http://reddevnews.com/news/Redmond Developer News: Powering the Windows Software Revolution. News from reddevnews.comen-us(c) 1996-2007 1105 Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.News780Microsoft today appealed a $1.3 billion (899-million euro) penalty for noncompliance with an earlier European Commission (EC) antitrust ruling against the company. http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9844http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9844#1Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTIf there is one topic that seems to get Java programmers excited, it's the question of whether to include a new feature called closures in the next version of Java. http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9841http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9841#2Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTIn one of this year's lighter Patch Tuesdays, Redmond plans to roll out four patches this month. Three of the four bulletins are "Critical" and only one is noted as "Important." http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9842http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9842#3Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTJust because you've deployed an enterprise-grade instant messaging (IM) solution from a well-known vendor, doesn't mean you've mitigated -- let alone completely licked -- the threat posed by rogue, unsanctioned or illicit IM use in your enterprise environment.http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9835http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9835#4Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhen it comes to data mining and predictive analytics, Microsoft Corp. might not be the first company that comes to mind. That could change, however, especially if Donald Farmer, Redmond's principal program manager for SQL Server Data Mining, has his way.http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9836http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9836#5Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTThirty years after the first unsolicited e-mail advertisement was sent, the phenomenon now known as spam is continuing to grow -- and becoming more sophisticated, creative and malicious.http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9837http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9837#6Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTBorland Software Corp. today said it has agreed to sell its CodeGear unit for $23 million to Embarcadero Technologies.http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9839http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9839#7Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft issued the second community technology preview of its scripting and management tool for servers using Windows operating systems.http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9840http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9840#8Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTLast month researchers at online security company Finjan uncovered a 1.4 gigabyte cache of stolen data from North America, Europe, the Middle East and India on a Malaysian server that provided command and control functions for malware attacks in addition to being a drop site for data harvested from compromised computers.http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9830http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9830#9Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTUsers of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft today.http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9831http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9831#10Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT