Previews and promises from Microsoft

At its VSLive conference in San Francisco, Microsoft points ahead to early looks at the Longhorn version of Windows and at Indigo, a Web services technology.

Microsoft says Indigo is the color for spring

Company says new Web services technology will be previewed in March. More or less, that is.
Photos: Scenes from VSLive
February 8, 2005

Longhorn beta will arrive by June, exec says

A Microsoft executive tells CNET News.com the company is on track to unveil a full test version of the next Windows release by midyear.
February 7, 2005

Redmond to release more source code?

Microsoft is considering the release of source code for a popular tool used to build Windows programs.
February 7, 2005

Microsoft pitches new Visual Studio tools

An exec shows off tools that he says work well for creating programs that run in browsers and for those that are stored and run on PCs.
February 7, 2005

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Microsoft to buy antivirus software firm

Software giant has been toying with virus-fighting tools for some time. Purchase of Sybari gives it more options.
February 8, 2005