02/01/2009

February 2009 - Call Waiting?

Developers ask if Windows Mobile is on hold. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer Team, Microsoft talks about switching to standards compliance in an RDN Q&A. Plus, the first public beta of the Windows 7 operating system shows great promise during RDN's hands-on testing. Plus developers debate C#'s future; Merb merges with Rails 3; more SaaS projects for developers; updates to Windows cloud computing; Borlands's ALM adversity; Microsoft uses Powerset to to extend open source efforts; and more.


In-Depth

Windows Mobile: Call Waiting?

By Jeffrey Schwartz


Q&As

Web Without Walls

By Jeffrey Schwartz and Kurt Mackie


DevDisasters

A Familiar Zune

By Alex Papadimoulis


Developer's Toolkit

Expressway or Dead End?

By Peter Varhol


Frameworks

C#: The Long View

By Michael Desmond


Response Chain

Dangerous Errors Demand Real Investment

By Readers of Redmond Developer News


Tech Brief

Inside Sync

By Bill Wolff


Zachmann.NET

Back to the Future

By William F. Zachmann


News

IE8 Release Candidate Boosts Speed

By Jeffrey Schwartz


Microsoft Updates Windows Cloud Tooling

By Kathleen Richards


Borland Faces ALM Adversity

By Michael Desmond


No Room for Windows 7 on Minis

By Kathleen Richards


Half of Developers Report SaaS Projects

By Kathleen Richards


Developers Debate over Future of C#

By Michael Desmond


Microsoft Releases CTP of VS SharePoint Extensions

By John K. Waters


Microsoft Uses Powerset to Extend Open Source Effort

By John K. Waters


Merb Merges with Rails 3

By John K. Waters


Windows 7 Beta 1 Shines

By Stephen Chapman