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Buying the next generation of coders: Microsoft's Minecraft gamble

When the newsbroke last night that Microsoft was in negotiations to buy Minecraft creators Mojang for $2 billion, people quickly started asking "why would Microsoft buy another gaming company?"It's a...

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Windows 10 Technical Preview deep-dive: A promise of better things to come

It's been nearly a week since Microsoft announced that it will follow Windows 8.1 with Windows 10 -- and released its Technical Preview so that those interested could take a first look at the new...

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Universal apps is the future of Windows development

We've called them Metro apps, then when a lawsuit meant that Microsoft couldn't use the name, we called them Modern or Windows Store apps. But now they've finally got a new official name, and it looks...

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First look: Project Spartan, Microsoft's next-generation Web browser

Microsoft's faster release schedule for its Windows 10 Technical Preview kicked into high gear yesterday with the release of another build a mere 12 days after 10041. This time, with build 10049,...

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First look: Windows Server 2016 goes on a cloud diet

Windows Server 2016 is both an evolution of the current Windows Server 2012 R2 release and a revolution in the making. If you plan to use Windows Server 2016 in the same way you’ve used Windows Server...

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Prepare for a future without Internet Explorer

For years, IT organizations have been tied to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, which for years was the standard Web browser. But IE fell further and further behind in terms of modern HTML...

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Review: Is Microsoft's Edge browser ready for business?

Internet Explorer has long been the standard for desktop browsing in businesses. Older versions have persisted for compatibility reasons even as Microsoft has tried to get users and enterprises to...

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First look: Run Docker in Windows Server 2016

The way applications are being built and delivered across data centers is changing. The move to a service delivery model is well under way, and it’s closely tied to the shift to a devops culture....

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First look: Microsoft’s API mashup tool for the rest of us

Not all cloud applications need to be cloud-scale. They’re often simple routing and switching apps that take information from one source, process it minimally, then pass it on. That’s where tools like...

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Bossie Awards 2016: The best open source datacenter and cloud software

The best open source datacenter and cloud softwareContainers, microservices, distributed clusters ... as work progresses to topple the traditional application stack, pull apart the pieces, and tie them...

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Buying the next generation of coders: Microsoft's Minecraft gamble

When the newsbroke last night that Microsoft was in negotiations to buy Minecraft creators Mojang for $2 billion, people quickly started asking "why would Microsoft buy another gaming company?"It's a...

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Windows 10 Technical Preview deep-dive: A promise of better things to come

It's been nearly a week since Microsoft announced that it will follow Windows 8.1 with Windows 10 -- and released its Technical Preview so that those interested could take a first look at the new...

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Universal apps is the future of Windows development

We've called them Metro apps, then when a lawsuit meant that Microsoft couldn't use the name, we called them Modern or Windows Store apps. But now they've finally got a new official name, and it looks...

View Article


First look: Project Spartan, Microsoft's next-generation Web browser

Microsoft's faster release schedule for its Windows 10 Technical Preview kicked into high gear yesterday with the release of another build a mere 12 days after 10041. This time, with build 10049,...

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First look: Microsoft’s API mashup tool for the rest of us

Not all cloud applications need to be cloud-scale. They’re often simple routing and switching apps that take information from one source, process it minimally, then pass it on. That’s where tools like...

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Clik here to view.

Bossie Awards 2016: The best open source datacenter and cloud software

The best open source datacenter and cloud softwareContainers, microservices, distributed clusters ... as work progresses to topple the traditional application stack, pull apart the pieces, and tie them...

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Get logistical with the Bing Maps APIs

Many technologies have aspired to change the world, but if there’s one that’s really made a difference, it’s digital mapping. Navigation software has replaced the paper map—and changed the way we...

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Your first UWP application: Use this shortcut to get started

There’s a common question that’s asked any time a company rolls out a new set of SDKs or APIs: “How do I get started?” That’s not the real question, of course. At heart, it’s a placeholder for a more...

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Azure Logic Apps: The IFTTT or Quick Basic for the serverless era

Serverless computing might be the flavor of the month, but it’s really nothing new. Developes have been using its underlying technology for a long time now, because it has powered much of the public...

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How to write machine learning apps for Windows 10

We’re not far away from a new release of Windows 10, and with it plenty of new APIs for your applications. One big change is support for running trained machine learning models as part of Windows...

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