Technologies' Spinnaker(TM) 7000 live streaming platform and distributed on Level 3 Communications' Content Delivery Network (CDN), for high-quality, streamed live broadcasts on the Web. Broadcast host of Roland Garros tournament, France Télévisions in partnership with Microsoft, Inlet Technologies and Level 3 Communications, offers in exclusivity on france2.fr, france3.fr and france4.fr free live Web broadcasting in HD quality (720p) of the Roland Garros tennis tournament shown on the France 2, France 3 and France 4 TV channels.

May 5th, 2009 NICE, France - Microsoft located in Hall 2 at Stand 83. This week at Management World 2009, Microsoft Corp.

April 19th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - ComponentOne Studio for iPhone Brings You Controls that Mimic iPhone and iPod touch User Interfaces With the advent of mobile technology, more and more people are using an iPhone as their on-the-go method of connecting to the World Wide Web. For those who develop Web applications, the task is to build Web applications that mimic the user interface (UI) of the iPhone and iPod touch devices.

April 19th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - ComponentOne DataGrid, Chart, and Maps for SharePoint are Now Available Earlier this year, ComponentOne, a leading component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner Program, announced the Community Technology Preview (CTP) release of three Web Parts for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. The industry's reaction was outstanding and today ComponentOne announced the general availability of these Web Parts, DataGrid, Chart, and Maps for SharePoint, based on the success of the CTP program.

March 18th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - The Release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2009 Sets the Pace The leader in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry, ComponentOne, has expanded its offering of custom controls in the most complete suite in the market, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2009. This release includes new controls and updates that bring enhanced performance and presentation to Windows, Web, and Mobile application development.

March 12th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - The leader in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry, ComponentOne, has been named by TechWeb as the winner of the 19th annual Jolt Product Excellence Award in the Libraries, Frameworks and Components category. For the past 18 years, the Jolt Product Excellence Awards have been presented annually to products and books that have "jolted" the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier, and more efficient.

August 13th, 2009 Microsoft ordered to pay $290M in patent rulingSEATTLE — A federal judge in Texas has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Word software in the U.S.

January 14th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Global software giant Microsoft will invest in training teachers in Gujarat and enhance the use of IT in the education sector. Microsoft India Pvt Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit this week.

July 9th, 2009 Google, Microsoft chairmen share laugh togetherSUN VALLEY, Idaho — The escalating tension between Google and Microsoft didn't prevent the companies' chairmen from sharing a moment of levity Thursday at an exclusive media conference in the Idaho mountains. As he headed out the door to lunch, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates paused to consider a question about Google's plans to develop a computer operating system that will rival Microsoft's Windows.

June 12th, 2009 EU: browser-free Windows gives no real choiceBRUSSELS — European Union regulators on Friday said Microsoft Corp. was offering less choice, not more, by vowing to sell the next version of Windows without the Internet Explorer browser in Europe to soothe EU antitrust concerns.

July 24th, 2009 EU: Microsoft trying to settle browser caseBRUSSELS — Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday.

September 30th, 2009 RI judge tosses patent verdict against MicrosoftSEATTLE — A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., the latest move in a six-year legal skirmish. In April, a jury found that the world's largest software maker had infringed on a patent owned by Uniloc Inc.

January 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An influential senator has asked US companies to make efforts to fire foreign workers first while making lay-offs during the current economic downturn - a move that could affect thousands of Indian professionals. In a letter to Microsoft, which employs thousands of people through the H-1B visa programme, a majority of them Indians, senator Chuck Grassley urged the IT giant to make efforts to retain qualified American workers during its recently announced lay-offs.

January 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An influential senator has asked US companies to make efforts to fire foreign workers first while making lay-offs during the current economic downturn - a move that could affect thousands of Indian professionals. In a letter to Microsoft, which employs thousands of people through the H-1B visa programme, a majority of them Indians, senator Chuck Grassley urged the IT giant to make efforts to retain qualified American workers during its recently announced lay-offs.

May 29th, 2009 Cuba criticizes Microsoft blocking MessengerHAVANA — Cuba criticized Microsoft on Friday for blocking its Messenger instant messaging service on the island and in other countries under U.S. sanctions, calling it yet another example of Washington's "harsh" treatment of Havana.

May 5th, 2009 Tiny particles make LED light more pleasingNEW YORK — Light-emitting diodes are prime candidates for replacing inefficient incandescent bulbs, but have a few things working against them. they can provide a pleasing warm light or they can be energy-efficient, but they haven't been able to be both at the same time.