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Developers Prolong Visual Basic Protest

Microsoft may have hoped that the backers of the Visual Basic "classic" code would just roll up their petition and go home. But it doesnt...

Google Open-Sources Code

SAN DIEGO—Developers who are curious about how Googles engineers compile and debug their code are getting a chance to use some of the search...

Programming Wizards Offer Advice at Developers Confab

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Programmers at this weeks Software Development Expo here are doing what they do best: sharing advice and showing one another effective ways...

Developers Protest VB6 Decision

Microsoft Corp. is facing a revolt from a group of favored developers upset over the software makers decision to terminate support for Visual Basic...

Zeus Ramps Monitoring Tools

Zeus Technology Ltd., a small British company with an international presence, hopes to squeeze into the crowded field of application front-end players in the...

Reporters Notebook: Decorum Rules at CeBIT Show

HANNOVER, Germany—Remember those days when you wore a suit and tie and polished shoes to trade shows? Those were the days before casual Fridays...

Software Group Seeks EU Patent Reform

The BSA has called for reform to Europes patent system, in the same week that Microsoft put forward a U.S. patent reform plan and...

Controversial Mac Emulator Released

CherryOS, the controversial Macintosh emulator for Windows that some commentators have accused of being a reworked version of open-source project PearPC, has finally been...

Patents Cast Shadow on Future Development

Software patents, in the idiom of the Star Wars saga, are the Dark Side of the Force. If everyone would forswear their power to...

Microsoft, Borland Offer Process Guidance for Developers

As developer demand for process guidance continues to grow, tool makers such as Microsoft Corp. and Borland Software Corp. are answering the call with...