In a bid to get Java developers writing Flash applications, Macromedia is throwing its weight behind the Eclipse programming system. Eclipse is an open-source "integrated development environment," or IDE, which provides application developers...
Rick Shaut, a member of the Macintosh Office team, wrote in his Web log that the Macintosh version of Office 12 will also support the Office Open XML format announced Thursday for its Windows counterpart. He called the new features an...
Sun Microsystems India on Wednesday entered into an OEM agreement with Mindtree to deploy solutions based on Java Enterprise System for customers in key vertical industries focussed on by the latter. As a first step to the agreement, Mindtree, the...
Microsoft will make XML, a standard in the next version of its Office program due out next year. The upcoming Office upgrade -- code-named "Office 12" -- will have new default XML file formats for the Word wordprocessing, the Excel spreadsheet...
Microsoft has rolled out an updated release of "Avalon" and "Indigo," two future Windows subsystems. The release, labeled "Beta 1 Release Candidate," adds two new Longhorn technologies that respectively manage digital identity and...
Microsoft has released an updated suite of tools for hosting providers, which will make it easier for Windows hosting customers to create blogs and online forums. The Web Site Starters included in the suite (Microsoft Solutions for Windows-Based...
