Microsoft's surprise launch of its in-memory data caching platform could bolster data-driven app development. read more

Redmond joins the Open Source Census in a bid to better understand and track open source deployment. read more

iAnywhere Solutions Inc. opens beta program for its SQL Anywhere 11 embedded and mobile database-management system. read more

New support for both Silverlight and the .NET 3.5 Framework. read more

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association gathering draws attention to slowing spending in the financial services IT market. read more

Redmond’s Secure Development Lifecycle requirements aim to counter security defects in the face of recent SQL attacks. read more

Adobe launches Acrobat.com, a free Web-based productivity and collaboration tools bundle. read more

We don’t use a hammer on a daily basis just to make sure all nails are still fully pounded in, and we don’t use development tools if we don’t think there’s a problem. read column

The pulling of Microsoft's Sandcastle from Redmond's CodePlex open source project site. read column

Omar Al Zabir is not just a coder, but a software architect, designer, developer and entrepreneur executing major projects. read column

by Jeffrey Schwartz
Microsoft adds velocity to data-driven apps. more

by Jake Vinson
The stress kept mounting, morale kept declining, the death marches kept getting longer and no one was happy. more

by Readers of Redmond Developer News
A sampling of letters from the developer community on Microsoft's removal of SandCastle from CodePlex. more