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Ballmer Bot debuts at TechEd

A dextrous-armed, Wi-fi-equipped "Ballmer bot" wheeled itself on stage to join Bill Gates at his TechEd 08 keynote today. A rotating torso capped with an LCD bearing Steve Ballmer's face, the robot re-enacted Ballmer's famous "developers, developers, developers!" rant. Ballmer Bot's dextrous arms...

Some takeaways from Bill Gates’ finale

Bill Gates just finished what Microsoft has billed as his last public speech as a company full timer. Gates is stepping down from day-to-day involvement as of July 1. At TechEd 2008 part one (for developers) Gates hit on some familiar themes and presided over demos of

Forrester: Windows 7 neat, not revolutionary

Waiting for Windows 7 to swoop in and save your business from poor Windows Vista sales? Don't hold your breath, according to Forrester Research. In a blog post yesterday, analyst Benjamin Gray wrote...

Dynamics AX 2009 debuts

Microsoft's new Dynamics AX 2009, now available, targets multinational companies. This release lets companies combine multiple time zones and currencies in a single ERP instance. -- something that should suit mid-sized and even large companies with sites in multiple countries, according to Kees...

A (teeny) bit of Windows 7 news

Steven Sinofsky and Microsoft are talking, a wee bit, about Windows 7, aka the successor to Vista. In a post to the Windows Vista blog, Chris Flores tries to explain the...

Google sets pricing for App Engine use

Google has said it wants developers to write apps to run in its "cloud." Now, on the eve of the Google I/O conference, it disclosed how it will charge developers for the use of its server- and storage-farms and related infrastructure. Developers can use

Google Web Toolkit grows up with Java 5 support

A new version of the Google Web Toolkit (Gwit to Google insiders), promises full support for the latest Java language as well as faster-running apps at the end of the process. GWT 1.5 will be formally introduced...

Microsoft: Friend or bulldozer?

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have always had a complicated relationship with Microsoft. They build on Microsoft's OS-and-tool platform. They also keep a wary eye as the software behemoth keeps adding to that platform. The "white space" at the top keeps getting higher and higher....

Microsoft partners can now offer SharePoint consulting

Microsoft partners now have a new service they can offer to their SharePoint customers.

The company yesterday announced SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS)....

Microsoft pitches new sort of deal to Yahoo

The Microhoo saga continued Sunday when Microsoft said it was looking into "an alternative" transaction with Yahoo rather than an outright acquisition of the portal and search...