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Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, speaks to eWEEK about the company's plans.

Q&A: Microsoft's Robbie Bach talks devices, games and mobile at the Mix conference in Las Vegas. This is Part 2 of the eWEEK interview.

Q&A: Microsoft's Robbie Bach talks devices, games and mobile at the Mix conference in Las Vegas. This is Part 3 of the eWEEK interview.

The U.S. Supreme Court sides with software and technology companies in two major patent rulings that could leave them less vulnerable to infringement lawsuits.

Internet phone company Vonage Holdings is asking the Supreme Court to revisit a key patent infringement case against the company following the court's ruling in a later case that makes it easier to invalidate some patents.

As the battle between Microsoft and Adobe heats up over designer mindshare, designers expect to see better products and greater options.

Despite facing mounting criticism and mumbling from pundits over Microsoft's services strategy, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie stood and delivered a potent keynote at the Mix show.

The next generation of applications will include local software and global services, resulting in a persistent hybrid model, says a Microsoft executive at the New Software Industry conference.

Microsoft announces a new Dynamic Language Runtime to enable dynamic languages such as Python, JavaScript and Ruby to talk to each other, and the company is using Silverlight as a distribution platform for the DLR.

Some of the folks behind Microsoft's dynamic languages push take time to chat with eWEEK about their efforts.

Microsoft's new DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime) is but one element in the company's push to unseat rival Adobe as a key choice for outfitting Web developers and designers with the tools they need.

But customers may not be ready for new tack just yet.

The startup's updated Communications Application Server aims to simplify adding VOIP functions to Web 2.0 applications.

With Microsoft's MIX 07 conference looming, vendors and partners show their support for Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft's presentation platform for Web developers and designers.

Adobe's plan to open-source its Flex Web development framework offers at least a partial open-source alternative to Microsoft's Silverlight and Extensible Application Markup Language.

Adobe's plan to open-source its Flex Web development framework offers at least a partial open-source alternative to Microsoft's Silverlight and Extensible Application Markup Language.

CollabNet acquires SourceForge from VA Software and VA Software gains an equity stake in CollabNet.

CodeGear announces a partnership with MySQL at the open-source database vendor's MySQL conference.

Opinion: SnapLogic is an open-source startup that takes a different approach to data integration.

AlterPoint unveils several new applications that address the entire life cycle of network assets.

Aptana announces the incorporation of the Ruby Development Tools project into the Aptana integrated development environment

Capital spending needs threaten to derail growth.

Microsoft expands on software plus
services, rather than SAAS, strategy.

The JBoss division of Red Hat is slated to move to a model in which its source code control system will be public and backward compatibility is not guaranteed, sources say.

Opinion: Smooth sailing eludes Ellison's America's Cup bid; Oracle awaits the court ruling on a class action suit.

Some open-source developers believe that the upcoming GNU GPLv3 will be good for open-source software, but they are concerned about its patent and digital rights management provisions.

Two former JBoss/Red Hat staffers have formed a startup known as LoopFuse to provide an open-source demand generation platform.

An Arbor Networks researcher at CanSecWest details JavaScript exploits' increasingly sophisticated means of attack and what tools to use to fight them.

The company's Developer Division is preparing to launch an effort to empower nonprogrammers to manipulate code and create mashups.

The new API allows developers to easily access data feeds in mashups.

The Linux distro retains overall conservatism but sports newer features in key areas.

Company president promises to take on integration for users and finally provide a way to bridge functionality between Oracle and third-party apps.

The open source business model fits in well with the concept of Web 2.0, says John Roberts, the CEO and co-founder of SugarCRM.

Security is one of the biggest challenges facing the browser industry, a panel of browser industry luminaries told attendees at the Web 2.0 conference.

Analysts hailed the new Adobe Video player as a technology breakthrough by allowing consumers to download and carry video from the Web to computers to mobile phones, while ensuring programmers can deliver advertising and track video usage.

Opinion: oDesk, an online marketplace for remote IT workers, reaches $10 million in money spent for outsourcing through its service.
